#bereavement

#bereavement

Every day, around nine Australians end their lives; three-quarters of them are men. That is a shocking statistic. But nothing can prepare you for the shock when that statistic includes someone you love. One day in mid-2013, my dad became one of the nine. After doing a heroic job bringing up five kids and helping raise a growing collection of grandkids, he killed himself in the garage of his rented Kirrawee home. It broke me in ways I am still dealing with.

The way the fans conducted themselves after that tragedy, how many flowers there were, all the memorials, I can almost get emotional thinking about it. It's unbelievable what our fans have done and our players as well, the way they have conducted themselves in and around the funeral. And then we have to train again. There are moments where I feel, What must his wife and his children feel now?

When it gets close to my menstrual cycle, he gets into an angry panic for us to be intimate because he travels for work and is home only four nights a week. If we're not able to, he pouts, then becomes angry and distant, and peppers me for updates to determine how soon we can resume intimacy. Regardless of how I feel at my time of the month, my feelings are ignored.

The death of UFC lightweight Fares Ziam's grandmother has seen him withdraw from UFC Paris this Saturday. Ziam (17-4) had been expected to face Kaue Fernandes at the Fight Night event, in a main card bout. The French star sits on a five-fight win streak that includes victories over Jai Herbert and Matt Frevola, among others. To date, he had fought on (and won at) every single one of the UFC's trips to Paris, starting with the promotion's debut at the Accor Arena in 2022.

SNS Morton manager Dougie Imrie has shared the news that his baby girl Remi, who was recently born premature, has died. Remi was delivered on 30 July, weighing 1lb 4oz, 14 weeks before her due date. In a post on social media, Imrie said that his daughter had "decided it was time to rest" on Tuesday and that he and partner Lauren would cherish the time they had spent with her.

"Despite significant pushback from the industry, pensions will now form part of inheritance tax calculations," he said. "This places yet another burden on grieving families."