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EPISODE · Mar 19, 2022 · 49 MIN

Oleksiej Zorin: The Ukrainian American Football player helping the people of Kyiv

from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service

Oleksiej Zorin is an American Football player and team owner. His family are in Poland under the care of the team he plays for, while he is unable to reach players based in Mariupol, who play on the team he owns, after the city came under heavy attack from Russia. He admits he is scared for the players he can’t reach and grateful his team in Poland got his family out of Ukraine. He tells us about the work he is doing to help the people of Kyiv and how he has considered joining the army. Zorin says he doesn’t fear death but he does fear for the future. Lowri Norkett joins us in a week which saw her make her debut for Wales and then be selected for their 6 Nations squad. Norkett only took up rugby union after her sister Elli – who was a Wales international – was killed in a car crash five years ago. Lowri tells us about wearing her sisters boots and how she is always with her. The incoming NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman tells us about rebuilding trust between the league and the players following allegations of sexual misconduct against a former coach last year. She also says demand for tickets for Angel City FC’s first home game is akin to a Super Bowl and that bringing more new teams into the league is among her top priorities. And - In Sporting Witness, we hear from the cardiologist who saved Fabrice Muamba’s life, ten years after he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the pitch in a Premier League match.Image: Getty Images

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