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12 stories · Australia
Shannon and Clifford take fourth Adelaide crown after final-day reversal
Hazel Shannon and WillingaPark Clifford won Adelaide's five-star eventing competition on 4 May with 45.9 penalties, edging Shane Rose and The Bandit by 2.4.
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Robertson removes defending champion Trump from German Masters
Robertson won 5–2 in Berlin as Wilson and Xiao also booked quarter-final places on 30 January.
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Wu edges Allen as German Masters last-16 field takes shape
Wu Yize beat Mark Allen 5–4 at the German Masters in Berlin on January 29, reversing the outcome of the two earlier meetings listed in the broadcaster's match record.
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Small caffeine-gum trial reports acute differences in resistance-exercise tests
Sixteen trained men completed laboratory comparisons; the results do not establish long-term gains or universal suitability.
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Murphy and Trump advance on German Masters opening day
Murphy won without losing a frame, while defending champion Trump recovered from an early deficit in Berlin.
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Australian Open 2025 sets attendance records across Opening Week and main draw
Melbourne Park recorded 1,218,831 visits across the three-week Australian Open programme, including new highs for Opening Week and the main draw.
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Siniakova and Townsend withstand comeback to win Australian Open doubles title
The top seeds beat Hsieh Su-wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3 in the women's doubles final, giving Townsend her second major and Siniakova her tenth.
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Al-Rajhi and Sanders claim first Dakar titles as Saudi rally reaches Shubaytah
Yazeed Al-Rajhi became the first Saudi car winner, while Australian Daniel Sanders led the motorcycle standings throughout the January rally.
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Raducanu overturns second-set deficit to reach Australian Open third round
The British former US Open champion recovered from 0-3 in the second set to beat Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-5 and reach the last 32 in Melbourne for the first time.
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Shelton holds off Carreno Busta comeback to reach Australian Open third round
The American won 6-3, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4 against the returning Spaniard and secured a place in Melbourne's last 32 for the third consecutive year.
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Raducanu wins two tiebreaks to beat Alexandrova in Australian Open first round
Emma Raducanu opened her 2025 season with a 7-6(4), 7-6(2) victory over 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova at Melbourne Park.
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Treadmill study finds belt accelerations differ from obstacle trips in older adults
A laboratory comparison examines how closely two balance challenges resemble one another.
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