Just six months ago, Joel Legg was in hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident. He managed his mental health using skills he learnt in therapy, with mood management linked to faster injury rehabilitation.

Rugby league's world governing body says it is banning trans women from playing in the women's game until it does enough research to put together a formal inclusion policy.

The game of footy is almost a different sport on the Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands — a place where former AFL star Austin Wonaeamirri says Aussie Rules is a way of life.

After Penrith dispatched South Sydney in the finals yet again, the Panthers are one win away from establishing a true dynasty.

Adidas' new running shoe helped Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa take more than two minutes off the marathon world record in Berlin at the weekend — but if you want to get hold of the the one-run-and-done shoe, you'd better start saving.