[Swprograms] BBC ON AIR SPORTS NETWORK - July 2004

["Paul David" <pauldavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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PICK OF THE MONTH:   WIMBLEDON FINALS

Barry Millns presents coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships as they reach their climax. You can hear full commentary of the women?s final on Saturday 3rd July. Then join Millns, Alex Capstick and the whole team from Wimbledon for live commentary of the men?s final on Sunday 4th.

ALSO THIS MONTH:
<> Euro 2004 Final
<> Analysis - Euro 2004: The Feelgood Factor
<> Letter - Football in Brazil
<> Outlook - Pétanque Special
<> Sports International - Drugs in Sport; Olympic Games That Changed the World
<> Discovery - The Ancient Olympics
<> Sportsworld and Sunday Sportsworld
<> Sports Roundup
<> Football Extra and World Football
<> Sports Diary and Sport Online links

<> Broadcast times are listed with the programme details below. These are correct at the time of publication. Full schedules (including those for local stations) and short-wave frequency charts can be found online at http://www.bbcworldservice.com/schedules    

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PICK OF THE MONTH

<> WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S and MEN'S FINALS

Barry Millns presents live coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships as they reach their climax.

On Saturday 3rd July Barry brings you live commentary from the women?s final
Programme times (GMT):  ALL REGIONS - 1306

On Sunday 4th you can join him along with Alex Capstick and the whole team from Wimbledon for live coverage of the men?s final.
Programme times (GMT):  ALL REGIONS - 1306

Leading up to the finals (1st & 2nd July) there are live reports at the following times GMT:
ALL REGIONS - 1432-1500, 1806-1900
Plus:  Australia and NZ | Mon-Fri 1532-1600; South Asia | Mon-Fri 1532-1600; East and South Africa | Mon-Fri 1532-1600; West Africa | Mon-Fri 1532-1600; Europe | Mon-Fri 1532-1600; East Asia | Mon-Fri 1632-1700; Middle East | Mon-Fri 1632-1700; Americas | Mon-Fri 1632-1700

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Top-drawer tournament
Whether it?s the queues, the crowds, the whites, the rain or the strawberries, for the Wimbledon faithful, the world?s favourite tennis tournament is all about tradition.  Echoes of Borg and McEnroe, King and Navratilova, Perry and Sampras, Evert and Graf segue with the bright young things of today - Federer, Hewitt, Roddick, Venus and Serena, Henin-Hardenne, Clijsters. Wimbledon has its own appeal, its own sense of history, and a claim that they're the greatest tennis championships in the world with which it's difficult to argue.

<> Read more of David Coles? column at http://www.bbconair.com/issue/sport.asp

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YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!
This month BBC On Air is giving away six copies of the book ' How to Play Tennis' by Venus Williams and Serena Williams. A great guide for all budding tennis players, whatever their experience.
For your chance to win, visit http://www.bbconair.com  or email mailto:on.air.magazine@xxxxxxxxx with 'July Network - How to Play Tennis' in the subject heading.
Entries should be received by the end of July.

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OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

<> EURO 2004 FINAL

On Sunday 4th July, Alex Capstick presents live commentary of the Final of the European football championship, the second biggest football tournament after the World Cup. Join him as he reports from the Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal.

Programme times (GMT):  ALL REGIONS - 1832 until end of play.

<> ANALYSIS - EURO 2004: The Feelgood Factor
15 mins | 3rd

In the beginning there were sixteen teams, carrying the hopes of a nation. Now only two are left and one of them will be crowned European football champion on Sunday 4th July. The winning team's fans will be delirious, the whole country will celebrate its victory into the early hours of Monday morning. But once the hangovers have receded, will there be any tangible longer term benefits for the winning nation? Does victory on the sports field lead to faster economic growth or more stable government? Why is it good for a country to be successful at sport, and why do countries invest so much to produce winners? Our weekday current affairs programme Analysis looks at the relationship between sport and the nation.

Programme times (GMT):  Australia and NZ | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1945, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745, 1132, Sat 1132; East Asia | Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0045 rpt Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1745; South Asia | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1745, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0045, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745, Sat 1132; East and South Africa | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1945 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri 1045; West Africa | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1945 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri 1132; Middle East | Tue, Wed, Fri 1045, Sat 0745; Europe | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1545 rpt 1745, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0245, Sat 0745; Americas | Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 1745 rpt Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 0245, 1132, Tue, Wed, Fri 0745

 

<> LETTER - Football in Brazil
15 mins | continues

Each week one of a panel of international broadcasters reflects on the latest developments (political, cultural or social) in his or her region.

 

On 3rd July, the Letter comes from Adhemar Altieri. As the Euro 2004 football tournament reaches its climax this weekend, Adhemar Altieri reflects on Brazil's fascination with the "beautiful game". Brazil prides itself on its international footballing reputation, but back at home, the sport is in trouble - with an inexorable drain of talent overseas, and scandal and corruption marring football's reputation amongst the fans.

Programme times (GMT):  Australia and NZ | Sat 0645 rpt 1845; East Asia | Sat 0915 rpt Sun 0345; South Asia | Sat 0745 rpt 0915, 1845, Sun 1132; East and South Africa | Sat 0645 rpt 0915, Sun 1132; West Africa | Sat 0915 rpt 2345; Middle East | Sat 0915 rpt 2145, Sun 0432; Europe | Sun 0432 rpt 1132; Americas | Sat 0645 rpt 0915, Sun 0432, 1132

<> OUTLOOK - Pétanque Special

40 mins | 7th

 

On 7th July, our daily magazine programme Outlook comes from the Pétanque World Championship in Marseille, France.

Pétanque ? think bowls without the immaculate lawn ? is said to be France?s favourite pastime. All you need is a set of steel balls, called boules, and a so-called piglet ? a smaller ball known as a cochonnet or jack.

The concept of pétanque is simple and similar to bowls, i.e. resting your boule closer to the jack than your opponent. However, instead of rolling wooden bowls over an immaculately maintained lawn, pétanque is played on an easily maintained area of fairly level 'rough' ground, with metal boule rolled or tossed towards the jack.

There is archaeological evidence that a form of pétanque was played over 7,000 years ago, in the 52nd century BC, as the sarcophagus to an Egyptian prince was found to contain two balls and a jack. Subsequently there have been historical references in both France and England at the time of Edward III and Elizabeth I. What else could Sir Francis Drake have played on the Hoe at Plymouth? It is a fact that a game played with cannon balls the size of cricket balls, was very popular with both soldiers and sailors at that time. But it didn?t emerge in its modern form until 1910 when Jules Le Noir, a popular bowler in the small village of La Ciotat, near Marseilles, suffered an accident confining him to a wheelchair. To allow him to carry on playing the game, his friends invented a new rule setting out that they had to keep both feet together rather than take a few steps before delivering the ball. The new game was appropriately called 'pieds tanques' ? feet tied together.

Pétanque is now popular all over the world ? and the deskbound can even amuse themslves with an online version. However it is more conventionally played by teams of three pitted against each other. But pétanque can also be played by singles or doubles. A good three-person team will usually consist of a 'pointeur' who is best at getting the boules nearest to the jack, a 'tireur' specialising in knocking opposing balls out of contention and a 'milieu', the captain who is an all-rounder. It?s this version that has become standard, and played to a set of internationally recognised rules.

Programme times (GMT):   Australia and NZ | Mon-Fri 1406 rpt 1606, Mon-Thu 2106, Tue-Fri 0306; East Asia | Mon-Fri 1106 rpt 1806, Tue-Fri 0106, rpt 0606; South Asia | Mon-Fri 1306 rpt Mon-Thu 2106, Tue-Fri 0406, 0806; East and South Africa | Mon-Fri 1106 rpt 2306, Tue-Fri 0606; West Africa | Mon-Fri 1306 rpt 2106, Tue-Fri 0806; Middle East | Mon-Fri 1106 rpt 1506, 2306, Tue-Fri 0606; Europe | Mon-Fri 1106 rpt 2306, Tue-Fri 0306, 0706; Americas | Mon-Fri 1306 rpt 1806, 2306, Tue-Fri 0306, 0806

<>SPORTS INTERNATIONAL - Drugs in Sport
2 x 23 mins | from 8th

As we approach the world?s biggest sporting celebration, Guy DeLauney investigates the murky world of drugs in sport. He gets under the skin of this most controversial issue as he tries to find the movers and shakers who drive this multi-million dollar industry, and talks to the powers who are trying to stop it.

 

<> SPORTS INTERNATIONAL - Olympic Games That Changed The World
4 x 23 mins | from 22nd

Sports International investigates momentous events in Olympic history.  Politics, finances, drugs and controversies past and present all come under the spotlight in a four-part series presented by Michael Johnson, one of the greatest athletes of all time, who made Olympic history by winning both the 200 and 400 metres at Atlanta in 1996.

 

Hitler used the Berlin Games of 1936 as a mass rally to promote German supremacy, the first but not last time the games were used for political purposes. In Mexico in 1968, Black American sprinters, Tommy Smith and John Carlos, bowed their heads and raised gloved fists in a Black Power salute on the awards stand while The Star-Spangled Banner played. Their gesture reverberated around the world. Munich 1972 was the first time terrorism ever hit a sporting event. An attack on the Israeli team by Black September shocked the world and left 11 athletes, five terrorists and one policeman dead. And there were the boycotts of the Moscow games of 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984 [22nd].

The Olympics is now a multi-billion dollar business but it hasn?t always been. Montreal taxpayers are still paying for the Olympics of 1976. It was in 1984, at the Los Angeles Games that the big money started rolling in. The role of Peter Ueberroth, who ran those Games, is scrutinised in the second programme of the series, as is the pervasive influence of Adidas and its ties with former IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch [29th]

Programme times (GMT):  Australia and NZ | Thu 2306 rpt Fri 0406, 0806, 1206, 1706; East Asia | Fri 0206 rpt 0706, 1306, 1906; South Asia | Thu 2206 rpt Fri 0506, 0906, 1406, 1906; East and South Africa | Fri 0706 rpt 1306, Sat 0006; West Africa | Fri 0906 rpt 1406, Sat 0006; Middle East | Fri 0706 rpt 1806, Sat 0006; Europe | Fri 0806 rpt 1206, 1806 Sat 0006; Americas | Fri 1406 rpt 1906, Sat 0006, 0506

<> DISCOVERY - The Ancient Olympics

4 x 25 mins | from 21st

The original Olympic Games began in 776BC, at a shrine to Zeus at Olympia.  They became so prestigious that they attracted entrants from across the Greek world.

 

Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards makes a sporting assessment of the ancient Olympics as he begins the four-part series The Ancient Olympics.  A triple-jumper himself, he?s particularly interested in whether or not, 2,500 years ago, athletes used a run-up for their jumps [21st].

 

In the second programme, Jonathan discusses athletes? preparations for the Games. Like their modern counterparts, Greek athletes followed strict training regimes and special diets. Sports technology included the hysplex, a starting mechanism based on a military catapult, which threw the barrier ropes to the ground when the race began [28th]. 

Programme times (GMT):  Australia and NZ | Wed 0006 rpt 0506, 0906, 1806; East Asia | Wed 0306 rpt 0806, 1506, 2106; South Asia | Tue 2306 rpt Wed 0606, 1006, 1606; East and South Africa | Wed 0806 rpt 1606, 2106, Thu 0106; West Africa | Wed 1006 rpt 1606, 2206, Thu 0106;  Middle East | Wed 0806 rpt 1306, 1906, Thu 0106; Europe | Wed 0906 rpt 1406, 1906, Thu 0106; Americas | Wed 1506 rpt 2106, Thu 0106

<> SPORTSWORLD
210 mins | Saturdays

July's Sportsworld programmes have tennis action from the All England championships at Wimbledon, including live commentary on the women?s final (see above). There?s one-day and test match cricket, motor-racing, motorcycling and golf with the Open Championship at Troon in Scotland.  Sportsworld also reports on the final countdown to the Olympic Games in Athens, including athletics action from the Golden League meetings and the latest of our special Games previews.

 

Programme times (GMT):  ALL REGIONS - Sat 1406-1700 (starts 1306 GMT on Saturday 3rd July)

<> SUNDAY SPORTSWORLD
55 mins | Sundays

Sunday Sportsworld this month has a mixture of live commentary from test cricket and tennis, along with reports, reaction and analysis from the day?s other main stories, including the Euro 2004 Football championships in Portugal, the Open golf championship and motor sport

Programme times (GMT):  ALL REGIONS - Sun 1606-1700 (starts 1306 GMT on Sunday 4th July)

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<> SPORTS ROUNDUP
15 mins | daily

Keep in touch with the daily news featuring all the major sporting stories from around the world.

Programme times (GMT):
Australia and NZ | Daily 0120, 0720, 1920, Mon-Thu 1045, 1145, 1445, Mon-Fri 1845, Sat 1145, Sat-Sun 1745
East Asia | Sat-Sun 0720, 1745, Sat 1920, 2345, Mon-Thu 1045, 1745
South Asia | Daily 0120, 0720, Sat-Thu 1145, Sat-Sun 1745, Mon-Fri 1845
East and South Africa | Daily 1745, Sat 0720, Sun 1145, Mon-Thu 1445
West Africa | Daily 0720, 1745, Sat-Sun 1920, Mon-Thu 1145
Middle East | Sat-Sun 0720, Mon-Thu 1445, Sun-Fri 1745, Mon-Fri 2145
Europe | Sat-Sun 0720, Sun 1145, 1745, Mon-Thu 1045, Mon-Fri 2145
Americas | Daily 0720, Mon-Thu 1045, Sat-Thu 1145, Sat 1745

<> FOOTBALL EXTRA
15 mins | Fridays

Football Extra looks ahead to the main matches of the weekend and reflects on the week?s stories, with interviews and features.
Email mailto:fooballextra@xxxxxxxxx.

Programme times (GMT):
Australia and NZ | Fri 1045 rpt 1145, 1445, 1745; East Asia | Fri 1045 rpt 1445; South Asia | Fri 1145; East and South Africa | Fri 1445; West Africa | Fri 1145; Middle East | Fri 1445; Europe | Fri 1045; Americas | Fri 1045 rpt 1145

<> WORLD FOOTBALL
25 mins | Saturdays

Alan Green is your host for a lively and forthright look at football around the world, with interviews with the key figures in the game along with features and reaction on topical stories. Visit the website http://www.bbcworldservice.com/worldfootball

Programme times (GMT):
Australia and NZ | Sat 0432, 0732; East Asia | Sat 0732; South Asia | Sat 0332; East and South Africa | Sat 0232, 0432; West Africa | Sat 0232, 0732; Middle East | Sat 0632; Europe | Sat 0632 (0732 on 1st May only); Americas | Sat 0732, 1032

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SPORTS DIARY
You can download a PDF of this at-a-glance listing of this month?s sporting events around the globe at the BBC On Air website http://www.bbconair.com/issue/sport.asp

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You can keep up with UK and world sports results and news on the BBC Sport website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport    

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