Tubby Johnston

Paul the Octopus

The biggest star of the 2010 World Cup wasn’t Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. It was an octopus named Paul, an ordinary sea creature with an extraordinary knack for predicting soccer matches. Was Paul an oracle? A publicity stunt? Just a lucky octopus riding a hot streak? Dive into this story about how the World Cup connects us and the power of belief. Thank you for listening to the World Wide Web of Sports. Follow us on socials @worldwidewebofsports Subscribe and leave a review! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Tubby Johnston

Long before girls were allowed to play Little League, Kathryn “Tubby” Johnston loved baseball so much she disguised herself as a boy, lied about her name and played her way onto a Little League team in 1950s America. What started as the pursuit of a childhood dream became a symbolic act of rebellion that helped crack open the sport for generations of girls to come. Thank you for listening to the World Wide Web of Sports. Follow us on socials @worldwidewebofsports Subscribe and leave a review! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Panyee FC

On a tiny floating village in southern Thailand, a group of boys dream of playing futbol after watching the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The problem? Their home has nowhere to play futbol. So the boys build a pitch on the water. What begins as a few planks nailed together becomes something much bigger — a team, a dream, and eventually the legend of Panyee FC is born, proving that no matter where you build it, the beautiful game will come. Thank you for listening to the World Wide Web of Sports. Follow us on socials @worldwidewebofsports Subscribe and leave a review! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.