In 1969, a plan to show support for an anti-racism protest turned the lives of 14 promising

black student athletes upside down.

Amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service tells their story.

Search for Amazing Sports Stories, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Come on, Ireland.

I'm Stevie and Kilkenny, and you're listening to the Happy Pod.

He's quite right. This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard and in this edition uploaded on Saturday the 17th of February

the 8-year-old who became a media sensation after singing in front of tens of thousands of people at a

Rugby International in Dublin. When there's pressure on Stevie has always

delivered so yes we're very proud of them. We'll hear about the campaign in India to encourage people to see waste pickers differently.

These people are not just waste pickers, but they are recyclers, they are entrepreneurs.

Celebrating 10 years of the Africa Prize.

What the Africa Prize has done

is that it's really shown that innovation happens everywhere.

Also in this podcast, Meet Joe, a man unafraid of a challenge. It's kind of a

chatting of like a midlife crisis like a guy whose 40s doing a marathon I think.

On long distance running, dealing with a stammer and learning a foreign language,

and a very special Penguin Partnership. Now whether you're a sports fan or not there can be something very

uplifting about the pre-match ceremony of the teams and the crowd united in

singing their anthems.

And ahead of the Six Nations Ireland Italy rugby match in Dublin,

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