Reuters Sports News Summary

Washington beats Philadelphia to win NFC East Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes and the Washington Football Team won the NFC East with a 20-14 victory Sunday night against the host Philadelphia Eagles in the final game of the 2020 regular season.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. NFL-Jackson, Henry highlight record-busting regular-season finale

The Baltimore Ravens clinched a third consecutive post-season berth on Sunday with a 38-3 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, as 23-year-old Lamar Jackson logged his second season with more than 1,000 rushing yards, a league record for quarterbacks. The 2019 league MVP made 10 of 18 attempts for 113 passing yards and 97 rushing yards in Cincinnati, setting up a Wild Card showdown with the Tennessee Titans, who a year ago ended Baltimore's Super Bowl dreams in the divisional playoffs. Rallying-Peterhansel takes Dakar lead from team mate Sainz

Record Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel took over from Mini team mate Carlos Sainz as race leader on Monday with Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah roaring back in the second stage in Saudi Arabia. Frenchman Peterhansel, whose 13 wins on two wheels and four have cemented his nickname of 'Mr Dakar', leads defending champion Sainz by six minutes and 37 seconds in the car category. Washington beats Philadelphia to win NFC East

Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes and the Washington Football Team won the NFC East with a 20-14 victory Sunday night against the host Philadelphia Eagles in the final game of the 2020 regular season. Washington (7-9) clinched the No. 4 seed in the NFC playoffs and will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a wild-card game on Saturday night at 8:15 p.m. ET. It is Washington's first division title and first playoff appearance since the 2015 season. NBA roundup: Curry's 62 points propel Warriors

Stephen Curry exploded for 21 of his career-high 62 points in the first quarter Sunday night, helping the Golden State Warriors take a lead they never relinquished in a 137-122 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco. The game was a rematch of a 123-98 Trail Blazers win on Friday night in a game also played at the 2-year-old Chase Center in San Francisco. NFL draft order for picks 1 through 18 set

With the conclusion of Week 17 Sunday night and the NFL playoffs expanded to 14 teams this season, the top 18 picks of the 2021 NFL Draft are now set. The draft position of the 18 non-playoff teams were established once the Washington Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. Bengals retain head coach Taylor

Six wins in two seasons put Zac Taylor at risk of losing his job, but Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown thinks otherwise. Taylor, 37, went 4-11-1 in 2020 and the Bengals averaged 19.4 points per game, well under expectations. Bears biggest wild-card weekend underdogs

The Washington Football Team won the NFC East with a 7-9 record, but it's the Chicago Bears who were installed as the biggest underdogs on Sunday night for wild-card weekend. Fourth-seeded Washington will play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who earned the NFC's top wild-card spot. The Bucs were installed as 7.5-point favorites by DraftKings shortly after Washington secured the final playoff spot with a win over Philadelphia in the final regular-season game on Sunday night. Tennis-Australian Open quarantine plan faces legal challenge

Apartment owners on the premises of a luxury Melbourne hotel are seeking to quash plans by Australian Open organisers to use the hotel to quarantine players ahead of the Grand Slam. The apartment owners at the Westin Melbourne are concerned for their health and never agreed to international players quarantining at the hotel, their lawyer Graeme Efron told Reuters on Monday. NFL roundup: Browns clinch first playoff spot since 2002

Nick Chubb rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown, and the Cleveland Browns clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2002 with a 24-22 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. The Browns (11-5) snapped the NFL's longest current playoff drought. They will be the No. 6 seed in the AFC. NFL-Jaguars fire head coach Marrone after season with only one win

The Jacksonville Jaguars have parted ways with head coach Doug Marrone, the team said on Monday after a one-win and 15-loss season, the worst record in the National Football League (NFL). Marrone led the Jaguars to the AFC Championship in his first of four years in the role, where the team lost to the New England Patriots 24-20.