“A googly is when you see a female and you get, like, a special sensation in your body.”
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Claire Harvey hauled herself 49 rows by using the aisle seats to pull herself forward.
British Paralympic athlete Claire Harvey has claimed she was forced to haul herself off a Qatar Airways flight after being left on the plane at the end of the journey.
Harvey, a discus and javelin thrower, had injured her shoulder competing at World Athletics Championships in Doha.
She was returning home from the competition on a Qatar Airways flight, but claims she was left on the plane after all the other passengers had departed, and was forced to "drag" herself 49 rows to the front of the plane, where her wheelchair was located.
Despite having an injured shoulder, she used the aisle seats as monkey bars to pull herself through the plane.
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After waiting 15 minutes for an air steward to bring her wheelchair to her seat, a steward approached and told her she had to get off the flight – without her wheelchair.
"He started to manhandle me and said I had to get to the front of the plane, bearing in mind I was 49 rows back," she told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
"I was dragging myself to the front of the plane with him behind me pushing me to go faster."
Harvey claims her wheelchair was located at the front of the plane, but had suffered damage during the flight.
But after the flight, Harvey found the brakes on her wheelchair were damaged, and the frame was bent.
Harvey's experience was an isolated incident, but she claims it could have been a lot worse if she wasn't a regular traveller.
"I'm very independent and I'm used to travelling," she told Radio 4.
"If I was someone who was nervous or was travelling for the first time on my own as a disabled person it would have been a horrendous experience."
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As the official air carrier for the World Championships, Qatar Airways transported 1000s of Paralympic athletes to and from the games, and told BBC Radio 4 that its staff were properly trained.
Qatar Airways told Radio 4 they are carrying out an internal investigation, and Harvey is pursuing the company for damages to her wheelchair.
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A landmark report from the World Anti-Doping Agency said Russia should be banned from international competition and five athletes should face lifetime bans.
Russia should be immediately suspended from competing in international athletics due to evidence of "widespread doping", according to a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Former International Association of Athletics Federations president Lamine Diack (L) shakes hands with Lord Coe, his successor, in August 2015.
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The report, the result of a 11-month commission led by Dick Pound, a former WADA chief, found evidence of "widespread cheating through the use of doping substances and methods to ensure, or enhance the likelihood of, victory for athletes and teams".
The 335-page report said also "it would be naive in the extreme" to say that this could have happened without the involvement or tacit approval of the Russian state.
The report said:
- Russian athletes took part in the London 2012 Olympics when they should have been banned and the games were "sabotaged" as a result.
- A laissez-faire attitude to doping by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency was responsible for ineligible runners being entered into competitions.
- Lifetime bans should be handed down to five Russian middle-distance runners and five Russian coaches and administrators. The athletes singled out by the report are: Ekaterina Poistogova; Anastasiya Bazdyreva; Mariya Savinova-Farnosova; Kristina Ugarova and Tatjana Myazina.
- Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko issued orders to "manipulate particular samples".
- 1,400 test results were destroyed by Russia's anti-doping laboratory in Moscow. The report called for the removal of the laboratory's accreditation and for its director to be fired.
The report raises huge questions and challenges for Lord Sebastian Coe, the current head of the IAAF, who has previously described allegations of systematic doping as "a war on my sport".
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On his way to Chelsea?
Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been spotted in London, according to a number of people on Twitter.
The Northern Irish manager was sacked by Liverpool in October, and replaced by German Jurgen Klopp, but football fans on Twitter claim to have seen him on the London Underground this morning wearing a suit and tie.
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Black players for the Mizzou Tigers on Saturday joined a weeks-long student protest against university officials’ handling of alleged racism on campus.
A group of black football players at the University of Missouri said Saturday they refuse to keep playing unless the school's president resigns, angered by his administration's perceived failure to combat racism on campus.
"We will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students' experiences. WE ARE UNITED!!!!!"
The message was shared online by a school group called the Legion of Black Collegians (LBC).
The players include Kentrell Brothers, the leading tackler in college football, according to the Columbia Tribune. Other notable players include defensive end Charles Harris, running backs Russell Hansbrough and Ish Witter, and several other starters, the newspaper reported.
The LBC said that they didn't coerce the players to take a stand.
"While we strive to be the leading voice for all black students, the players did not make their decision on behalf of anyone but themselves," the group said.
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“I wanted to help him because it meant so much to him.”
Thousands of runners took part in the Rock 'N' Roll marathon in Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday morning, amid extremely testing conditions.
"We did implement a comprehensive heat plan, which included water misters, sponge stations, and air-conditioned cooling buses along the course," marathon staff said in a statement. "Unfortunately, these tough running conditions were deemed excessive and dangerous."
Despite the heat and the diverted track, a lot of runners were still able to cross the finish line.
Some, though, required a little extra assistance: When one runner took a tumble in the final stretch, a local cop ran with him to help him achieve his goal.
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