
More than the Score brings you more than the men’s football World Cup - the new teams, standout stars, trends and fandoms shaping the tournament in ways the stats don’t show. With 48 teams competing across Mexico, the US and Canada, BBC World Service promises to take you deeper - from the group stages to the final. Search for More than the Score wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 212 | Founded | 10 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Sports | |||

Lee James is joined by African football commentator Mark Gleeson, South American football expert Tim Vickery and Daniel Storey, chief football writer for the i Newspaper, to assess whether the biggest World Cup has been a success.
They discuss whet... more
Back in January, Naomi Osaka turned heads at tennis's Australian Open when she took to the court for her first-round match wearing a long, flowing outfit - accompanied by a custom hat and parasol - inspired by reading her daughter a story about jelly... more
Canada’s Christine Sinclair is the all-time record goal scorer in international football, with 190 goals. She played in a Women’s World Cup on home soil in 2015 and was part of the team, which won Olympic gold in 2021.
Sinclair joins the BBC’s Lee J... more
Curacao goalkeeper, Eloy Room, made 15 saves in his side's goalless draw with Ecuador - a new record for a keeper who kept a clean sheet in a 90-minute match at the World Cup. Remarkably, his performance came just days after conceding seven to German... more
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Across a broad basket of sports—from football, boxing, and rugby to tennis, running, and table tennis—episodes spotlight insights beyond the scoreline. Listeners get expert-level context on governance, finance, performance, and coverage, with conversations ranging from data-driven playoff analysis and AI-driven training in cycling to the business of ticket pricing and the logistics of talent scouting for national teams. Guests include journalists, coaches, agents, and elite athletes, often weaving personal journeys with practical takeaways for fans, industry professionals, and decision-makers. A notable throughline is the discipline of thinking critically about sport: performance analytics, athlete welfare, representation in media, and the ... more
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