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	Podcast:		Sportshour
	Episode:		Autumn leaves England in good shape
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:48:25
	Publish Date:		2021-11-20 11:38:00
	Description:		As rugby union's Autumn Internationals end we look at England women's success ahead of World Cup year in 2022 with the woman who lifted the trophy for England in 2014, Katy Daley-McClean MBE. We'll also hear from South Africa's World Cup winning captain Siya Kolisi ahead of the men's clash with England. Venus and Serena Williams, Phil and Gary Neville, Yaya and Kolo Toure. Have you ever noticed how many sporting siblings there are?! But are you born with it? Is it down to hard work? Or is it something completely different? Sportshour’s Rachael Rhodes has been finding out about new research into the area and hearing from MMA legend Ken Shamrock. The Jamaican bobsleigh team that competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and had a movie made about them, have become the standard by which all unusual sporting endeavours are judged! Well despite the 2022 games in Beijing coming just a little too soon, the next chapter of unlikely sport combinations isn't too far away. Cool Slidings. It's time to meet Alistair Fyfe, originally from Scotland and the man behind the push to get Saudi Arabia to the top of the curling podium! James Simpson, captain of the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby League team on why it's not all bad that the World Cup has been postponed by a year. With men's football taking a break from domestic action to focus on qualification for the World Cup, many fans took the opportunity to go to a women's match, some for the first time. So what, if anything, is different between derby day in Manchester when it's the women and not the men in action? Katie Smith went along to find out. Image: Autumn International match between England Red Roses and New Zealand at Sandy Park (Photo by Catherine Ivill - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)
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