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First up, we looked at doping in amateur sport.

What substances - both legal and illegal - were taken by amateur sports men and women to support their performance or recovery? And to what extent?

Here's what we discovered...

For the next hour and quarter you'll be engrossed in watching/listening/reading everything that is going on in our debate. Engrossed, that's right. I promise you will be.

But that doesn't mean you can't multitask. The key word of the night is 'debate'. That means we want to know what you're saying about tonight's talking points.

So why don't spend a minute or two over the next hour compiling your thoughts in a Tweet or text and popping over to us? In fact, we insist you do.

Tweet using #stateofsport or text 81111. Let's be 'aving you!

But before that... We. Need. You.

Over the past week we have looked at six key issues affecting sport:

Monday: Doping in amateur sport

Tuesday: Esports

Wednesday: Syria, football on the frontline

Thursday: Athlete welfare

Friday: 'Sport saved my life'

Over the next half an hour, ahead of the programme, we recap the key stories and videos that have appeared across the BBC.

Before we get started, let's run through what is happening.

The debate will kick off (and I can assure you it won't actually 'kick off') at 20:10 GMT. We have a six-person panel (more of them later), a studio audience and a couple of referees in the form of David Eades and Jessica Creighton.

We didn't feel the need to bring in any video technology for any contentious decisions.

You can watch the debate right here on this page, and on the BBC News Channel and BBC World.

But please, please, please keep reading along here. Begging over.

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Hello! So, some latecomers might ask, what is State of Sport?

Well, it has been a week of original journalism from the BBC, putting sports news under the spotlight. 

We look at the issues of doping at amateur level, the global growth of esports and the welfare of athletes and players.

While from Kigali to Michigan, we’ve travelled to meet sportspeople for whom sport has saved their lives. 

Tonight we're rounding off the week with a debate hosted by David Eades with a panel and audience in Manchester.

People might be packed into one of Old Trafford cricket ground's swish oak-panelled rooms, they might be surrounded by iconic images of Lancashire and England greats peering down at them. 

They might even be shovelling down tasty cheese and pickle sandwiches, gulping down a cup of warm tea to follow.

But this is not cricket.

Nope, this is the setting of the final part of our State of Sport week. Or, if you like, the final ball.

Ready?