Former Nigeria goalkeeper Carl Ikeme discusses his move into Mixed martial arts and says there is something very humbling about being choked out in the cage. Ikeme’s football career was cut short after he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. He reflects on that period of his life and tells us he’s only recently been able to enjoy watching football again.
Great Britain sitting volleyball player Nicole ‘Jodi’ Hill chats to us as the team set out on the road to potential qualification for Paris 2024 by playing in the Silver Nations League. Hill tells us she had a leg amputation after nine years of failed attempts to save her ankle after she fell off a balcony.
And - Dr Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff explains the phenomenon of ‘Wembymania’, with the French teenage basketball prodigy Victor Wembanyama set to move to the NBA. Krasnoff – who is the author of the upcoming book ‘Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA’ - has seen first-hand Wembanyama’s popularity in Paris and tells us he’s viewed as a ‘unicorn’ in his home country such is his unique skill set.
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