"I asked myself if its not me, then who is it?
I asked myself \u2018if it\u2019s not me, then who is it?\u2019\u201d - Farid Noori on his dream of becoming the first mountain biker from Afghanistan to compete at an Olympics.\nFarid Noori grew up as a refugee in Pakistan after his family fled the Taliban when he was just two years old. He tells us about his early life in Pakistan, his return to Afghanistan and how he\u2019s hoping to grow the sport in his homeland. Noori recalls going to school in a Unicef tent and being able to see rocket shells and debris that were left over from the war. He remembers learning to ride a bike while waiting in line for bread and he says he hopes his own Olympic ambitions can help pave the way for other athletes from Afghanistan.\n \n\u201cI thought my career was over at seventeen and to have gone through this a second time is pretty brutal\u201d \u2013 Annabelle Lindsay on the rule change that has ended her international wheelchair basketball career. Lindsay is one of a number of athletes, who have been told their disabilities no longer meet the new eligibility criteria set down by the International Paralympic Committee. She had been hoping to represent Australia at next year\u2019s Paralympics and says the rule change could also see her lose her university scholarship in America. Lindsay took up wheelchair basketball after a serious knee-injury after a teenager ended her hopes of playing basketball.\n \nThis week saw Australian athletes past and present including \u2013 Mitchell Starc, Alyssa Healy, Julie Murray and Bronte Campbell - sleep at the Sydney Cricket Ground to raise funds for homeless young people. \u2018Sports Stars Sleepout\u2019 was organised by the Chappell Foundation and its founder \u2013 the former Australia cricketer Greg Chappell \u2013 joins us to discuss the success of the event and the inspiration behind it.\n \nSporting Witness remembers the late Junko Tabei, who back in 1975 became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. As well as being an achievement in its own right, Tabei had to defy the cultural norms in her home country of Japan where women were not expected to be world-class mountaineers.\n \nAnd \u2013 with live sport continuing we found out what's happening at the second test match between England and Pakistan and we check in on the latest at the World Snooker Championship.
Photo: Farid Noori takes part in a mountain biking event (Credit: Farid Noori)