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Planet Sport - 18 January 2012

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

The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations begins in Gabon and Equitorial Guinea on Saturday with 16 nations battling to be crowned African Champions.  Defending champions Egypt will be missing along with Nigeria and South Africa after all three failed to qualify.  One of the favourites this time are the Black Stars of Ghana who went further than any other African nation in the 2010 FIFA World Cup reaching the quarter finals.  Last weekend the Black Stars drew 1-1 with South Africa in a Cup of Nations warm-up game in Johannesburg.  Solomon Izang Ashoms talked to the Black Stars defender, John Pantsil, who plays his club football in England for Leicester City, to find out about the team's hopes for the tournament.

One of the enduring memories of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona is the sight of Great Britain's 400 metres runner Derek Redmond being helped across the finish line by his father after tearing a hamstring in the final.  Last week Jim Redmond's actions in "dedication and support to his son's sporting career" were recognised when he was nominated to be an Olympic Torch Bearer for this year's Olympic Games.  Derek Redmond talks to Stuart Weir about his memories of the 1992 final twenty years on as we consider the role of athletes' families in providing support and encouragement to their athlete sons and daughters.

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