Sportshour Podcast
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.
Episodes to download
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Conquering the high seas - From landlocked Thirsk to rowing world records
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Sportshour meets Jasmine Harrison, the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic.
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How Inclusive is Football?
Sat 27 Feb 2021
As part of LGBT+ History Month, Sportshour looks at how inclusive the sport really is.
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'You eventually come out and the next day the sun rises'
Sat 20 Feb 2021
In a show of firsts, we hear from Dan Palmer, the first Wallabies player to come out gay
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Sportshour at the Super Bowl
Sat 6 Feb 2021
It's Super Bowl LV as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
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“Racism strips you entirely of your dignity'
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Former Newcastle United and Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop on racist abuse
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Basketball’s forgotten stars living in poverty
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Why some of the biggest stars of their times are dying in poverty
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When Donald Trump bought a football team
Sat 16 Jan 2021
When Donald Trump became the owner of the New Jersey Generals of the now defunct USFL.
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FA Cup third round: Dare to dream
Sat 9 Jan 2021
We preview some of the biggest ties in the third round of the FA Cup
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The Jim Thorpe Story
Boxing Day 2020
We explore the life of the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics.
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“It’s much more than being a race car driver” – Nascar racer Bubba Wallace on finding his voice
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Bubba Wallace on a turbulent 2020 & racing for the Michael Jordan owned team in 2021
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Tiara Brown on quitting the police: 'Enough was enough'
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Unbeaten professional boxer Tiara Brown on her decision to resign from the police.
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“At some point you start sinking like a rock” – Alenka Artnik
Sat 5 Dec 2020
Alenka Artnik set a new world record by freediving 374 feet below the Red Sea surface
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Memories of the magical Maradona
Sat 28 Nov 2020
We hear some very special memories of Diego Maradona - who has passed away aged 60.
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The man behind the hat: Meet Cam Newton's headwear designer
Sat 21 Nov 2020
We talk to the designer behind New England Patriots Quarterback Cam Newton's iconic hats
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'The business of boxing is systematically built against females' – Heather Hardy
Sat 14 Nov 2020
Former world champion Heather Hardy reveals the realities of making a living from boxing
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“I 100% believe there are more people that want to see us unite than there are to divide” – Seth Gottesdiener
Sat 7 Nov 2020
Seth Gottesdiener has been cycling across the USA to gauge the mood of his nation in 2020
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'There are a lot of moments where this is still terrifying' – Danell Leyva
Sat 31 Oct 2020
Former gymnast Danell Leyva on how he revealed his sexuality on National Coming Out Day
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Australia Grand Final Weekend
Sat 24 Oct 2020
We hear about both the men's and women's NRL Grand Finals.
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“You may end up being killed” – Kenyan footballer on defying drug gangs
Sat 17 Oct 2020
Jacob Viera was almost killed by a Tanzanian gang after he refused to be a drugs mule.
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'It's not about hitting new milestones as a female' – Joy Neville on making history
Sat 10 Oct 2020
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour.
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“America is divided because Americans think it’s divided” – Seth Gottesdiener
Sat 3 Oct 2020
LA gym owner Seth Gottesdiener is cycling across America to assess the mood of his nation
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Madison Hammond: I didn’t think I’d be the first anything in sport
Sat 26 Sep 2020
She is the first Native American woman to sign a professional contract with a NWSL club
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Tiara Brown: No one in my family wanted me to be a police officer
Sat 19 Sep 2020
Tiara Brown discusses balancing life as a black athlete and police officer in the USA.
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What is life like in a sporting bio-bubble?
Sat 12 Sep 2020
Elly Oldroyd presents the programme from inside the cricket bio-bubble at Old Trafford.
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American Football and the Women's Super League returns
Sat 5 Sep 2020
We speak to Manchester City player Janine Beckie about the start of the WSL.
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The week the sporting world took action
Sat 29 Aug 2020
This week on Sportshour, we take a look at the boycott of sports in the US.
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"I cried watching the film” – McFadden on Rising Phoenix
Sat 22 Aug 2020
17 time Paralympic medallist Tatyana McFadden on a new documentary on the Games.
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Will there be any college football this fall?
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Sportshour talks college football after two of the game's major conferences are cancelled
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"I asked myself ‘if it’s not me, then who is it?’”
Sat 8 Aug 2020
Farid Noori's hopes of being the first Afghanistan mountain biker at the Olympics.