Sportshour

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Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.

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  • Does history beckon for Leicester City in the FA Cup Final at Wembley?

    15/05/2021 Duración: 49min

    Leicester City face Chelsea in the FA Cup Final at Wembley with the Foxes aiming to win the trophy for the first time. BBC Football correspondent John Murray and Peter Trenter, from the Chelsea Supporters Group, join us ahead the game. The first Black American woman in professional cycling – Ayesha McGowan – tells us her sport needs to change and explains what she is doing to help. McGowan has awarded mini-grants to support nine women of colour to race at next month’s Tour of America’s Dairyland in Wisconsin. She also tells us how she went from seeing riding bikes as simply a mode of transportation to something she could make a career from and how she would love to compete at the women’s Tour de France in 2022. Great Britain’s Jude Hamer tells us how the new women’s professional wheelchair basketball league will help grow the sport, the realities of playing in mixed sex teams and how she is hoping to win a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. Hamer and her partner, the rower Lauren Rowles, are both heading to Tok

  • Janelly Farias – the 'Mexican Rapinoe'

    08/05/2021 Duración: 49min

    Club America defender Janelly Farias tells us how taking a stand on social issues has led to people in her home country likening her to USA star Megan Rapinoe. The comparisons were intended as an insult but Farias takes them as a compliment and the two women have exchanged messages on social media this week. Farias – who is LGBTQ+ - also tells us her family didn’t want her to be a footballer and that they rejected her when she got her first girlfriend. They’ve since reunited and she’s targeting playing for Mexico at the 2023 World Cup.Anna Rutherford joins us to reflect on smashing the record for running the two hundred and twelve mile Southern Upland Way in Scotland. She completed the run in sixty two hours and thirty four minutes to break the previous record by seventeen hours.Iddrisu Ismael – who could be the biggest Tranmere Rovers fan in Ghana – tells us about supporting a club in the fourth division of English football and how it would be a dream to see a game at Prenton Park. Fellow Rovers fan – Richar

  • The NFL’s miracle man: Alex Smith on overcoming life-threatening injury and his against-all-odds comeback

    01/05/2021 Duración: 49min

    In the week the NFL draft takes place, former number one pick Alex Smith joins us to discuss how he overcame a life-threatening injury and two years out to end the 2020 season voted as “comeback player of the year”. In 2018 Smith suffered a serious leg injury during a game against the Houston Texans and following corrective surgery, infection was discovered. The focus then switched from saving his leg, to saving his life. Doctors managed to save both and what followed was two years of surgeries, gruelling rehab and question marks over whether he would ever play the sport again. He returned for the 2020 season and helped the Washington Football Team reach the play-offs before announcing his retirement. Smith talks us through the days his life was in danger, why he made a comeback and his plans for the future. Kei Kato joins us after her rabbit went viral at a San Francisco Giants baseball game. Kato uses Alex the rabbit as a therapy pet after her business was forced to close due to the covid pandemic. Alex w

  • Derek Chauvin murder conviction: US sport reacts

    24/04/2021 Duración: 49min

    Former WNBA player Tamara Moore tells us about her relief and hope for the future after a US jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s murder this week. Chauvin was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest on a street in Minneapolis last year and his death sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. Moore, who is from Minneapolis and coaches men’s college basketball at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota, watched the verdict come in alongside her players. We look at how plans for a proposed European Super League – which was set to include many of the continents biggest football teams – fell apart in just 72 chaotic hours this week. The BBC’s John Bennett explains what happened and we’ll be in Germany to find out why Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund had no interest in joining the breakaway. Chris Carline – who is the grandson of the legendary former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly – explains why his famil

  • Elladj Baldé - The figure skater trying to change perceptions of his sport

    17/04/2021 Duración: 49min

    Canadian professional figure skater Elladj Baldé tells us how he’s bringing the sport to a new audience through social media. Videos of Baldé performing unconventional routines to artists including Rihanna and Labrinth, have been viewed millions of times. He was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Guinean father and tells us he hasn’t always found it easy to express himself in the sport. Baldé also explains how we was once told to cut his hair to fit in with perceptions of how a figure skater should look and about his hopes for increasing diversity in skating.Gerda Steyn joins us to reflect on breaking the South Africa national marathon record, which had stood for twenty five years. The 31-year-old confirmed her place at a first Olympic Games, with her performance in Italy last week.We’re live at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on the opening morning of the World Snooker Championship. The BBC’s Jamie Broughton brings us the latest action and we hear from the world number three, Neil Robertson. The Aust

  • The world of sport remembers Prince Philip

    10/04/2021 Duración: 49min

    The former England cricket captain David Gower, the BBC’s racing commentator John Hunt, the five time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft and Andrew Counsell from British Carriage Driving reflect on Prince Philip’s life through his love of sport. The Duke of Edinburgh passed away at the age of 99 this week. Gower recalls his many meetings with Prince Philip, while Cockroft tells us just how much she gained by completing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Andrew Counsell discusses how Prince Philip internationalised the sport of carriage driving and John Hunt informs us of the Grand National’s plans to mark his passing.Maddie Phaneuf joins us to discuss how she balances life as an Olympic Biathlete and an environmental advocate. The American tells us she’s come under heavy criticism on social media for her stance on climate change and explains how poor air quality can affect an athlete. Phaneuf is hoping the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing could act as a catalyst for China to clean up their air.In Sporting Witness -

  • 'I wish I could give her a hug and tell her she’s going to be OK' – Mallory Weggemann on her younger self

    03/04/2021 Duración: 48min

    US Paralympic Gold medal winning swimmer Mallory Weggemann joins us to discuss her hopes of competing in Tokyo and reflects on her turbulent journey in the sport following the release of her autobiography. Weggemann – who was 18 at the time - was left paralysed in 2008 after receiving an epidural injection to treat back pain. She went on to win gold at London 2012, before a serious arm injury in 2014 left her contemplating her future in the sport. Weggemann competed in Rio in 2016, but missed out on the podium. She’s since walked down the aisle on her wedding day and is targeting another gold medal in Tokyo. Just over a week on from becoming a two-time Olympian and new dad at the age of 39 Great Britain marathon runner, Chris Thompson, joins us to reflect on clinching his place in Japan, balancing fatherhood with training and the prospect of competing in the Olympic Marathon as a 40-year-old. This week marked World Autism Awareness Day and we hear how the Philadelphia Eagles have been doing their bit to h

  • From tackling strikers to tackling cancer – Rebekah Stott’s off pitch challenge

    27/03/2021 Duración: 49min

    We hear from New Zealand and Brighton defender Rebekah Stott in the week she started chemotherapy for Stage 3 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Stott tells us she’s undergone IVF treatment to give her the option of having children in the future, given the severity of the treatment she’s facing. She tells us about having learned of her diagnosis while in hotel quarantine in Australia and discusses her plans to take control of the situation by shaving off her hair for charity. Stott is hopeful of playing again for Brighton in January and reveals her aim to play in the 2023 World Cup on home soil.We look at the rise in violence against Asians and Asian Americans in the United States during the Coronavirus pandemic. Cynthia Choi from the group, Stop Asian American and Pacific Island Hate, and Tim Kawakami from the Athletic join us to discuss the situation. Tim has written a column entitled “The Attacks on Asian Americans are attacks on us all,“ and he explains the significance of basketball star Jeremy Lin speaking out on the

  • “I’ve proved the people I care about right” – Josh Nisbet on making it as the shortest player in the A-League.

    20/03/2021 Duración: 44min

    Josh Nisbet is the shortest player in the A-League, standing at 160 centimetres tall or just under 5 feet and 2 inches. He tells us about how he dreaded getting his height taken as a child and how a team in Spain suggested he take growth hormone as a teenager. He also recalls making his debut for the Central Coast Mariners alongside Usain Bolt and tells us of his hopes of playing for Australia.The UK's first female Muslim referee - Jawahir Roble - joins us to look ahead to the female only taster session she’s running for aspiring referees on Saturday. The session – which will be held via Youtube - will see women from all over the world take part. Roble tells us what participants can expect, how she deals with sexism on the pitch and how becoming a referee can help empower women and girls.British Bangladeshi - Ruqsuana Begum - tells us about her remarkable life story, which includes becoming a kick boxing world champion, an arranged marriage that ended in divorce, a battle with depression, training in secret a

  • Conquering the high seas - From landlocked Thirsk to rowing world records

    06/03/2021 Duración: 49min

    Jasmine Harrison joins Sportshour to reflect on making history as the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The 21-year-old completed the trip from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes. She tells us about capsizing twice, a close encounter with a drilling ship, being at one with nature and how she burnt her hand at the end of her journey. United States Olympic Gold medal winning ice hockey player Hilary Knight tells us about playing in the first Women's professional game to be held at New York's famed Madison Square Garden. She also discusses the difficulties of making a living in the sport and looks ahead to next year’s Winter Olympics. Brendan Lawlor discusses his hopes of becoming the 'Tiger Woods of disability golf' and how he wants to set up a disability golf tour. The 23 year-old made history by becoming the first disabled golfer to play on the European Tour. He was born with a hole in his heart as well as the rare limb-limiting condition Ellis-van C

  • How Inclusive is Football?

    27/02/2021 Duración: 38min

    As part of LGBT+ History Month, Sportshour presenter Caroline Barker is joined by a panel of guests from the football community to discuss how inclusive, or not, the sport really is and what can and is being done to address those areas where it falls short. We’ll also hear from Caitlin Rooskrantz, the first person of colour to be selected for South Africa’s Olympic gymnastics team. As part of Black History Month across the BBC World Service, Caitlin describes her route into the sport and why – on the day of what would have been her Olympic final last summer – she performed a routine that was streamed across the country.As the Great Britain men’s basketball team celebrates a rare success – qualifying for the EuroBasket finals – Caroline speaks to Teddy Okereafor. Teddy reflects on equalling the team’s record for consecutive appearances, a mark which had stood for 45 years. He discusses the lows and the current highs of the team, as well as how a walk through a Newham park with his Mother set him on course fo

  • 'You eventually come out and the next day the sun rises'

    20/02/2021 Duración: 49min

    We hear from the first Wallabies player to come out as gay, Dan Palmer. Last year he wrote a powerful column in the Sydney Herald saying that his ‘own death felt preferable to anyone finding out that I was gay’. Since this he has had hundreds of people messaging from around the world to say they have encountered similar problems with their sexuality. A few months on he speaks to Caroline about his decision to come out, his battle with his own sexuality and being a gay sportsman. We also speak to the first woman to officiate at the Super Bowl. Sarah Thomas made history as a down judge when the Tampa Bay Bucaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs and began her officiating career in 1996. Sarah will tell us what it is like to be a history maker, how it feels to be at the pinnacle of her career and how she is blazing a trail for many more women to come. Sportshour's Katie Smith tells us the story of two Ironman trailblazers. Alistair Brownlee is trying to become the first man to complete an Ironman in under seven hour

  • Sportshour at the Super Bowl

    06/02/2021 Duración: 50min

    This week’s Sportshour focuses on Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The BBC’s Blaire Toedte is on the ground in Florida for us as the Bucs aim to make history by becoming the first team to win a Super Bowl in their home stadium.Seven and a half thousand vaccinated health care workers have been gifted tickets for the game as a thank you for their work during the covid pandemic. RJ Gardner is an ICU nurse with Aya Healthcare and tells us about running a covid ward in New Jersey at the start of the pandemic and the pressures involved with his current role in Atlanta. He discusses losing a patient he got close to, being away from his family and his shock at being told he’d be going to the Super Bowl.Brad Johnson was Tampa Bay’s quarterback when they won their first and up to now only Super Bowl in in 2003. He tells us the Bucs were known as “the yuks” when he joined the team, such was their lowly reputation. Johnson also reflects on winning the Super Bowl and gives us his

  • “Racism strips you entirely of your dignity'

    30/01/2021 Duración: 49min

    “It strips you entirely of your dignity, of your feeling of any kind of self-worth” – Shaka Hislop on receiving racist abuseFormer Newcastle United and Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop joins us in the week that Show Racism the Red Card launched in South Africa. The organisation is the UK’s largest anti-racism educational charity and it was formed twenty five years ago following a donation from Hislop. He recalls his own experiences of racism and discusses the abuse Manchester United’s Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial suffered this week. Hislop is joined by Ged Grebby from Show Racism the Red Card and Busisuwe Nkosi from their new partners in South Africa – the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. Together the three of them discuss their hopes for the new partnership and Nkosi gives us an insight into how racism still pervades a post-apartheid South Africa.With the Winter X Games underway in Colorado, we hear from Olympic gold medallist Anna Gasser on her hopes for the Big Air competition. The Austrian snowb

  • Basketball’s forgotten stars living in poverty

    23/01/2021 Duración: 43min

    We look at why a 100 or so former basketball players are living in poverty. The players are from the ABA, which was a major rival to the NBA in the 1960's and 70's before a merger in 1976. The ABA helped modernise the NBA including the style of play that has made the league a billion dollar industry, but now some of the biggest names of their day are dying in poverty. Darnell 'Dr Dunk' Hillman campaigns on behalf of the "Dropping Dimes" charity who are asking for the NBA to step in. Plus it’s exactly a year before the Winter Games of the Special Olympics take place in Kazan. We speak to Olga Slutsker the chair of the organising committee on why it’s so important Russia is hosting this event. We’ll also catch up with skier Jack Hale, a member of the British team set to compete in Kazan.Swedish top flight footballer Philip Haglund tells us about his hugely successful app Gimi, which focuses on teaching kids about finance and how young footballers could also learn about financial responsibility to avoid the i

  • FA Cup third round: Dare to dream

    18/01/2021 Duración: 49min

    It's the third round of the FA Cup and Chorley FC who are in the sixth tier of English football travel to Championship team Derby County. We will speak live to the club ahead of the fixture. Plus we hear from Paul the FA Cup fact file on some of the most weird and wonderful stats on the competition and speak live to lifelong Crawley Town fan Carol Bates ahead of their FA Cup match against Leeds United. She also tells us how she will be staying entertained during lockdown 3.0.Away from the FA Cup, it is wildcard weekend in the NFL and Caroline speaks to the BBC's Osi Umenyiora about what we can expect and why it is being dubbed 'Super' Wildcard weekend.Back in 2018, the Czech Republic's Ester Ladecka made history - the first person to compete in snowboarding and skiing at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. But she wasn’t done there - and would go on to become the first woman to win two golds in different disciplines at the same Games. She speaks to BBC Sportshour's Katie Smith.We are live in Sydney where the third t

  • When Donald Trump bought a football team

    18/01/2021 Duración: 49min

    We speak to former Buffalo Bills coach Phoebe Schechter ahead of the Divisional round of the NFL. Teams, including the Bills, are just two victories away from the Super Bowl. Plus in the week that President Donald Trump leaves office we head back to the early 1980s and his departure from professional sport. One of Trump’s ambitions was to own a sport franchise and he converted an NFL team. Unable to make this happen, he purchased the New Jersey Generals American football team of the newly formed USFL. Within two years the league had collapsed and many blame Trump for its demise.Germany's Julia Gorges graced the world’s top ten, earned 10 million dollars in prize money and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon but she tells us why the pandemic made her realise she didn't need tennis in her life and decided to retire from the sport last year. Plus all the reaction following the second day of the final men's Test match between India and Australia and the latest in Galle where England's men are taking on Sri L

  • When sport stopped

    18/01/2021 Duración: 49min

    2020 was a sporting year like no other. The coronavirus pandemic forced global sport into an unprecedented shutdown, with Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics among the events postponed. Liverpool won the Premier League and Bayern Munich the Champions League behind closed doors as sport returned without fans. In this first Sportshour of 2021 we catch up with those sports people from around the world who told us how the pandemic impacted on their lives. What happened after we first spoke? And what are their hopes for the sporting year ahead?Photo: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto (R) speaks during a press conference following a Tokyo2020 Olympics Executive Board meeting on December 22, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

  • The Jim Thorpe Story

    26/12/2020 Duración: 49min

    This special programme explores the sad and controversial life of Jim Thorpe - the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, where the Swedish King famously told him 'Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world'.Thorpe had grown up on the Sac and Fox Indian reservation in Oklahoma and then, as a teenager, was sent 1500 miles away to a boarding school in Pennsylvania whose purpose was to 'civilise' Indian children by eradicating their culture. Its motto was 'Kill the Indian and save the man'. The pupils were forced to wear military uniforms, have short hair, and were punished if they spoke their own languages. 'The last phase of the Indian wars was fought in the classroom', says one contributor.Thorpe was saved by sport and became the school's great star at both athletics and American football. He's often described as the 'first international sporting superstar'. But in 1913 it came out that he had been paid a few dollars to play minor-league baseball and the elite amateurs who ran

  • “It’s much more than being a race car driver” – Nascar racer Bubba Wallace on finding his voice

    19/12/2020 Duración: 20min

    Bubba Wallace joins us to reflect on a turbulent 2020 and to look ahead to racing for his new Michael Jordan owned team in 2021. Wallace led the successful calls for his sport to ban the confederate flag before a subsequent incident in Alabama prompted an FBI investigation. A member of his team found what looked like a noose hanging in his racing stall, with the authorities finding that no hate crime had been committed. As the only black driver at the top level of Nascar, Wallace tells us why it was important to speak out this year and how he feels about what happened in Alabama. He also tells us how excited he is to be working with Michael Jordan and that he’s been enjoying playing Call of Duty with Lewis Hamilton.Mary Annette Pember of the Red Cliff Ojibwe tribe joins us to give her thoughts on the decision of Cleveland’s baseball team to drop the term “Indians” from their name. Pember – who is National Correspondent for Indian Country Today – dismisses the idea that teams using Native American terms and

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