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Anything but Footy
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The unashamedly biased Olympic & Paralympic sport podcast! "A relaxed, affable show. The hosts display wide-ranging knowledge" : The New York Times essential top six podcasts to follow for Olympics [25/07/2021]
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#215 Paddle UK at the Canoe Slalom World Championships
6d ago00:41:37Tap to summarizeWe've been looking ahead LA for a while but its time to get serious! The first points for 2028 qualification are starting this year in Canoe Slalom and Kayak Cross - at the World Championships in Oklahoma! It's also the venue for the LA 2028 Games despite being 1400 miles away! In this episode we catch up with 7 British paddlers and friends of the podcast - Joe Clarke, Kim Woods, Adam Burgess, Bethan Forrow, Mallory Franklin and Sam & Lois Leaver who've ALL got different stories to tell - from winning Olympic medals, or returning from having babies, or heading to their first World Champs with their sister and how their parents cope! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Great British Bosses - Dame Sarah Storey
2w ago00:17:57Tap to summarizeGreat Britain’s greatest-ever Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey, has revealed she is stepping away from international competition. From starting her career as a swimmer aged 14, in Barcelona 1992, the 19th gold medal she won in Paris 2024 will be her last and she's told us there's no way she'll be coming back! This is a very special episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - someone we've wanted on the podcast for many years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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#214 Russia Returns As Nordic Combined Is Removed
2w ago00:30:04Tap to summarizeWe knew it would happen - Russia is returning to the Olympics. We hear from IOC president Kirsty Coventry on importance of neutrality. Nordic Combined - a Winter Olympic event since the start - has been removed from the Alpes 2030. Can you imagine if swimming was scrapped from the summer games? We maybe gearing up for Glasgow but we talk about the Olympics and Paralympics all the time so the latest episode is here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Great British Bosses - Jonathon Riall
2w ago00:25:37Tap to summarize"Everyone is chasing the Aussies" - that from the head of Team England as the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games approaches. Jonathon Riall - or Jonny Riall - knows a thing or two about multi sport events having led the Paralympics GB team during the recent Winter Games amongst many other things. He reveals a Team England of 250+ athletes, across 10 sports, 16 disciplines and how every athlete has been learning the anthem 'Jerusalem' for when England top the podium! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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#213 Olympic 10k Grants & Commonwealth Sport
3w ago00:32:02Tap to summarizeWith Glasgow 2026 this month (!) we look at the future of the Games with Commonwealth Sport CEO Katie Sadlier after Scotland saved the movement and India host next! There's our News from the Games with pleny of Team England announcements - hear from Birmingham bronze medalist Jade O Dowda who's back in the heptathlon with Katerina Johnson-Thompson! And Team GB have their first booked team at the LA Games as the IOC confirm 10,000 dollar grants for Olympians - the first step forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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#212 Wimbledon 2026
3w ago00:25:44Tap to summarizeWimbledon 2026 Day One - a day of withdrawals and not many wins for Great British Tennis. Michael and John are at the All England Club the day after Emma Raducanu pulled out and on the day Jack Draper also withdrew through ongoing injury concerns. We catch up with BBC commentators Nick Lester and Katie Smith on the fall out - and look ahead to the return of Serena Williams! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Great British Bosses - Richard Phelps
3w ago00:22:57Tap to summarizeIf strawberries and cream are synonymous with Wimbledon - it's probably pimms and sparkling wine for Henley Royal Regatta - the biggest rowing event in the world that's been staged nearly every year since 1839! It stemmed from the Boat Race and as you'll hear its idea of stewardship, good manners and competitive sporting competition helped form the initial movement of the modern Olympic Games! And as Richard Phelps, chair of the organising committee, tells us this year the final steps towards gender parity are being put in place! This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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#211 Olympic Day with Max Whitlock & Emma Finucane
4w ago00:18:47Tap to summarizeJohn & Michael catch up with the Olympic champions from gymnastics and cycling at either end of the country as part of Olympic Day! The Team GB Foundation that put on the special events in Essex and Manchester aims to inspire healthy, active and happy kids and get everyone moving! Max was confirmed to compete for Team England and Emma for Team Wales at this summer's Commonwealths we talk about giving back to the next generation - and the kids, teachers and staff loved it too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Glasgow 2026 One Month To Go!
4w ago00:25:42Tap to summarizeOne month to go! Crazy to think where the Commonwealth Games may have ended up if Glasgow hadn’t stepped up - but it means so much to people! We hear from Olympic and defending Commonwealth Games champion Rhys McClenaghan, 2014 cycling champion Joanna Rowsell and Glasgow 2026 CEO Phil Batty. We’re gearing up for Glasgow 2026 & you can still be there too http://glasgow2026.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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#210 British Athletics Championships 2026
4w ago00:32:15Tap to summarizeWhat a weekend! Back in Birmingham the British Athletics Championships over two days didn't disappoint! Shocks, surprises, withdrawals and dramatic wins and unhappy shot puters! Serial winner Scott Lincoln tells us why! We have the latest as Keely Hodgkinson doesn't compete in the 400m final, hear from British champion Amber Anning and as its fathers day we catch up with Alistair Chalmers who's bagged a British gold 5 days after his first son was born! All this ahead of the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in the UK this summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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