Planet Sport

Chelsea have a ten point lead going into the final six rounds of matches in the English Premier League. Can anyone catch them? We also review the FA Cup semi-finals which saw Arsenal and Aston Villa triumph to reach the final on 30th May. Lewis Hamilton has made an emphatic start to his bid for successive Formula 1 Championships with three wins from the first four races. There's still plenty of racing still to come but can Ferrari catch the faster Mercedes?

Timo Tagaloa played in Western Samoa's historic 16-13 Rugby World Cup win against Wales in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. He scored two tries against Argentina in the same competition and later in his career represented the All Blacks at the Hong Kong Sevens. He tells us about the highlights of his career and how he recovered from a time in his life when he thought he had no purpose to the point he considered taking his own life.

We meet Great Britain kayaker, Angela Hannah, as she tells us about her love for the sport, her career highlights and the faith that directs her life.

We look back on a captivating Cricket World Cup following Australia's 7-wicket win over New Zealand in Sunday's final. And in football we explore why Radamel Falcao is struggling at Manchester United and hear from the Colombian international about how his faith helps him cope with pressure.

Chris Jones was a player from the valleys of South Wales who hated losing. A former Wales Under-15 and Under-19 squad player he would do anything to win, even if that meant stretching the laws of the game. He was sent off regularly and eventually banned for life. Then he was allowed back but injured another player badly and was banned for life again. Sitting in prison after being involved in a fight at a jazz festival he cried out to God and his life changed. Today he coaches school children in South Wales in the game that he loves. Adrian Barnard talked to Chris Jones to find out what was behind the dramatic change in his life.

In cricket the spirit in which the game should be played is highly valued. This week we hear how one cricketer playing for Dorset in the English Minor Counties League upset the authorities at Lords when he was accused of breaking the spirit of the game, despite keeping within the laws of the game. That player is Andrew Wingfield Digby and he went on to become respected church leader in England.

We review this week's Sixth Round matches in the FA Cup and former Tamil Nadu state cricketer Paul Moses shares some of his career highlights and talks about his journey to faith and resultant work running an orphanage with his wife in Chennai.

We talk to former Tamil Nadu state cricketer Paul Moses who was praised for his batting as an 18-year old by the great Indian Test batsman, Sunil Gavaskar. And we continue our report from the recent International Indoor Athletics meeting in Birmingham as we hear from former World 100 metres champion, Kim Collins, still competing in elite races at the age of 38.

We talk to athletes at the International Indoor Athletics Grand Prix in Birmingham on 21 Feb including new World Record holder for the men's two miles, Mo Farah, Kenya's Paul Koech, 60m hurdles winner Kevin Craddock and US 400m runner Manteo Mitchell as he continues his return to elite competition after suffering a broken leg at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

We meet Ramadhan Vyombo, a swimming international from Kenya who competed for his country over 20 years. We find out about his career and his life now as a coach training a new generation of young swimmers in Kenya and Tanzania. And with the Cricket World Cup now underway former South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock recalls his personal World Cup highlights.

We talk to former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago opening batsmen, Suruj Ragoonath, about his playing career, playing alongside Brian Lara and the difference his faith has made to his life.

We hear from the singles finalists at the Australian Open including the two winners, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams and with the Cricket World Cup just around the corner our panel of experts discusses whether a batsman should 'walk' when he knows he's out.

We consider the difference that faith makes in the world of professional sport. Cricketer Henry Olonga tells us how his protest against the government of Zimbabwe at the 2003 World Cup was motivated by his faith and Standard Liege and Cameroon midfielder Eyong Enoh tells us how his faith helps him cope with the pressure of being an elite footballer.

Following the tragic death of Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes in November we hear from former Zimbabwe player, Ray Price, and our cricket correspondent in Melbourne, Clayton Bjelan, on the power of sport to bring hope and healing. And staying with cricket we continue The Henry Olonga Story as the former Zimbabwe fast bowler recalls a Man-of-the-Match winning performance against England in 2000.

The draw for the 4th Round of the FA Cup saw minnows Cambridge United drawn at home to Manchester United. Cambridge director and former player Graham Daniels looks forward to this mouth-watering tie on 23rd January. And we continue The Henry Olonga Story as the former Zimbabwe fast bowler recalls taking a wicket with his third ball in Test cricket.

We ask whether there are too many football competitions as players leave clubs in January for the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Asian Cup in Australia? And with the Cricket World Cup just five weeks away we hear the first part of an extended interview with former Zimbabwe fast bowler, Henry Olonga.

For our first show of 2015 we preview two major events ahead this year, the World Cups of Cricket and Rugby. We are joined by two former elite players who have both played in their sports' World Cups, the Zimbabwe slow bowler Ray Price and Western Samoa scrum half Tu Nu'uali'itia.

We look back on some of the 2014 highlights from football and rugby union including the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Rugby Championship.

While many fans enjoy a holiday at Christmas it's a very different picture for players. We discuss the busy fixture list in the English Premier League and as whether the EPL needs a winter break? Former Western Samoa rugby international Tu Nu'uali'itia tells us what Christmas means for him and we begin our review of 2014 with the World Cup in Brazil as we recall Matchday at the Maracana when Colombia faced Uruguay in the quarter-finals.

They say patience is a virtue but is there a role for patience in today’s highly-competitive world of football? West Ham and Newcastle stuck with their managers in poor spells and are now seeing the rewards. Now fans at Arsenal want manager Arsene Wenger to go after a disappointing start to the season. Our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir gives his perspective and Zambia’s international striker Jacob Mulenga who plays his football today in Turkey talks about patience from a player's perspective.