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You might be surprised to learn that the most famous Thierry involved with a hand ball is not Thierry Henry. It is in fact Thierry Omeyer. The French handball goalkeeper has been telling us about how the sport is poised to grow as big as rugby, and maybe even football, in France and other parts of Europe. The World Handball Championships are currently taking place in Qatar, and France are looking to retain their World champion status to add to the European and Olympic titles they have already retained in the last two years.

In Court
We hear from legendary West Indies bowler, Courtney Walsh, at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility in Kingston. Walsh is behind a prison rehabilitation programme in his native Jamaica that aims to not only provide a coaching program to support grassroots cricket, but to also give former prisoners a second chance through sport.

AFCON Rap
Equatorial Guinea is hosting the Africa Cup of Nations. The country is a dictatorship that has many critics but most of them are exiled. Not so with rapper Adjoguening. He remains in the country rapping about inequality. We hear from the man himself.

The first FA Cup Winners?
We find out the answer to a popular pub quiz question 鈥淲ho won the very first FA Cup final?鈥� We speak to Johanas Gunnell, the great great nephew of Charles William Allcock, founder of Wanderers FC. Johanas also played for the club and they are preparing to play for the first time at their new ground.

It鈥檚 All About That Bet
What role has the gambling industry played in making English clubs so wealthy? We analyse some of the less obvious reasons for the success of English clubs in the latest Football Rich List and ask whether it is sustainable.

Sporting Witness
In 1988, two figure skaters, Brian Boitano of the USA and Brian Orser of Canada, fought out one of the closest finals in Winter Olympics history. After 10 years of rivalry their fates were decided on the last dance of the programme - performed in front of a fiercely partisan Canadian home crowd.

(Photo: Handball goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer makes a save during a match. Credit: Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)