BBC World Service Sport

04/12/2025

The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is looming, but what's it like for fans of countries appearing in it for the first time? 🎟️🇨🇼🇨🇻

More Than The Score gauges the mood in Cape Verde & Curaçao 🔊👇
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04/12/2025

Pink ball Tests – a gimmick?

With the day-night Ashes Test ongoing, Nikesh Rughani, Clint Wheeldon and Charu Sharma debate the success of the format: do more teams need to to play pink-ball cricket for it to be a respected form of the game?

All 5 WPL teams are locked in for the season - we look at the major snubs and signings at the Mega Auction, including which big names went unsold.

And is Virat Kohli back to his best? With the ODI series level at 1-1, we chat South Africa v India

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With the day-night Test match ongoing at the Gabba, we look at the nuances of a pink ball

04/12/2025

🇲🇿 'The best moment was....when I scored!' 😃

The countdown to Confederation of African Football is on and former Mozambique forward, Manuel 'Tico-Tico' Bucuane introduces us to Federação Moçambicana de Futebol⚽️

Meet the teams competing for the 2025 title 🏆🎞️http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrt/episodes/player

02/12/2025

A successful team in any sport needs all the players working together to succeed - but do some of those players face more pressure than others? 🏈🏑⚽️🏀

Find out which is the most difficult position in team sport on the latest More Than The Score 🔊
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02/12/2025

🇩🇿'It may surprise you, but our star player isn't Riyad Mahrez' 🌟

The countdown to Confederation of African Football is on and journalist Mezahi Maher introduces us to FAF-Fédération Algérienne de Football

Meet the teams competing for the 2025 title 🏆🎞️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrt/episodes/player

01/12/2025

🇨🇩 'We were the first sub-Saharan African side to reach the World Cup'

The countdown to Confederation of African Football AFCON is on and former captain Gabriel Zakuani introduces us to Fecofa - Fédération Congolaise de Football Association

Meet the teams competing for the 2025 title 🏆🎞️
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28/11/2025

28/11/2025

It would be the largest single-sport event ever staged in the UK, and the first FIFA World Cup hosted in the country since 1966! 🇬🇧🏆

27/11/2025

How tough is it to be a VAR when you have seconds to make a decision you know will make headlines around the world? ⚽️❌🥅

Former referee Graham Scott lifts the lid on what life is like as a VAR official 📺

Find out on More Than The Score🔊
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27/11/2025

Where did it all go wrong for England? 🤨

🇦🇺We get former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie's take on the first 2-day Ashes Test since 1921, including whether Travis Head should be the new permanent opener for the Aussies.

Plus, India’s heaviest ever Test defeat by runs discussed: Charu Sharma views it as "disgraceful for Indian Test match cricket".

🎉 And India have now won their second cricket World Cup in the space of a month! We hear from cricket journalist Annesha Ghosh about the inaugural Blind Women’s T20 World Cup.

🎧Find out more on the latest episode of BBC Stumped 👇

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Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie reflects on Perth and looks towards Brisbane