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Holger Rune at the Red Ball Bassline event.

No umpires, DJs with loud crowds, and every game’s a tiebreaker: The verdict on Red Bull’s Bassline

A new kind of exhibition aims to allow players and fans to “experience tennis like never before”. So, how did it really go?

  • Gemma Grant

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Dylan Alcott will play The Narrator in the upcoming production of the Rocky Horror show.

‘Let’s give it a crack’: Dylan Alcott shows he’ll try anything once

The champion athlete is set to play The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show alongside Jason Donovan.

  • Nick Galvin
Comedian Adam Hills wants more people to know about para standing tennis.

‘No one’s the freak’: How Adam Hills fell in love with para-standing tennis

The comedian and TV host will play in the first tournament of its kind staged in Australia.

  • Stephen Brook
Dylan Alcott

Wheelchair kids are Weet-Bix kids: Normalising disability in advertising

Former wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott has tasked leading brands with including people with disability in ads.

  • Jewel Topsfield

‘It’s all on the cards’: Chantelle Otten on her and Dylan Alcott’s future plans

“We definitely want to have children,” says the sexologist and author.

  • Jane Rocca
Dylan Alcott, Queen Elizabeth II and Chris Waller

Alcott among ‘everyday’ Australians invited to the Queen’s funeral

Tennis star and Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and Winx trainer Chris Waller are among a group of 10 Australians invited to travel to London with the prime minister.

  • Rob Harris
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Dylan Alcott at the jobs and skills summit on Thursday.

Dylan Alcott: Let people with disabilities work and keep more of their pension

The participation rate for people with disability has not changed in nearly 30 years, and the Australian of the Year said there are some easy fixes.

  • Rachel Clun and Angus Thompson
Crowe has come to mentoring late in life: “It’s taken me 53 years, to work out what I want to do when I grow up.”

‘We’ve lost the art of just being human’

Mindset coach to the stars Ben Crowe opens up on what motivates and drives his clients (and friends) who include Ash Barty, Dustin Martin and Dylan Alcott.

Dylan Alcott: “At the moment I don’t want to play [tennis], and it’s liberating.”

Dylan Alcott: ‘Why couldn’t Brad Pitt be in a wheelchair and win an Oscar?’

The retired athlete and disability advocate isn’t missing tennis one little bit and has plans for the future that would see his immense public profile rise even more.

  • Konrad Marshall
Describing how he felt when he visited the West Wing, Forrest says: “Ex-jackaroo. Kid from the bush. So fortunate to be able to do this.”

The July 2 Edition

What drives Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest | Tom Hanks on that ‘nice-guy’ thing | Dylan Alcott’s film foray

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