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	Podcast:		Sportshour
	Episode:		Boxing Saved My Life
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:21:18
	Publish Date:		2017-04-22 04:56:00
	Description:		NBA basketball star Isiah Thomas played for the Boston Celtics in a playoff game the day after his sister died in a fatal car accident. In light of this and Prince Harry's comments that boxing helped him get over the death of his mother, Princess Diana, we ask how good sport is as a healer for coping with loss? We speak to the former three-weight boxing world champion Duke McKenzie, who lost a brother to suicide whilst he was a professional fighter. Marathon of hope: Sunday's London Marathon is being dubbed "the mental health marathon" by the British Royal family, as they have joined up with a number of charities under the banner "Heads Together" to raise awareness of mental health. Paul Scates and his dad Norman from Bournemouth, in the south of England, are running for the charity Young Mind, and mental health is an issue close to their hearts. A home run for female sports films? Twenty-five years ago the film about a women’s baseball team, A League of Their Own, was released with huge success. It was supposed to be a home run for women's empowerment, paving the way for many more films about women's sport to come. However, 25 years on, how much has actually changed? Sport for a “new generation” of Muslim women: We speak to the British and European Kick-Boxing & Muay Thai Champion, Ruqsana Begum, who is trying to encourage more Muslim women to take part in sports at all levels by designing a range of everyday sport Hijab’s . Photo: Boxer Duke McKenzie. Credit: Getty Images.
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