Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This week we will discuss some sportspeople from over the years who were once arch-rivals and then went on to become friends either during their careers or in retirement. Some of what will be discussed include:-Two former Rugby League players who were once rivals in club and State of Origin however in retirement went on to both form a tremendous duo on television.-A former American female tennis player who was part of one of the great sporting rivalries, which has also been a great friendship for many years. -George Foreman and Muhammed Ali-Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-Paul Gallen and Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Jonathon Thurston. -Wally Lewis and Brett Kenny-Ian Chappell and Tony Greig-Shane Warne and Nasser Hussein, Michael Vaughan-Andrew Symonds and Harbajan Singh, Kevin Pietersen and Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag,-Gareth Bale and Cristiano RonaldoWe have our awards for the week i.e., Top Sportsperson, Ratbag. We also have our Quiz and segments Sporting Spotlight and Then and Now. Glenn also has a cracking joke to finish the show.Sporting Foes to Friends Sources1.wide world of sports ‘fatty vautin’s tribute to retiring legend Peter Sterling Wide World of Sports’, 3/10/212.NRL Footy Show ‘Fatty & sterlo’s old school Outtakes and bloopers best of the Footy Show’, 19/4/243.Spite news ‘Mark Geyer and Wally Lewis face off during infamous Origin moment,’ 23/6/20164. Tennis TV 'Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal can't stop laughing when filming charity match promo’, 16/11/245.alanmeires ‘Frasier Ali and Foreman on British TV show very funny’, 22/11/20116. American woman ‘George Foreman's reaction to Muhammad Ali's death’ 6/6/167.access hollywood ‘ george foreman details his amazing friendship w/ muhammad ali access hollywood’, 7/6/20168.dailymail.co.uk ‘footy legend paul fatty vautin confirms his next move after shock departure from channel 9’, by james cooney for daily mail australia, 3/12/249.parraeels.com ‘peter sterling announced as ambassador of the eels foundation’, 16/11/24 NRL10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sterling_(rugby_league)11. museum riverina.com ‘peter sterling’, museum of the riverina.city of wagga wagga, n.d13.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Footy_Show_(rugby_league)14. rugby league project.org ‘paul vautin’, alan whiticker, n.d15. rugby league project.org ‘peter sterling’, alan whiticker, n.d16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vautin17.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Evert19.fourarts.org ‘chris evert & martina navratilova, tennis, friendship, and rivalry’, 11/2/2520.chris evert.net ‘evert/navratilova:sports greatest rivalry’, 2003/1621.washingtonpost.com ‘bitter rivals:beloved friends,survivors’, by sally jenkins, 3/7/2422. sports joe ‘george foreman reminisce about muhammed ali as his new movie is released’, by lee costello, 28/4/2323. amp.nine.com ‘the world is much sadder:fatty’s heart-warming tribute to retiring peter sterling’, wide world of sports, by marc churches, 3/10/2124. mensxp.com ‘friendship beyond rivalry:5 indian cricketers who became best friends with their on-field rivals’, by rohan raj, 10/2/1825. ndsuspectrum.com ‘the spectrum: unlikely athletic friendships, even sporting enemies have forged bonds’, thomas evanella,7/3/201926. basketball stories. house of bo ‘5 players who had beef but then became teammates’, 8/9/2227. quora.com ‘who are some athletes who are/were fierce rivals when competing but best of friends when not’, debanjanu kundu, n.d28. si.com ‘from foes to friends:7 rivals who put their differences aside’,1/4/1829. onefootball.com ‘football enemies who became friends’, give me sport, 10/2/2432. Muhammad Ali the Eyewitness story of a boxing legend. Alan Goldstein Carlton books Ltd. 200033. electric. the story of the parramatta eels golden era’, adam burnett & matt logue, new holland publishers, 201334. nrl on nine ‘the first ever Sunday footy show’. 31/10/22‘
