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Sportshour: Time for a Mrs Rooney Rule?

Time for a Mrs Rooney Rule?

16/11/2013

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Time for a Mrs Rooney Rule?

Can a 'Mrs Rooney Rule' help women attain balance in positions of influence in sport?

American football has a 'Rooney Rule', so is it time for a 'Mrs Rooney Rule' to help women attain more balance in positions of influence in sport?

American football has a 'Rooney Rule' requiring teams to interview minority candidates for senior jobs, so is it time for a 'Mrs Rooney Rule' to help women attain more balance in positions of influence in sport? We speak to those women who have made it to the top and the young women aiming to emulate them.

Human Zoos: A Legacy in French football
Former French Footballer Lillian Thuram and Professor Pierre Lanfranchi talk about the legacy of 'Human Zoos' the last of which shut only 60 years ago and its impact on football. Plus, who to cheer? What does it says about French identity that regardless of whether France qualify for next year’s World Cup there will still be around 30 Frenchmen competing in the tournament for various other nations. 

From Little Master to Grandmaster
Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement is not the only big sporting event in India this week. We hear about Norway’s Magnus Carlsen as he takes on reigning champion and home favourite Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship Match. International master Lawrence Trent and Tania Sachdev who commentate on the live coverage tells us how chess fever has gripped the nation.

Sochi Stay Away
After it was revealed that ticket sales for the Winter Paralympics are slow, could it be that Sochi and in particular the accommodation in the host city is not accessible for the disabled? Maria Gendeleva from Russian disability group Perspektiv tells us of the difficulty of getting to and staying in Sochi.

What a Picture
We follow photographer Stuart Roy Castle as he takes us around various football stadia snapping not the game, but the spectators.

From Our Own Sports Correspondent
Twenty-four years to the day the BBC’s Mike Costello recounts being in Karachi to see Sachin Tendulkar make his debut in test cricket.

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