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Caroline Barker and Steve Crossman analyse the key sports stories of the week.

Around and AbOUT:

Why did basketball鈥檚 Jason Collins wear the number 98 shirt? It was in part to honour the memory of Matthew Shepherd after he was beaten to death just for being gay in 1998. We hear from Matthew鈥檚 father Dennis after Collins revealed the reason behind his shirt number as he became the first openly gay professional sportsman in the one of the big 4 US sports.

We鈥檒l guage the difference in levels of tolerance around the world with footballer Joanna Lohman in America and Godwyns Onwuchekwa from the group Justice for Gay Africans

Snooker Loopy

Never mind the boys on the baize, what about the composers and the artists? TV and film composer Debbie Wiseman and artist Tom Walker explain why their muse is getting the white tucked in behind the blue

139th Kentucky Fried Derby

Kevin Krigger could become the first black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby for over a hundred years, after black riders won 15 of the first 17 races. Jamie Nicholson is the author of "The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event" and Ed Bowen President of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation discuss the unique place of 鈥渢he greatest two minutes in sport鈥� in the Deep South鈥檚 history.

One of Us

Picture it鈥� Swedish top flight game between the Stockholm based team IF Brommapojkarna away at Mjallby. The IF players run out on to the pitch glancing to the left and the stand which holds their hardy support, only to be greeted by the sight of just one solitary fan of the team! We鈥檒l hear from former Manchester United player and current Brommapojkarna midfielder Bojan Djordjic who was inspired by this fans loyalty and YES鈥� we have tracked that fan down. He joins us live from his Swedish summer house deep in Wallender country

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