On this, the 8th edition of AZSOS, Andy Zaltzman is joined by the Guardian’s Paul MacInnes and comedians Carl Donnelly and Chris Martin to take a look at some of the minor sports that may not register on most people’s sporting radar.

We begin with a strange injury at snooker’s World Open, before discussing the sale of Elvis Presley’s pool balls.  Very odd.

Next, we wonder whether any Olympic athlete will get through the 42 official condoms with which they have been officially supplied during their 3 weeks in Brazil.  Speaking of which...

Finally, we educate ourselves about thumb wrestling, dog surfing and quidditch.

We’ll be doing a full preview of Rio 2016 next week.  Until then, may the sport be with you.

Andy Zaltzman's Summer of Sport

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08 - Dog surfing, thumb wrestling and sex at the Olympics

On this super soaraway edition of AZSOS, Andy is joined by the Guardian’s chief sports writer Owen Gibson and comedian and athletics nut Paul Sinha to preview all the action on the track, field and no doubt laboratories in this summer’s 31st Olympiad in Rio.

Will Usain Bolt do what he usually does and blow the competition away on the big day?

How many asterisks will be marked in the record books?

And does anyone care about about open water swimming or the 50km walk?

We answer all these questions and more. Sort of. Have a listen, and tell us what you think.

AZ does saucy!

09 - Olympics preview!

Live (almost) from Rio (er, Edinburgh), on this week’s AZSOS, Andy Zaltzman looks back on the first week of the Olympics - and my, what a scorcher! Andy joins comedians Russell Howard and Steve Williams who kindly put him up at their flat. Or is it a goldfish bowl?

There was archery! There was swimming! There was table tennis

There’s also green pools, lost ambulances and which of your made-up sports should be featuring in Rio. Plus, should non-athletes be allowed to take performance enhancing drugs?

We’ll be back in seven days with lots of track and field to review.

10 - Cupping, green pools and PEDs

On the 11th instalment of AZSOS, Andy Zaltzman is joined by comedians Dominic Frisby, Nish Kumar and James Acaster to look back on the second week of the Rio Games, including Usain Bolt’s totally expected victory in the 100m, Team GB’s totally unexpected medal haul, and a fair bit of dressage too.

If you’re in Edinburgh, go and see Andy’s Plan Z or Political Animal shows. Dominic is also doing two shows - Let’s Talk About Tax and the Upper-Class Rapper - while Nish and James are being far more sensible and only doing one each. Which are sold out. Sorry.

11 - Bolt, booing and Team GB's gold glut

In his valedictory dispatch, Andy Zaltzman reflects on the fag-end of the Olympics and indeed the summer of sport as a whole, for this is the last in the current series of AZSOS. Sad face.

Hari Kondabolu joins us from America to discuss the fallout from Ryan Lochte’s naughtiness and - more wholesomely - the rise of the Chicago Cubs.

Next, we analyse the various controversies surrounding the start of the Paralympics.

And finally, we learn about the world’s biggest rugby scrum, BMXing, and all sorts of other Zaltzman Bullshittery™.

Andy will be back with The Bugle before too long. For now though, it’s adios. Thanks for listening.

12 - Ryan Lochte, Paralympics, and the world's biggest scrum

Coming to you live in glorious Sport-o-scope - every week throughout summer 2016 - Andy Zaltzman and guests so special we can’t say here, give their insight into the summer’s sporting bonanza: everything from the Rio Olympics to the Redneck Games, the Tour de France to the Toe Wrestling World Championships, and Wimbledon to the Wife Carrying Festival. All put through the Zaltzman satire filter and funnelled to your ears. Just don’t mention the football...

Andy Zaltzman's Summer of Sport

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