Heart and Soul - Doping, Diving and God
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Dr Robert Beckford explores how cheating in sport conflicts with Christian principles.
He asks how can an Olympic champion stand on the podium with a gold medal and then thank God in an interview if they have taken performance enhancing drugs? Can a footballer celebrate the penalty he has ‘won’ and then point to the sky in honour of God? In this edition of Heart and Soul, featuring Olympic medallist Ben Johnson, Robert explores what the Christianity has to say about fair play and whether by cheating you are dishonouring your faith.
Doping, Diving and God was presented by Robert Beckford and produced in Salford by Rajeev Gupta.
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Published on Tuesday, 3rd January 2017.
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