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com. Hello, this is six minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Sam.

We all know that sport is great for our health and if you're talented it can make you rich.

Many great champions have found a way out of poverty through their sporting ability.

Think of someone like Football or Maradonna.

But in today's program we're not looking at the superstars.

Instead we'll discuss how sport can change the lives of young people from some of the poorest

toughest backgrounds on earth. And of course we'll be learning some vocabulary on the way.

Many projects around the world use sports to change children's lives,

improving mental health, challenging stereotypes and giving hope. Among them is the Ebony Club in Brixton, which uses

sport to help young people in London's most disadvantaged communities. But which sport? That's

my quiz question. Is it A, golf, B, tennis or C horse riding?

Well I can't imagine there's enough space for golf and horse riding in the city, so I'll say B, tennis.

Okay, we'll find out the answer later.

Just now we were talking about London, but sporting projects like the Ebony Club

are happening all over the world.

In Cape Town, South Africa, British surfer Tim Connebair noticed how kids from poor townships

hardly ever went to the beach so he started giving them

free surfing lessons. Tim founded the Waves for Changes project and now hundreds of

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