Katherine Downes and BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter are joined by The Telegraph’s James Corrigan to discuss the latest on Greg Norman’s new controversial Saudi-backed golf series.

We get the thoughts of Rory McIlroy and you’ll hear from Tiger Woods on the subject, ahead of this weekend’s US PGA Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The panel also discuss the notable absence of defending champion Phil Mickelson ahead of the US PGA and whether his comments in recent months will impact his legacy in the sport.

We also have an extended one-on-one interview with Greg Norman on why he’s ‘putting his reputation on the line’ for the Saudi-backed series.

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2’20” – What is the LIV golf series and why is the status quo in golf under threat?

4’55” – Rory McIlroy’s reaction to the Liv golf series

9’30” – Is a “super league” an inevitability?

11’10” – Phil Mickelson’s absence at the US PGA Championship

12’33” – Tiger Woods on Mickelson

16’40” – Greg Norman interview on the LIV Golf invitational series

24’41” – Analysis on the breakaway series

A brand new golf podcast series, All About: The Open, is coming your way on this feed, only on BBC Sounds.

BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter and commentator Katherine Downes will re-visit memorable moments and share stories from Open Championships in recent years, through exclusive new interviews with some of the biggest names in golf.

Episode one features the 2014 Open champion Rory McIlroy, who reflects on his victory at Royal Liverpool and why he thinks he hasn’t won a major since winning the PGA Championship that same summer.

It’s all to get you in the mood ahead of the 150th Open at St Andrews – full coverage on 5 Live from 14th July 2022.

Make sure you subscribe to this feed on BBC Sounds to get a brand new episode every Thursday, from 12th May 2022.

JJ Chalmers and Gigi Salmon explore the importance of the Invictus Games ahead of the 2022 edition, which starts in the Hague this weekend.

They are joined by the captain of the UK team Rachel Williamson and her father Alan as they discuss how the Games helped them to heal. They hear from sitting volleyball coach Richard Osborne on the amazing work he did on changing perceptions of disability sport in Georgia, and Jenny Collins discusses how taking up coaching archery has helped her journey back to health.

JJ and Gigi are also joined by David Henson as he explains how the Invictus Games leaves a legacy far beyond sporting success.

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4.50 – Captain Rachel Williamson and her father Alan

15 – UK sitting volleyball coach Richard Osborne discusses coaching the Georgian team

24.40 – Jenny Collins on the importance of coaching to her recovery

37 – Dave Henson on how the Invictus Games can act as a launchpad

Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend it Like Beckham' is the highest-grossing sports film to focus on football, telling the story of a British-Indian teenager who falls in love with the game, while exploring themes of immigration, race, religion and sexuality. 20 years on from its release, BBC Sport's Miriam Walker-Khan looks at the impact the film had on audiences, its legacy in the world of sport and how its humour and characters still make it relatable today.

Eleanor Oldroyd and Denise Lewis hear from athletes both past and present on how they’ve balanced pregnancy and parenthood alongside their careers.

It’s as UK Sport has recently brought in its first ever maternity guidelines for Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

You’ll hear in the episode from 11-time Paralympic champion Tanni Grey-Thompson, Olympic gold and silver medal-winning cyclist Elinor Barker, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Max Whitlock and European archery champion Naomi Folkard.

They discuss whether the new guidelines better support athletes and what needs to change in the future.

As cricket comes to terms with the death of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at the age of 52, Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew and former England spinner Phil Tufnell to remember his life and career.

Former team-mate Stuart Law, friend Pat Cash and Hampshire chairman Rob Bransgrove discuss what made Warne so special. They also hear from Mike Gatting, the man dismissed by Warne’s ‘ball of the century’.

Australia captain Pat Cummins and England captain Joe Root also pay tribute to the man who took 708 test wickets, while cricket writer Geoff Lemon explains why Warne was a role model for a generation of young Australians.

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2.37 – Jonathan Agnew and Phil Tufnell discuss Warne’s life

4.59 – Geoff Lemon on Warne inspiring a nation

15.32 – Joe Root and Pat Cummins pay tribute

21.40 – Mike Gatting remembers Warne’s ‘ball of the century’

29.26 – Stuart Law on being a team-mate of Warne

41.27 – Rob Bransgrove on Warne’s legacy at Hampshire

45.32 – Pat Cash on being Shane Warne’s friend

Eleanor Oldroyd and Aimee Fuller look back on the Winter Olympics and speak to some of the athletes who took part in the games for Team GB, including our gold and silver medal winners in the curling.

We also catch up with gold medallist Lindsey Jacobellis, 16 years on from her first Olympic Games where she hit the deck and lost her chance of gold. Now, at the age of 36, she joins us to reflect on being an Olympic champion.

Andy Stevenson and snowboarder Owen Pick also talk to us ahead of the upcoming Paralympic Games.

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02:05 - Team GB’s women’s curling team chat

12:00 - Interview with men’s curling team

17:00 - Chair of UK Sport Dame Katherine Grainger

26:30 - Women’s snowboard cross winner Lindsey Jacobellis

35:00 - Ice skating duo Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson

41:30 - Paralympic Games preview with Andy Stevenson

47:00 - Snowboarder Owen Pick

Gigi Salmon and Katherine Downes speak to some of the men and women competing for Team GB at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Flag bearers Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding reveal how they found out they would be carrying the British flag at the opening ceremony and discuss their respective medal chances in curling and skiing.

Two-time Olympian Aimee Fuller and freestyle skier Tyler Harding discuss GB's chances of winning on the snow, reveal some of their worst injuries and Tyler talks about his role in a new BBC Sport documentary about the snow sports squad.

Bobsledders Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence tell Gigi and Kat how their feeling about their chances in China.

Jonathan Overend is joined by the former British player and tennis coach Dan Kiernan, former world number five Tommy Robredo, writer and journalist John Carlin plus the six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker.

They reflect on the man that is now statistically the greatest male tennis player in history after winning the Australian Open to take his 21st Grand Slam.

You'll hear stories of playing with Rafael Nadal, how the news was received in Spain and what happens next in Nadal's career.

With major championships and the Commonwealth Games coming up this year, Jeanette Kwakye and Steve Parry look ahead to how big 2022 is for the world of sport.

They catch up with a range of athletes set for a huge year, including a swimmer, a squash player, a para table tennis player and even a breakdancer.

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02:00 - Josh Kerr interview

13:50 - Interview with British number one breaker Karam Singh

23:30 - Sarah-Jane Perry interview

33:50 - Interview with swimmer Duncan Scott

44:00 - Kim Daybell interview