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World Service,02 Dec 2017,31 mins

World Cup Worries

Not by the Playbook

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As the groups are drawn for the 2018 World Cup we assess the problems facing LGBT and minority fans in Russia. British Athlete Bobby Clay opens up about the over training and under eating from the age of 15 has robbed her of puberty and left her with the bone disease Osteoporosis. As Australia lift their eleventh Rugby League World Cup title we hear from Gary Carter, a journalist who fought back from the brink of death to report on the World Cup final after a brutal attack left him in a coma for six weeks. And we're in Abidjan at Africa's largest eSports event to hear how gaming is growing on the continent. Photo: World Cup draw ceremony at the Kremlin. Credit: Getty Images.

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