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14 stories · United Kingdom
England beat Canada 33–13 to win Women's Rugby World Cup before record crowd
Alex Matthews scored twice as England secured their third world title in a final watched by 81,885 spectators at Twickenham.
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England retain Women's EURO title after penalty win over Spain
Hannah Hampton saved twice and Chloe Kelly converted the deciding penalty as England won the Basel final 3–1 in the shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.
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Alcaraz beats Struff in four sets to keep Wimbledon defense alive
The two-time defending champion won 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court and booked a fourth-round meeting with Andrey Rublev.
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Rowe's extra-time header gives England a second straight U21 EURO title
England beat Germany 3–2 after extra time in Bratislava, with substitute Jonathan Rowe scoring the winner after Germany recovered from two goals down.
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France beat Scotland 35–16 to secure Six Nations championship
Two tries from Yoram Moefana helped France turn a three-point half-time lead into the victory that sealed their first championship since 2022.
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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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Women’s gym study documents judgement, barriers and moments of empowerment
A mixed-methods survey examines how participants experience shared exercise spaces.
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Hill defeats Williams as German Masters second day reshapes the draw
Hill closed with a century against Williams, while Ursenbacher and Xiao joined the second-day winners in Berlin.
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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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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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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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Pacific athlete education study examines how participants experience support beyond competition
A January paper reports athletes' perceptions of the Voices of Athletes programme using data collected at Samoa 2019.
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Netball surveillance study distinguishes match injury rates from training burden
The January publication reports a 2021 season in which equal injury counts occurred over very different amounts of exposure.
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