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Sportsworld’s Lee James is in Mumbai, the venue for the inaugural Women’s Premier League final, to reflect on the ground-breaking new women’s cricket competition. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning joins us to discuss how the competition is “on another level” to anything else she’s experienced. Former Indian cricketer Anjali Pendharkar tells us how women’s cricket has evolved over the last 30 year...

John Bennett travels to Rabat, capital city of Morocco to find out the secrets behind the country's football success. He visits the King Mohammad VI complex; the new headquarters of the football federation and home to the men's and women's national teams. John gets an exclusive look behind the scenes of the complex and speaks to the backroom staff who helped develop the country's football philosop...

Mondo Duplantis, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles are among Ed Harry’s guests as Sportworld reflects on the year in Track and Field and looks ahead to 2023. Also joining Ed are the former global 800 metres medallist, Jenny Meadows, along with Ade Adedoyin and Katie Smith. Plus, we’ll hear from two of the sport’s rising stars, Erriyon Knighton and Adriana Vilagos. Photo: Armand Duplantis of...

As the BBC World Service celebrates its 90th anniversary, we look back on nine decades of sports broadcasting. From the launch of Saturday Special in 1959 through to the present day, this is the history of BBC World Service sport featuring iconic sporting moments, familiar theme tunes and memories of presenters past and present. Mike Costello, Russell Fuller, Caroline Barker, Lee James and Nishat...

Former US goalkeeper Brad Friedel, former Congo defender Chris Samba and football reporter Maz Farookhi join Delyth Lloyd as they discuss who will make the team of the tournament for the 2022 World Cup. There are some rules: the formation is 4-3-3 as it’s been the most used during the competition, the panellists could only select 3 players from one nation and Delyth will have the final say on who...

World Cup winners Frank Leboeuf and Heather O'Reilly, former Leicester City and Celtic manager Martin O'Neill, former Brazil goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and Iceland midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson reveal the secrets of navigating the knockout stages of a football tournament. We'll also hear about how players can prepare for these huge matches away from the pitch thanks to Professor Steve Peters,...

As the World Cup kicks off Delyth Lloyd is joined by the BBC’s Sports News Correspondent Alex Capstick to examine a range of issues that have overshadowed Qatar 2022, starting with the initial awarding of the tournament, which the former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has since told the BBC was a “mistake”. Yasmine Ahmed from Human Rights Watch joins us to talk about the conditions for migrant worker...

Ghana and Uruguay created one of the most dramatic and controversial moments in World Cup history in 2010, when the "Black Stars” were the width of a crossbar away from becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals. Uruguay's Luis Suárez was sent off in the last minute of extra time for handling the ball on the line and then celebrated wildly when Ghana's Asamoah Gyan's penalty hit the...

We discuss the financial situation at Barcelona, their moves in the transfer market, hopes for the new season and the success of their women’s team. Sportsworld's Delyth Lloyd is joined by the Athletic’s Pol Ballus, Ernest Macia of Radio Catalunya, finance expert Kieran Maguire, German football journalist Constantin Eckner and former Barcelona Femení forward Toni Duggan. Photo: General view of the...

Sportsworld's Lee James is joined by the former Arsenal, West Ham and Wolves striker Jeremie Aliadiere, the Reading and England striker Natasha Dowie, and the Independent's chief football writer Miguel Delaney to look ahead to the new Premier League season. The panel discuss how the winter World Cup in Qatar will impact on the season, how Manchester City and Liverpool will evolve with their two ne...

Can Erik ten Hag bring the glory days back to Old Trafford? Sportsworld’s John Bennett finds out more about the career history, personality and the football philosophy of Manchester United’s new manager. You’ll hear from players and coaches who have worked with him at four of his former clubs and several United legends have their say on whether the Dutchman will be a hit or a miss in English footb...

BBC World Service presenter John Bennett is joined by the Athletic's Manchester City correspondent Sam Lee, Borussia Dortmund podcaster Stefan Buckzo and the Man City legend Paul Dickov. Plus you'll hear from ex Norway striker Jan Aage Fjortoft, Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch, Haaland's first ever coach Alf Inge Bernsten, Norwegian football journalist Arilas Oluld-Saada and former Manchester Un...

The Warm Up Track is back! Season Two continues with World Champion Javelin thrower Anderson Peters, and World Indoor Long Jump bronze medallist, Lorraine Ugen. Who started off wanting to be like Usain Bolt? Which guest showed, at 16, they were no pushover? What do our field eventers think of the 'Final Three' format? How hard would it be to throw left-handed, or jump off your other leg? We also d...

In the second part of Sportsworld's guide to the teams that'll be taking part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar we'll profile groups E, F, G and H. John Bennett is joined by World Football's Mani Djazmi, African broadcaster Usher Komugisha, South American football commentator Juan Arango and European football journalist Alvaro Romeo for your guide to the groups. Lutz Pfannenstiel, sporting direc...

In the first part of Sportsworld's guide to the teams that'll be taking part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar we'll profile groups A, B, C and D. John Bennett is joined by World Football's Mani Djazmi, African broadcaster Usher Komugisha, South American football commentator Juan Arango and European football journalist Alvaro Romeo for your guide to the groups. We'll also hear from the Qatar coa...

Season Two continues with Commonwealth 100 metres champion Akani Simbine, and the reigning Diamond League Shot Put champion Maggie Ewen. Who doesn't like strawberries? What happens in the call room before a 100 metres race? Will having the Worlds on home soil convince Americans to watch Track and Field? What's it like to finish fourth? We're also discussing body image and why athletes don't have t...

The Warm Up Track is back! Season Two starts with a Jamaica Special. We're joined by Olympic 100 hurdles bronze medallist Megan Tapper, and reigning Commonwealth 400 hurdles champion, Janieve Russell. Why will this year's Worlds feel like a home from home for Jamaican athletes? Who was a Champs Legend? Who was on course to be an Olympic gymnast? Plus, who's always wanted to be a flight attendant?...

Delyth Lloyd and Ade Adedoyin take a look back at the life and career of Florence Griffith-Joyner, one of the most flamboyant track and field athletes of all time. Over three decades ago, she broke the women’s 100m world record, a mark which still stands today, while she was also an icon off the track. We discuss her legacy with athletes who competed against her and contemporaries who were inspire...

With the semi-finals for the Women’s Cricket World Cup confirmed as Australia against West Indies and England against South Africa. Sportsworld’s Delyth Lloyd is joined by Australian spin bowler Alana King, Emily Windsor who plays for the Southern Vipers and the Trent Rockets in the UK, Alexis Nunes who covers West Indies cricket for ESPN Cricinfo and Aslam Khota cricket commentator with SABC in S...

Tributes from across the cricketing world have been paid to Australia legend Shane Warne, who died from a suspected heart attack aged 52. Sportsworld's Lee James is joined by ABC cricket commentator Jim Maxwell, Australian cricket journalist Melinda Farrell and Indian cricket commentator Prakash Wakankar, as well as hearing at length from Warne's former teammate and roommate Stuart Law. The legend...

Sportsworld’s Lee James is joined by Sports News Correspondent Alex Capstick and Winter Olympic Reporter Katie Smith as they preview the Winter Olympics in Beijing. We also hear at length from USA Hockey head coach David Quinn and Swiss alpine skier Michelle Gisin. Image: A general view of the Shougang Big Air venue on January 29, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Sportsworld’s Lee James is joined by a team of experts looking ahead to a huge year of global sporting events in 2022. We hear from the BBC’s Katie Smith and John Bennett, current Everton and England midfielder Izzy Christiansen, New Zealand journalist Rikki Swannell and assistant group head of sports at RJRGleaner Communications Group in Jamaica, Kayon Raynor. (Photo by Matteo Ciambelli/NurPhoto...

With the news that FIFA are staging a global summit on 20th December when plans for reform of the football calendar are to be discussed along with the staging of a biennial World Cup, Sportsworld considers the pros, and cons of holding FIFA’s flagship tournament every two years. The proposals have been developed by a technical advisory group, led by the former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is...

We saw leaders from around the world meet at the Cop 26 summit in Glasgow, as urgent collective action is needed to bring climate change under control. The world is warming because of emissions from fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. We are experiencing extreme weather events linked to climate change - including heatwaves, floods and forest fires - which are intensifying. The past decade was the...

30 years ago on November 16th 1991, the inaugural Women’s World Cup was staged in China. At the time, it was called the The Fifa Women’s World Championship For The M&Ms Cup. The tournament was contested by 12 teams who played 80 minute matches, and was won by the USA, who beat Norway at Guangzhou’s Tianhe Stadium in front of 65,000 people. We take you back to reflect on the impact the tourname...