'IF I GET THROUGH': Warner's telling admission after retirement bombshell WOW: Hazlewood news rocks Aussies before Test Championship final He's still been plying his trade, notably helping the Chennai Super Kings win two IPL titles, as well playing in England's T20 World Cup win on Australian soil in 2022. Ali could return to the England side after incumbent spinner Jack Leach was ruled out for the entire Ashes series with a stress fracture in his lower back.Īli hasn't played a Test since retiring from the format in 2021. Pictures: Getty ImagesĮngland spinner Moeen Ali could make a stunning Test comeback after retiring from the red ball game in 2021 to answer an Ashes SOS from England skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. "Hurt" screens Wednesday and Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.England have asked Moeen Ali to come out of Test retirement to replace Jack Leach, who has been ruled out of the Ashes. "I hope people learn from it," he says of the documentary. He was a hero to people once before, and Fonyo says he'd like to be a hero again. I wasn't really doing anything for myself either," he says. I think they should have been more supportive, but it's a two-way street. "I don't think they should have taken away my Order of Canada. He says he is drug-free and "a little bit more relaxed, more laid back."Īnd despite all the hardships, he says he still has the same resilient spirit that allowed him to complete his gruelling cross-Canada run. His speech slurred and his gait even more laboured, Fonyo says he's working on getting healthier and stronger. On the final day of shooting in February, Fonyo was beaten and stabbed in a devastating home invasion that landed him in hospital for several months. Zweig found him living in squalor, doing drugs and stealing car parts to make ends meet. "I was watching the film and you can't not notice there's things to work on, right? (So) I am."įor the documentary, the Toronto-based Zweig visited Fonyo at his home in Surrey, B.C., four times over the course of a year. And I'm doing that," Fonyo said Tuesday, the day after the film debuted in front of festival audiences. The winner will be announced on Sunday, the festival's final day. The documentary is in the running for an inaugural prize for artistically ambitious work. "Hurt" recounts the remarkable cross-Canada run he completed at age 19 in 1985, when the one-legged cancer survivor took up a mission first attempted by the more famous Terry Fox.įonyo says he's still angry his Order of Canada was revoked in the years that followed, when a descent into addiction and financial ruin eradicated the public goodwill he'd earned as a teenage icon.īut he says revealing his woes to director Alan Zweig has helped him see things he needs to work on and that his life is much more stable today. The once-celebrated runner is back in the spotlight with a documentary about his troubled life at the Toronto International Film Festival. TORONTO - Fallen hero Steve Fonyo says he's putting his life back together after decades of drug abuse, crime and near homelessness culminated in a vicious beating earlier this year.
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