Not by the Playbook

As the Women's World Cup continues in France we meet the female commentators from Fiji and Vanuatu making history. Adele Willie, Jennesa Hinge Moli and Lavenia Yalovi, have been breaking new ground for women in the region, by broadcasting radio commentary of New Zealand's games in the languages of Bislama, iTaukei Fijian and Pacific English to listeners across the South Pacific. The three women ar...

The United States recorded the biggest ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup as they thrashed Thailand 13-0. We are in France with our reporters Sarah Mulkerrins and Maz Farookhi to reflect on the opening week of the tournament. The former US striker Tiffeny Milbrett also joined us to assess USA's chances of defending their World Cup title. We also meet the French football freestylers whose m...

With the Women’s World Cup underway in France, Shari Vahl is joined by the BBC's Sarah Mulkerrins and Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, sports writer, historian and author as we look at what will make this a successful tournament. Plus we hear from Spanish defender Celia Jiménez Delgado who has big ambitions away from football, she aims to become an aerospace engineer when she retires. We also spend time wi...

We're live in Madrid previewing the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur and profiling both managers. Mauricio Pochotino's first appointment to management came in 2008 as assistant to Espanyol's women's team... Former Spanish international Adriana tells us what he was like in the early days of his coaching career Before his playing days were over Jürgen Klopp was eyeing a...

On Sportshour with Shari Vahl we hear from football player and refugee, Hakeem al-Araibi whose detention in Thailand sparked an outcry. He has since been freed from jail after Bahrain withdrew its extradition request. He was detained in Bangkok in November on an Interpol notice requested by Bahrain. Al-Araibi denies all charges and speaks to us about his time in prison. Also this week Kathryn Webb...

The 138th FA Cup final is taking place and Manchester City are playing Watford FC. Watford are the underdogs and have also for many years prided themselves on being at the forefront of a family friendly football experience. We hear from the Schaffers who are three generations of the same family and are going to Wembley to cheer them on. Les Taylor also joins Caroline Barker to preview the game, he...

We take a leftfield look at the Premier League title race ahead of either Manchester City or Liverpool being crowned champions of England. Caroline Barker is joined by comedian Emily Dean, one of the stars of TV's Comedians Watching Football with Friends and Arsenal fan. Alongside them is comedian and Manchester United fan Justin Moorhouse. From Pep Guardiola's grey cardigan to Jurgen Klopp's spar...

The Women's FA Cup Final is here and Caroline Barker is joined by West Ham Captain Gilly Flaherty on the morning of the game. Alonmg with four time winner Lianne Sanderson they discuss who will win - Manchester City or West Ham? What a week for South Africa's double Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya ending with what she does best, winning the 800 metres? We are live in Doha with Ed Harry for t...

JohnBoy Smith was shot in the back as a sixteen year old after finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Paralysed from the waist down, his life changed forever. But whilst rehabilitating he found sport and now he's in contention to win the London Marathon on Sunday. He shares his story. The very first winners of the London Marathon in 1981 were Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen who dec...

In the last 24 hours, professional footballers across England and Wales decided to boycott social media to protest against the way social media companies and football authorities respond to racism. The social media strike - which is called hashtag Enough - follows a number of high profile instances of racism in domestic and international football matches this season. It's been organised by the Pro...

Jennifer Kucpcho won the first ever women's tournament to be held on the perfectly manicured greens of the Augusta National. It's been the venue for the prestigious Masters tournament since 1934 and remains one of the most exclusive clubs in the world of sport. Membership is by invitation only and restricted to just 300 at any given time. Even when, then first women member was admitted back in 201...

British Olympian Jade Lally opens up about feeling "devastated" as her preparations for Tokyo 2020 were knocked off course by her pregnancy. We're at the Jordan Mixed Open, the first professional Golf tournament to bring together male and female players competing against each other on the same course, for the same trophy. Marianne Skarpnord and her Fiancé Richard Green who both won the 2015 Victor...

Paralympic cyclist Hannah Dines tell's Shari Vahl how some female riders are suffering in silence with injuries because of saddles designed predominantly for men. After incidents of racist abuse during England's European Championship qualifier in Montenegro Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp led a number of Premier League managers in saying they would be prepared to take their players off the pitch in...

Jamaican runner Kemoy Campbell was told by doctors he had "died" after collapsing on the track during an Athletics event in New York. Campbell spent 17 days in hospital and has been fitted with an internal defibrillator. Despite numerous tests doctors were unable to deduce the cause of the heart failure. He’s been telling Shari Vahl of his traumatic experience. You and I would call it climbing the...

Bangladesh's cricket team were set to play New Zealand at Christchurch's Hagley Oval in their third Test match. However, following the worst massacre in New Zealand's history when 49 people were killed in and around two mosques in Christchurch, the match has been cancelled. The Bangladeshi team were just minutes away from being caught in the fire, Sportshour reflects on the tragedy and the psychol...

The British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies this week reignited the debate about transgender participation in sport, by saying anyone who was born male but now identifies as female should not be allowed to take part in women's sport, because of the physical advantage it brings. Davies denies her remarks are "transphobic" - as did the 18 times Grand Slam tennis champion Martina Navratilova - who ori...

With only a few months to go until France 2019, Caroline Barker is at the She Believes Cup in Philadelphia, one of the final major tournaments before the World Cup. Caroline is joined by the English Football Association's Head of Women's Football Sue Campbell, former New Zealand international Rebecca Smith, Jen O'Neil who runs a women's football website shekicksdotnet and Philadelphia Lone Star FC...

Canadian ice hockey star Daniel Carcillo has had seven diagnosed concussions, suffered with headaches, slurred speech and memory loss. He is now taking on the National Hockey League and challenging them to do more to protect players from head injuries. He tells us his story and describes the uphill challenges that he is facing every day. We hear from a young girls football team in India who have b...

I’m prepared to end my career to save Argentine women’s football, that's according to Maca Sanchez. The Argentine footballer says the country's football Federation don't support women’s football. She says they are denied basic rights such as a salary, places to train, shoes, medical coverage and clothing. Hakeem al-Araibi has been freed from jail; after the Thail government dropped a warrant for h...

In 2014, footballer Hakeem was sentenced to 10 years in prison for vandalising a police station in his native Bahrain. He denied the charges and having fled to Australia fearing for his safety, he missed the trial. Once in Australia he was granted political asylum in 2017. But in November, a decision to go to Thailand changed Hakeem's life forever. The Bahrain government issued a warrant for his a...

In Atlanta, birthplace of Martin Luther King, Sportshour asks what progress the NFL has made since the height of the player protest last season. His daughter, Bernice, and current Patriot's player Matthew Slater join the debate. The leagues first inclusion officer, Wade Davis, tells us he knows several gay players in the NFL who open about their sexuality to their team mates and coaches. And the l...

The success of Bayern Munich can be traced all the way back to an almost forgotten figure in German football - their longest serveing president Kurt Landauer. For years Kurt's story, including escaping the Nazi's, was barely known. We talk to historian and screenwriter Dirk Kamper who has helped his story get the recognition it deserves. Former NFL quarterback Marc Bulger has joined forces with th...

It's a month since four women raised allegations of physical and sexual abuse within the Afghanistan women's football team. They claim the abuse took place at the federation’s headquarters and at a training camp in Jordan. The head of Afghanistan football Keramuddin Keram, against whom specific allegations were made, has been suspended. He “vigorously rejects" what he calls "false accusations". Kh...

College sport is a a billion dollar industry in America. Basketball and football attract huge television audiences and crowds in excess of 100,000 at games. It attracts the biggest names and very highest paid coaches in American sport. The players however do not earn a penny. They are 'student athletes' and although some of them will get their education paid for, is it time those players get a sha...

An interview with the mother of Philando Castile whose death at the hands of police prompted Colin Kaepernick to start his kneeling protest in the NFL. A celebration of Tour De France winner Gino Bartali and his humanitarian work during the Second World War. Plus we meet photography pioneer Hy Money who overcame prejudice to chart the history of Crystal Palace football club. (Photo: Picture of Tim...