took to the streets for the ninth saturday in a row. now it s time for efe 0bada: against all odds. honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, 100%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe 0bada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to coll
biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london. i think i knocked someone on the ground, thought i did something wrong. everybody was cheering and happy and it was just that, embrace and that, you know, 0k, well, if i can, if i do this and i can be physical, and that kind of what s drawn me to it. obada s progress was rapid and he became the first player to go straight from the european football league to t
in a new interview prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. you are watching bbc news. efe 0bada: against all odds honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, 100%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe 0bada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastin
and it could earn him £55,000. also coming up on sportsday. how do you run 26.2 miles if you re fasting for ramadan? we hearfrom one muslim runner who says it s actually helped him! iam i am looking at a very positive mental state, and i can t wait to run the marathon on the 23rd of april, just one day after ramadan. welcome to the programme, in 90 minutes time, manchester city take on bayern munich in their second leg match. they go into it with a three goal lead and the hope of getting to a champions league semifinal. it s a trophy that pep guardiola has made no secret of desperately wanting, but the manager he ll face tonight thomas tuchel won it from him when he was chelsea head coach. well, guardiola has said that said bayern who have won the trophy six times will still be a threat on home soil. five live sjohn murray is in munich for us, along with stephen warnock. well, it s not the nicest of nights in munich for the second leg of this champions the quarter