BBC Minute: On Africa's baseball star Gift Ngoepe

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27-year-old South African Gift Ngoepe has become the first Africa-born baseball player to compete in a Major League Baseball game in the US. He made his debut this week when he batted for Pittsburgh Pirates against the Chicago Cubs. BBC Minute finds out more about the sportsman. Photo: Gift Ngoepe at a training game in Florida. Credit: Reuters