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Sportshour: Serena Williams: Wimbledon's Wonder Woman

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09/07/2016 GMT

Serena Williams: Wimbledon's Wonder Woman

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Serena Williams: Wimbledon's Wonder Woman

We're at Wimbledon on Ladies' final day to see if Serena Williams can make history

We are live from Wimbledon on Ladies Final day looking at the remarkable career of Serena Williams, and sorting Wimbledon fact from fiction with ‘Devil Wears Prada’ author Laura Weisberger. Her latest book is set in the world of professional tennis.

Mum Won’t Cramp My Olympic Style:
In Georgia one family is particularly excited about the upcoming Rio Olympics. Why? Well, this family will make history by becoming the first mother-and-son to compete at the same Games!
We meet Nino Salukvadze and her son Tsotne Machavariani, who will compete side by side in the shooting competition.

The Alan Green Lecture: Euro 2016 the Real Winners:
Alan Green gives us his considered thoughts on how Euro 2016 will be remembered; what worked, what didn’t and who the real winners and losers were. 

The Curse of the Winning Goal:
Steve Crossman hears the cautionary but ultimately uplifting tale of Bruno Bellone, the first Frenchman to score a winning goal in a European Championships final. Later, his life spiralled into debt, he was even reported to be dead. He wasn’t, and eventually his old team mates came to his rescue!

Rio Ready: 
In less than a month Rio will welcome the world to its Olympic party, but will the lasting legacy of these Games be the action in the stadium or on the streets of Brazil? There are many areas of concern from Zica, to presidential impeachments and worries over doping control, but what is the biggest headache? Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics", offers his assessment.

Sporting Witness… In 1984, the women's marathon took place in the Olympic Games for the first time. But, to the horror of the crowd in Los Angeles, one of the runners, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss of Switzerland, entered the stadium in a state of virtual collapse from heat exhaustion and took minutes to stumble round her final lap of the track.

Photo: Serena Williams serves during the Ladies Singles Semi Final July 7th 2016 (Credit Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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