ENDING IT – Let Serena Williams’ long “evolve away” from the game of tennis commence… Williams is one of the best the game has ever seen, and she’s talked about the pain she’s feeling about ending her playing career. She’s set to play in the US Open starting at the end of this month, and it’s now expected to be the 40yos last grand slam. 

TAKING A BREAK – Aussie women’s cricket captain Meg Lanning is on hiatus. She’s had a non-stop year leading the team to a One-Day World Cup win and Comm Games gold medal, and she needs to “spend time focusing on myself,” she said yesterday. No return date has been nominated, but the team heads to India in December. 

MAKING AN EPIC RETURN – Lauren Jackson, you little ripper… The basketball great has been picked in the Opals squad for the World Cup, which starts in Sydney on September 22. She’s 41yo, she’s one of the all-time greats of the game internationally, and while injury slowed her down, she’s back. After an almost decade-long break, she got the call yesterday and said “I had a bit of a cry to be honest.”