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Nov 15 2024 150 ep. 41 mins 3.8k

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Ruben Amorim: Getting to know the Manchester United boss

Nov 15 2024 29 mins

A new era is beginning at Manchester United with former Braga and Sporting CP boss Ruben Amorim officially installed as head coach. He'll take charge of his first match against Ipswich Town, but who is Ruben Amorim and what makes him tick? In a special Sportsworld podcast, United We Stand fanzine editor Andy Mitten joins Delyth Lloyd to find out more about Amorim from those who

The Paris Paralympics Preview Podcast

Aug 25 2024 48 mins

Ahead of the start of the Paralympics in Paris which will see 4,400 athletes competing in 22 sports, Mani Djazmi looks ahead to the Games.Mani is joined by 16-time British Paralympic gold medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson, Australia’s most successful Paralympian Ellie Cole and journalist Andy Stevenson.Indian shooter Avani Lekhara explains how sport has transformed her life, while Fr

Au revoir to the Paris Olympics

Aug 11 2024 26 mins

After 16 days of competition across 32 sports with 329 gold medallists the Olympic Games in Paris has drawn to a close. Lee James is joined by French broadcaster Julian Laurens to assess the impact of the Games and the legacy they can have on the city of Paris and the nation of France.The team look back at the memorable moments and athletes from the Games, and what may be to come i

Introducing the Premier League’s new managers

Aug 08 2024 51 mins

BBC World Service introduce you to the five bosses who’ll be making their managerial debuts in the Premier League this season.Find out all you need to know about the managers including Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, the man following in Jurgen Klopp’s footsteps and the youngest permanent coach in Premier League history. Plus two managers who are tipped for big things after

Could Africa win 50 medals at an Olympic Games for the first time?

Jul 29 2024 43 mins

In Rio 2016, African competitors won 45 medals, with 10 of them golds. At the last Games in Tokyo - that number slipped to 37 medals overall.But Africa does have its first medal. On the opening day, South Africa won bronze in the men's Rugby 7s.BBC Sport Africa's senior reporter Celestine Karoney. George Addo Junior and Nishat Ladha joined Sportsworld’s Lee James at our Olympic h

The Warm Up Track 2024: Julien Alfred – Chasing Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal

Jul 29 2024 28 mins

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred is this year’s World Indoor champion for the women’s 60 metres. She’s aiming to win Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal, and would like it to be gold.After a stunning US Collegiate career, Alfred reached the final of both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2023 World Championships, just missing a medal in the longer sprint. In 2024, her first season a

The Warm Up Track 2024: Marco Arop – The 800m World champion inspired by David Rudisha

Jul 25 2024 35 mins

Canada’s Marco Arop is the reigning World champion for the men’s 800 metres. He describes being inspired to take up the event after finding the video of David Rudisha breaking the world record to win Olympic gold in 2012.Marco tells The Warm Up Track that he watched it repeatedly. Fittingly, it was the Kenyan who presented him with his World gold in Budapest in 2023. For Marco,

The Warm Up Track 2024: Larissa Iapichino – A Long Jump Dynasty - Like Mother, like Daughter

Jul 22 2024 39 mins

Larissa Iapichino is the European long jump silver medallist indoors and out. She talks to The Warm Up Track about being the daughter of Fiona May, winner of two long jump World titles and two Olympic silver medals. Larissa is coached by her father, Gianni, who was also an elite athlete and coached her mother too, so how do they keep athletics and their family life separate? How do

The Warm Up Track 2024: Valarie Allman – the power and mystique of Olympic gold

Jul 16 2024 34 mins

Valarie Allman is reigning Olympic champion for the women’s discus and has also won bronze and silver at the last two editions of the World Championships.She tells The Warm Up Track how she and her coach figured out ‘the master of all puzzles’ to win Olympic gold in Tokyo. Valarie explains how, starting out, they sought to break the mould of how previous US throwers had prepa

Maria Sharapova: 20 years on from her shock Wimbledon win

Jul 13 2024 38 mins

Seventeen-year-old Maria Sharapova shocked the tennis world when she won Wimbledon in 2004.The teenager beat top seed and defending champion Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam singles title in one of the most memorable finals in history.Twenty years on, Sportsworld’s Delyth Lloyd looks back on Sharapova’s rise and route to the Wimbledon title with insight from her form