It was quite the summer in Paris 2024 - for co-hosts Michael and John in their roles with talkSPORT but also for first time Olympian Anthony Harding - their guest on this final episode of another Olympic year! The British diver made history with his 'idol' Jack Laugher, as the pair won Team GB's 4th historic synchronised diving medal of Paris 2024 …

The Commonwealth Games has been saved by Scotland and Glasgow 2026. But what does the future hold in store? Who else will host? We go straight to the top and ask CEO Katie Sadleir who tells us Glasgow will stage a world class Games. 2030 hosts will be decided next year. Co-hosts across smaller nations could be an option. They'll be more sports 16 o…

This was a night to celebrate, kick back, relax and revel in the achievements of Paris 2024 - and that was just Michael! In all seriousness, the Roundhouse in Camden was the setting for night of success with gold medalists from the summer games Alex Yee and Bryony Page winning more awards - hear from them both in this episode! Also, what's next for…

You'll hear John and Michael's commentary, reports and interviews from talkSPORT, the official Olympic broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympics, at the start of this podcast. Simply it was the greatest ever games for Team GB canoeists - and subsequently the Para Canoe team matched it weeks later in the Paralympics. But Ashley Metcalfe as CEO of Paddl…

There's a lot of people inspiring a lot of others to change sport in this country, and in this episode we catch up with one of them. Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, is the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK, and speaks to the men and women in charge. Alison Young is the CEO of the Youth Sport Trust which aims to build a…

Powerleague is famous for footy we know! 40+ sites in UK, Ireland and the Netherlands with 6.5 million customers every year! So why is a podcast called 'Anything but Footy' talking to the CEO? Well Powerleague is now dipping its toe into the fastest growing sport in the world - Padel! Its first new Padel centres are in Shoreditch and Birmingham and…

Ten years on from staging the Commonwealth Games, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event. Glasgow will once again be the host city, this time for the 2026 Games, but it'll be very different from 2014. It'll all be staged in 4 venues within an 8 mile radius with 10 sports across 11 days. And the ten sports are: Athletics and Para Athletic…

A spectacular summer in the pool in Paris for Aquatics GB - across swimming, diving, para swimming and artistic swimming - with medals galore and the first ever Olympic medal in the artistic discipline (formerly known as synchro swimming!) But what comes next as it’s a long time to the next Games in Los Angeles in 2028? What does the national gover…

Please allow us a slight brand diversification in this episode of the podcast, because we so wanted to speak to someone behind the scenes of the next big Olympics Games - the first ever Esports Olympics in Saudi Arabia in 2025. Alban Dechelotte is one of these people - the CEO of G2 Esports - and IOC member on the Esports Commission. What's in stor…

A spectacular summer of success at the Olympics and Paralympics for British Triathlon, and without a Brownlee brother in the team for the first time since Beijing 2008. But what next for the organisation, it's athletes, members and the sport itself. In this episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, we're joined by new CEO Ruth Daniel…

In her own words on the 'Women in Rugby League' website, Julia Lee says "she's an ordinary person". When you hear this episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the work she's done over the years, and continues to do, you'll agree she's extraordinary. Like a lot of team sports, the role of women and the history of the growth of the g…

As the Olympic and Paralympic summer comes to an end, many of us will be thinking what next? The UK is already preparing to host the Women’s Rugby World Cup next year, the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 2026 and hopefully the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow! But like Paris 2024, none of these will take place without a huge number o…

The first ever Paris Paralympics are coming to a close, and although it may not have had quite the glitz of the French Olympics earlier this summer, the Games will no doubt go down as the best yet, with organisers creating more magical memories in key locations across the French capital, and selling more than 2 million tickets. Paralympics GB has s…

Competing over 4 days on the track and 3 days on the road, this is the British Cycling Team for the Paris Paralympics. 23 athletes - 17 riders and 6 pilots - will be representing Paralympics GB this summer in the first ever Paralympic Games in the French capital. Aged between 20 and 47, this team has 59 Paralympics appearances between them, includi…

We don't often do more than half an hour, never more than an hour, so here's a BUMPER edition of the podcast talking all things Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics! We look at our medal predictions, and review every sport and see who's happy or sad? With the Paralympics just a week away, this is the right time to put Paris 2024 Olympics to bed! Lear…

Michael and John round up an incredible 2 and a half weeks of Olympic action, working for talkSPORT. Reunited in a French bar on the evening of the closing ceremony, they discuss Team GB's medal haul, place in the medal table and reveal their own three highlights of the Games. Paris 2024 is 'fini' - Ciao Milano Cortina '26 and hello Hollywood for L…

Bon voyage to British Athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics... A super Saturday send off from a sell out crowd at the London Stadium with British records and European records falling, personal bests and seasons bests being achieved... Michael and John round up the action from world class competitors Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas, Keely Hodgkinso…

Great Britain is the most successful nation in the history of cycling in the Olympics. At this summer’s Games in Paris, 30 cyclists from track, road, BMX and mountain bike have been chosen to represent Team GB. In this special episode with British Cycling we hear all about the make up of one of the biggest ever Great Britain Cycling Teams, with its…

We hit the markets at the London Stock Exchange with the Team GB medal targets for the Paris 2024 Olympics. A range of 50-70 with uptown 20 golds according to Team GB chef de mission Mark England. We round up the athletics, cycling and climbing team announcements with 3 weeks to go before the Games And hear from a returning Paralympic champion from…

Andy Murray is an Olympic legend with two golds. Andy Murray is a Wimbledon institution with two men's singles titles - ending a run of 77 years by a British man. Sir Andy confirmed early on Day 2 of the All England Championships he wan't join got make his final bow on Centre Court - well not til the doubles with brother Jamie later this week. We'v…

What a weekend in Manchester! The weather's been bad for a second year running but the sporting success of the new and rising stars in British Athletics is a brilliant story to tell! 17 yo Phoebe Bell wins the 800m to book her place in Paris - she's on work experience at a primary school in Hertfordshire tomorrow Georgia Bell has come back to the s…

1 month until the Olympics 2 months to the Paralympics Team GB and Paralympics GB name 10 shooters targeting success in Paris - well as you’ll hear in this latest podcast just outside the French capital city. Andy Murray’s in the draw for Wimbledon - but will he make it - we think we have the perfect finish for him at SW19. And Michael looks ahead …

A month to go! It soon comes round only feels like it was January and Olympic year had just started! Team GB announced their first 20 cyclists today, but the freak injury to Katie Archibald means 6 more cycling squads will be confirmed next week too! Olympic medalist Jack Carlin talks us through it! We say thank you to Jonny Brownlee - the men's ru…

In this special episode with Paddle UK, we spend a day at the Lee Valley White Water Centre with the Team GB canoe slalom athletes, with a month to go before the Games. Adam Burgess confirms he’s now competing in two events in Paris - adding Kayak Cross to his schedule. And Performance director Mark Ratcliffe talks us through each of the athletes s…

Another big announcement and another big squad for Team GB! 32 men and women GB Hockey players have been confirmed for the Paris 2024 Olympics - they both push back against Spain on the opening weekend of the Games in July! Hear from Tess Howard and Phil Roper on their hopes and medal dreams. Two time gold medalist Sir Andy Murray's going to his 5t…

Max Whitlock, Bryony Page and Becky Downie...Abi Martin, Harry Hepworth and Ruby Evans... Some older and newer names for Team GB from British Gymnastics... Spare a thought for World and European medalists James Hall and Courtney Tulloch who missed out too. We hear from two of the 42 GB rowers recently named, one returning to the Olympics and one ne…

We're enroute to Paris 2024 but a detour via London & Rome! Molly Caudery joins us as well as Lizzie Bird and Romell Glave after some brilliant British performances at the European Athletics Championships at Roma 2024. John's been at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre for a preview of the Paris 2024 Great British Hockey teams - as they've been in FIH Pro…

The Olympic rings are on the Eiffel Tower - although Michael is not impressed! He's in Sheffield for the GB Boxing team announcement as Team GB also name their biggest - and smallest - sporting squads so far. Chef De Mission Mark England talks rowing and weightlifter Emily Campbell joins us! We hear from Tokyo medalist Holly Bradshaw hoping to make…

British Cycling is one of the biggest national sporting governing bodies, responsible from grassroots to the very elite. It's one of the most successful Olympic and Paralympic teams in this country and is also about to stage its first ever 'Tour of Britain Women'. (from Thu 6 to Sun 9 June 2024, with stages starting in Welshpool, Wrexham, Warringto…

Paul Foster, and his Great Run team, stage the biggest and best half marathon in the world every year. The Great North Run is famous for its iconic course, passionate fundraisers and the world's best athletes - watch out for the stars from Paris 2024 Olympics this September! But the Great Run Company is now more than that and the very future of ath…

The last chance regatta isn't the nicest of titles for an event but the GB women's double sculls don't mind! Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Bruyne bagged their place in Paris with a brilliant row in the final in Lucerne this weekend, to ensure British Rowing as 10 boats competing this summer - and Becky tells the world to watch out for the rejuv…

Can't believe we're 74 episodes into Great British Bosses and this is our first captain! We met Kathy Rogers, skipper of the Great Britain women's water polo team at the launch of Aquatics GB - and we knew she and her team had a great story to tell! World and European Championship performances in the past year - and eyes on the Olympics in 2028 now…

Famous British double-acts and sporting brothers! It's like we planned this podcast in advance! 70 days to go to Paris 2024 and nearly 70 athletes confirmed for Team GB - Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman are going for a medal in the artistic swimming the pool - can the Bello brothers Javier and Joaquin join them on the beach? We ask them all! There's …

UK Anti Doping is the national body responsible for ensuring athletes and sports in this country are clean. Jane Rumble is UKAD’s Chief Executive and our latest guest during Clean Sport Week. The aim is to celebrate clean athletes on their journey to the podium, and ahead of this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics. But how much trust should sports f…

We're diving into Paris 2024 with the 8 athletes confirmed by Team GB to compete as 4 pairs of synchro divers at this summer's Olympics. Hear from an Olympic champion, about an Olympic champion, World Championship medalists and much more! There's Judo, BMX, Gymnastics, Athletics and Cycling in our news from the games. And a world champion and two l…

We're onto episode 72 of Great British Bosses and 4 years on, from our first conversation, Vicky Gosling is back, she's our first full returnee and we're delighted! We originally caught up with the GB Snowsport CEO in early 2020. 4 years on, a pandemic and covid hit Winter Olympics later, we're now talking GB Surfing - a brand new governing body ai…

"You are bang up to date on everything you need to know ahead of Paris 2024" Michael sums it up perfectly in our latest Paris 2024 episode - European Champions! A full rowing round up from Hungary includes Helen Glover, Rebecca Shorten, Esme Booth and Sam Redgrave the women's four gold medalists, and men's pair Tom George & Ollie Wynne-Griffith. Br…

The Commonwealth Games are "dying out a little bit unfortunately"- the view of proud Scottish world champion Beth Potter - who competed in Glasgow in 2014 in athletics and won Team Scotland’s first medal in the triathlon in the sunshine in Sutton Park in Birmingham in 2022. But since that superb summer in England’s second city, the storm clouds hav…

The countdown continues to Paris 2024 - and we're en-route! We'll probably use satnav and gps to get us to our destination this summer, so it's right that the Olympic movement has said it wants to be front and centre and leading the way in ensuring AI benefits sport and isn't detrimental. We've been at the IOC's AI Launch Event in Queen Elizabeth O…

The Team GB history maker is stepping away from competitive swimming. 27 year old Alice Dearing became the first black woman to swim for TeamGB at an Olympic Games. She also set up the Black Swimming Association to diversify her sport and keep encouraging everyone to learn to swim - a basic life skill. But what next? Alice is keen to convey a messa…

It's back in the Olympics in 4 years time and we're pretty good at it! But the return is still so fresh, we don't really know how it'll all work! Also getting their head around it is British Lacrosse, the national co-ordinating body for men and women's elite lacrosse in the UK. And as a brand new governing body, we're delighted to be joined by chai…

The flame is burning, the biggest British team so far has been named by Team GB, and it’s 100 days to go! Just your average week during Olympic year, as John and Michael round up all the latest Paris 2024 news! We’re joined by some of the 33 British swimmers confirmed by Team GB - hear from our reporter Phil Barker at the ancient Olympia flame cere…

UK Athletics has officially teamed up with the London Marathon and Great Run Company to create a new major events company, and deliver world class athletics events. UKA CEO Jack Buckner has told us it'll help fix some of the financial issues of the organisation. 'Athletic Ventures' will deliver the London Diamond League meeting every year, the 2026…

Aquatics GB swimming championships were dubbed the first fully integrated Olympic and Paralympic trials for Paris this summer - and what a show from the British swimmers! Adam Peaty Matt Richards Duncan Scott Freya Colbert Abbie Wood Kathleen Dawson Anna Hopkin Alice Tai and Stephen Clegg are just some of the star names who’ve not only become Briti…

It's dubbed the biggest global networking event in sport and it's in right here in the UK in Birmingham - the home of the last, and what could be the very last, Commonwealth Games in 2022. The week-long Sport Accord World Sport and Business Summit is supported by the International Olympic Committee and has been brought here by Joel Lavery, the West…

One of the most successful Olympic and Paralympic sports in this country is changing its name to better reflect what the organisation does. British Swimming is now Aquatics GB, with the five disciplines of swimming, diving, para-swimming, artistic swimming and water polo. The organisation is also staging its first ever fully-integrated Olympic and …

It could've been a new and old type podcast, but we're 'en-route to Paris 2024' so it feels only right to cerebrate the great gymnastics in Liverpool and say a great goodbye to a legend! 20 yo Ondine Achampong is the new women's all round champion and three time gold medalist after a brilliant British Championships at the weekend - we hear from her…

En-route to Paris 2024 and no doubt there's a few bumps in the road to come, but a big thumbs up from the International Olympic Committee this week for the Paris 2024 organisers. Parisians maybe yet to be persuaded but the Games will be a huge success. We hear about 2 more British boxers who'll be there and the GB Men's team will start the whole ho…

Plans have been revealed to start the process of trying to bring the Tour de France back, as well as the World Athletics Championships, to this country. The announcement of 70 global events in 32 sports inc 18 World Championships was made at the London Stadium in Stratford by UK Sport - the Government agency responsible for funding elite sport, as …

Glasgow know how to put on a show - we experienced it first in 2014, where the first idea for this podcast came about when Michael and John met properly! Now a decade on, the Scottish City and the Brits put on a show on another super Saturday for British Athletics with a double gold for Josh Kerr in the 3000m and Molly Caudery in the Pole Vault, pl…