The claim is >!**false**. >!Choose a diameter, and draw a point at each end. >!If neither point is on the dividing equator, they must lie in opposite hemispheres. >!If you have two such pairs, each hemisphere must have at least 2 points. >!Since there are only 5 points total, each hemisphere can have at most 3 points. Edit: >! If we allow that points can lie on the dividing equator, the above will not suffice as a counterexample. See the comments below.