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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2018 · 24 MIN

The World Cup Begins!

from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service

If your looking for a nation to support at the World Cup, if yours isn't there, then you might think about cheering on Iceland! The smallest nation to every qualify for a World Cup finals, expectation is high after they reached the quarter finals of Euro 2016 cheered on by fan's "Viking Clap" and the screaming commentators. To celebrate his nations debut in Russia, we speak to the President of Iceland.Watching Habits The NWSL not only attracts the best players, offers some of the highest salaries but crucially has the highest profile of any women's football league around the world. That's partly because the games are televised, but not the traditional sports channels, but from on a "life-style" channel alongside with Real Housewives New Jersey and America's Next Top Model. So could this be away of further enhancing women's sport as it strides to achieve equality ? Prof Cheryl Cooky has studied women's sport in the media or many years, and despite what seems like great progress over the years, there's clearly plenty more to do...Need for Speed We meet the man looking to break a cycling speed record... Neil Campbell has dedicated the last twenty years to going as fast as he possibly can on a bike and on Tuesday he will look to exceed 127 mph and in the process add the European record to the British and Commonwealth record he already holds...Rugby Wing to Chicken Wing It's just over 20 years since the sport turned professional... And while many top players make a reasonable income, the average playing career is short and many are totally ill-prepared for the day they have to stop. Others however have pretty original ideas for when that moment arrives - including the Ivorian Yves Donguy who takes us on a tour of his food van!Photo: Credit Getty

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