🌍 2025 Sports Around the World - Live updates and General discussion thread

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Join the 2025 Sports Around the World Live Updates & General Discussion Thread!

Sports fans, get ready! The 2025 Sports Around the World live updates and general discussion thread is here. From football and basketball to tennis, cricket, and beyond, this is your go-to space for real-time updates, analysis, and banter on all the biggest sporting events across the globe.

Join fellow fans, share insights, celebrate victories, and debate the hottest topics in sports. Don’t miss out—be part of the action!

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FLY, EAGLES FLY

The Eagles are Super Bowl LIX champions​:double_exclamation_mark:

[Samuel]

In 2024, Louis Rees-Zammit switched from rugby to American football, training in the NFL International Player Pathway Program before signing with the Chiefs.

After not making their final roster, he joined the Jaguars’ practice squad and was made a free agent in 2025 after being cut.

Now in 2025, he’s officially signed to their active roster as a wide receiver

[Aarav]

Stefanos Tsitsipas after winning Dubai Championship:

“They said my game was sinking so I got myself a boat”

[Aarav]

Freestyle Chess: Magnus Carlsen, D Gukesh among elite chess stars to battle in Paris with $750,000 at stake.

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 heads to Paris from April 7 to 14, featuring 12 top grandmasters.

[Aarav]

BREAKING

Sharath Kamal to retire!

The Indian table tennis star has announced that he will retire after competing in the upcoming WTT Star Contender tournament in his hometown Chennai, where he learnt his trade.

[Aarav]

Pregnant players on the women’s tennis tour now can receive 12 months of paid maternity leave
Those who become parents via partner pregnancy, surrogacy or adoption can get two months off with pay,

These are some of the benefits of the WTA program sponsored by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

[Jay]

It’s him! The crown of the Masters tournament at the 7th Prague International Chess Festival belongs to Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram! Congratulations!

[Jay]

India’s Pranav Venkatesh is the new World Junior Chess Champion (Under-20) !!

He wins the tournament with a score of 9/11 points, ending India’s 17-year wait for a men’s Junior Classical World Title.

[Aarav]

Only two players hit 3K threes. Only one just hit 4K. Steph’s in a league of his own.

The two-time #KiaMVP, 11-time #NBAAllStar, and 4x NBA Champion!!

[Jay]

2025 Indian Wells Champions

𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒂, 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈!

The 17-year-old Russian teenager beat World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the #IndianWells final to win her second WTA 1000-level tournament in a row!

Men’s Singles - Jack Draper

[Jay]

ICYMI!

China’s world number one Shi Yuqi delivered a composed performance to see off Taiwan’s Lee Chia-hao 21-17, 21-19 to seal his second men’s singles title at the #AllEnglandOpen2025.

[Jay]

All England Classic Open 2025 Women’s Champion #AnSeYoung

Podium Of YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2025

Women’s Singles

Winner:

AN Se Young [1]

Runner up:

WANG Zhi Yi [2]

[Jay]

BWF World Ranking
Women’s Singles
18 March 2025

Han Yue enters the top 3 after #AllEnglandOpen2025.

Zhang Yi Man leaps 10 spots into top 30.

Ester Wardoyo makes a comeback into the top 35.

[Jay]

BWF World Ranking
Men’s Singles
18 March 2025

Antonsen and Axelsen each rise one spot.

Lin Chun-Yi reaches a new career high as #11.

Lee Chia Hao also reaches a new career high as #14.

[Jay]

Anahat Singh clinched her tenth PSA title and Veer Chotrani his first in India at the SRFI Indian Tour Squash Championship - a PSA Challenger event on Friday.