When the 2026 Formula 1 season begins with the opening race in Australia, there will be two new teams on the grid representing two of the world's biggest car companies. Audi has taken over the Sauber team - it's the parent company, the Volkswagen Group's first foray into the highest level of the sport. The Cadillac Formula 1 Team - backed by the American car giant General Motors - will become the 11th team on the grid and the first completely new team to join F1 since Haas in 2016. But what does it take to build a F1 team from scratch - and how successful can the newcomers to the grid be?

Cadillac's Team Principal, Graeme Lowdon, tells Lee James it takes a huge amount of people and resources to ensure they are on the grid. He says the arrival of new teams is a good thing for the sport and will bring more drama and excitement.

The former McLaren team mechanic, Marc Priestley, explains why despite there being some initial opposition to Audi and Cadillac's inclusion, and the fierce rivalries within the sport, the F1 community will lend support to both should they need it.

The BBC's F1 commentator, Harry Benjamin, says Audi have what it takes to finish midtable in the constructor's championship this season, but doesn't expect Cadillac and their experienced driver-duo of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez to compete for points and podiums.

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The Winter Paralympics are set to begin in Milan-Cortina on 6 March, welcoming athletes from all over the world to compete in snowboarding, skiing, biathlon, curling and ice hockey events.

Over the past decade, the profile of Paralympic sport has grown rapidly around the world, and the technology that helps para-athletes compete has evolved as well. But when it comes to competing in the cold, there are a whole new set of challenges that athletes and manufacturers need to overcome.

Mike Schultz is a Paralympic snowboarder who'll be looking to add to his collection of three Paralympic medals in Milan-Cortina - but he also runs the sports prosthetics company BioDapt, and estimates that more than 90 percent of para-snowboarders use his company's products in competition. He talks to Paul Carter, the host of the BBC News technology show TechXplore, about how he took up Paralympic sport after becoming an amputee, and how that led to him designing his own prosthetic limbs. Mike explains the unique challenges that designers face when creating prosthetics for different sports, and particularly for winter athletes.

Paul Carter also joins More than the Score's Ade Adedoyin to talk about the importance of para-sport in his own life, having been born without lower arms and legs, and what changes and evolutions he's seen in Olympic and Paralympic technology in recent years.

In the UK, you can watch TechXplore on BBC iPlayer, and the show also broadcasts internationally on the BBC News channel.

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Aged only 18 years old, Britain's Arvid Lindblad is set to make his Formula 1 debut this weekend in Australia. The Racing Bulls driver will be the youngest racer on the grid, and the youngest Briton to ever compete in Formula 1.

Earlier this year, Lindblad talked to the BBC's F1 correspondent, Andrew Benson, about his route into the sport, and explained why, despite his young age, his Formula 1 debut is something he's been preparing for for most of his life.

He also considers how he's been shaped by growing up in a mixed-heritage household in the UK, as the son of a Swedish father and a British-Indian mother, and shares the values that his parents and grandparents have instilled in him.

Andrew Benson also talks to More than the Score's Ade Adedoyin about what's expected of Arvid Lindblad in his debut season. What would constitute success for Lindblad, and can he impress his bosses at an organisation with a demanding reputation?

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The former Premier League striker Benni McCarthy has given a wide-ranging interview to the BBC. He's the only South African to win the men's Champions League - that was with Jose Mourinho's Porto in 2004. He's also his national team's all-time top goal scorer and after a two year spell as a first-team coach at Manchester United he's now in charge of 2027 men's Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Kenya.

BBC Newsday presenter, Isaac Fanin, explains to Ed Harry why McCarthy believes the club vs country row that affected his playing days still impacts African players today. McCarthy says Manchester United didn't pursue a deal for Nigeria striker and 2023 African player of the year, Victor Osimhen, because they didn't want to sign a player they would lose to Afcon for two months in the middle of a Premier League season. The Africa Cup of Nations is to switch from biennial to quadrennial in 2028. McCarthy believes the tournament should have retained its traditional schedule in order to give more exposure to talent on the continent, but that more should have been done to prevent the finals from clashing with club competitions.

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Broadcasters around the world have reported huge viewing figures for this year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. In the US, NBC has said viewership increased by ninety-six percent compared to the 2022 Beijing Games, while in the UK, the BBC has said this was its most-watched Winter Games ever - partly driven by the exploits of Great Britain's curling teams. Five-and-a-half million TV viewers - equivalent to slightly less than the entire population of Scotland - watched the men's curling final live on the penultimate night of the Games.

It's not the first time that curling has been a hit with TV viewers, but can it keep up the momentum now the Games has come to an end - or will it have to wait another four years before it captures the world's attention again?

Nic Sulsky is the CEO of The Curling Group, who run the Grand Slam of Curling, a series of tournaments that are among the biggest prizes in the sport. They're now launching a new competition, Rock League, which is billed as the world's first professional curling league, with several of the sport's biggest names competing as part of six global franchise teams. He tells John Bennett why for the sport to grow, it must remain visible in-between the four-year Olympic cycle.

Taking part in the new event will be Grant Hardie - a two-time World Champion and double Olympic silver medallist as part of Bruce Mouat's Team GB men's rink in Italy. He explains why he and the curling community are excited by a professional league and why being able to 'trash talk' his Team GB teammates during play will be fun for players, spectators and viewers.

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UFC legend Ronda Rousey is scheduled to face Gina Carano on 16 May in California. Both women have been long retired and will undergo stricter "neurological and concussion" medical tests before they are cleared to return to MMA. Rousey has spoken at length about serious concussion problems throughout her athletic career and said it contributed to her decision to retire from MMA 10 years ago so is her return a good thing for her and the sport?

Making your negative feelings known in football has long been an accepted part of the game. For players and match officials, it is what they have come to expect at some point in their careers. But are fans booing their own team and manager more than ever? 

Wayne Rooney, who made headlines in 2010 after hitting out at England fans for booing the team, remembers being booed quite a lot in his career. He believes the use of camera phones and social media has seen it become more noticeable in the modern game. While his former England team-mate, Joe Hart, describes the act of booing as 'pantomime'. 

Stephen Smith - chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology - explains the science behind booing to Ade Adedoyin and why it's part of our DNA. He also believes the bond between players and fans has changed following increased commercialisation of the sport.  Ali Speechly says booing her beloved, but struggling Tottenham Hotspur, would only impact negatively on the team.

Every Monday to Friday, More than the Score tells stories beyond the scoreline from all over the world of sport. From the Winter Olympics to the Super Bowl, the Australian Open to the Diamond League, and netball to Formula 1. We've got interviews with extraordinary athletes like skimo star Emily Harrop, snowboarding icon Scotty James and cycling sprint king Harrie Lavreysen, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from the referees who run VAR to the coaches keeping athletes in peak form. Plus, we've got the expertise of the BBC's top journalists, who share their insights from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you've got your own take on the stories we cover, we'd love to hear from you. Email [email protected], or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. You can find more information, along with our privacy notice, on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo is the first athlete to win six gold medals at a Winter Olympics, so was it a greatest of all time (GOAT) performance in terms of an individual athlete at a games? He completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men’s cross-country skiing events after winning his sixth race. Klaebo’s victory in the 50-kilometer mass start race shattered the nearly 50-year record set by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five golds in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

Every Monday to Friday, More than the Score tells stories beyond the scoreline from all over the world of sport. From the Winter Olympics to the Super Bowl, the Australian Open to the Diamond League, and netball to Formula 1. We've got interviews with extraordinary athletes like skimo star Emily Harrop, snowboarding icon Scotty James and cycling sprint king Harrie Lavreysen, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from the referees who run VAR to the coaches keeping athletes in peak form. Plus, we've got the expertise of the BBC's top journalists, who share their insights from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you've got your own take on the stories we cover, we'd love to hear from you. Email [email protected], or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. You can find more information, along with our privacy notice, on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore

Italy's men's international rugby team have gone from perennial Six Nations strugglers to talk of one day winning the competition. In the not-too-distant past, they were almost certain to be awarded the wooden spoon for finishing bottom of the table behind England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In fact, throughout much of the late 2010s and the early 2020s, there was plenty of demand for Italy to be removed from the tournament, and a relegation and promotion system brought in to make up for their record 18 campaigns propping up the rest.

Francesco Palma, editor-in-chief at OnRugby.it and a contributor to Gazzeta dello Sport tells Ade Adedoyin how the arrival of Gonzalo Quesda as head coach in 2024, coupled with an exciting crop of young players, including Tommaso Menoncello, has changed the mentality of the side and its supporters.

Rugby Union Correspondent at the Times, Mark Palmer, explains why Italy's impressive win over Scotland in the opening round of the 2026 Six Nations was not considered to be the huge upset it would have been five years ago and proves the side is heading in the right direction ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

Every Monday to Friday, More than the Score tells stories beyond the scoreline from all over the world of sport. From the Winter Olympics to the Super Bowl, the Australian Open to the Diamond League, and netball to Formula 1. We've got interviews with extraordinary athletes like skimo star Emily Harrop, snowboarding icon Scotty James and cycling sprint king Harrie Lavreysen, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from the referees who run VAR to the coaches keeping athletes in peak form. Plus, we've got the expertise of the BBC's top journalists, who share their insights from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you've got your own take on the stories we cover, we'd love to hear from you. Email [email protected], or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. You can find more information, along with our privacy notice, on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore

England's Women's Super League, or WSL, is one of the richest leagues in women's football, with players from many countries - but it's proven particularly attractive for Swedish footballers. Twenty-three Swedes play across the league, including such names as Manchester United's Fridolina Rolfo and Hanna Lundkvist, as well as Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius.

But has that damaged Sweden's own league, the Damallsvenskan, and what does the flow of players to other countries mean for the country's youth development?

Swedish football journalist Amanda Zaza and Mia Eriksson, communication manager at Swedish side Linköping, join the BBC's Sophia Hartley to discuss the qualities that make Swedish players so attractive to WSL clubs, whether the number of players moving abroad is having an effect on Swedish domestic football, and if the country's top clubs, like Häcken and Hammarby, are still forces to be reckoned with in Europe.

Every Monday to Friday, More than the Score tells stories beyond the scoreline from all over the world of sport. From the Winter Olympics to the Super Bowl, the Australian Open to the Diamond League, and netball to Formula 1. We've got interviews with extraordinary athletes like skimo star Emily Harrop, snowboarding icon Scotty James and cycling sprint king Harrie Lavreysen, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from the referees who run VAR to the coaches keeping athletes in peak form. Plus, we've got the expertise of the BBC's top journalists, who share their insights from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you've got your own take on the stories we cover, we'd love to hear from you. Email [email protected], or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. You can find more information, along with our privacy notice, on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore