Tallinn calling: Former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan on his role with Eurovision
Former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan joins us to chat about being the spokesperson for Estonia at Eurovision and his time playing for Liverpool.
Ragnar Klavan joins us to chat about being the spokesperson for Estonia at Eurovision. The former Liverpool defender will deliver the scores of the Estonian jury at the singing contest. He also discusses his time playing for Liverpool and how he felt hearing You’ll Never Walk Alone as a player.
Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy believes the health challenges she’s been battling over the last 18 months have given her a greater understanding of who she is. Hennessy had a benign tumour on her brain and has struggled with brain fog, depression, lethargy and heart palpitations. Despite all of that, she has managed to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Babalwa Latsha tells us she has made it her life’s mission to ensure all young girls have access to sanitary products in South Africa and that when she was younger she sometimes went without them. The Springbok also discusses what life was like growing up in a township and how she has been held up at gun point and robbed more times than she can remember.
And – amateur hiker Florence Groener tells us about the Cableway Charity Challenge, which she is taking part in for the ninth time. The event sees people climb Table Top Mountain in South Africa as many times as possible between sunrise and sunset every day between May 6th and May 14th in order to raise money for local charities.
(Photo: Ragnar Klavan of Liverpool during the Pre-Season Friendly between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool at Ewood Park on July 19, 2018 in Blackburn, England. Credit: Lynne Cameron/Getty Images)
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