Welcome to the new-look weekend edition with fresh interviews and content! With the Tour de France starting this weekend Gabby and Mark try to get their heads around the immense physical and mental challenge of winning one of the world's toughest races. They speak to the winner of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Kasia Niewiadoma (06:15), ex-pro cyclist, Adam Blythe , and former Team Sky nutritionist, Nigel Mitchell (21:30). You can watch our full episodes on YouTube here ! Executive Producer: Ad...
Jul 04, 2025•37 min
It's the British Grand Prix this weekend and everyone's asking, can Lewis Hamilton can pull off a shock win for Ferrari? Is Max Verstappen moving to rivals Mercedes? And can Lando Norris stay top to take his first home trophy? For all of that and more, Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman catch up with former F1 world champion Jenson Button. Plus, Mark Pougatch is live from Trafalgar Square at the McLaren Racing Live event with McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown , and Mark Webber , the former F1 driver who's...
Jul 03, 2025•40 min
Imagine you win your first major trophy and then a month later, you still don't know if you're getting European football. Gabby and Mark speak about Crystal Palace 's excruciating wait, how it all ties into Lyon 's forced relegation, and whether UEFA are making a scapegoat out of the wrong club. That's with French football journalist Julien Laurens and Dan Cook , aka. HLTCO - the Palace fan channel. (10:04) Plus, after Man City 's dramatic exit is Juergen Klopp still right that the Club World Cu...
Jul 01, 2025•32 min
This week on The Sports Agents... A big exclusive ahead of the Euros with two of England's defending champions, Lauren Hemp & Niamh Charles , Gabby goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon (10:30) and after England's historic comeback we ask ex-England bowler Steven Finn if 5-day cricket is too long? (19:30) You can watch our full episodes on YouTube here . Got a question for The Sports Agents? Email us at [email protected] New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday....
Jun 27, 2025•24 min
The moment England women lifted the Euros trophy, ending all those years of hurt, is etched in our memories. Next week, they defend that title. So Mark spoke to two stars of the England team, Lauren Hemp and Niamh Charles , in an exclusive interview at St George's Park. Who's going to step up as leaders with Mary Earps and Millie Bright missing? What's do they like most about Sarina Wiegman 's coaching? And have you heard of this card game they're all obsessed with? And as the England men's cric...
Jun 26, 2025•38 min
Gabby heads down to Wimbledon to take you behind the scenes of one of the world's most prestigious sporting events. From the practice courts to Murray Mount, we meet the man who coached Andy Murray to win Wimbledon, the US Open and the Olympics, Daniel Vallverdu , and the world number one doubles player, Marcelo Arevalo . We're joined by the person in charge of the 66,000 tennis balls, Andy Chevalier , and the hitting partner for Aryna Sabalenka and Venus Williams , Jessica Matthews. Plus, does ...
Jun 24, 2025•55 min
This week on The Sports Agents... Does the government actually have a good reason for the £2.5bn from the Chelsea FC sale not helping millions of children worldwide? And was former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich poisoned? (03:30) How do you train a horse for Royal Ascot? A full behind the scenes episode from one of Britain's best yards, which trained the late Queen's horses. (13:30) And what is it like to race for 24 hours in Le Mans? How do you stay awake for the night driving? (20:30) In respo...
Jun 20, 2025•25 min
Gabby and Mark hear the behind the scenes story of the attempted poisoning of former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich , his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the snap sale of the London football club. Abramovich very rarely speaks publicly but broke his silence in a new book and we’re joined today by the author, Nick Purewal . When Abramovic sold Chelsea for £2.5bn, the money was meant to go to victims of conflict - a huge sum that could change the face of global humanitarian ...
Jun 19, 2025•51 min
As Royal Ascot starts, Gabby and Mark take you behind the scenes at one of the best stables in the country - Park House Stables in Kingsclere . Trained by Claire Balding 's brother, Andrew Balding , the horses from Park House won over £5m in prize money domestically last year, putting them second in the Trainers Championship, and they've got 25 horses racing at Royal Ascot. Gabby and Mark hear about visits from the late Queen Elizabeth II and horse passports as we watch the horses ride out and t...
Jun 17, 2025•49 min
This week on The Sports Agents... We hear the secrets behind match fixing from convicted match fixer and former professional footballer, Moses Swaibu . With the Lucas Paqueta trial coming to an end, Swaibu tells us how many people it takes to fix a match, what signs you can look out for, and how to put an end to all of this. (01:00) Mark heads down to Soccer Aid to chat to a host of sporting stars. What does Joe Hart make of Manchester City 's transfer business? How does Bryan Habana rate the Li...
Jun 13, 2025•26 min
Mark heads down to Soccer Aid training to meet up with some of the biggest names in sport. What does ex-England goalkeeper Jo Hart make of Man City's transfer business and how seriously is he taking Soccer Aid? (Very!) Is Bryan Habana still almost as fast as a cheetah and how does he think the Lions will fare? How do Steph Houghton and Jack Wilshere rate England at the moment heading into the Women's Euros and after that Senegal defeat? And who are they most intimidated by at Soccer Aid? Plus, J...
Jun 12, 2025•34 min
As Lucas Paqueta ’s spot-fixing trial comes to an end and we wait for the verdict, Gabby and Mark welcome convicted match-fixer, Moses Swaibu , to the studio. Swaibu went from scholar of the year at Crystal Palace to a 16-month sentence for match-fixing at non-league Bromley. He reveals how rife match fixing is now, what he did to fix games and what he wants to see change. With lower pay is the women’s game more susceptible to match fixing? The Telegraph’s Sonia Twigg tells us about her investig...
Jun 10, 2025•49 min
This week on The Sports Agents... With the NBA Finals starting, Gabby and Mark chat about Michael Jordan returning to our screens and why the NBA hasn't taken off in the UK with host of The Athletic’s NBA Daily podcast, Dave DuFour . (03:30) Comedian Lee Mack joined us for a laugh ahead of Soccer Aid, spilling the secrets from playing with some of the world's most famous footballers. (09:30) Former Chelsea and Nigeria player John Obi Mikel came into the studio to chat about the upcoming Club Wor...
Jun 06, 2025•24 min
With the NBA Finals tipping off, Gabby and Mark talk about Michael Jordan returning to our screens to set the record straight, the great NBA draft conspiracy and why basketball is a bigger hit in Europe than the UK. That's with international basketball coach and host of The Athletic's NBA Daily podcast, Dave DuFour. Comedian Lee Mack, or Mark's doppelganger, joins us to spill Soccer Aid secrets from playing with the legends and slate Gabby's sport. Plus, Gabby and Mark react to the big dropouts ...
Jun 05, 2025•48 min
PSG are on top of the world after winning the Champions League but has their Euro domination masked their domestic league's ongoing financial crisis? Gabby and Mark speak to Global Sports Correspondent for The New York Times, Tariq Panja . Former Chelsea and Nigeria footballer, John Obi Mikel , joins us in the studio ahead of the Club World Cup - kicking off later this month. Are we guilty of failing to appreciate how fans outside of Europe feel about it and would players actually sit and rest i...
Jun 03, 2025•45 min
This week on The Sports Agents... Gabby and Mark get a rare access all areas pass to go behind the scenes at Sale Sharks rugby club, from training to the team meeting to interviews with Lions and England players Tom Curry , Ben Curry and George Ford. (02:45) Four-time Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson has launched a new league to make athletics popular outside the Olympics, he tells us how it's going so far. (08:15) Britain's most decorated Paralympian, Sarah Storey , joins Professor Kir...
May 30, 2025•26 min
Ahead of this weekend's Champions League final, Gabby and Mark chat to Italian football writer, James Horncastle , to figure out why Inter Milan are so underrated despite making their second Champions League final in three years and what happened when the newly dubbed Don "Scotto" McTominay met the Pope! Britain's most decorated Paralympian, Dame Sarah Storey , joins us to explain her mission to help other athletes going through the menopause. She's teamed up with Kirsty Elliot-Sale , Professor ...
May 29, 2025•51 min
Gabby and Mark take you behind the scenes at one of the best rugby clubs in the country, Sale Sharks, just days before their last chance to make the play-offs. With an access all areas pass we bring you to the team meeting, training, gym and more. Expect exclusive interviews with the top players: Lions forward Tom Curry , club captain and his identical twin Ben Curry , and George Ford , the fly-half with 99 England caps. We also chat to Director of Rugby, Alex Sanderson , about why there's a row...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Four-time Olympic champion sprinter Michael Johnson joins Gabby and Mark for an exclusive interview ahead of the third 'Grand Slam Track' event of the year. Everyone wants to see the 100m final at the Olympics, but how many people tune into athletics outside the main meets? Johnson wants to change that with 'Grand Slam Track' - a series of four events per year, where Racers each compete in two track events against a rotating cast of Challengers for a $100,000 winners cheque. So how do you judge ...
May 27, 2025•40 min
This week on The Sports Agents... England captain Leah Williamson , who lifted the Euros trophy at Wembley, talks to us about her 19-year Arsenal career culminating in the Champions League final this weekend. (03:00) We have a laugh with the man responsible for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney taking over Wrexham , Humphrey Ker. (07:30) As Netflix launch a new Drive to Survive series for the F1 Academy, where 18 women compete to make a name for themselves in motorsport, we speak to Susie Wolff ,...
May 23, 2025•25 min
In one night Tottenham went from the worst season in 120 years to a historic team that ended their 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League . Ange Postecoglou said he would get a trophy in his second season, and he pulled it out of the bag. So is he here to stay? With Mark still reeling from Man United missing out on European football for the first time in 11 years, we digest it all with The Athletic's Tottenham reporter, Jay Harris . Later one of the biggest names in motorsport, Susi...
May 22, 2025•45 min
Our special guest today is Leah Williamson , who led England women to Euros glory at Wembley. She's hoping to make history again at the weekend as Arsenal take on Barcelona in the Champions League final. It's been 18 years since an English women's team won it - could they do it with a manager in Renee Slegers who was an interim just months ago? Would that victory validate Williamson as a fully one-club woman and make Arsenal a superpower again? Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney ’s Wrexham became ...
May 20, 2025•50 min
Two big exclusive interviews this week on The Sports Agents... The new face of rugby, Henry Pollock , joined us in the studio. With two tries from one England cap, and now a Lions call up - this 20-year-old is on a rapid rise, and he’s using that fame to make rugby cool again with his try celebrations. (03:45) Gabby and Mark also sat down with Bournemouth manager, Andoni Iraola . Under his guidance the club could qualify for Europe for the first time ever, and he and his players, like Dean Huijs...
May 16, 2025•24 min
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola joins Gabby and Mark for an exclusive interview. Europe is in sight, in fact, they've had such a successful season that he and his players, like Dean Huijsen , are catching the eyes of Real Madrid! And that's no surprise: his Basque province has produced two other top 10 Premier League managers, Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery . Taking inspiration from cycling, NFL and basketball, Iraola has produced a team that have achieved a record points total two seasons in a r...
May 15, 2025•38 min
Gabby & Mark are joined in studio by rugby's next big thing - Henry Pollock - just 20 years old, played one rugby match for England, scored 2 tries in 31 minutes, and now he's a British & Irish Lion! The try celebrations, trademark headband and the game to back it up - can he make rugby cool again? Will he be able to make an instant impact with the Lions? What's it like being the new face of rugby? And what trick have his parents devised for the Lions mascot? Plus, did Nottingham Forest ...
May 13, 2025•41 min
This week on The Sports Agents... After two dramatic Champions League semi-finals we caught up with European Football Journalist Guillem Balagué (03:45). World number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner , returned from a three-month doping ban this week. His lawyer Jamie Singer came into the studio (12:15). With young superstars lighting up sport recently like Lamine Yamal and Luke Littler , we spoke to skateboarder Sky Brown , who became Britain's youngest Olympic medallist aged 13 (16:15). The ne...
May 09, 2025•25 min
Fresh from watching the drama of the Champions League semi-finals at the San Siro and Parc des Princes, Gabby and Mark Pougatch are joined by European football journalist, Guillem Balagué . Will the old or the new triumph when Inter Milan face PSG in the final in Munich? Has losing his daughter changed Luis Enrique's outlook on football? Will the arrival of Arsenal's new sporting director Andrea Berta be the key to stop them being a "nearly team"? And when will Barcelona learn to defend? As 17-y...
May 08, 2025•45 min
Can we forgive and forget when it comes to our favourite sports stars? That's the question we're all asking as Trent Alexander-Arnold leaves Liverpool, world number one, Jannik Sinner , returns to tennis after a 3-month doping ban, and Zhao Xintong wins the Snooker World Championship after a 20-month suspension for being party to match fixing. Mark and Kelly Cates are joined by Sinner's lawyer, Jamie Singer . How has the ban affected Sinner off the court? What's it like having just 24 hours to p...
May 06, 2025•49 min
This week on The Sports Agents... Gabby and Mark were live from L ords Cricket Ground this week for the launch of the 2026 Women's T20 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. They spoke to World Rugby Player of the Year, Ellie Kildunne , about their own home World Cup this summer, the new trend for celebrations, and the cowboy craze (01:15). At Lords we also caught up with the new Head Coach of the England women's cricket team, Charlotte Edwards . Her task is to take the team from an Ashes white...
May 02, 2025•25 min
Gabby and Mark are in the sun at Lords Cricket Ground for the launch of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup, in England and Wales. The Lionesses winning a home tournament was a groundbreaking moment for women across the country, so could rugby and cricket produce the same magic at their upcoming home World Cups? Fresh off winning England women's seventh Six Nations title in a row, we speak to World Player of the Year, Ellie Kildunne . How is she getting herself fired up for the World Cup? What does s...
May 01, 2025•37 min
