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January 2025.
Sport, across the world.
Explore the results, people and moments that shaped January 2025. Read detailed reports, see photographs from the events and follow the original records.
January 2025
64 stories
Munich wins in Berlin on Don Jackson’s return to the bench
Red Bull Munich won 3–2 after a shootout on 23 January, when Berlin honoured its former title-winning coach before his first game back in charge of Munich.
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Markerless gait study finds repeatability varies across movement measures
A small laboratory study separates repeated measurements from wider clinical validation.
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Handball study finds athlete stress reports and blood markers tell overlapping stories
A season-long observational study cautions against treating questionnaires and hormones as identical monitoring tools.
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Climber finger-injury series reports return to sport while training time falls
A case series distinguishes resuming climbing from restoring every aspect of participation.
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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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Small Para powerlifting study compares short-term recovery measures
Eleven male athletes completed a crossover comparison, with force tests and blood markers assessed over a short follow-up.
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Gukesh beats Giri as three players share Tata Steel’s opening lead
The world champion joined Harikrishna and Keymer on one point after the first Masters round in Wijk aan Zee.
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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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Knee-imaging study tests a classifier in a small external patient group
An imaging-model evaluation concerns adults with knee pain rather than a screened athlete population.
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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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Independent athlete survey tests the limits of a supplement-behaviour screener
The S3 study assessed reported use of independently tested products, rather than testing the products themselves.
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Wheelchair rugby study compares activity limits across impairment groups
Standardised tasks provide evidence for a classification question affecting inclusion.
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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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Finland wins first Biathlon World Cup relay as Minkkinen seals Oberhof victory
Seppala and Minkkinen won the single mixed relay on 12 January, giving Finland its first World Cup relay victory.
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Dembélé’s double keeps Paris seven points clear at the season’s midpoint
Paris beat Saint-Étienne 2–1 on 12 January. Dembélé scored twice before halftime, and Davitashvili’s free kick reduced the margin after the break.
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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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Lou Jeanmonnot wins Oberhof pursuit as Elvira Oberg climbs from 37th to third
Jeanmonnot won with one miss on 11 January, while Oberg's 34-place rise produced an exceptional pursuit podium.
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Sturla Holm Laegreid leads Norwegian sweep of Oberhof pursuit podium
Laegreid, Tarjei Boe and Johannes Thingnes Boe occupied the podium one day after France swept the sprint.
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Quentin Fillon Maillet leads French podium sweep in Oberhof sprint
Fillon Maillet, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin filled all three podium places in the men's 10 km sprint on 10 January.
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Canadian athlete survey links psychological abuse with poorer well-being indicators
A national-team survey examines safeguarding through athlete reports and statistical associations.
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Paula Botet wins first Biathlon World Cup race in wet Oberhof sprint
France's Botet hit all ten targets to win on 9 January, ahead of two fellow first-time World Cup podium finishers.
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Fenerbahçe’s final quarter settles a close contest against ALBA
Fenerbahçe beat ALBA 90–73 on 9 January, outscoring Berlin 29–13 in the last period after leading by just one point through three.
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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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