Daniela Intili

Sophie Harding was working as a disability support worker when she heard she was being called into the Matildas squad for the Olympic qualifiers. Now she's dreaming of a trip to Paris.

She's best known for her time on the footy field, but Tayla Harris is also pretty good at boxing. After a four-year hiatus, she's getting back in the ring and couldn't be more ready.

Cromwell is sharing training tips with her partner, F1 star Valtteri Bottas, as she gets ready for the inaugural Tour de France Femmes.

Scotty James is a dual Winter Olympic medallist and three-time world champion in snowboarding, but he didn't always feel confident, or capable.

Now a two-time world para surfing champion after suffering devastating injuries, Sam Bloom's rehabilitation journey took her from a life of despair and fragility to hope and resilience.

Harry Garside may be defending his Australian lightweight title, but he would rather be remembered as a good person than a good boxer.

Afghan refugee Sabera was 12 years old before she'd heard of basketball. Now she has big dreams in the sport and NBA star Steph Curry and former Harlem Globetrotter Tracy Williams are helping her to realise them.

Jackie Narracott just set a new track record to win a World Cup and now she's heading to her second Winter Olympics. But this time, the skeleton racer knows she's "good enough to compete with the best".

John Aloisi is famous for the penalty that booked the Socceroos' first World Cup appearance in 32 years. But the defining moment of his life came two years ago.

Ranking sixth overall in the Monobob World Series standings, Australian Bree Walker is on track to qualify for her first Winter Olympics at Beijing next month.

Rallying is in Molly Taylor's blood — now the first female driver to win the Australian rally Championship is set to break new ground in the toughest endurance race of all, the Dakar Rally. 

After a stellar basketball career, Lauren Jackson was left with chronic knee, hip and back pain. She was prescribed medicinal cannabis for it, and wants others to know how life changing it's been.

Sarah Gigante is getting closer to a spot in the very first women's Tour de France, a childhood dream that for so long seemed impossible.

Moguls skier Britt Cox was taking on the world and winning, until she broke her collarbone and six ribs in a crash. Determined to get back into form, she's now eyeing a fourth Winter Olympics.

Catherine Clark won't begin as Paralympics Australia chief executive until January, but she has already set the organisation's sights on preparing for the Brisbane Paralympic Games.

With the future of cricket in Afghanistan in doubt due to the Taliban's stance against female participation, Ian Chappell leads a team of sporting greats in a campaign encouraging Australians to "go into bat for Afghanistan".

Julie Dolan, one of the pioneers of women's football in Australia, feels the Matildas need to draw some of the defensive attention away from Kerr.

With an Olympic gold medal and 31 caps for Australia, Emilee Cherry felt lost when she retired from playing rugby. Now she's part of a move to bring more female coaches into elite sport.

Curtis McGrath lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan. Fellow Paralympian Natalie Smith became a paraplegic after slipping on a rock. Both lives were changed forever, but then they focused on sport.

The Tokyo Games will be Matt Levy's fifth Paralympics and Danni Di Toro's seventh. They've both got impressive medal hauls already, but have a drive that keeps them going back for more.

When Emily Petricola kept falling over her feet, she knew something was up. Diagnosed with MS, she struggled mentally and physically. Now after a tough journey, she's breaking world records and on track for Paralympic gold.

When Bec Henderson was young people would get excited if she came second last in her race. Now, she's preparing for the 20-kilometre race walk as the youngest competitor in the Tokyo field.

Australian Olympians Lea Yanitsas and Nina Kennedy are part of a new athlete advisory group launched by the Australian Institute of Sport to shape the future performance and health of elite sportswomen. 

Olympics-bound Matildas star Hayley Raso reflects on her brother's open-heart surgery and how it inspired her recovery from a horror back injury.

Elise Collier was a skilled and obsessive junior cricketer, until a blow to the head at training left her with a fractured skull. The sport of shooting helped her heal — and now has her en route to Tokyo.