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Sportshour: Together with Leicester - A Show of Solidarity

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Together with Leicester - A Show of Solidarity

03/11/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Together with Leicester - A Show of Solidarity

Football will pay tribute to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Saturday.

The football world will pay tribute to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Saturday.

A week ago, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was one of five people killed when his helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the King Power stadium. Nusara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner, Izabela Roza Lechowicz, also died in the crash.

Vichai's funeral will take place in the Thailand capital, Bangkok, on Saturday, whilst Leicester will play Cardiff City in the Premier League. Both teams will wear black armbands and a minute's silence will be held before the match as a mark of respect. We hear about the impact Vichai's success with Leicester City had on football in Thailand and how the Leicester players will want to win to honour his memory.

Gender equality in sport is a debate that won't go away. Just over a week ago, the route for next summer's Tour de France was revealed. It's considered the pinnacle of men's road cycling - but there is no equivalent race for female riders. This summer, Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten won La Course, a mountainous ride which incorporated some of the men's Tour route - but which lasted just one day compared to the men's three weeks. Former cyclist Kathryn Bertine helped found the campaign group Le Tour Entier to press the case for a women's Tour. She told me why she feels more needs to be done by the organisers, the Amaury Sport Organisation.

Every young aspiring footballer dreams of taking to the field for one of the world's biggest teams. Cherno Samba was no different. Aged six, he travelled 3000 miles on his own from Gambia to start a new life with his mother and brother in South London. Picked up by Millwall as a young boy, he played for England at youth level and as a prolific goalscorer, gained cult status among gamers around the world for his exploits on the computer game Championship Manager. A move to Liverpool seemed on the cards but ultimately didn't happen. Now embarking on a coaching career, he's also written his autobiography - which includes reflections on the move that didn't come to fruition.

South Africa play England on Saturday, as rugby's Autumn internationals get underway. In June this year, the Springboks' Siya Kolisi made history when he led the players out as the country's first black Test match captain against England in Johannesburg. And he'll be entrusted with that honour again at Twickneham. South African sports reporter Philasande Sixaba says Kolisi's appointment as captain has helped bring unity to a country that is still divided.

It's nearly 10 years since the Miracle of Hudson River, when, back in January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River in New York. A flock of geese had collided with the plane's two engines, causing a fire and pilot Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed the plane on water. All 155 people on-board miraculously survived. Sullenberger, known as Sully, was hailed a national hero but another man whose role in the incident wasn't as widely highlighted, was Patrick Harten, the air traffic controller who helped guide the plane to safety.  He's running the New York Marathon this Sunday - and Sully will be waiting at the finishing line. Patrick says running helped him cope with post-traumatic stress syndrome and believes the marathon is the perfect way to celebrate the 10th anniversary. 

Rebecca Wardell is an ex-heptathlete Olympian who competed in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. What started as some idle chat while climbing mountain passes on her bike with friends in Switzerland, soon turned into a reality. Rebecca, along with Olympic rower Emma Twigg and Sarah Van Ballekom quit their jobs at the International Olympic Committee and set off from Switzerland back in April to cycle 'The Long Way Home', to New Zealand.  Emma has since returned to New Zealand to try and qualify for her fourth Olympics in rowing, but Rebecca is now half way through her journey home. She tells Sportshour the strangest places where she's slept along the way and how she's had to borrow fuel from motorcyclists so they can cook on a stove.

Photo: Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Rest in Peace, 1957-2018 (Getty Images)

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