Sky Sports to broadcast Sporting Heroes series

Sky Sports will broadcast a new series of hour-long Sporting Heroes interviews every Wednesday evening starting 9 January. 

The series promises to take viewers up close and personal with some of the biggest names in the world of sport from athletics, football, golf, cricket, boxing, rugby union, formula one, racing and more.

Sky Sports presenter Gary Newbon will conduct many of the interviews, but in some of the episodes, sports stars will interview their own sporting heroes.

The shows will air on Wednesday nights and start with athletics as former European and world champion sprinter Kriss Akabusi interviews his sporting idol Daley Thompson on Wednesday 9 January.

We’ll find out about what drove Thompson to gold medal success at the Moscow Olympics of 1980 and the Los Angeles Games of 1984 with plenty of colourful stories from two men who’ve reached the top of their sport.

Sporting Heroes: Kriss Akabusi interviews Daley Thompson is on Sky Sports 1 HD at 10pm on Wednesday 9 January.

Forthcoming episodes

Wednesday January 16: Gary Newbon interviews Carl Lewis (11pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Wednesday January 23: Graham Taylor interviews Denis Law (10pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Wednesday January 30: Gary Newbon interviews Lennox Lewis (10pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Wednesday February 6: John Smit interviews Francois Pienaar (10pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Wednesday February 13: Gary Newbon interviews Stirling Moss (10pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Wednesday February 20: Suzanne Dando interviews Olga Korbut (10pm, Sky Sports 2 HD)