From Max Verstappen’s dramatic comeback to unexpected performance swings, Melbourne may already have exposed some of the biggest storylines of the year ahead. Here are five key takeaways.

Six weeks on crutches left Sarah Zadrazil relying on others for even the simplest things. The Bayern Munich and Austria midfielder reveals what recovery taught her about patience and football.

The pieces stay the same, but the clock changes everything. Discover how classical, rapid and blitz chess test players in very different ways.

10 different obstacles, one continuous run and no room for error. At Austria's Kreischberg, Clemens Millauer set himself a snowboard challenge that would take around 30 attempts to conquer.

Two hundred battles, 250 opponents and just three defeats. Spanish MC Gazir has made freestyle rap history with an extraordinary 11-hour challenge in Gijón, Spain.