Opals star announces retirement from basketball
After the greatest individual honour of her career, an Opals star has announced her retirement from basketball, confident that the future for the Australian team is “super bright”.
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Aussie star forced into retirement by diagnosis
An Australian WNBL star has been forced to retire from basketball early after receiving a devastating diagnosis.
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