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Planet Sport - Your Sport, Your World, Your Voice

Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir reviews the drama-packed final day of the English Premier League season in 16 May show

Planet Sport - Your Sport, Your World, Your Voice

Danny Rice looks back on the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm in the 16 May show

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Planet Sport - 16 May 2012

ab_ita_svk_cropped_175x185This week's show is hosted by Adrian Barnard in London (left) and Clayton Bjelan in Melbourne (right).Clayton

Manchester City finally won their first English Premier League title for 44 years on Sunday on a dramatic afternoon.  Previous championships have been settled several games before the end of the season but this season ity went down to the last two minutes of added on time.  Had the clock stopped on 90 minutes arch rivals Manchester United would have retained their crown but two goals at the death at the Etihad Stadium turned tears of joy from the home supporters into an outburst of celebration.  And in an ironic twist, the losers in that dramatic game, Queens Park Rangers, also celebrated as they avoided relegation due to results elsewhere.  Our Chief Football Correspondent Stuart Weir takes a sharp breath to review the final day of the Premier League season and consider whether Manchester City can build on this success and become the force in Europe their owners and fans demand.

DannyFour years ago in Beijing Stephanie Brown Trafton became the Olympic women's discus champion.  Since then the US athlete has had mixed fortunes on the field, failing at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin but recently regaining her form and two weeks ago beating the US record.  She tells us how her faith helps her cope with both the joys and disappointments of competition.

One hundred years ago the Olympic Games were held in Stockholm.  Danny Rice (left) looks back at those 1912 Games and the remarkable performances of the native American competitor, Jim Thorpe.

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  • Mardo Gray, Rugby League correspondent

    The 2012 Rugby League season has kicked off with regional tours and the Indigenous All-Star game. The 3rd NRL All-Star game, pitting Australian Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander players against the rest of the NRL took place on Saturday the 3rd Feb on the Gold Coast. This high profile game containing some of the best plays in the world of rugby league, was a extremely close with the score changing several times, before ending 36 – 28 to the NRL all stars.

    The Indigenous side led for most of the match with South's Rabbitoh's player, Nathan Merrit starring with two tries. However the NRL managed to hold on and surge ahead in the final quarter in what was a nail biting finish and put pay to any complaints from some pundits that the All-Star game was pointless.

    This controversy pops up with every rugby league match other than club competitions, even the State of Origin, and seems to be driven by club coaches wanting to protect their own players. However, the opinion of NRL all-star coach Wayne Bennett, the most respected leader in league, and the passion shown, especially by the indigenous team, shows that this game does matter. The only downside was an injury to international Greg Innes., which could have happened in any game or contact training session.

    This year the game took on extra roll of experimentation with three new rules. An unrestricted interchange bench of seven, allowing for quick changes, useful for injuries and use of the big men. A form of advantage for minor penalties of restarting the tackle count rather than giving a free kick, which sped up play. And most controversially, a power play, where the opposition team had to take off two players, leaving 13 on 11. The first two rules are popular with the league media and coaches so far, but the power play is not as popular. I was watching it with several Country Rugby League coaches and we all agreed it was making what is a essentially a simple game, unnecessarily complicated.

    In other news, the pre-season games are well under way, Cronulla defeated manly at Manly, with repeat offender bad boy Todd Carney Starring on Debut for his new club.

    The season proper starts on Thursday March 1st with the Newcastle Knights, under new super-coach Wayne Bennett, set to play his old club, St George.

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