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The Sports Agents
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Gabby Logan & Mark Chapman, two of the UK’s top sports broadcasters, host a twice-weekly podcast exploring the biggest stories from the world of sport...
From the Premier League to the Olympics, rugby's future, boxing's identity crisis, the latest Formula 1 soap opera, the NFL and beyond... you name it, The Sports Agents have got it covered - and will bring you behind the scenes at some of the greatest sporting events from around the world too.
Drawing on their wealth of experience and insight, with exclusive interviews and expert analysis, Gabby & Mark tackle the big questions and explain not just what’s happening, but why.
New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
The Sports Agents is a Global Player Original Podcast.
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Arsenal's Champions League heartbreak | Merson on penalties, parades and what next?
4d ago00:36:20Tap to summarizeGabby & Mark are alongside former Arsenal and England forward Paul Merson in the wake of Arsenal's Champions League heartbreak to talk penalties, summer transfer plans and the wild scenes of celebration from the Premier League trophy parade on Sunday.Merse turns his attention to Tuchel's World Cup plans, gives his opinions on the squad and England's chances of success in USA.Plus, reaction to Arne Slot's sacking at Liverpool, whether Andoni Iraola will replace him and Mark's tribute to the late Rugby League legend John Kear.📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducer: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →Who's to blame for West Ham's relegation? | Michail Antonio on Bowen's future & England's 'Egos'
1w ago00:39:01Tap to summarizeMark & Nedum are joined by West Ham's all-time Premier League goalscorer Michail Antonio, days after the club's relegation - ending a 14-year stay in the top flight.Michail lifts the lid on major decisions which he feels contributed to the club's decline in recent years; the controversial move to the London stadium, club training facilities, the appointment of Graham Potter as manager and how the club handled his exit last year following a very public car accident.Plus, Jarrod Bowen's West Ham future & World Cup squad omission, Declan Rice's Champions League chance and more.Michail Antonio's new book, ‘Humans not Robots: when elite sport and real life collide’ is out on June 4th.📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →What does a Post-Pep Guardiola Premier League look like?
2w ago00:37:04Tap to summarizeGabby & Mark are joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton as the curtain comes down on another gripping Premier League season. More tears "than a wedding cake" on Sunday but as Pep Guardiola officially abdicates his throne - following a decade of domination for Man City - who is ready to claim it?Plus, Arsenal's trophy lift as seen around the world, if Andoni Iraola was the ideal candidate to replace Guardiola, Sunderland's blueprint for newly-promoted teams, Spurs' cautionary tale & what it's like to film a Xmas celebrity special in the middle of an English heatwave!Oh, and after all that worrying... Were the 'Enhanced Games' any good? (SPOILER: No)📩 Got a question for The Sports Agents? https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Take our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →End of an era? Millie Bright on Chelsea retirement, Bunny Shaw links & Growing the game
2w ago00:25:24Tap to summarizeA special episode recorded live from the Barclays Clubhouse inside Stamford Bridge, as Gabby Logan is joined by Chelsea icon Millie Bright on the final day of WSL season... as Millie calls time on her illustrious playing career.Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward also joins the pair to reflect on 25 years of support for the women's game - progress, memories and transfer rumours too!AD @Barclays | Barclays is Backing your Future, Search Barclays Football to find out more! #BWSL📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →Spygate 2.0: Should Play-Off Final be CANCELLED?
2w ago00:28:23Tap to summarizeSouthampton's failed attempt to appeal their expulsion from the final for spying means that it will be Middlesbrough heading to Wembley to take on Hull in football’s richest game.Espionage that could ‘cost’ upwards of £200 million… normally a story for Ian Fleming but in an end of the season that keeps on giving, this is the tale of the Championship play offs.But what is the legality surrounding the decision? Is Tonda Eckart's sacking inevitable? and is there a case for the final to be voided and Hull to go up automatically?Gabby is joined by Former Saints midfielder & EFL TV presenter David Prutton and top sports lawyer Tom Murray to debate the ramifications.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →How Arteta ended Arsenal's 22-year 'Banter Era’ to have the last laugh
2w ago00:41:02Tap to summarizeBack in 2004, no Arsenal fan would have believed that after going an entire Premier League season unbeaten, they’d have to wait 22 YEARS to be crowned Champions again… then on Tuesday night, all the waiting and wishing and fear and lost hope finally came to an end - and North London was brought to a standstill. Fireworks, fans and Arsenal players still celebrating outside the Emirates at 5am.Mikel Arteta's side have overcome the memes and online jibes of 'bottlers' to mark an end to Pep Guardiola's reign over English football.Do the endless conversations over their 'style' still matter? Does this change the complexion of their Champions League final against PSG? And with the pressure to deliver a major title lifted, how will Arteta's team evolve?Former Man City defender Nedum Onouha and the Athletic's Arsenal correspondent Amy Lawrence joins Gabby and Mark to explain.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →Chelsea's Alonso 'coup', Mourinho's bad karma & how to settle Spygate 2.0?
3w ago00:37:02Tap to summarizeFormer Premier League defender Nedum Onuoha joins Gabby & Mark on the show following one of the most chaotic weekends of the year so far...How big a coup is Chelsea's capture of Xabi Alonso and why was he confirmed as a manager not head coach? Is Jose Mourinho still the man to reunite Real Madrid's fractured dressing room and will Vini Jr forgive him for his comments in the wake of the 'Prestianni incident'?And as we await the outcome of tomorrow's Spygate 2.0 hearing - Will Southampton really be kicked out of the Play-Off Final and would that be a fair punishment?Plus, Mark pays tribute to Aaron Rai after he became the first English golfer to win the US PGA Championship in over a century - with iron covers on his clubs and wearing two gloves.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →Spygate 2.0 vs Bloodgate & The 'small ball' debate
3w ago00:36:41Tap to summarizeGabby is joined by rugby legends Ugo Monye and Katy Daley-McLean ahead of Red Roses' Grand Slam decider this weekend - 37 games unbeaten, on the cusp of their 8th Six Nations in a row - does the sport actually need England to lose?The trio also react to a fascinating developing football story - dubbed 'Spygate 2.0' - with Southampton's Championship Play-Off final place in doubt after an analyst was spotted recording opposition training sessions!And they go head to head over World Rugby's decision to trial smaller balls in the women's game.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: Sophie Penney & George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →How did Leicester go from 'fairytale' to cautionary tale in a decade?
3w ago00:34:48Tap to summarizeOn the 10th anniversary of becoming 5000/1 Premier League winners, Leicester City will start next season in England's third division after relegation to League One.From Madrid to Mansfield... is this really how their 'fairytale' ends?2016 league winner Danny Simpson and the Athletics Rob Tanner both join to reflect on one of sports greatest stories and decipher how the club fell so far.And we've all heard of being powered by 'skittles vodka' but could the secret of that famous title win have actually been port? Untold UK: Jamie Vardy is about to hit your Netflix screens and Danny gives us insight into one of English football's most mythical characters.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: Sophie Penney & George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
Transcribe →How to beat the 'Big 6' | Inside Premier League's 'best-run' club with Brighton CEO Paul Barber
4w ago00:46:21Tap to summarizeBrighton are known as one of football's best run clubs with a seemingly constant yearly profit margin above £100 million... and today they have officially announced that their 33 year old manager Fabian Hürzeler has signed a new contract.A club on the verge of a second season playing European football and that has recently announced they are the first club the world to have a purpose built women's football stadium.Their CEO Paul Barber joins Gabby and Mark to give us insight on what really happens behind the scenes to keep it so successful.Paul also tells all about his relationship with former managers Graham Potter and Roberto De Zerbi - followed by his history with Spurs, working under Daniel Levy.📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod📱Follow us on socials:TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagentsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.comExecutive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducers: Sophie Penney & George Sexton-KerrVideo Producer: Samuel TrudgillSocial Media Editor: Jasmine WissartTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents
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