on women in afghanistan, banning them from working for the ngos, just days they were banned from studying at university. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. leicester come back to take the honours against gloucester and win the first ever slater cup in the premiership. brentford get frank. the dane commits to another contract at the club ahead of the premier league s big boxing day return. and we meet the sailor who picked up some of his crew from the pub who s preparing to lead britain s entry in one of the world s toughest yacht races even if the seas make him a little queasy. hello there and welcome along to the programme. the premiership match between leicester and gloucester had extra meaning today to honour theirformer player it slater. player ed slater. the 34 year old retired from rugby this summer, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. and it was leicester who fought back the win the first ever slater cup . the victory a first f
The first arab woman to compete in Trap Shooting at the olympics. Since then, shes taken part in two more Olympic Games and has won three World Championships. And sarah eljizi is a Basketball Player who leads a series of sports programmes for right to play, an ngo promoting Skills Development and Social Cohesion among children living in refugee camps. Welcome to you both. Thank you. Thank you, kim. Ray, why dont you start us off by explaining what Trap Shooting is . Trap shooting, actually, its an olympic sport, and its defined by shooting clay targets. Its basically its an outdoor Shooting Range where we have 15 machines. Every machine sends a target, which is a random target with different angles, different degrees, whereby we have to call the target and we have to shoot it. So, its a very common sport, especially in lebanon, because we know in lebanon, most of the people are hunters, so and this sport actually, i took it from my dad. My dad, he was also a lebanese champion in Trap S
Because we know in lebanon, most of the people are hunters, so and this sport actually, i took it from my dad. My dad, he was also a lebanese champion in Trap Shooting and he was the one who discovered this talent in me. So, tell me about that introduction. Do you remember the very first time your father showed you how to hold the gun . Yeah, because it left very special moments because first of all, i used to go with him hunting when i was very young, so i was introduced to all kinds of shotguns and stuff because of, first of all, hunting. And then, when i turned 14 years old, my dad said, ok, lets go and try Trap Shooting and this is where they discovered that i liked the sport, and why not to go further . And not long after that, you took part in your First International competition, right . Yeah, hejust dropped me in my first world competition. It was a world cup in cairo. I took seventh. I took a very high ranking. And this is where, for my parents, it was like a Turning Point. So
Every week, tens of thousands of children go to Ballet Classes at their local clubs. The most talented compete for a place at one of the top ballet boarding schools. There, they train like elite athletes, with one aim to join a professional ballet company. It really was that, like, billy elliot moment, where you get the letter and i ran up to my room. India thompson was 11 and living with her family in yorkshire when she was offered a place at the Royal Ballet School in 2007. I was just like. Wow this is it now, like, this is my life. The Junior Section of the Royal Ballet School is for children aged 11 to 16, and it nestles in the heart of londons richmond park. King charles is its president. Its the top Ballet School in britain, and widely regarded as one of the best in the world. It is an extraordinary place. It produces fabulous dancers. Some of the best dancers of our time. For india, it was a dream come true. I couldnt wait to pack my parents off. I was like, bye and they were pr
Every week, tens of thousands of children go to Ballet Classes at their local clubs. The most talented compete for a place at one of the top ballet boarding schools. There, they train like elite athletes, with one aim to join a professional ballet company. It really was that, like, billy elliot moment, where you get the letter and i ran up to my room. India thompson was 11 and living with her family in yorkshire when she was offered a place at the Royal Ballet School in 2007. I was just like. Wow this is it now, like, this is my life. The Junior Section of the Royal Ballet School is for children aged 11 to 16, and it nestles in the heart of londons richmond park. King charles is its president. Its the top Ballet School in britain, and widely regarded as one of the best in the world. It is an extraordinary place. It produces fabulous dancers. Some of the best dancers of our time. For india, it was a dream come true. I couldnt wait to pack my parents off. I was like, bye and they were pr