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Odlum Brown VanOpen

Odlum Brown VanOpen

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The Odlum Brown VanOpen is Western Canada’s largest and most celebrated tennis event. It offers a total of $208,320 USD in prize money and provides players the opportunity to gain valuable world-ranking points on both the ATP and WTA Tours. It annually attracts 130 international and professional players from over 33 countries. Milos Raonic, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray, Johanna Konta, Kevin Anderson, Eugenie Bouchard, Vasek Pospisil, Marion Bartoli, Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova are amon ...
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SoulAbility Podcast

Dr Michael DiMarco

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Hi, I'm Dr. Michael DiMarco, and I believe in you. The point of life is, well life. Everyone is born with a unique "SoulAbility" once you align will unlock limitless abundance in your mind, body, wealth and relationships. People are waking up. Its time to take our power back.
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Never Stand Still

Never Stand Still with Dan Schulman

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I'm Dan Schulman, the President and CEO of PayPal. Welcome to Never Stand Still, a podcast focused on conversations with other leaders and executives about business, innovation and entrepreneurship. I start each morning practicing martial arts because it brings me balance and focus. But it's also taught me scores of life lessons, including "If you stand still, you're asking to be hit." And I've applied that lesson throughout my career, not just in business, but in life. And that's the inspir ...
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Ahead of the start of the Paralympics in Paris which will see 4,400 athletes competing in 22 sports, Mani Djazmi looks ahead to the Games. Mani is joined by 16-time British Paralympic gold medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson, Australia’s most successful Paralympian Ellie Cole and journalist Andy Stevenson. Indian shooter Avani Lekhara explains how sport …
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After 16 days of competition across 32 sports with 329 gold medallists the Olympic Games in Paris has drawn to a close. Lee James is joined by French broadcaster Julian Laurens to assess the impact of the Games and the legacy they can have on the city of Paris and the nation of France. The team look back at the memorable moments and athletes from t…
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BBC World Service introduce you to the five bosses who’ll be making their managerial debuts in the Premier League this season. Find out all you need to know about the managers including Pep Guardiola’s former assistant, the man following in Jurgen Klopp’s footsteps and the youngest permanent coach in Premier League history. Plus two managers who ar…
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In Rio 2016, African competitors won 45 medals, with 10 of them golds. At the last Games in Tokyo - that number slipped to 37 medals overall. But Africa does have its first medal. On the opening day, South Africa won bronze in the men's Rugby 7s. BBC Sport Africa's senior reporter Celestine Karoney. George Addo Junior and Nishat Ladha joined Sports…
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Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred is this year’s World Indoor champion for the women’s 60 metres. She’s aiming to win Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal, and would like it to be gold. After a stunning US Collegiate career, Alfred reached the final of both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2023 World Championships, just missing a medal in the longer sprint. In…
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Canada’s Marco Arop is the reigning World champion for the men’s 800 metres. He describes being inspired to take up the event after finding the video of David Rudisha breaking the world record to win Olympic gold in 2012. Marco tells The Warm Up Track that he watched it repeatedly. Fittingly, it was the Kenyan who presented him with his World gold …
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Larissa Iapichino is the European long jump silver medallist indoors and out. She talks to The Warm Up Track about being the daughter of Fiona May, winner of two long jump World titles and two Olympic silver medals. Larissa is coached by her father, Gianni, who was also an elite athlete and coached her mother too, so how do they keep athletics and …
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Valarie Allman is reigning Olympic champion for the women’s discus and has also won bronze and silver at the last two editions of the World Championships. She tells The Warm Up Track how she and her coach figured out ‘the master of all puzzles’ to win Olympic gold in Tokyo. Valarie explains how, starting out, they sought to break the mould of how p…
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Seventeen-year-old Maria Sharapova shocked the tennis world when she won Wimbledon in 2004. The teenager beat top seed and defending champion Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam singles title in one of the most memorable finals in history. Twenty years on, Sportsworld’s Delyth Lloyd looks back on Sharapova’s rise and route to the Wimbledon …
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The oldest of the continental tournaments - the Copa America - begins its 48th edition on 20th June. It's being hosted in the United States and the World Cup holders Argentina are defending the title they won in Brazil three years ago. Sportsworld's Mani Djazmi and guests have your essential guide to the Copa America of 2024. Photo: Lionel Scaloni,…
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Sada Williams of Barbados is the reigning Commonwealth champion for the women’s 400m and also won bronze at the last two editions of the World Championships. Williams is among the favourites for Olympic gold in Paris but, when she isn’t racing, she’s not someone who seeks the spotlight. In a rare interview, she explains how being the centre of atte…
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Delyth Lloyd is in Berlin for the start of the men’s European Championship. She travels across the German capital and visits famous sports teams such as Bundesliga side Union Berlin and basketball club Alba Berlin to understand how you build a successful team in the city. She also gets to hang out with Berliner and future Olympic rower Maren Volz a…
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Grenada’s Kirani James discusses winning his first global medal aged 14, and the Olympic title at 19. He also describes being diagnosed with the thyroid condition Graves’ Disease in 2017, and the impact that had on him. He tells us where he keeps his full set of Olympic medals, and explains what it’s meant to stand on the podium in the same event a…
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World 400 Hurdles silver medallist, Kyron McMaster, describes in detail losing his coach in 2017. Xavier Samuels was killed when Hurricane Irma hit The British Virgin Islands and McMaster believes that, together, they would have broken the world record. The twice and reigning Commonwealth champion describes how coach Samuels’ words and methods have…
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Jurgen Klopp is the smiling, bear-hugging coach who leaves Liverpool having led the club to eight trophies – including winning the Champions League and a first Premier League title. But what do you know about his Black Forest roots, and his journey from second division footballer to managerial master? Sportsworld’s John Bennett takes you to Klopp's…
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After British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group were confirmed as new minority investors in Manchester United - a deal which saw them take control of United's football operations - will this new era return the club back to their perch at the top of English football? The BBC’s Chief Football News Reporter, Simon Stone; Carl Anka who …
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The Asian Cup is football’s second oldest continental championship and the 18th edition – which gets underway in Qatar on 12 January 2024 – will see the continent’s best football nations go head-to-head to be crowned this year’s Asian champions. Who are the main contenders? Which team could spring a surprise? What can be expected? Mani Djazmi is jo…
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As 2023 winds down, Delyth Lloyd tests the sporting knowledge of you and some familiar names from the BBC World Service Sport team in a special Sportsworld quiz. Will it be Team World Cup’s Maz Farookhi and Katie Smith, Team Sportsworld’s Lee James and John Bennett or Team Warm Up Track’s Ed Harry and Ade Adedoyin who will be crowned the ultimate s…
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It's been another sensational athletics season with multiple gold medallists and world record breaking performances on the track, the road and in the field. From the highs of the World Championships in Budapest to Diamond League glory and marathon supremacy, who are the athletes who have impressed the most in 2023? Sportsworld’s Lee James is joined…
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Following the death of Sir Bobby Charlton at the age of 86, here’s another chance to listen to the Manchester United and England legend select his all-time World Football XI. During his illustrious career – which included winning the World Cup with England, the European Cup with Manchester United and also the Ballon d’Or – he played alongside and a…
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In a special Season-ending episode The Warm Up Track welcomes two brand new world champions from Budapest, Hurdler Danielle Williams and Long Jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou. What’s it like winning your second World title eight years after your first? How do you win Gold with your last jump of the competition? Who celebrated their Gold medal with a slic…
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In this special episode of The Warm Up Track, we’re joined by some of the stars of the very first World Athletics Championships as the event prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary. 1500m gold medallist Steve Cram explains how important the ’83 Worlds were, at a time when the Olympic Games was beset by political boycotts. He also outlines plans …
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After more than 600 wickets, England fast bowler Stuart Broad has decided that the final 2023 Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval would be his last. Broad has become synonymous with the famous rivalry between England and Australia, saving many of his best performances for Ashes battles. We hear from Broad himself and his former England captain…
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Season Three of the Warm Up Track continues with Ryan Crouser, reigning World and Olympic champion and World Record holder for the men’s shot put. Why does Ryan believes the 24 metre barrier can be broken? Would he rather a third Olympic gold, or a world record that could stand for 30 or 40 years? How has watching MMA and UFC fighters made him a be…
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Summer marks the 50th anniversary of the WTA - the Women's Tennis Association. Billie Jean King, along with Rosie Casals and many others, led the way in forming an organisation to give women equal rights in tennis. They've helped pave the way for the many great players who have graced the women's game since - Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova, St…
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season Three continues with World Indoor 60m Champion Mujinga Kambundji and World 200m Finalist, Joseph Fahnbulleh. Who can’t remember the biggest race of their career – and what’s it really like when you’re in ‘The Zone’? Which athlete is like a big brother to one of our guests – and what’s it like when one of your sibli…
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Test match cricket is played over five days - the red-ball version of the game is still seen as the true test of how you measure up to the games greats. But there are now more and more shorter format competitions - the Indian Premier League is the most lucrative, but T20 franchise cricket is being played around the world. The big three nations - Au…
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In a special Sportsworld podcast, Lee James looks back at five key moments in the evolution of women's cricket. Photo: Australia celebrate after winning the ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup Final match between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 08, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Credit: Getty Images)…
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England’s record-breaking pace bowler James Anderson is now starting his third decade as an international cricketer. Now aged 40, England’s leading Test wicket taker is playing in his 10th Ashes series, but shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. Hear from Anderson and players who have played alongside and against him including former England capta…
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season Three continues with Commonwealth 1500m Champion Oliver Hoare and World 200m Finalist, Luxolo Adams. Who could have made it as a professional footballer? Whose Dad woke the neighbours up honking the car horn when his son won? What’s the strangest thing an opponent has done to win the psychological battle pre-race? …
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season Three continues with World Shot Put Champion Chase Ealey and World Heptathlon Bronze medallist, Anna Hall. How does the first injury sustained during a Warm Up Track recording happen?Whose Dad had to tell them that the 1500 metres/High Jump double wasn't a thing at the Olympics?What's it like when your event's worl…
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season three begins with world champion hurdler Grant Holloway and Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, world and Olympic 1500 metres finalist. What happens when a shot-putter needs to borrow your jacket?Who might have made it as a speed skater?Who might need a couch to do a 5K? Plus, why something as simple as dyeing your hair can …
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A new documentary revealing the untold stories behind Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s journey to the top. In Barcelona, former Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina relives his time sharing bunk-beds with Arteta at the world-famous La Masia academy, declaring that the boy from the Basque country was “born to be a manager”. Presenter John Bennett travels t…
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Sportsworld’s Lee James is in Mumbai, the venue for the inaugural Women’s Premier League final, to reflect on the ground-breaking new women’s cricket competition. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning joins us to discuss how the competition is “on another level” to anything else she’s experienced. Former Indian cricketer Anjali Pendharkar tells us how…
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John Bennett travels to Rabat, capital city of Morocco to find out the secrets behind the country's football success. He visits the King Mohammad VI complex; the new headquarters of the football federation and home to the men's and women's national teams. John gets an exclusive look behind the scenes of the complex and speaks to the backroom staff …
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Mondo Duplantis, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Noah Lyles are among Ed Harry’s guests as Sportworld reflects on the year in Track and Field and looks ahead to 2023. Also joining Ed are the former global 800 metres medallist, Jenny Meadows, along with Ade Adedoyin and Katie Smith. Plus, we’ll hear from two of the sport’s rising stars, Erriyon Knight…
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As the BBC World Service celebrates its 90th anniversary, we look back on nine decades of sports broadcasting. From the launch of Saturday Special in 1959 through to the present day, this is the history of BBC World Service sport featuring iconic sporting moments, familiar theme tunes and memories of presenters past and present. Mike Costello, Russ…
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Former US goalkeeper Brad Friedel, former Congo defender Chris Samba and football reporter Maz Farookhi join Delyth Lloyd as they discuss who will make the team of the tournament for the 2022 World Cup. There are some rules: the formation is 4-3-3 as it’s been the most used during the competition, the panellists could only select 3 players from one…
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World Cup winners Frank Leboeuf and Heather O'Reilly, former Leicester City and Celtic manager Martin O'Neill, former Brazil goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and Iceland midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson reveal the secrets of navigating the knockout stages of a football tournament. We'll also hear about how players can prepare for these huge matches away…
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As the World Cup kicks off Delyth Lloyd is joined by the BBC’s Sports News Correspondent Alex Capstick to examine a range of issues that have overshadowed Qatar 2022, starting with the initial awarding of the tournament, which the former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has since told the BBC was a “mistake”. Yasmine Ahmed from Human Rights Watch joins …
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Ghana and Uruguay created one of the most dramatic and controversial moments in World Cup history in 2010, when the "Black Stars” were the width of a crossbar away from becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals. Uruguay's Luis Suárez was sent off in the last minute of extra time for handling the ball on the line and then celebrated w…
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We discuss the financial situation at Barcelona, their moves in the transfer market, hopes for the new season and the success of their women’s team. Sportsworld's Delyth Lloyd is joined by the Athletic’s Pol Ballus, Ernest Macia of Radio Catalunya, finance expert Kieran Maguire, German football journalist Constantin Eckner and former Barcelona Feme…
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Sportsworld's Lee James is joined by the former Arsenal, West Ham and Wolves striker Jeremie Aliadiere, the Reading and England striker Natasha Dowie, and the Independent's chief football writer Miguel Delaney to look ahead to the new Premier League season. The panel discuss how the winter World Cup in Qatar will impact on the season, how Mancheste…
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Can Erik ten Hag bring the glory days back to Old Trafford? Sportsworld’s John Bennett finds out more about the career history, personality and the football philosophy of Manchester United’s new manager. You’ll hear from players and coaches who have worked with him at four of his former clubs and several United legends have their say on whether the…
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BBC World Service presenter John Bennett is joined by the Athletic's Manchester City correspondent Sam Lee, Borussia Dortmund podcaster Stefan Buckzo and the Man City legend Paul Dickov. Plus you'll hear from ex Norway striker Jan Aage Fjortoft, Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch, Haaland's first ever coach Alf Inge Bernsten, Norwegian football jour…
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season Two continues with World Champion Javelin thrower Anderson Peters, and World Indoor Long Jump bronze medallist, Lorraine Ugen. Who started off wanting to be like Usain Bolt?Which guest showed, at 16, they were no pushover?What do our field eventers think of the 'Final Three' format?How hard would it be to throw lef…
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In the second part of Sportsworld's guide to the teams that'll be taking part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar we'll profile groups E, F, G and H. John Bennett is joined by World Football's Mani Djazmi, African broadcaster Usher Komugisha, South American football commentator Juan Arango and European football journalist Alvaro Romeo for your guid…
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In the first part of Sportsworld's guide to the teams that'll be taking part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar we'll profile groups A, B, C and D. John Bennett is joined by World Football's Mani Djazmi, African broadcaster Usher Komugisha, South American football commentator Juan Arango and European football journalist Alvaro Romeo for your guide…
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Season Two continues with Commonwealth 100 metres champion Akani Simbine, and the reigning Diamond League Shot Put champion Maggie Ewen. Who doesn't like strawberries?What happens in the call room before a 100 metres race?Will having the Worlds on home soil convince Americans to watch Track and Field?What's it like to finish fourth? We're also disc…
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The Warm Up Track is back! Season Two starts with a Jamaica Special. We're joined by Olympic 100 hurdles bronze medallist Megan Tapper, and reigning Commonwealth 400 hurdles champion, Janieve Russell. Why will this year's Worlds feel like a home from home for Jamaican athletes?Who was a Champs Legend?Who was on course to be an Olympic gymnast?Plus,…
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