5 live Sport Specials
Summary: Showcasing 5 live Sport’s one-off specials, featuring in-depth interviews and coverage with the biggest names from the world of sport.
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Podcasts:
Sire De Grugy wins first Cheltenham Festival race with jockey Jamie Moore in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. 5 live's John Inverdale, Cornelius Lysaght and Derek Thompson provide all the reaction and analysis from day two of the Festival.
John Inverdale introduces a review of the first day of the Cheltenham Festival which saw Jezki triumph in the Champion Hurdle, a record sixth straight win for Quevega in the Mares' Hurdle and victory for Tom Scudamore on Western Warhouse in the Arkle Chase. Racehorse Our Conor was put down after a heavy fall in the Champion Hurdle.
In this special documentary, 18 times Champion Jockey Tony McCoy talks about his relationship with the horse Synchronised. The horse won the Cheltenham gold cup in 2012 before sadly dying after running at the same year's Grand National.
With less than 24 hours to go until the first race at Cheltenham, John Inverdale alongside Corenlius Lysaght, Andrew Thornton and others look ahead to all the big races at this year's festival. Plus we hear from Sam Twiston-Davies and the joint-owner of Sire De Grugy, Sean Preston - at the salon he works at in Warrington...
As talismanic South African skipper Graeme Smith announces his retirement from the international game, former England internationals Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann look back at his career. Also, England's next head coach and an interview with Ravi Bopara. Presented by Mark Pougatch.
The World Cup in Brazil is looming on the horizon, so Mark Pougatch is joined by jounalists Shaun Custis and Tony Evans to discuss everything from the England squad, the readiness of Brazil, Belgium's dark horses and the usual suspects.
Mark Chapman, alongside Mike Costello focus on Vitali Klitschko - the heavyweight boxing world champion who's now a key political figure in Ukraine. The current situation in the country is volatile and strong leadership of the country will be key in the coming months. So...is an ex-boxer really the man to provide it?
There's three days to go until the World Indoor Athletics championships in Sopot, Poland. Mark Chapman assesses the British medal hopes with the help of Mike Costello and Alison Curbishley. Plus we hear from Mo Farah on his preparations for the London marathon
OJ Borg speaks to Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sir Dave Brailsford about life at team sky. Wiggins tells him why he's not a celebrity, about Chris Froome winning the Tour de France and looking forward to competing in Glasgow this summer for his first ever Commonwealth gold.
Cornelius Lysaght previews the festival from the stables of Monbeg Dude and trainer Michael Scudamore in Herefordshire. Amongst the talking points; Bob's Worth, the Cheltenham course itself and racing's current drug controversy.
Paul Grayson and Shane Williams join Matt Dawson to look at all the issues ahead of the Six Nations matches this weekend. They also look in depth at what the future holds for Scottish Rugby.
In this podcast, Mark Chapman hosts a Homophobia in Football forum at the National Football Museum, asking what is the state of the game for gay people? You'll hear from the former Bolton and Wigan manager Owen Coyle, ex PFA Chairman Clark Carlisle, Sue Raven-Law the FA's head of Equality and a current Premier League footballer who is prepared to talk about homosexuality in the game - West Brom's Steven Reid.
With the Froch v Groves rematch announced, both fighters join Caroline Barker on 5 live boxing. In the studio with her are Mike Costello and Steve Bunce. Also covered; the possibility of Khan v Mayweather and an interview with the late Angelo Dundee.
Alastair Eykyn is joined by Steven Jones and Chris Paterson to preview the second Six Nations weekend.
Elly Oldroyd and the rest of the 5 live team in Sochi preview the 22nd Winter Olympics. They introduce us to the venues, the sports and the medal hopes to listen out for over the next 16 days.