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Earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC is important for the Seattle Seahawks, partly because of a combustible and rowdy environment created by one of the loudest open-air stadiums in the NFL residing in the Pacific Northwest. This will be the fourth time the Seahawks host the NFC championship game. The three previous times,…

Musheer Khan picked up five wickets in Hyderabad’s second innings. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI The surety of defeat can sometimes liberate. Hyderabad, inches away from its second loss of the ongoing Ranji Trophy campaign, showed admirable resolve to make Mumbai work for victory on the final day of their clash at the Rajiv Gandhi…

Bhavina Patel Bhavina called for the formation of a professional league for para athletes on the lines of the Ultimate Table Tennis League. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Bhavina Patel, a para table tennis icon, rarely offers praise without reason. When she did so at the third National-ranking para table tennis tournament at IIT Madras…

Social Butterfly, Fynbos and Zacharias caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Friday (Jan. 23) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Majesticus (Nazil) 38. Moved freely. Luminosity (S. Amit) 40. Easy. Beat The Heat (rb) 38. Urged. Legadema (Kaviraj) 39. Easy. Hagibis (rb) 38. Pressed. Powerofattitude (Sandesh), Jasialmer (Abhay) 39. They ended level. Red…

Ishaan Madesh, winner of the MRF F2000 category. Ishaan Madesh and Nigel Abraham Thomas delivered commanding wins from pole position in the MRF Formula 2000 and Formula 1600 categories, respectively, in the fourth and final round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship, held here on Saturday. In the MRF Saloons (Toyota…

File photo of Gulveer Singh | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Even as he targets to win medals in the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in 2026, Asian champion in 5000m and 10000m Gulveer Singh finds it hard to get over his mentor and former training partner Kartik Kumar’s suspension due to doping. Asian…

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in action during the Australian Open tennis championship match against Tommy Paul in Melbourne on January 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Carlos Alcaraz stepped up his bid for a maiden Australian Open title with a masterclass to reach the quarter-finals on Sunday (January 25, 2026) by dismissing the American Tommy Paul….

Ranchi Royals’s Manpreet Singh in action in the Hockey India League in Bhubaneswar in January 2026. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Manpreet Singh is on the threshold of a personal milestone. With 411 international appearances he is one short of the most-capped Indian hockey player Dilip Tirkey. He is aware of the speculation and uncertainty…

FIFA paid $1 billion among 32 teams in the men’s 2025 Club World Cup.  FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week. The total fund detailed on Friday (January 23, 2026) by FIFA will share $3.9 million among the six…

Hard-throwing Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki was posted to Major League Baseball teams and will be available to sign as a free agent from Tuesday through 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23. The Chiba Lotte Marines said on Nov. 9 that they planned to make the 23-year-old Sasaki available but waited until less than a week…