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Sportshour: Let My Sister Go!

Let My Sister Go!

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A brother pleas for sisters release after being imprisoned for trying to watch volleyball

A brother pleas for sisters release after being imprisoned for trying to watch volleyball match in Iran.

Ghoncheh Ghavami is an Iranian-British woman who has been imprisoned without charge in Iran since June following her attempt to enter a stadium to watch an international volleyball match. Women are banned from watching live sport in Iran if men have been admitted. We hear her brother Iman Ghavami plea for her release

Sponsor Power
Anheuser-Busch, one of the main commercial partners of American Football's NFL, has criticised the sport’s governing body for its handling of recent domestic abuse cases. So how much influence does business have over sport? We hear from Richard Branson the man behind Virgin, one of the biggest sponsors of world sport 

Supplementary Evidence
When is doping intentional cheating and when is it an inadvertent error? And should we have any sympathy for those athletes who fall foul of contaminated supplements? We investigate why 44% of positive tests in the UK in 2012 were classed as “inadvertent” 

Rio Inspiration
After a chance meeting with a woman who had come to visit her foster home in the Ivory Coast, Adeline Gouenon’s life was transformed forever. The woman became her benefactor, organising a scholarship to Loughborough College in England to hone her athletic talent. It has paid off, having recently won bronze at the recent African Athletics Championships Adeline has her sights set on Rio! 


Bridging the Golf
After the Royal and Ancient golf club, the spiritual home of the sport have voted to allow women members for the first time. We speak to the husband and wife who live just a few kilometers from the St Andrews based club about why he is a member if an all-male golf club, and she is the captain of an all ladies golf club 

From Ponting to Pontiff
The Vatican cricket team have arrived in England to take on a Church of England XI. We explore the relationship between religion and the game.

Sporting Witness
In September 1988, Ben Johnson was stripped of his Olympic Gold Medal within hours of winning the 100 metre final in arguably the biggest doping scandal in sporting history.

(Photo: Ghoncheh Ghavami)

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