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With the World Series underway we hear from one man hoping one day to grace baseballs top table. After a life changing boating accident that saw one of Parker Byrd's legs amputated, the college baseball player fought back to become what is believed to be first NCAA Division I baseball player to play with a prosthetic leg. Parker Byrd told his inspirational story to Sportshour's Caroline Barker

Did you know that motorsport has an Olympics?! That's what the FIA Motor Sport Games claim to be. In just it's third year the competition has been taking place in the Spanish city of Valencia this week. We hear from Team GB captain Chris Froggatt and from one of the youngest competitors, 11 year old Manuel Cardona and his dad Ricardo. Remember the name!

The trio of women who are about to get to know each other VERY VERY well! Jess Rowe, Miriam Payne and Lottie Hopkinson-Woolley are preparing to row across the Atlantic together!

UFC Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria was born in Germany to Georgian refugees. And after spending some of his childhood back in Georgia he moved to Spain as a teenager. Which means Ilia is not only Spain's but Georgia's first UFC Champion. He's been speaking to Sportshour's Joel Hammer

(Photo: Parker prepares to face a pitch on his return to action. CREDIT East Carolina University)

Published on Saturday, 26th October 2024.

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