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January will see Indian athletes in action across leagues. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from January 9, 2025.
What's on today?
HIL: Vedanta Kalinga Lancers vs Team Gonasika at 8:15 PM in Rourkela.
ISL: Chennaiyin FC host Odisha FC at 7:30 PM.
Badminton: HS Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, Malvika Bansod and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath are all in second round action at the Malaysia Open Super 1000.
Table Tennis: Several Indians will be in action in Round 2 at the WTT Star Contender in Doha.
What happened yesterday?
HIL: Tamil Nadu Dragons beat Team Gonasika 6-5 in an end-to-end HIL game, while Hyderabad Toofans beat UP Rudras 3-0.
ISL: FC Goa drew 1-1 with Hyderabad FC in a game where both sides were reduced to ten men.
Badminton: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag began 2025 with first-round wins at the Malaysia Open.