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The busy Christmas and New Year fixtures in the English Premier League often define the league positions at the end of the season. Our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir assesses which teams will be happiest with their performances over the holiday period. 2016 is an Olympic year with the Summer Games taking place in Rio de Janeiro in August. Adrian Barnard takes us on a tour of the Olympic...

We are joined by our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir and former Football League referee Bob Hamer who share their hopes for sport in 2016 as we look forward to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the culmination of an exciting 2015/16 English Premier League season.

In the second part of our 2015 Review of the Year we hear from three World Champion athletes who won titles at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in August - 100 metres women's champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 400 metres women's champion Allyson Felix and triple jump champion Christian Taylor. And we hear from players and staff at newly-promoted EPL side, AFC Bournemouth.

We look back at some of the stories we covered in 2015. We hear from Australian Open tennis champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, Watford FC's Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo and USA 400 metres runner Manteo Mitchell - who at the 2012 Olympics continued running in the 4 x 400m relay despite breaking his leg. And we hear how Australian cricket began to recover after the tragic death of Philip...

Two greats of World Rugby, Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, retired from the international game after helping New Zealand win the Rugby World Cup in October. Former Western Samoa scrum half, Tu Nu'uali'tia in Auckland, assesses their successes and contributions to the game. And Zambia football striker, Jacob Mulenga, tells us how his faith helped him when he was faced with two potentially career-threa...

Former Western Samoa scrum-half Tu Nu'uali'itia pays tribute to New Zealand rugby star, Jonah Lomu, who died recently at the age of 40 as he remembers playing against him in a Test match in 1996. We also applaud the IAAF's male and female Athletes of the Year, Ashton Eaton and Genzebe Dibaba and look back on the Formula 1 season just ended with 2013 Classic Formula Ford champion, Adriano Medeiros.

Former US footballer Aaron Tredway tells us more about his career in three African nations. He also talks about his coaching career in Africa and Asia and how as joint owner of the Cleveland City Stars he led the club to championship title success in 2008.

We mark the achievements of 2015 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and discuss whether 18-year-old rookie Max Verstappen has the potential to be as good as Ayrton Senna or Michael Schumacher. And in world football former goalkeeper and now football coach Aaron Tredway from the US tells us about his career in three African countries.

Football fans will always judge the referee and this week we are joined by Bob Hamer, a Football League Match Observer to find out about his very detailed role in assessing the performance of the referee and his assistants. And following the recent IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha we hear from the USA's Richard Browne, the new T44 world champion and new world record holder in both the 100...

Planet Sport reporter Stuart Weir is in Doha to talk to Sheikha Asma Al Thani, Director of Marketing and Communications for the recent IPC Athletics World Championships and a member of the Qatari Olympic Committee. We find out about Qatar's commitment to sport as the country gears up to host several high profile sports events in the coming years and hear what fans coming to Qatar can expect at the...

We look ahead to Saturday's Rugby World Cup final between Australia and the current holders New Zealand at Twickenham with Tu Nu'uali'itia who played in two World Cups in the 1990s for Western Samoa. Tu tells us about the atmosphere and expectation in New Zealand ahead of Saturday's game and shares his thoughts on two players to watch in the final. He also looks forward to the 2019 World Cup in Ja...

As the Rugby World Cup reaches the semi-finals this weekend, former New Zealand winger Inga Tuigamala tells us about his career highlights and faith and another former international, Samoa's Tu Nu'uali'itia shares his thoughts on the fifth core value as outlined by the Rugby Football Union, discipline.

As the Rugby World Cup reaches the quarter-final stage this weekend we continue our discussion on the five core values of the sport, this week we come to Enjoyment. Former Western Samoa scrum-half Tu Nu'ulai'itia, who played in two World Cups in the 1990s, shares his experiences of enjoyment in the game. And we hear from Clive Jones, a rugby coach and former club player from Treorchy in South Wale...

We take a look back on the recent African Games in Congo-Brazzaville to hear from Nigeria’s table tennis star Funke Oshanaike and Zimbabwe’s medal-hope in the decathlon, Keegan Cooke. And with the Rugby World Cup now well underway we talk about one of the sports five's core values, respect. We hear from fans and the former Samoan scrum half Tu Nu’uali’itia who played in two World Cups shares his t...

We hear from fans at the Rugby World Cup match between Nambia and New Zealand to find out their thoughts on the tournament so far and discover how far some have travelled. We discuss the five core values of the game - teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship - and hear from fans about which they think is the most important. Two-times World Cup player with Western Samoa, Tu Nu'ula...

Six former players recall their World Cup memories. We hear from three winners, New Zealand's Michael Jones (1987), Nick Farr-Jones from Australia (1991) and England's Jason Robinson (2003). We also hear from England full-back and losing finalist in 1991 Jonathan Webb, Western Samoa 1995 quarter-finalist Tu Nu'uali'itia and South Africa's fly-half Jannie de Beer who kicked a world record five drop...

We go behind the scenes at English Premier League new boys AFC Bournemouth to find out about the club's meteoric rise after almost going out of business just seven years ago and meet four people with very different roles at the club: from the players attacking midfielder Marc Pugh, Club Secretary Neil Vacher, Player Liaison Officer Pete Barry and Club Chaplain Andy Rimmer.

In this week's show six top athletes talk about the impact of their faith on their sport and lives. Four of them were recently crowned world champions at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing - Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the women's 100m, US triple jumper Christian Taylor and the winners of the men's and women's 400m, South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk and the USA's Allyson Felix. W...

In the second and final part of our interview with Dan Leo the 32-year old second row rugby forward tells us about his experience at the 2007 and 2011 World Cups with Samoa and why he and his national colleagues threatened to boycott an international game against England in November 2014. He also talks more about the impact of his faith as a follower of Jesus Christ on his life and rugby career.

With the Rugby World Cup just three weeks away we talk to two-times World Cup player, the Samoa second row forward, Dan Leo, who retired from international rugby in May. In Part One of The Dan Leo Story he tells us how he got into the sport and the highlights of his club career which took him from New Zealand to Australia, England and France. He also talks honestly about the challenges of matching...

We look forward to the World Athletics Championships that start in Beijing on Saturday and run til 30th August. Planet Sport reporter Norman Brierley talks to four athletes hoping to be among the medals in Beijing: US shot put hope Michelle Carter, South Africa's long jump duo Godfrey Mokoena and Zarck Visser and Kenya's 800m Olympic champion and world record holder, David Rudisha.

As the new English Premier League season kicked off on Saturday we're joined by our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir to review the weekend's action. We consider the season ahead for the teams aiming to win the title and the three new teams battling to stay in the top tier of English football. And we look forward to the All Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo next month as we revisit a night...

The new English Premier League season kicks off on Saturday and we’re joined by our Chief Football Correspondent, Stuart Weir, to discuss the prospects of last year’s top teams including reigning champions Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. We also consider the challenges facing the three new teams – Bournemouth, Norwich and Watford – as they aim to avoid relegatio...

We're at the Anniversary Games Diamond League meeting in London, to meet athletes preparing for next month's World Athletics Championships in Beijing. Usain Bolt talks about the challenge of racing against athletes who have previously been banned as drugs cheats. We also hear from two of the USA's Olympic champions Sanya Richards-Ross (400m) and Aries Merritt (110 m hurdles) and two of this year's...

Michael Jones scored the first try in the first Rugby World Cup in 1987. He also scored the first try in the final as he helped New Zealand beat France 29-9 to be crowned the first Rugby World Champions. A powerful flanker and number eight forward he played 55 times for the All Blacks and was one of the most feared players of his time. In 2000 Rugby World magazine named him the third best All Blac...