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Sexism in the Spotlight

We reflect on the Ballon d'Or awards and the events which overshadowed Ada Hegerberg becoming the first female to pick up the award.

After 62 years of recognising the best male footballer with the Ballon d鈥橭r award, France Football honoured a female footballer for the first time this week. But the moment was over shadowed when the host Martin Solveig asked the inaugural winner Ada Hegerberg to twerk and overlooked her footballing achievements. We hear from Hegerberg and speak to Rebecca Smith, FIFA's former manager of Strategic Planning for Women's Football.

HB K酶ge, a football team in Denmark鈥檚 second division, have become the first team in the country to appoint a female coach as part of a professional men鈥檚 team. We鈥檒l hear from their sporting director Per Rud who鈥檚 appointed former Danish International Heidi Johansen as the club鈥檚 goalkeeping coach for next season.

Former Wales Rugby Union International Richard Parks explains why he鈥檚 skiing across Antarctica alone.

We鈥檙e in Gravesend where Parm Gill helped Guru Nanak FC, a team named after the town鈥檚 largest Sikh temple, set up a women鈥檚 football team that now has 75 people playing across 4 ages groups.

Former bodyguard turned wrestler Andrew Harrison is used to protecting stars like 50 Cent, Rhianna and Jay-Z, this weekend he鈥檒l only have himself to look after as he competes in Pakistan鈥檚 first international wrestling event.

And James Anderson, the Founder of Forged Axe Throwing, explains how he came up with the idea of competitive Axe Throwing at a friend鈥檚 bachelor party and tells Caroline Barker about the Sport鈥檚 Olympics ambitions.

Photo: Ada Hegerberg celebrates being the first female to win the Ballon d'Or. Credit: Getty Images.

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