Retiring from a career in elite sports can be stressful in a number of ways, something the former tennis world number one understands very well.
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Too often athletes are forced into a narrative in which their sport overtakes everything, to the detriment of their health and future happiness.
What does the sale of the ‘home of football’ have to do with grassroots development?
Why do big events that showcase elite sport fail to motivate people to get active?
New research with elite sportswomen found half use hormonal contraceptives.
The Therapeutic Use Exemption system of banned medicines in sport creates more problems than it solves, is open to abuse and is simply unfair.
Former tennis star Jelena Dokic’s story of disturbing abuse suffered at the hands of her father raises alarm bells about children in elite sports.
Having a baby could provide even more motivation.
The reality of life as a female sports star.
The telltale signs of burnout … and what to do about them.
Australia’s biggest prize pot for computer gaming is up for grabs this weekend which shows our growing interest in the multi-million dollar eSports industry.
To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
When it comes to winning Olympic gold, it turns out timing isn’t everything.
Efforts to wipe out doping, match fixing, corruption and other threats to sport integrity need to start at the local level.
Without addresses inequalities in sport and diversifying funding, there will always be a problem in getting ordinary people interested in sport.
When it comes to keeping an eye on all the action in sport a coach can only see so much. But machine learning can crunch all the data and look for improvements.
A year after the “darkest day in Australian sport” the catastrophic bang has led to an all too predictable whimper. The days after the Australian Crime Commission’s report Organised Crime and Drugs in…
Wherever we look there seems to be amazing feats of physical, mental and skilled endeavour in sport. Cycling is often cited as one of the most elite and the climax of the Tour of Britain yesterday saw…
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