Association football In association football, Chelsea F.C. Women sign American defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of US$1.1 million ({{GBP}}881,540), making her the most expensive woman player and the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer.
2024–25 NFL playoffs In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs win their respective conference championship games to reach Super Bowl LIX, a rematch of two years prior.
2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship In motor racing, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team wins the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race with drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor.
2025 ATP Tour In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Alexander Zverev 6–3, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3, in the men's singles final to win his second Australian Open title and his third Grand Slam overall.
2025 Belarusian presidential election A protest in Warsaw, Poland, is organized by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after Lukashenko's rule was extended to a 7th term.
A vote is held in Belarus for president, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to extend his rule in an election that the Belarusian opposition, the United States, and the European Parliament have called a sham election.
Vehicle-ramming attack Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and six others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Tampa, Florida, United States.
2024 South Korean martial law crisis South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is formally indicted on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law in December 2024.
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner calls Rwanda's military support for M23 rebels a "declaration of war".
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Rwanda to end its support for rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and withdraw Rwandan soldiers from Congolese territory.
Belarus–United States relations U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus.
Colombia–United States relations The dispute is settled with an agreement to use the Colombian presidential plane to fly the deportees from the U.S. to Colombia.
In response to President Gustavo Petro's refusal, U.S. President Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. Hours after Trump's announcement, President Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on U.S. imports by 25%.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocks two U.S. military aircrafts carrying deported Colombians as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown from landing in his country.
Syria The Syrian newspaper "Enab Baladi" announces it will return to Syria after a decade in exile following the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
Boko Haram insurgency At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria.
Russian invasion of Ukraine The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast.
Israeli invasion of Lebanon The United States announces that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended to February 18.
Israeli soldiers open fire against the Lebanese Army and civilians in two villages in southern Lebanon, killing 22 people and wounding at least 124 more.