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Sione's story: the next chapter
A few months ago Sportshour told the story of the Tongan Rugby player Sione Vaiomounga. Having travelled to Romania to play, he suffered kidney failure. With no dialysis machines in his native Tonga, Sione believed returning home would be a death sentence, But things are now looking up for Sione.

The road from Jerusalem:
As the Giro D'Italia gets underway in Jerusalem we hear from the country's top riders, those who welcome the arrival of the race and those who oppose it.

What price for sporting success?
India won a record 26 gold medals at the recent Commonwealth Games It's led to calls for the Government to invest more in its sporting infrastructure. But in a country that is home to almost a third of the world鈥檚 poor, should sport be a priority?

Swimming to safety:
Yusra Mardini's swimming ability took her to the Rio Olympics and she's now training for Tokyo in 2020.. But swimming also saved her life as she made the dangerous journey with 20 other Syrian refugees across the Mediterranean in a dingy. The boat designed for six, took on water and Yusra and her sister were among those who swam to safety. Now based in Germany, Yusra's an international voice for refugees and her story's about to become a Hollywood movie

Football pioneer:
A host of international stars are set to feature in the 2018 Women's FA Cup final at Wembley. Things were rather different when the former New Zealand international Donna Baker turned out for Knowsley United against Doncaster Belles in the 1994 final, staged at Scunthorpe.