New background format "Sportpanorama plus" takes a look behind the scenes of sport

The new magazine program "Sportpanorama plus" will be broadcast at irregular intervals to shed light on the background, set priorities and take a slightly different look at a wide variety of topics and protagonists from the world of sport, SRF announced on Friday. The background format is programmed on non-football Sundays at 6 p.m. on SRF zwei instead of "Super League - Goool". The first broadcast will be on Sunday, September 3, 2017, when national football is suspended due to the World Cup qualifiers.

"Sportpanorama plus" brings the background to the fore

In 25 minutes, "Sportpanorama plus" brings to the fore what can quickly be forgotten during competitions and away from the spotlight. The background magazine takes viewers along as sports stars work, sweat and suffer for their goals away from the big arenas.

First broadcast with wrestling king Matthias Glarner

The first edition with presenter Jann Billeter is dedicated to Matthias Glarner. At the end of June, the wrestling king fell from a gondola during a photo shoot in Hasliberg. From a height of twelve meters. The 31-year-old top wrestler suffered serious pelvic and ankle injuries. He is now fighting for his return to the sawdust ring. In "Sportpanorama plus", the TV audience sees Glarner in the weeks following his accident: during a check-up at the Inselspunnen Hospital in Bern, in physiotherapy and during a visit to the Unspunnen Swing. And the audience finds out what drives Glarner on his road to a comeback.

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