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Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour

Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.

Sportshour: Awarded to the city of….

Awarded to the city of….

07/09/2013

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We’ll hear why some say the decision to be the 2020 Olympic hosts was made 8 years ago.

We’ll hear why some say the decision to be the 2020 Olympic hosts was made 8 years ago, and we take a look at the politics that goes into winning the bid.

…Awarded to the city of….

Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid are competing to be the 2020 Olympic hosts. We’ll hear why some say the decision was made at least 8 years ago and take a look inside the smoke filled rooms that dominate the internal politics that goes into winning the bid. Guests include Dr Vassili Girginov, visiting Professor at the Russian International Olympic University and Mike Lee, who masterminded Great Britain’s successful bid for 2012. 

Ashe to Ashe
On the 45th anniversary of the first US Open final in the professional era we hear from the man defeated by Arthur Ashe in 1968.  Dutchman Tom Okker lost in 5 sets and recalls that first final, his life on the tennis tour and his career as an art dealer once he laid his racquet down!

Prime Minister’s Captain.
As Australia goes to the polls we speak to the former Australian rugby international Phillip Crowe. He captained the current leader of the opposition Tony Abbot when they both turned out for the Oxford University rugby team. We’ll find out what kind of team player he was on and off the pitch ahead of potentially running Australia.

NFL Season Start
As the new American football season gets underway we hear from Michael Duerson whose brother Dave, a former player, shot himself in the heart in 2011. Dave wanted to commit suicide in a way that preserved his brain for scientific research. He had had a career of head concussions caused by playing Gridiron. Only last week 4500 former players settled with NFL on this issue, but is enough being done to stop these injuries? We are also joined by Troy Vincent Senior Vice President of the NFL Player Engagement Organisation.

Bright, Kamara, Action
No sooner had footballer Kei Kamara clicked his heels three times he found himself back England following a transfer deadline day deal from Kansas City. We hear how Kamara is on a one man mission to improve the image of his native Sierra Leone through footballing success.

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