Daniil Medvedev walks past the clock at 3:46am after match with Emil Ruusuvuori.
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Night matches at the Australian Open are a great spectacle, but sleep disruption is likely to wreak havoc even on professional athletes.
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Why the speed of fast bowling in cricket seems to have stalled.
South Africa play Scotland during the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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Rugby players risk serious injury due to the game’s sheer physicality. Sports scientists have worked with international rugby bodies to improve safety.
Members of the Wales and England squads have suffered hamstring injuries ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
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New research shows that rugby players’ hamstrings are stiffer than active people who don’t play rugby.
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The muscle benefits of a brief ‘priming’ workout seem to last longer than a last-minute warm up.
Investment in technology means that player performance is now analysed in granular detail.
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Player wages and transfer fees make the headlines, but the wealth generated by the Premier League has also been spent behind the scenes.
Last year’s Tour de France winner was Tadej Pogacar, in the yellow jersey here – his second consecutive Tour title.
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Three scientists explain the biology and physics of what goes into one of the world’s most grueling races, the Tour de France.
The Tour de France is one of the most physically taxing sporting feats imaginable.
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Riders in the 2022 Tour de France will ride more than 2,100 miles (3,400 km) over the 21 flat and mountainous stages of the race. And they will burn an incredible amount of energy while doing so.
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The collection of athlete data in professional sport has outpaced legal requirements and scientifically-proven benefit to athletes.
Kevin Durant is one of the NBA players who shows the ability to go on hot streaks.
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A study shows that a select group of NBA players really do go on hot streaks by making more shots in a row than statistics suggest they should.
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What does it take to deliver a medal-winning performance in skeleton, which involves racing down a banked track faster than a car on a freeway, with your face mere centimetres from the ice?
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Executing the perfect manoeuvre on the slopes requires foresight, technical skill and being able to think on the go.
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High pressure during penalties can cause a whole range of problems before striking the ball, both psychological and physical.
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Gymnasts need to carefully calibrate their leg muscles to gain optimum spring from the floor, springboard or beam. And their arms are crucial for balance and creating the right amount of rotation.
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Plus, the troubled 1920 Antwerp Olympics and the parallels they have for Tokyo. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Here the goalie’s view is obstructed by the wall of his teammates but also attacking player from the other team,
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While a line of defensive players complicates a free kicker’s task to shoot on target, new research suggests it could also impede the goalie.
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Our research with athletes suggests there may be two zones: an effortless ‘flow state’ and a more purposeful ‘clutch state’. Here’s how to decide which zone you need to be in — and how to get there.
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It’s what batsmen do on the pitch in between a bowler’s delivery that helps make them an expert in the game. They also need routines.
A pitcher tries to throw a ball past a batter.
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In baseball, a pitcher can throw a ball that seems to curve away just as it crosses the plate. How do they do it? It’s all about aerodynamics.
Trey Hardee at the 2011 IAAF World Championships.
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Coaches have long thought hurdlers and sprinters start their races differently – our research suggests they need to adjust their thinking.