10th January 2008 - Planet Sport WebSite Launched

International Christian sports media agency 2K Plus International Sports Media has launched a new website to complement its weekly radio programme Planet Sport.

For the past two-and-a-half years listeners to fifteen radio stations in Australia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and the UK have been able to listen to Planet Sport every week. Now the programme is available to a wider audience on the worldwide web.

Visitors to www.planetsport.tv can hear and download recent programmes, browse galleries of 2K Plus reporters interviewing sports personalities and discover other information about the show.

Planet Sport is designed for sports fans. Produced on Wednesday for broadcast between Thursday and Saturday, the programme features interviews with top sportsmen and women, comment and analysis on the latest stories from expert correspondents and serialised testimonies of Christian sports people.

The aim of the programme is to bring a Christian perspective to the reporting of sports events and stories. We seek to show sports fans that God is interested in every aspect of our lives and that it is possible to be a passionate follower of sport and be committed to Jesus Christ.

Planet Sport producer Adrian Barnard said: "We are delighted that Planet Sport is now available to listeners on the internet. This increases the number of sports fans we can reach with our blend of news, stories and interviews with a Christian perspective."

Recent programmes have included interviews with Great Britain's 2000 Olympic modern pentathlon gold medallist Stephanie Cook and Kenya's 1968 Olympic 10,000 metres gold medallist and current President of the Kenyan Olympic Committee, Kip Keino.

Correspondents include Henry Olonga in London (cricket, former Zimbabwe Test player), Alex Ribeiro in Brazil (Formula One motor racing, former F1 driver) and Tu Nu'uali'itia in New Zealand (rugby union, played in 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups for Samoa).

Planet Sport was launched in May 2005 and by 9th January 2008 138 programmes had been produced.

11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka, 24 Aug-02 Sept Solomon Ashoms (pictured right) will be our reporter at the Championships in Osaka. He brings a wealth of experience to the role, having reported for us at many sporting events including Olympic, Commonwealth and All Africa Games and the last World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 2003. 26th August: Solomon Ashoms talks to USA’s defending 200m champion Allyson Felix about the influence of her faith on her running. 26th August: Solomon Ashoms talks to South African hammer thrower Chris Harmse about his spiritual inspiration. Harmse came 12th in his group with 71.07m on 25th August and failed to qualify for the final 26th August: Solomon Ashoms talks to new World 100m champion Tyson Gay from the USA about how his faith in Jesus Christ affects his life 26th August: Solomon Ashoms talks to 100m silver medalist Derrick Atkins from the Bahamas about his faith in Jesus Christ

Solomon with Bahamas 100m & 200m runner, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie

Solomon with women’s 200m champion Allyson Felix from the USA

Solomon with 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekela from Ethiopia

Listen to seven top athletes talk about their sport and faith in Jesus Christ:

• Joe Deloach, USA. 1988 Olympic 200m champion and only man to beat Carl Lewis in an Olympic final
• Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas. 2004 Olympic 200m bronze medallist
• Ryan Hall, USA. 7th in 2007 London Marathon in his first race at this distance
• Madeline Manning-Mimms, USA. First black woman to win Olympic gold, at 1968 Games in Mexico City
• Asafa Powell, Jamaica. Reigning world record holder for 100m in 9.77 seconds
• Tonique Williams-Darling, Bahamas. Reigning women’s World and Olympic 400m champion
• Nick Willis, New Zealand. Reigning Commonwealth 1500m champion

Solomon in the press tribune at the Championships stadium

Solomon with Africa’s top 100m sprinter Nigerian Soji Fasuba who came 4th in the 100m final

Sun 15th July 2007: USA sprinter Allyson Felix wins the women’s 200m at the IAAF British Grand Prix at Sheffield in a time of 22.35 seconds. After the race she spoke to 2K Plus reporter Mike Flynn about the win and her faith in Christ. Click here for audio. Click here for our archived Audio files.

Allyson Felix