'Shocking' because of the number of seeds to fall - particularly French Open champion Coco Gauff in straight sets - no repeat of the brilliant Sabalenka Gauff final from the French Open just a few weeks ago! After eight winners in eight years, would there be another lesser known Wimbledon women's champion in 2025? And is that good for the sport and the Championships? We ask the question! And as the Olympic and Paralympic podcast, we've also the latest headlines ahead of LA 2028 in Sailing! Learn...
Jul 02, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Day one done! The hottest ever first day of the Championships saw seeds fall, early victories, big wins for British qualifier Oliver Tarvet and a scare for defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. John rounds up the action from the All England Championships as Michael meets Oliver's Dad! And as the Olympic and Paralympic Podcast we have sailing, athletics, sport climbing and to cool us all down GB SnowSport news! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 30, 2025•28 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Welcome to Wimbledon 2025! On the eve of the Championships we're at the All England Club ahead of the fortnight of tennis and are joined by Oliver Tarvet's first coach on the eve of the championships. Ben Wood coached the 21 year old from the age of 7 and could already see his outstanding talent. We also hear from Oliver's dad Gary. We run through the order of play on Day One - and don't forget our Olympic and Paralympic News from the Games too with Rowing, Canoeing and Athletics. Learn more abo...
Jun 29, 2025•42 min•Season 5Ep. 15
A bonus edition of the podcast as with little more than 200 days to go before the next Olympics - the Winters in Milano-Cortina in early 2026 - the first athletes have been confirmed by Team GB. Ten curlers have donned the famous tracksuit and stood draped in the red white and blue union flag after being selected to represent GB in the mens womens and mixed team events for the Winter Olympics. Michael's been in Edinburgh to speak to a few of them! While John's at Wimbledon as the 2025 Championsh...
Jun 27, 2025•32 min•Season 5Ep. 14
British Triathlon is the first national governing body in Triathlon to introduce a pregnancy deferral policy. Women who qualify for an Age Group Championship race may now defer their slot in the Great Britain Team for up to two years. European champion Vicky Holland has done just that - and Michael caught up with her in our latest Great British Bosses episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 22, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Putting athletes first - everyone says it - how many people do it? In this episode of Great British Bosses, we ask Nick Pearson the CEO of Forte Talent Management, which in its own words, is a sports talent agency redefining representation for track and field athletes, digital talent, and sports models. And that 'redefining' includes launching their first ever event - the Keely Klassic - named after and supported by their Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson. Is this the future? We also talk the En...
Jun 15, 2025•35 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Ok we admit - we're stretching it just a bit this time, but British Rowing are 'bossing' it ahead of the first two World Cups in Varese in Italy. They topped the 2025 European Rowing Championships medal table with six golds and we've got 5 of the gold medalists on this episode! We are also determined to keep telling the stories of athletes doing great things inbetween the Olympics and Paralympics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 08, 2025•47 min•Season 5Ep. 11
The second biggest sport in the UK for the number of spectators attending every year, live TV coverage most weekends on the main ITV channel, well known events like the Grand National, Cheltenham and Royal Ascot. But Great British Racing is looking to the future and ensuring there is one for the so called sport of kings. We talk all things horse-racing with Simon Michaelides, Interim Chief Customer Officer at Great British Racing in our latest Great British Bosses episode! Learn more about your ...
Jun 01, 2025•30 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Penny Briscoe’s "track record in Paralympic sport is unmatched". Not our words but that of a former guest of Great British Bosses and her CEO David Clarke at Paralympics GB. After years of trying we finally get to speak to the Director of Sport, 5 time Chef De Mission, sports fan and mum about plans for the first ever Paras in LA and whether Atlanta Olympics in '96 really was that bad? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 25, 2025•32 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Back in the UK for the first time since the first games in 2014. Birmingham will host the latest edition of the Invictus Games in July 2027. With brand new events and the usual fans favourites, it's not just about a week of sport at the NEC as CEO of Invictus Games Birmingham 2027 Helen Helliwell explains. And in this latest episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, she also reveals her own personal reason for delivering this world renowned rehabilitation and sporting event. Learn...
May 18, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Cricket, Squash and even Flag Football probably got more coverage when confirmed they would be on the programme for the LA Olympics. But hope are high that Team GB could get the men and women's teams qualified for the summer of 2028 as Baseball and Softball also makes a return to the Games. In this episode of Great British Bosses, we hear from new Chair of Baseball Softball UK Matt Bazeley to find out more... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 11, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Great British Bosses is our podcast brand where we speak to the men and women behind sport in the UK. In this special episode, we hear from Dame Denise Lewis (UK Athletics President) and London Marathon wheelchair winner Marcel Hug after the confirmation that London would like to stage the World Athletics Championships again in 2029 - 12 years on from the successful 2017 events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 04, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 6
We're joined by GB Snowsport CEO Victoria Gosling & Head Coach Pat Sharples as they look back on another record breaking season on the snow for Great Britain's Olympic and Paralympic stars. We also look ahead to what's in store at the first Winter Games in Europe in more than a decade - Milano Cortina 2026. This is a special episode of the podcast with GB Snowsport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 27, 2025•26 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In the fourth of our season on snow, what is that feeling of competing for Great Britain ahead of the Winter Olympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026. We catch up with two teenagers - Moguls skier Cali Carr and snowboarder Txema Mazet-Brown - to find out how they got started, what keeps them focused and what they would like to achieve! This is a special episode of the podcast with GB Snowsport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 20, 2025•16 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale created history by becoming the first British world champions in Mixed Team Snowboard Cross. Ahead of the Winter Olympic Games of Milano Cortina 2026, in this third episode of a season of podcasts with GB Snowsport, we hear what makes them successful as a partnership but also how training and travelling together helps them on the individual Snowboard Cross circuit too! This is a special episode of the podcast with GB Snowsport Learn more about your ad choices...
Apr 14, 2025•18 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In this second episode, we hear from two British snowboarding stars on the strength needed to battle back from serious injuries in the build up to the Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026. We're joined by Paralympic medalist Ollie Hill and Olympic hopeful Maisie Hill - no relation! - as they make their return to the snow after suffering setbacks and surgeries. This is a special episode of the podcast with GB Snowsport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 06, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 2
In the first of a new season of podcasts, we focus on a the new British names who could be making their debut on snow at the Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026. In this episode we're joined by cross country skier Joe Davies, freestyle skier Liam Richards and snowboarder Nina Sparks who could all make their Olympic or Paralympic debut this coming winter. This is a special episode of the podcast with GB Snowsport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 31, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 1
4 medals - 2 golds, a silver and bronze - from a team of 11 athletes. Great Britain have had a very strong World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in China. More than 500 athletes from around the world took part - we'll hear from the British gold medalists Amber Anning and Jeremiah Azu - and round up the rest of the action for you too! There's Weadock's Winter Wonders from the world of snow and ice and new British Gymnastic champions crowned! This is Anything but Footy - covering the Olympic and P...
Mar 25, 2025•38 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Welcome and congratulations Kirsty Coventry - the Olympic champion now Olympic President. The youngest ever and the first ever female. She thrashed Seb Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch gaining an overall majority in the first voting by IOC members. We hear from the surprise winner for many! There's also LA28 and Tour de France '27 news - in this extra episode of the Olympic week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 20, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Team GB legends and gold medalist triathlete's Ali Brownlee and Jonny Brownlee joins us to talk all things Olympics on a busy week for the future of the Games. We ask them about what's next, who should be the next President and saving for the future! It's another extra episode this week, as the IOC Session continues in Greece - we round up the latest headlines before the New President is voted in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 19, 2025•30 min•Season 4Ep. 23
The 144th IOC Session gets underway this week, there's an Opening Ceremony and everything! The new President will be named this week - only the 10th in Olympic history! But there was also big news from the IOC Executive Board Meeting, that its proposing the reinstatement of Boxing in the programme for Los Angeles 2028. This is an extra episode with all the latest Olympic news - all the time rather than once every 4 years! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2025•21 min•Season 4Ep. 22
The European Indoor Athletics Championships were another huge hit in the Netherlands, with some big names, some surprises and new champions. We review the action from Apeldoorn over 4 days across the North Sea and look ahead to the World Indoors in China. There's BIG Boxing News ahead of LA 2028, and Michael's latest Weadock's Winter Wonders with success in the Skeleton! PLUS its Commonwealth Day and 500 days to Glasgow 2026 - we've details of first ever Kings Baton! Learn more about your ad cho...
Mar 10, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 21
The summer games in Paris seem only like yesterday, but we're now a year away from the Winter Paralympics in Milan - the 50th anniversary of the very first. 79 gold medals will be available during the Games starting on March 6th 2026. We hear from former Paralympics GB star Callum Deboys on his experience in Beijing 3 years ago and his switch to Para cycling! We are also joined by two Team GB stars Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson who finished 3rd in the recent European Ice Skating Champs and head of...
Mar 03, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 20
The UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham staged some of Britain's best athletes competing for a place at the European Indoors in the Netherlands in a fortnight. Hear from sprint kings and queen Jere Azu and Bianca Williams, Olympic medalists George Hunter-Bell, Alex Haydock-Wilson, new British champion George Mills and best of British Scott Lincoln. While in Manchester, world records were broken and new sprint stars Matthew Richardson and Lauren Bell were crowned at the Lloyds National Track Ch...
Feb 24, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 19
She's an Olympic champion over 800m. She's told us her sole focus is now on the World Championships outdoors this summer and a new personal best. And she may have been injured just hours before her own Keely Klassic event, but Keely Hodgkinson MBE, and Sports Personality of the Year, along with her coaching team and management Forte Talent Group, is already doing more to help the legacy of athletics than most. Performances from Olympic medalists, British records broken, thousands of selfies and ...
Feb 15, 2025•25 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Glasgow 2026 has confirmed 200 gold medals available next summer, despite a slimmed down Commonwealth Games with just 10 sports. But there'll be more Para events that ever before and history will also be made in Swimming, Track Cycling, Bowls and 3x3 Basketball. In this special episode, we hear from organisers on their sporting plans and head to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome to speak to some of the Scottish athletes looking to represent their country at their home games. And for much more info on ...
Feb 07, 2025•21 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Can't believe we're just a year away from the next Olympic Games! Surely it was only second ago we were sitting on the La Champs sipping a biere toasting Paris 2024! But we're moving to Milano Cortina 2026 now and the Winter Games with some big hopes on the boards, skis, sliders and ice for Team GB. Olympic gold medalist from Beijing 2022 Eve Muirhead is now in charge of the next generation competing next winter and the Chef De Mission joins us on the podcast! We also hear from the magnificent (...
Feb 05, 2025•47 min•Season 4Ep. 16
One of the biggest teams at next summer's Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will be from across the border - Team England! In this episode of Great British Bosses, we hear from the Chair of Commonwealth Games England on the beat job Scottish organisers have done in rescuing the Games, but also what comes next after the sticky plaster of Glasgow. And our guest - John Steele - is someone who's done it all from playing rugby, to coaching a team to European success and heading up UK Sport for the home...
Jan 27, 2025•36 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Another fantastic start to the sporting year, with the tennis in Melbourne, success on the snowboard and sliding track too. We're back for our sixth year of talking about the Olympics and Paralympics all the time. And in this episode, we discuss the toughest and hardest sport in the world? Tennis? Athletics? Even football? What do you think? Get in touch via our socials or comment on Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 15, 2025•38 min•Season 4Ep. 14
The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are now next year! As we know, assuming you've been following and listening to Anything but Footy, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event. Glasgow will be host city for a second time in 12 years on July 23rd 2026. In this special episode, we find out more about the people now chosen to deliver these historic Games and speak to the new CEO Phil Batty, a man with big ideas in a big job! Find out much more on next year’s Commonwealth Games glasgow2026....
Jan 08, 2025•12 min•Season 4Ep. 13
