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Club America defender Janelly Farias tells us how taking a stand on social issues has led to people in her home country likening her to USA star Megan Rapinoe. The comparisons were intended as an insult but Farias takes them as a compliment and the two women have exchanged messages on social media this week. Farias – who is LGBTQ+ - also tells us her family didn’t want her to be a footballer and that they rejected her when she got her first girlfriend. They’ve since reunited and she’s targeting playing for Mexico at the 2023 World Cup.

Anna Rutherford joins us to reflect on smashing the record for running the two hundred and twelve mile Southern Upland Way in Scotland. She completed the run in sixty two hours and thirty four minutes to break the previous record by seventeen hours.

Iddrisu Ismael – who could be the biggest Tranmere Rovers fan in Ghana – tells us about supporting a club in the fourth division of English football and how it would be a dream to see a game at Prenton Park. Fellow Rovers fan – Richard Davies – also joins us to discuss his friendship with Iddrisu and how he’s trying to raise money to help his footballing dream come true.

Tom "Gordy" Drury recently skateboarded four thousand kilometres along the eastern coast of Australia from Melbourne to Cairns to raise money to help build a skate park in Laos. He tells us about run ins with deadly snakes, near misses with traffic, why he’ll never do it again and what his next adventure is.

In Sporting Witness, we go back to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona for the story of Indonesian badminton legend, Susi Susanti, who made history as her country’s first-ever gold medallist.

Former New Zealand captain and host of The Players podcast - Rebecca Smith – looks ahead to this weekend’s title decider in the Women’s Super League and the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Vicki Sparks is live at Elland Road ahead of Leeds United’s game against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.

Photo via Getty Images: Janelly Farias Rodriguez of Mexico in action during the friendly women football match played between Spain and Mexico at Municipal Marbella Stadium.