Injuries

Australian women’s team cricketer Jess Jonassen has a law degree and is studying forensic mental health. It’s a lot to balance. But it helps keep her depression at bay.

He feared MMA might leave him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. This is the remarkable story of how Alex Volkanovski fought his way back ... and how he plans to drown Jose Aldo at UFC 237.

Brianna Davey was the Matildas goalkeeper before Carlton came knocking with an AFLW contract. It was a massive risk. This is why she couldn't say no.

A shocking injury led to 13 screws and three plates being inserted into Chloe Molloy’s foot. Until that point, the AFLW’s Rising Star believed sport defined her. The experience broadened her outlook.

He went from Bentleys at Newcastle to battlers at Bradford before injuries struck. It sounds like an agonising story of lost opportunity. But Curtis Good sees it differently.

Surgery sidelined Tess Madgen for more than a year, compounding her anguish at being cut from the Opals' 2016 Olympics squad. Two years later, she was on the dais with the Opals at the World Championships. This is how she did it.

'I gave up. I stopped fighting. Everything went peaceful and quiet under the water. I got ready to just let it happen.'

'Warning: there are a lot of f-bombs coming in this story.' Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a brutal injury at the home of tennis. This is the story of how the most colourful character in the game made her comeback ... in a style all her own.

A stray elbow from Romelda Aiken left Emily Mannix with more than a headache. Over the next half a season the Diamonds netballer discovered how serious concussion can be.