At the end of his playing career, this ex-footballer's debilitating headaches, memory loss and anxiety sent him looking for answers. The answer was the repeated head trauma he experienced playing the game he loved.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard stormed to the title at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, but his unique approach to serving could be a game-changer for tennis, according to one of the sport's best.

Emma Kearney fulfilled a childhood dream when she became a footballer, but she says the AFLW still has a long way to go.

Josh Addo-Carr has been sacked by NRL club Canterbury with immediate effect after returning two positive readings to roadside drugs tests last month.

Test hopefuls Sam Konstas and Cameron Bancroft have been dismissed for ducks batting for Australia A, while Marcus Harris also fell cheaply in a major blow for their international ambitions.