Pasha started life with the challenges built in, right from the start. He grew up with a disrupted family life, often going without life’s most basic essentials, spending his younger years being bounced between various children homes, foster parents and living in refuges for victims of domestic abuse. He could have taken many other roads, …
A physical activity expert and world-renowned sports scientist, Professor Greg Whyte OBE is an Olympian in modernpentathlon and a European and World Championship medalist. Well-known for his involvement in Comic Relief,assisting various celebrities in challenge events, Greg supported Jo Brand on her ‘Hell of a Walk’ from Hull toLiverpool and Radio 1’s Greg James on …
Captain Indira Vashishta Carena is an accomplished pilot with over 25 years flying experience. Born in New Delhi in 1973, she completed her flight training in Auckland, New Zealand before returning to India to begin her career. After serving as a Pilot Supervisor with Alliance Air in New Delhi for a year, Carena spent 12 …
A 24-time Grand Slam Champion and Triple Paralympic Silver medallist, World #1 Alfie Hewett OBE is one of the biggest names in Wheelchair Tennis. Born with the congenital heart defect Tetralogy of Fallot, Alfie underwent open heart surgery at six months old. He was diagnosed with Perthes Disease at the age of six. Alfie started …
Dr. Chris James is a highly experienced clinical psychologist and sleep specialist with over 15 years’ experience of working in the NHS, and the founder and CEO of Sleep Athletic, providing expert sleep input to elite athletes, sports teams and high performance individuals, helping them supercharge their sleep quality to boost recovery, performance and wellbeing. …
Efe Obada (born April 13, 1992) is a Nigerian gridiron football defensive tackle for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He was raised in the Netherlands and England and was the first player to go straight from a European football league to the NFL. Born in Nigeria, Obada and his family later …
Jason Bell is a former professional American footballer, who played as a cornerback/safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, where he led the team in special teams tackles as a rookie. He then played on the Houston Texans, where Bell was named a recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award, one of …
Osi Umenyiora is a two-time Super Bowl winning defensive end with the New York Giants and a two-time winner in the prestigious Royal Television Society Awards for his work on BBC Television in the UK. Born in north London, Osi moved with his parents to Nigeria at the age of eight, before settling in the …
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Jake is a television presenter, podcaster, author and businessman who is one of the most respected sports broadcasters in the UK. Having joined CBBC in 2001, by 2005 he was hosting Sportsround, covering major international sporting events such as the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the World Cup from Germany and the Cricket World Cup from …
