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Can you change how you think about pain, and therefore your experience of it? In this series, four very different people are each trying to take control of what they can in their lives. So far it's been exercise, diet and sleep. Now, it's pain

There's an awful lot that can keep you awake at night. In this series, four very different people are each trying to take control of what they can in their lives. So far it's been exercise, and diet. Now they discuss their difficulties with sleep - and what sends them into the arms of Morpheus.

Life is full of slings and arrows that are outside of your control. So what about the things that are within your power, to make you feel better? This time the focus is on what you eat and drink. Four people each on a quest to take control of this share their experiences and insights.

Life is full of things that are beyond your control. You lose your job. A relationship ends. Someone dies. Or indeed, there's a global pandemic. So what about the things that are within your power, that can make you feel better? This special series over four weeks in turn focuses on diet, sleep, pain, and in this episode - exercise. They're the controllables.

Summers of long ago are evoked by old abandoned crumbling cricket pitches. Meet a sports lover whose mission is to find and photograph them.

We're dreaming of a white Christmas here on Sporty, with Australian Winter Olympians, past and prospective

Formula E, Extreme E and eSkootr are all new forms of electric vehicle racing. They're pushing the high octane motor racing industry to environmental responsibility. But how can you be a petrol head when there’s no petrol?

Back in 1978, a couple of thousand runners lined up to compete in the first-ever Melbourne Marathon. Among them, 5 young men - who've run every single one of those marathons ever since. They're now well into their 60s and 70s, and about to do it all over again. So what's compelled them to keep going? And why are more and more ordinary people drawn to competing in endurance events?

Why do some people sweat a lot, others a little? If you sweat so much that you have trouble holding a tennis racket or weights, are there safe and successful treatments?

Olympic gold medallists Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell have competed against each other their whole lives. Surely there's massive sibling rivalry between them?   When you exercise do you sweat a lot, or hardly at all? Why are there such differences from one person to another? And how can the chemical composition of your sweat be used to monitor your training load and athletic performance?

Are you okay about watching sports events where it's pretty likely competitors are doping? What about when your club says it won't tolerate sexual violence from players, and yet there they are on the field again?

One of the battles fought on the home front during the First World War was over the meaning and purpose of sport. Why? And, stories of youthful formative experiences in cricket from former international player Adam Gilchrist and commentator Alister Nicholson

Lots of lifestyle factors are known to influence the variety of microbes living in your gut, and therefore your health. The focus is now turning to the role of exercise. It’s emerging that top athletes have microbes that the rest of us don’t, that affect sports performance. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made their mark in lots of sports at the top level, but not netball. Jemma Mi Mi is currently the only Indigenous Super Netball player. Former Australian Diamonds player Sharon Finnan-White has a radical proposition: an all-Indigenous team for the Super Netball competition.

What's a soccer match like when there's no heading the ball? Is it still a good game? Plus, is going vegan better for sports performance?

How many people have their best ideas when out for a walk? Well, Aristotle, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and Steve Jobs would all be in that category. Why does walking affect how you think? And - football is all about running to get possession of the ball. And yet, the soccer player who's regarded as the best of his generation prefers to walk. It's been said that Lionel Messi walks better than most players run. Why?

We all do it without thinking about it. We breathe in, we breathe out. How much does the way you breathe, though, affect you physiologically and psychologically? How can breathing techniques improve performance in sport and exercise, as well as reduce stress and pain in daily life?

What makes surfing a distinctive sport unlike any other? And, how one tennis club has kept its juniors active and engaged through numerous lockdowns.

Meet the world's first carbon neutral football club. Plus, a run through AFL footy banners.

How do you reconcile growing up with expectations that you're going to be a star footballer, but you don't quite make it? It's not the stuff of the usual football memoirs, but almost making it to the top of professional football is actually a much more interesting story.

What needs to change and what needs to stay the same about the way the Olympic Games operate?