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EPISODE · Apr 23, 2022 · 45 MIN

"Without ping pong I’d be dead, or in jail for life"

from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service

Professional table tennis player Wally Green opens up about he went from being a 13-year-old caught up in Brooklyn Gangs to a table tennis pro on a trip to North Korea for ping pong diplomacy.Big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner tells us how he was brought in by Jurgen Klopp to help Liverpool’s players deal with stress ahead of their last Premier League title win, and explains how he’s trying to use surfing to help children impacted by the war in Ukraine. World Record rower Victoria Evans joins us to explain why she set herself the challenge of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean having never set foot in a boat before. Sporting Witness tells the story of Pakistani squash player, Jahangir Khan, who went undefeated for five years during the 1980s. Plus we’re at the Crucible to hear about the pigeon at the Snooker World Championship and at Wembley for heavyweight boxing as Tyson Fury looks to defend his world title against Dillian Whyte. Photo: Wally Green watches a game of Table Tennis. Credit: Paul Conrad/Getty Images for SPiN Seattle

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