Planet Sport

We look back on two weeks of captivating tennis at the Wimbledon Championships and talk to the finalists in the men's and women's singles events - Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza. And we visit a project in Rio de Janeiro that is using football to help children escape from lives of sexual exploitation, drugs and crime.

We continue our conversation with Brazilian racing driver Adriano Medeiros as the 2013 Classic Formula Ford 1600 champion tells about the Jesus Saves team he drives for, his aim to take part in endurance racing and why he thinks Lewis Hamilton will win this year's Formula 1 Championship.

Racing driver Adriano Medeiros was inspired to get into motor sport by his fellow Brazilians and F1 drivers, Alex Dias Ribeiro and Emerson Fittipaldi. In 2013 he won the Classic Formula Ford title in the UK driving for the Jesus Saves team. He has also driven in exhibitions for clients including Pure McLaren Experience and Top Gear Live show. In the first of a two-part interview he talks to Planet...

Jaime Fillol played in the 1960s and 70s reaching two Grand Slam doubles finals and representing Chile in the David Cup. After retiring he became one of the founder members of the ATP, serving as president from 1979-80. In the week before the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship the 69-year-old talks to Planet Sport reporter Stuart Weir about the highlights of his career, his work with the ATP and t...

We talk to four athletes at the recent Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, Kenya's javelin thrower Julius Yego after recording the furthest distance since 2006, 800m runners Eunice Jepkoech Sum and Nijel Amos and Kenya's 5000m runner, Thomas Longosiwa. And following Sepp Blatter's resignation as president of FIFA we ask fans of 'the beautiful game' what they would change if they were FIFA presid...

We're at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Birmingham to talk to two reigning Olympic champions, Allyson Felix, who won gold at London 2012 in the 200m, 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m relays and triple jump gold medallist Christian Taylor. We also catch up with Australia's Commonwealth discus champion, Dani Samuels, and Commonwealth 400m silver medallist Wayde van Niekerk from South Africa as they sh...

In the week that Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce equals the fastest time by a woman for the 100 metres this year, we revisit our interview recorded with the double Olympic champion last year in which she talks about the faith that underpins her life and the ambitions she still holds on the track.

We look back on another captivating season in the English Premier League. Our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir assesses the achievements of the top four clubs and nominates three players who have impressed him this year. We congratulate Bournemouth, Norwich and Watford on their promotion to the Premier League next season and talk to Watford's Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo.

We're at Wembley at the launch of FIFA's new anti-racism and discrimination system being implemented at 2018 World Cup qualifiers and at the World Cup itself. We hear from Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder, Yaya Toure, and other speakers at the event. And we talk to former Aston Villa midfielder, Lee Hendrie, about Villa's chances in next week's FA Cup final against Arsenal.

We join the promotion party at Watford FC as the club celebrates achieving Premier League football next season. We hear from joyous fans and from the Hornets' former Brazilian international goalkeeper, Heurelho Gomes. And we report from the Great City Games in Manchester and hear from top athletes Jessica Ennis-Hill, Felix Sanchez and Richard Browne.

We talk to the winners of the men's and women's elite races, Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya and Ethiopia's Tegist Tufa and two winners in the wheelchair races, USA's Joshua George and Tatyana McFadden. And we hear from Paula Radcliffe who was taking part in her last competitive race on the same track where in 2003 she set the world record for the women's marathon which still stands to this day.

Why do there seem to be so many controversial refereeing decisions in football? In the English Premier League this season hardly a week goes by without some key decision being made which affects the result of the game. We are joined by our Chief Football Correspondent, Stuart Weir, and Referees' Assessor and former top referee, Bob Hamer, to discuss the challenges and pressures facing top flight r...

Chelsea have a ten point lead going into the final six rounds of matches in the English Premier League. Can anyone catch them? We also review the FA Cup semi-finals which saw Arsenal and Aston Villa triumph to reach the final on 30th May. Lewis Hamilton has made an emphatic start to his bid for successive Formula 1 Championships with three wins from the first four races. There's still plenty of ra...

Timo Tagaloa played in Western Samoa's historic 16-13 Rugby World Cup win against Wales in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. He scored two tries against Argentina in the same competition and later in his career represented the All Blacks at the Hong Kong Sevens. He tells us about the highlights of his career and how he recovered from a time in his life when he thought he had no purpose to the point he con...

We meet Great Britain kayaker, Angela Hannah, as she tells us about her love for the sport, her career highlights and the faith that directs her life.

We look back on a captivating Cricket World Cup following Australia's 7-wicket win over New Zealand in Sunday's final. And in football we explore why Radamel Falcao is struggling at Manchester United and hear from the Colombian international about how his faith helps him cope with pressure.

Chris Jones was a player from the valleys of South Wales who hated losing. A former Wales Under-15 and Under-19 squad player he would do anything to win, even if that meant stretching the laws of the game. He was sent off regularly and eventually banned for life. Then he was allowed back but injured another player badly and was banned for life again. Sitting in prison after being involved in a fig...

In cricket the spirit in which the game should be played is highly valued. This week we hear how one cricketer playing for Dorset in the English Minor Counties League upset the authorities at Lords when he was accused of breaking the spirit of the game, despite keeping within the laws of the game. That player is Andrew Wingfield Digby and he went on to become respected church leader in England.

We review this week's Sixth Round matches in the FA Cup and former Tamil Nadu state cricketer Paul Moses shares some of his career highlights and talks about his journey to faith and resultant work running an orphanage with his wife in Chennai.

We talk to former Tamil Nadu state cricketer Paul Moses who was praised for his batting as an 18-year old by the great Indian Test batsman, Sunil Gavaskar. And we continue our report from the recent International Indoor Athletics meeting in Birmingham as we hear from former World 100 metres champion, Kim Collins, still competing in elite races at the age of 38.

We talk to athletes at the International Indoor Athletics Grand Prix in Birmingham on 21 Feb including new World Record holder for the men's two miles, Mo Farah, Kenya's Paul Koech, 60m hurdles winner Kevin Craddock and US 400m runner Manteo Mitchell as he continues his return to elite competition after suffering a broken leg at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

We meet Ramadhan Vyombo, a swimming international from Kenya who competed for his country over 20 years. We find out about his career and his life now as a coach training a new generation of young swimmers in Kenya and Tanzania. And with the Cricket World Cup now underway former South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock recalls his personal World Cup highlights.

We talk to former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago opening batsmen, Suruj Ragoonath, about his playing career, playing alongside Brian Lara and the difference his faith has made to his life.

We hear from the singles finalists at the Australian Open including the two winners, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams and with the Cricket World Cup just around the corner our panel of experts discusses whether a batsman should 'walk' when he knows he's out.

We consider the difference that faith makes in the world of professional sport. Cricketer Henry Olonga tells us how his protest against the government of Zimbabwe at the 2003 World Cup was motivated by his faith and Standard Liege and Cameroon midfielder Eyong Enoh tells us how his faith helps him cope with the pressure of being an elite footballer.