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We bring together ‘Ultras’ of each of the three big Istanbul football teams as their unprecedented show of unity during a week of violence on the streets of the Turkish capital, drove resistance to police brutality. It is the first time a political issue has united them. Could these fans' organisations move from football into politics or will their deep dislike of each other’s football team divide them once this crisis is over?

The IOC
Applications for the candidacy of the presidency of the IOC close this week. Alex Capstick look at the runners.

Coast to Coast
As the NBA finals continue we look at the importance of basketball to a wider American society. Two B’ball bloggers explain how basketball is woven into the fabric of American culture, from trainers to language. Plus, how basketball is used as a barometer of how the ‘great American melting pot’ is working in big city America.

Clay Court Challenge
Who decided it would be a good idea to play on clay? How do they make it and most importantly, how do you wash it out of your clothes?

Record Fakers
It's one of sport’s most infamous and shocking betrayals - two former East German athletes, whose lives were changed forever because of the government’s policy of systematic use of performance enhancing drugs, are still struggling to come to terms with their effects all these years on.