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Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have secured victories in their respective Australian Open 2025 matches, other matches are underway. Eyes are also at the Kho Kho World Cup in Delhi. Follow live updates from the sports world on Friday, January 17, 2025
The Indian women’s team secured their semi-final berth at the 2025 Kho Kho World Cup with a commanding 109-16 victory over Bangladesh at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday.
Led by captain Priyanka Ingle, the team showcased their dominance throughout all four turns, including an impressive Dream Run in Turn 2 that lasted over five minutes.
The side continued their remarkable streak of scoring 100+ points, making this their fifth consecutive match to cross the century mark in the tournament.
With the Paris Games medals losing their sheen barely months after being awarded to athletes, India’s shooting star Manu Bhaker says there is “no bigger souvenir” for a sportsperson than an Olympic medal and it’s quality should be top-notch. Read the full story HERE.
PV Sindhu’s India Open campaign came to a disappointing end as she lost 2-1 to world number 5 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the quarter-finals. Despite a spirited fightback to take the second set 21-19, Sindhu ultimately fell short, with Tunjung winning 21-9, 19-21, 21-17 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.
Weng Hong Yang brings an end to George K.’s dream run with a commanding 2-0 victory in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the India Open 2025. The Chinese shuttler sealed win in straight sets, 21-13, 21-19, securing his spot in the semi-finals.
In the men’s singles quarter-finals of the India Open 2025, Weng Hong Yang holds a 1-0 set lead over George K. The Chinese shuttler took the first set 21-13 and currently trails 17-18 in the second set at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.
The Paris Olympic Gold Medalist Viktor Axelsen beat Loh Kean Yew (21-14, 18-21, 21-11) to reach India Open 2025 semi-final today.
Neymar looks to be on his way out of Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, after he was not registered for their forthcoming league games.
It now looks like the 32-year-old will move to MLS franchise Chicago Fire, with his Saudi Arabia nightmare close to its conclusion. Read the full story HERE.
“Honestly, I’m so tired to play against her,” Andreeva said about Aryna Sabalenka, whom she is going to face next in her Australian Open 2025 round 4 match.
Andreeva and Sabalenka have already played each other four times, with the latter holding a 3-1 winning record. Read the full story HERE.
Coco Gauff reached the fourth round of the Australian Open 2025 with a straight-sets victory over Leylah Fernandez.
The 20-year-old was a semi-finalist at Melbourne Park in 2024 and, following her 6-4 6-1 win, is looking ominous going into the next round. Read full match report HERE.
Novak Djokovic advances to the fourth round of the Australian Open 2025 with a commanding 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tomas Machac.
Djokovic’s mastery and clinical play sealed a straight-set victory, with coach Andy Murray observing from the sidelines. The Serbian legend now sets his sights on a fourth-round showdown against Jiri Lehecka.
Novak Djokovic advances to the fourth round of the Australian Open 2025 with a commanding 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tomas Machac. The 7th seed showed his class at the Rod Laver Arena, cruising through the match with ease. Djokovic’s powerful game, combined with his clinical execution, ensured a straight-set win, while coach Andy Murray looked on from the sidelines. The Serbian veteran now prepares for his next challenge in the tournament.
Novak Djokovic extends his lead to 3-1 in the third set against Dalibor Machac, with strong serving and control.
Machac briefly fought back to hold at 3-2, but Djokovic is still cruising towards a comfortable win in his third round.
Erling Haaland has signed a new contract at Manchester City that ties him to the Premier League champions until 2034.
City announced the new 9½-year deal on Friday for the 24-year-old Haaland, who has scored 111 goals in 125 games since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 to establish himself as one of the best strikers in the world. (AP)
Coco Gauff (3) has defeated Leylah Fernandez (30) 6-4, 4-1 to progress to the next round. The American will play Belinda Bencic, who progressed after Osaka retired hurt.
What a point!
Is that Spiderman or Tomas Machac?! 🕷️
Truly extraordinary defence from the Czech against one of the greatest defenders to grace the tennis court, Novak Djokovic 🤯@wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/5PeORffyjL
West Indies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Mikyle Louis, Keacy Carty, Kavem Hodge, Alick Athanaze, Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach(w), Gudakesh Motie, Kevin Sinclair, Jomel Warrican, Jayden Seales
Pakistan (Playing XI): Shan Masood(c), Muhammad Hurraira, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Salman Agha, Sajid Khan, Noman Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Abrar Ahmed.
Moises Henriques called it right at the all important toss and has inserted the David Warner-led Sydney Thunder to bat first.
Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): Sam Konstas, David Warner(c), Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings(w), George Garton, Hugh Weibgen, Chris Green, Daniel Christian, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Andrews, Mohammad Hasnain
Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Josh Philippe(w), Steven Smith, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Lachlan Shaw, Hayden Kerr, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Jafer Chohan, Todd Murphy
Belinda Bencic progresses through to the next after her opponent Naomi Osaka retired. Bencic was leading 7-6 (7-3). The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist will now move into a fourth round meeting, either of Coco Gauff or Leylah Fernandez.
A sad ending to a great contest.
Naomi Osaka is forced to retire against Bencic.
We wish you a speedy recovery, and we can't wait to see you back on the court soon, Naomi 💙#AusOpen • #AO2025 pic.twitter.com/HeWQA07Jg2
Carlos Alcaraz gets tattoos to celebrate Grand Slam titles, so he plans to get ink of a kangaroo if he can win the Australian Open to complete a full collection from the four most prestigious events in tennis.
Alcaraz moved closer to becoming, at age 21, the youngest man with a career Grand Slam, overcoming a bit of a blip in the first set he’s dropped at Melbourne Park this week for a 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 victory over 33rd-ranked Nuno Borges of Portugal on Friday in the third round. (AP)
Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have booked their spot in the next round. Zverev (2) defeated Jacob Fearnley 6-3 6-4 6-4. . Alcaraz beat Nuno Borges 6-2 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-2.
Mirra Andreeva (14) has defeated Magdalena Frech (23) 6-2 1-6 6-2. The 17-year-old rising star will face no. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the next round.
Here are the list of names for the Arjuna Awards –
Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics
Annu Rani – Athletics
Nitu Ghanghas – Boxing
Saweety Boora – Boxing
Vantika Agrawal – Chess
Salima Tete – Hockey
Abhishek – Hockey
Sanjay – Hockey
Jarmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Sukhjeet Singh – Hockey
Rakesh Kumar – Para-Archery
Preeti Pal – Para-Athletics
Jeevanji Deepthi – Para-Athletics
Ajeet Singh – Para-Athletics
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Para-Athletics
Dharambir – Para-Athletics
Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Para-Athletics
Simran Sharma – Para-Athletics
Navdeep Singh – Para-Athletics
Nitesh Kumar – Para-Badminton
Thulasimathi Murugesan – Para-Badminton
Nithya Sre Sivan – Para-Badminton
Manisha Ramadass – Para-Badminton
Kapil Parmar – Para-Judo
Mona Agarwal – Para-Shooting
Rubina Francis – Para-Shooting
Swapnil Kusale – Shooting
Sarabjot Singh – Shooting
Abhay Singh – Squash
Sajan Prakash – Swimming
Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling
Subhash Rana is the first to be handed out the award with Deepali Deshpande for Para-Shooting. Next is Sandeep Sangwan for Hockey.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 first and D Gukesh is the first to receive the honour.
Carlos Alcaraz (3) is in action at the Rod Laver Arena against Nuno Borges. The Spanish star has taken the first two sets but is 5-6 in the third one.
Paula Badosa survived a major scare to overcome Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to progress to the fourth round.
Seeded second at the AUS Open, Alexander Zverev (2) gets things underway against Jacob Fearnley.
Australian Women’s have posted a big total of 309 and in reply, the visiting England Women’s have lost early wickets.
Track all the live updates, here
Rohan Bopanna and his partner Shuai Zhang have won their first round mixed doubles match against Ivan Dodig/Kristina Mladenovic. The Indo-Chinese pair won 6-4, 6-4.
Clara Tauson is just refusing to throw in the towel against the world no 1 Sabalenka. However, the Belarus star breaks back and wins the third round match. Aryna Sabalenka Defeats Clara Tauson 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Sabalenka says that her opponent played unbelievable tennis and that she just wanted to stay in the game. She says that she wanted to keep pushing when multiple breaks were happening in the first set.
India’s Rohan Bopanna has taken the court alongside Zhang Shuai in their mixed doubles match. In the first round of the competition, they are taking on Ivan Dodig/Kristina Mladenovic.
Gukesh D – Chess
Harmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Praveen Kumar – Para-Athletics
Manu Bhaker – Shooting
Arjuna Award 2024 winners
Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics
Annu Rani – Athletics
Nitu Ghanghas – Boxing
Saweety Boora – Boxing
Vantika Agrawal – Chess
Salima Tete – Hockey
Abhishek – Hockey
Sanjay – Hockey
Jarmanpreet Singh – Hockey
Sukhjeet Singh – Hockey
Rakesh Kumar – Para-Archery
Preeti Pal – Para-Athletics
Jeevanji Deepthi – Para-Athletics
Ajeet Singh – Para-Athletics
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Para-Athletics
Dharambir – Para-Athletics
Pranav Soorma – Para-Athletics
Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Para-Athletics
Simran Sharma – Para-Athletics
Navdeep Singh – Para-Athletics
Nitesh Kumar – Para-Badminton
Thulasimathi Murugesan – Para-Badminton
Nithya Sre Sivan – Para-Badminton
Manisha Ramadass – Para-Badminton
Kapil Parmar – Para-Judo
Mona Agarwal – Para-Shooting
Rubina Francis – Para-Shooting
Swapnil Kusale – Shooting
Sarabjot Singh – Shooting
Abhay Singh – Squash
Sajan Prakash – Swimming
Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) 2024 winners
Sucha Singh – Athletics
Murlikant Petkar – Para-Swimming
Dronacharya Award 2024 winners
Regular Category
Subhash Rana – Para-Shooting
Deepali Deshpande – Shooting
Sandeep Sangwan – Hockey
Lifetime Category
S Muralidharan – Badminton
Armando Colaco – Football
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2024 winner
Physical Education Foundation of India
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024 winners
Chandigarh University – Overall winner University
Lovely Professional University, (PB) – 1st runner up University
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – 2nd runner up University
National Sports Awards 2024 will be held today in New Delhi’s Rashtrapati Bhavan, where the President of India will present the honours.
Aryna Sabalenka proves as to why she is no 1 in women’s rankings. The Belarusian takes the first set 7-6 (7-5).
Aryna Sabalenka vs Clara Tauson in the women’s singles third round match is proving to be a humdinger of a contest. The first set has gone to a tie-breaker.
Good morning, sports lovers. Day 6 of the Australian Open is underway, and several big names will be in action throughout the day. You can catch the highlights and check out our full coverage of what has transpired so far, HERE.
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