EPISODE · Sep 26, 2015 · 49 MIN
A Real Sporting Sacrifice
from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service
2-time national Motocross champion Adrianne Cooper has at the age of just 27 had her career ended after losing a kidney. However the loss of that kidney was deliberate. She made a conscious decision to gift the organ to 10 year old Logan Carson saving his life and in the process having her career terminated early.The Medieval Maul Whilst listening to the Rugby World Cup the Sportshour team were struck by the language used. It turns out that 'ruck' and 'maul' have entomological roots dating back way before the game was invented. Simon Horobin, Professor of English at Oxford University explains all.How to Be a Record Breaker in Berlin The men's marathon world record has been broken on seven separate occasions in Berlin. So what is it about this particular race that enables the shortest times in the longest race? Ed Harry Investigates.Inside the scrum We ‘crouch, bind and set' to find out exactly what goes on inside a scrum."Remembering Terry" We hear from Anna, just one of thousands of people who'll be putting on their running shoes on Wednesday to raise money as part of Terry Fox Day. Anna survived the same cancer that killed Terry whilst trying to complete his "Marathon of Hope" across Canada in 1980.One Last Yogiism We remember Yogi Berra by unashamedly looking at the greatest quotes in sporting history, from the inspiring to the idiotic, super to stupid… We have the best and the very, very worst!Sporting Witness… In September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee – known as the Boksburg Bomber - became WBA heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He was the first white heavyweight champion since 1959 and the first South African to win a world heavyweight title. Commentator Heinrick Marnitz, recalls events inside and outside the ring, and how the title fight became one of the first major televised sporting moments in South Africa. (Photo: Adrienne and the boy she donated her kidney to Logan Carson after a successful operation Credit: Adrienne Cooper)
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2-time national Motocross champion Adrianne Cooper has at the age of just 27 had her career ended after losing a kidney. However the loss of that kidney was deliberate. She made a conscious decision to gift the organ to 10 year old Logan Carson saving his life and in the process having her career terminated early.The Medieval Maul Whilst listening to the Rugby World Cup the Sportshour team were struck by the language used. It turns out that 'ruck' and 'maul' have entomological roots dating back way before the game was invented. Simon Horobin, Professor of English at Oxford University explains all.How to Be a Record Breaker in Berlin The men's marathon world record has been broken on seven separate occasions in Berlin. So what is it about this particular race that enables the shortest times in the longest race? Ed Harry Investigates.Inside the scrum We ‘crouch, bind and set' to find out exactly what goes on inside a scrum."Remembering Terry" We hear from Anna, just one of thousands of people who'll be putting on their running shoes on Wednesday to raise money as part of Terry Fox Day. Anna survived the same cancer that killed Terry whilst trying to complete his "Marathon of Hope" across Canada in 1980.One Last Yogiism We remember Yogi Berra by unashamedly looking at the greatest quotes in sporting history, from the inspiring to the idiotic, super to stupid… We have the best and the very, very worst!Sporting Witness… In September 1983, Gerrie Coetzee – known as the Boksburg Bomber - became WBA heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He was the first white heavyweight champion since 1959 and the first South African to win a world heavyweight title. Commentator Heinrick Marnitz, recalls events inside and outside the ring, and how the title fight became one of the first major televised sporting moments in South Africa. (Photo: Adrienne and the boy she donated her kidney to Logan Carson after a successful operation Credit: Adrienne Cooper)
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