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World champion boxer Heather Hardy and journalist Steve Bunce join Sarah Mulkerrins to examine if there's a place for Olympians in professional boxing. We'll hear from Claressa Shields, Katie Taylor and Nicola Adams, while top boxing promoter Lou Dibella explains why he's challenging the sexism in his sport. (PHOTO: Claressa Shields (L) Katie Taylor and Nicola Adams (R), CREDIT: Getty)

Better infrastructure, less crime, more housing, a boost to sport and tourism and equality for people with disabilities. All promised to the residents of Rio as a result of hosting the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games. Four months on Sportsworld returns to Rio to ask whether these will ever be fulfilled. Lee James travels around the city to meet the Paralympic gold medallist Daniel Dias and the O...

Speaking more than fifty years go, Castro said "Anybody who truly loves sport and feels sport" had to prefer the Cuban way to professional sport "by a thousand times" The US blockade on Cuba, which has lasted for more than 50 years and includes restrictions on the nation's sporting institutions, has not stopped them from becoming the most successful Latin American country in Olympics history - des...

Andre Ward survived a second-round knockdown to beat Sergey Kovalev on points and claim the Russian's IBF, WBA and WBO light-heavyweight titles. Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by former two-weight world champion Paulie Malignaggi, former British boxer and now trainer Joe Gallagher and boxing writer for the LA Times Lance Pugmire to debate the details of the fight. (Image: Andre Ward, credit: Getty Ima...

Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by South African football commentator Mo Allie and Algerian football journalist Maher Mezahi to profile the nominees for the 2016 BBC African footballer of the year. The shortlist includes West Ham and Ghana Forward Andre Ayew, Borussia Dortmund and Gabon Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Leicester City and Algeria Winger Riyad Mahrez, Liverpool and Senegal Forward Sadi...

Women's Sport Week is designed to celebrate, raise awareness and increase the profile of women's sport across Britain. But what about globally? What are the issues being faced by the world's greatest sportswomen? Sarah Mulkerrins is joined by South Africa's Olympic javelin silver medallist Sunette Viljoen and leading sports journalists Anna Kessell and Jacqulein Magnay. We also hear from England r...

John Bennett reflects on the biggest football story of the transfer window so far. Listen to the coaches who guided him from age 13, then hear from the man himself. Paul Pogba is back. (Image: Paul Pogba, credit: Getty Images)

How will we know if the Rio Paralympics have been a success? Gold medal winning sprinter, April Holmes, plus husband and wife athletes Stef Reid and Brent Lakatos are among Sarah Mulkerrins' guests for a Sportsworld special. What impact do the Games need to have on Brazil as a country? And what needs to change before we see more African nations appearing in the medals table? Picture: Canada's Bren...

As Manchester United look set to confirm that Louis Van Gaal's time in charge at Old Trafford and Jose Mourinho is preparing to take over, we round up the latest news on football's worst kept secret. We'll hear how it got to this stage from the BBC's Simon Stone, former Manchester United player and coach Phil Neville gives his thoughts on the potential appointment, we'll get a personal insight on...

Sarah Mulkerrins announces the five nominations for the 2016 BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award. Find out more about Cameroon and FC Rosengard forward Gaelle Enganamouit, France and Lyon Midfielder Amandine Henry, Scotland and Seattle Reign midfielder Kim Little, USA & Houston Dash midfielder Carli Lloyd and USA and Kansas City defender Becky Sauerbrunn. Voting is open from 1800 GMT on S...

After 20 years playing basketball, on Wednesday 13th of April, 19,000 adoring fans crammed into the Staples Center to see Kobe Bryant play his final game. But what made Kobe one of the best players of all time? Sportsworld takes a look back at the life and career of the NBA legend. Joining Sarah Mullkerrins was the basketball author Roland Lazenby who has written autobiographies on the likes of Mi...

The world of football pays tribute to one of the game's greatest ever players, Johan Cruyff, following his death aged 68. Ade Adedoyin is joined by our football reporter Steve Crossman; Marcel van der Kraan from De Telegraaf newspaper; the former Barcelona striker Steve Archibald; and the former Netherland coach Raymond Verheijen, as they discuss the life of the Dutch master. (Image: Johan Cruyff...

The beautiful game is suffering one of the ugliest periods in its history, but will that change when the race to succeed Sepp Blatter as the head of world football is decided on Friday. We profile the five men bidding for the top job at Fifa with the President of the Sierra Leone FA, Isha Johansen; Alexandra Wrage, who works in anti-corruption and transparency as the Head of TRACE International; A...

What next for heavyweight boxing after Tyson Fury's unanimous points win over Wladimir Klitschko ended the Ukrainian's nine year reign at the top of the sport? Joining Sarah Mulkerrins are Ade Adedoyin, who was ringside for the BBC World Service in Dusseldorf, Boxing writer for ESPN Dan Rafael and the former WBA welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi. We also hear from Lennox Lewis. (Picture: Ty...

Five players are in with a chance of adding their name to an exclusive list of BBC African Footballer of the Year award winners. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Yacine Brahimi, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure have the chance to being crowned this year's winner. Nigerian Football expert Oluwashina Okeleji, South African Football Journalist Mo Allie, Ghanaian Journalist Michael Oti Adjei and our fo...

Over the last few months, the media has been dominated by images and news of the world-wide refugee crisis. While the issues continue to be debated by politicians, we hear two remarkable stories of refugees-turned-footballers who fled the atrocities of war and succeeded at the highest level of the game. We speak to Afghanistan captain Zohib Islam Amiri, who shares his story of half-time executions...