Sports Round-Up: Five Key Stories from December 26

By: WE staff | Saturday, 27 December 2025

• Sports action occurred in several nations on December 26
• Cricket, football, and tennis were among the popular sports on display
• The Boxing Day Test in Australia was an important highlight

Events across continents in cricket, football, and tennis on December 26 delivered a variety of souvenirs: from the Boxing Day Test Down Under to developments from the world of cricket and tennis, here are the biggest such developments on this day:

Michael Neser's four wickets on Test debut had helped Australia move into a strong position in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with England struggling against an excellent and unrelenting spell of bowling on a responsive pitch.

Manchester United Narrowly Beat Newcastle. The teams indeed traveled for the Boxing Day Premier League fixture, with Manchester United recording a narrow 1–0 victory over Newcastle United.

The decisive goal was scored in the second half, as United managed the late pressure to collect three points and move up the ladder.

Shafali Verma's unbeaten innings helped India Women seal a 3-0 T20I series clean sweep over Sri Lanka as her performance backed a successful chase and underlined India's high form in women's cricket.

England seamer Josh Tongue had taken five wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground - the first Englishman to achieve that since 1998. His figures contributed to a day in which 20 wickets fell during the fourth Ashes Test.

Jack Draper out of Australian Open British tennis player Jack Draper has pulled out of the Australian Open as he persists with rehabilitation from an arm injury.

The world No. 10 stated that his focus will be on rehabilitation for the time being, and he does not rule out his return later in the season.