Adrian Durham & Neil Foggin are joined in the studio by journalist and author Neil Squires to discuss his book The Fall and Rise of the Mölkky Bar Kids: A Sporting Underdog Story.

The book reveals the unlikely story of a group of friends who discover Mölkky — the Finnish throwing game few of them had ever heard of — and embark on a journey that ultimately sees them representing their country on the global stage. Neil shares his story of how an unlikely group of underdogs found themselves competing amongst the world's best Mölkky players in Japan.

Exploring what it means to love sport even when you’re never going to be an elite athlete, the book is packed with British nostalgia, sporting trivia and plenty of humour.

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Adrian Durham & Neil Foggin are joined in the studio by Ultrarunner Sophie Power to discuss her book "The Power Within: Record-breaking, ultrarunning and fighting for change"

The Power Within delves into the key life lessons Sophie has learned through running: lessons on resilience, self-belief and female empowerment. Her journey is extraordinary: from coming second to last in running a mile at school to now competing for Great Britain, breaking Guinness World records in ultrarunning and taking on some of the toughest races on the planet- all while raising her children.

Sophie shares how she built resilience through life's toughest moments, learned to prioritise herself beyond motherhood and discovered how to push her mental and physical boundaries beyond what she ever thought possible.

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Former West Ham Forward Michail Antonio joins Adrian Durham and Neil Foggin in the studio to discuss his memoir - Humans Not Robots: When Elite Sport and Real Life Collide.

Michail Antonio has been around the block and done the hard yards, breaking through the tough way, via grassroots non-league football not through an Academy – a testament to his resilience and commitment.

He wants you to know the truth of existing in a world where professional football and ‘real life’ collide. What happens when life inevitably gets in the way and has a negative impact on performance? What is it like to feel the full dehumanising force of his harshest online critics and yet still be expected to perform as if he doesn’t have a care in the world?

With intelligence and thoughtfulness, his book uncovers this unique way of earning a living, peeling back its layers and charting the daily realities.

He wants to show you the very ‘human’ aspects of life as an elite sportsperson, good and bad – the parts of the job that the fans don’t see or even consider.

More than anything, though, Michail Antonio would like you to see professional footballers as humans, not robots.

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