Sports News Highlights, January 17, 2025: Satwik-Chirag Advance to India Open Semis; India Teams Secure Kho Kho World Cup Semi-Final Berth

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.

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.

Aryna Sabalenka proves as to why she is no 1 in women's rankings. The Belarusian takes the first set 7-6 (7-5).

National Sports Awards 2024 will be held today in New Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan, where the President of India will present the honours.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 winners

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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

Seeded second at the AUS Open, Alexander Zverev (2) gets things underway against Jacob Fearnley.

Paula Badosa survived a major scare to overcome Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to progress to the fourth round.

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.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 first and D Gukesh is the first to receive the honour.

Subhash Rana is the first to be handed out the award with Deepali Deshpande for Para-Shooting. Next is Sandeep Sangwan for Hockey.

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

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.

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.

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 he라이브 바카라 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)

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.

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

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.

What a point!

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.

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)

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.

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. Djokovic라이브 바카라 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 advances to the fourth round of the Australian Open 2025 with a commanding 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tomas Machac.

Djokovic라이브 바카라 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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

In the men라이브 바카라 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.

Weng Hong Yang brings an end to George K.'s dream run with a commanding 2-0 victory in the men라이브 바카라 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.

PV Sindhu라이브 바카라 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.

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.

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.

Indian duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the semifinals of the India Open with a commanding straight-sets victory over Jin Yong and Kang Min Hyuk.

The top-seeded pair showcased their dominance, winning 21-10, 21-17 at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi. The pair keeps India라이브 바카라 hopes alive in the doubles category.

Team India defeated Sri Lanka to reach the semi-finals of the Kho Kho World Cup 2025. They scored 58 points in Turn 1 and prevented the Lankans from scoring a single point via Dream Runs, ensuring a strong start to the game at the end of the first turn. The Sri Lankans worked hard in Turn 2, with Aniket Pote and leading the charge, alongside Aditya Ganpule.

Delhi SG Pipers registered 2-0 victory over JSW Soorma Hockey Club in their Women라이브 바카라 Hero Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela today.

Sangita Kumari (25’) granted Delhi SG Pipers the lead in the second quarter and Deepika (47’) scored the second goal in the last quarter to seal their first victory of the season.