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11 stories · Italy
Italy end 30-year Women's EuroBasket medal wait with victory over France
Cecilia Zandalasini scored 20 points as Italy beat France 69–54 in Piraeus to claim their first European medal since 1995.
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Belgium survive Italy comeback to reach Women's EuroBasket final
Antonia Delaere's corner three-pointer helped Belgium win 66–64 after Italy opened the fourth quarter with 17 unanswered points.
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Gasquet closes career at Roland-Garros after defeat to Sinner
World No.1 Jannik Sinner won 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in the second round as the 38-year-old Frenchman finished his professional career in front of his home crowd.
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Van der Poel's Roubaix treble follows Ferrand-Prévot's breakthrough
A weekend of solo winners ended with Mathieu van der Poel's third consecutive men's Paris-Roubaix, one day after Pauline Ferrand-Prévot became the women's race's first French champion.
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France tops medal count at Lenzerheide Biathlon World Championships
France finished the 12-event championships with six golds and 13 medals, while Johannes Thingnes Bø set two career world-title records.
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Historic Monte Carlo rally brings 215 crews to Valence
Crews completed the January concentration journeys before the regularity stages scheduled for February.
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Female para-athlete study finds distinct regional body-composition patterns
A matched comparison examines why broader athlete reference groups may miss relevant variation.
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Milan’s women recover twice to beat Roma and reach the fifth-place mark
Milan won 3–2 on 25 January after trailing twice, moving level on 22 points with Como in the contest for the final Championship Round place.
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Nys and Van Empel win close Benidorm World Cup races
Nys attacked on the final lap, while Van Empel secured a third consecutive Benidorm victory on 19 January.
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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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Oberg sisters power Sweden's comeback win in Oberhof mixed relay
Sweden recovered from two penalty loops to beat France in the closing Oberhof race on 12 January.
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