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.