Netball Australia to take new approach to athlete wellbeing Netball Australia has completed a comprehensive review, conducted by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), to assess, explore and evolve the area of athlete wellbeing in netball. As part of the review, a series of thorough focus groups were conducted consisting of current elite players, recently-retired elite players, high performance system representatives (coaches, managers and staff), athlete parents and partners, state-based organisations and Suncorp Super Netball clubs. The review found that netball is a pioneer in athlete wellbeing and engagement, having driven positive change within the sport’s stakeholders over an extended period, but that an opportunity exists for an enhanced holistic and collaborative approach to all aspects of wellbeing – mental, physical and emotional wellbeing. Continue on https://netball.com.au/news/netball-australia-take-new-approach-athlete-wellbeing

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2019 - US OPEN - USA, NY 'I fought really hard to get to this point' - Andreescu beats Bencic to make first Grand Slam final at US Open Bianca Andreescu, 2019 US Open (Getty) The meteoric rise of Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu brought her into a maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open, following a tight two-set win over Belinda Bencic. WTA STAFF NEW YORK, NY, USA -- The blistering run into the elite of women’s tennis continues unabated for Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu, as the No.15 seed reached her first Grand Slam final at the US Open on Thursday night with a gritty 7-6(3), 7-5 victory over No.13 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. "I've always dreamt of this moment ever since I was a little kid," Andreescu said, in her post-match press conference. "But I don't think many people would have actually thought that it would become a reality." "I just kept believing in myself," Andreescu continued. "But I think that moment after the match [point won], I was just in shock. At the same time, I fought really hard to get to this point, so I really think I deserve to be in the finals on Saturday." Andreescu never held a break point in the first set, but won it in a tiebreak after saving all six break points against her, including one set point. The Canadian then fought back from a double-break down in the second set to reel off the last five games of the clash and claim victory after two hours and 12 minutes of play. 19-year-old Andreescu moves into the final on her US Open main-draw debut -- last year at this time, she was ranked outside the Top 200 and fell in the first round of qualifying in New York City. The rising star becomes the second Canadian to reach a Grand Slam final, following Eugenie Bouchard's run to the Wimbledon final in 2014. Continue on https://www.wtatennis.com/news/i-fought-really-hard-get-point-andreescu-beats-bencic-make-first-grand-slam-final-us-open

VIDEO At this month's Basketball World Cup in China, 24-year-old Serbian standout Nikola Jokic is being billed as one of the stars of the tournament. He's already one of the highest-paid players in the United States as an NBA all-star. Back home in Serbia, the big man is an inspiration in his small town. CONTINUE ON https://www.rferl.org/a/basketball-s-joker-serbia-s-big-man-from-a-small-town/30142802.html

Netherlands beat Germany in six-goal thriller play Nicol: Imagine how good Dutch would be with 'proper' No. 9 (1:56) ESPN A late goal from substitute Donyell Malen handed Netherlands a massive 4-2 win over Germany in their Group C 2020 Euro qualifier in Hamburg on Friday. The Germans set out in search of their second win in a row against Netherlands following a last-gasp 3-2 win in the first group meeting between the teams in March and were in front inside of 10 minutes. Some poor defending gifted Serge Gnabry a close-range goal from a Lukas Klostermann rebound after the RB Leipzig player had got in behind the Dutch defence on a counter-attack. Netherlands had the better of the first-half possesion, but Germany looked more likely to score with Jasper Cillessen making a fine save on a Marco Reus shot just before half-time to keep the score 1-0 at the break. "I told my players [at half-time] to stay in the game, not to give them so much space, control the ball better," Koeman told reporters. "That we should just keep going and we would get our chances. In the second half the Germans looked more tired and we benefited from that. "Overall we worked harder than Germany for this victory." Continue on https://www.espn.com/soccer/report?gameId=528982

BACK TO FIVB Beach Volley Video HUMANA-PAREDES & PAVAN CONTINUE MASTERY OVER SWISS PHOTO Focused on Mikasa is Canadian world champion Melissa Humana-Paredes as she and partner Sarah Pavan posted two wins Friday at the FIVB World Tour Finals in Rome at the Foro Italico. Rome, Italy, September 6, 2019 - On a day when they were celebrating their two-month anniversary in winning Canada's first-ever beach volleyball world championship, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan posted a pair of victories here Friday at the $600,000 FIVB World Tour Finals at the Foro Italico. After being upset by American rivals Kelly Larsen and Emily Stockman in pool play Thursday, the top-seeded Humana-Paredes and Pavan rebounded Friday by defeating teams from Austria and Switzerland to advance to a Saturday afternoon quarter-final match against fourth-seeded Brazilians Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa. Highlighting the Canadian effort Friday was an early evening 2-1 (21-12, 15-21, 15-7) Round of 16 win in 40 minutes over fifth-seeded Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli of Switzerland, It was Humana-Paredes and Pavan's sixth win in as many FIVB World Tour meetings with the Swiss, who dropped a semi-final match July 5 to the Canadians at the FIVB World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. CONTINUE ON https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/humana-paredes--pavan-continue-mastery-over-swiss?id=88786