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The Sports Agents

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,

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47:06

What's it like to be stalked like Emma Raducanu?

The Sports Agents ·

2025/03/04

No doubt you saw the footage of Emma Raducanu, who’s still only 22 years old, crying on court after a spotting a stalker in the crowd in Dubai. This week she’ll get increased security by an ex-CIA agent for Indian Wells but what is it like to go through that? Gabby and Mark are joined by Sabrina Sinha, a promising GB runner who feared for her safety and even moved away from her sport after being a victim of stalking. (12:06)After a number of high-profile cases, we discuss how sport can tackle the

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35:48

Premier League 'jeopardy', Lionesses revenge & why...

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2025/02/27

As Liverpool swept Newcastle aside last night (in what Gabby fears was a frightening preview of next month's League Cup final) they went 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League - It's only February, but is there any jeopardy left this season? Former England Captain Steph Houghton joined Mark & Gabby the morning after the Lionesses exacted a little World Cup final revenge over Spain, days on from Luis Rubiales' conviction. (09:28)Plus, why Conor Benn ended up with egg on his face -

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37:19

Cricket's Afghanistan shame & Turkey turning to...

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2025/02/25

As the England men’s cricket team prepare to face Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy - despite pressure from MPs to boycott the game in protest over the Taliban's treatment of women - Firooza Amiri from the Afghanistan women's cricket team reveals the details of her daring escape, playing cricket in exile and the hypocrisy of the women's national side not being recognised by the ICC. International cricket journalist, Alison Mitchell, from the BBC's Test Match Special and Stumped podcast, joins us

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28:54

BONUS: Shock arrest & going pro with first refugee to...

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2025/02/24

A special bonus episode for an interview that blew us away. Cindy Ngamba was the first refugee to win an Olympic medal and is about to make her professional boxing debut on the undercard of the Natasha Jonas v Lauren Price fight.Cindy joined Gabby and Mark to share her incredible story of arriving in Bolton from Cameroon aged 11 with no mother to tell her about deodorant and periods, to the trauma of a shock arrest, and the heartbreak of having her UK citizenship application repeatedly rejected,

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41:01

Meet the best head coach in Britain

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2025/02/20

Despite Man City's Champions League humiliation, only one other head coach in British sport can claim to have enjoyed the kind of trophy-laden success that Pep Guardiola has in recent years - Wigan Warriors Head Coach, Matt Peet. Mark takes Gabby north, to The Brick Community Stadium - home of the all-conquering Wigan Warriors - for an exclusive interview with the man who's won seven trophies in three years. The life-long Wigan fan, who never played professional rugby league, has the sport in a

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30:37

EXCLUSIVE: British F1 drivers Russell & Bearman on...

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2025/02/18

Mark is at the O2 Arena in London for the Formula One season launch, chatting to British drivers George Russell and Oliver Bearman, as they step out of Lewis Hamilton's shadow and look to become the next British driver to win a world championship. Three-time Grand Prix winner Russell talks to us about taking over from Hamilton as lead driver at Mercedes, what he makes of the new rules that could ban drivers for swearing and how much he values rivalries in F1, after his big beef with four-time world

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25:56

Weekend Edition

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2025/02/14

This week on The Sports Agents...Can the Six Nations learn from the star-studded Super Bowl? We chat to ex-England rugby union player Ugo Monye (03:30). Could rugby league help the Premier League get VAR right? That's with Phil Bentham, Head of Match Officials at the RFL and former PGMOL VAR coach (10:45).Joe McEwan tells us about suffering a sudden cardiac arrest when playing lacrosse. At just 22 his heart stopped for 4 minutes but he survived and now he's raising money by walking the length of New

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50:29

Will Premier League football ever get VAR right?

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2025/02/13

After a fiery final Goodison derby where refereeing was in the spotlight once again and as the Super League season begins, Gabby and Kelly are joined by Phil Bentham, Head of Match Officials at the Rugby Football League and former Premier League VAR coach. Will the new Captain's Challenge help rugby league and should football try it? And what else can VAR in football learn from other sports? (07:47)Plus we chat to Joe McEwan who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while playing lacrosse. The

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44:25

Super Bowl lessons for Six Nations & will Liverpool...

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2025/02/10

After a Super Bowl where Taylor Swift being booed and Kendrick Lamar's half-time show were spoken about more than the Eagles stopping the Chiefs, Kelly Cates joins Gabby to chat about what lessons other sports, like rugby's Six Nations, can draw from this entertainment factor. We talk about all that, and have a Six Nations debrief after a dramatic weekend, with ex-England rugby player, Ugo Monye (12.00).And we react to Liverpool's shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Plymouth Argyle (01.30). Executive

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45:01

Celebration police & the Taylor Swift Super Bowl...

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2025/02/06

Gabby's Newcastle are on their way to Wembley but could Premier League players soon be punished for their goal celebrations? Gabby and Mark react to all the League Cup drama... (05:45)It's Super Bowl time, so we talk about the Chiefs' "three-peat" attempt, Taylor Swift-related conspiracies and more with NFL pundit and former Super Bowl Champion Jason Bell (08:55).And how important are player social media accounts to driving the growth of women's sport? We chat to former West Ham and now Birmingham

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49:36

How Doncic outdid deadline day & Lewis-Skelly's mum's...

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2025/02/04

Imagine getting a call from an agent about your 12-year-old son, would you know what to do? The mum of Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly - Marcia Lewis - joins Gabby and Mark to share her journey from not even knowing what the Premier League was, to getting a Masters in football business and setting up the No1Fan.club to help other parents of academy kids (08:30).And the transfer that was so shocking everyone thought it was fake. One of the NBA's top players, Luka Doncic, has been traded to LeBron James'

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48:46

Why tennis needs Sinner to be a saint & Six Nations'...

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2025/01/30

Gabby and Mark are joined by former British number one tennis players, Tim Henman and Laura Robson to discuss whether Murray could become Raducanu's new coach after success with Djokovic? ... And more serious questions like, what do they make of the positive doping tests tarnishing tennis' image? (07:30)As the Six Nations kicks off this weekend we catch up with ex-England prop, David Flatman. Join us as we wax lyrical about Antoine Dupont and the new England captain, Maro Itoje. This could also be

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55:29

How Guardiola's Man City lost their superpower

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2025/01/28

It's not very Manchester City or Pep Guardiola to be one game away from crashing out of the Champions League in the league phase, and yet they face a must-win game on Wednesday to avoid their earliest exit for 12 years.So Gabby and Mark caught up with former Man City player, Nedum Onuoha, and Pep Guardiola's biographer, Guillem Balague. What's the feeling inside City now about what's going wrong? Was the entire winning-machine held together by Rodri’s hamstring? And can Guardiola magic his way out

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42:03

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Mo Farah on childhood, running with...

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2025/01/23

Mo Farah joins Gabby and Mark on The Sports Agents today. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and national treasure who lit up London 2012, talks to us about everything from running with Arsene Wenger, to what he learnt from his traumatic childhood, and his reaction to Gabby calling him Mo Salah on air. How a prodigious talent 'flipped the switch' to win multiple golds and if he would he swap any of his medals to play in the Premier League?Plus, as a video of Emily Maitlis doing a cartwheel on The

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18:58

BONUS: Forest captain Yates on Champions League...

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2025/01/22

Ryan Yates, captain of this season's Premier League 'surprise package' - Nottingham Forest - joins Gabby and Mark for a bonus exclusive interview. What's behind their dramatic rise from one place off relegation last season, to joint-second in the table? He tells us about what he learnt from Roy Keane, how success is changing the city, the power of having an owner and manager with relentless drive, and, of course... latte art. Executive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducer: Sophie PenneyVideo

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55:25

The Ryder Cup pay row & is F1 ready for a female driver?

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2025/01/21

Olympic silver medallist and two-time Ryder Cup winner, Tommy Fleetwood, joins Gabby and Mark.Tommy takes us behind the scenes in the Team GB Olympic WhatsApp group, shares his thoughts on whether Team Europe should be paid at the Ryder Cup, and tells us about the joys of being a long-suffering Everton fan.Plus we chat to one of the world’s most-decorated female racing drivers, Jamie Chadwick, about sports where men and women can compete together at the highest level.She tells us about neck training

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46:09

How do you keep a secret like MotD? & meet the heir...

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2025/01/16

After the big Match of the Day announcement Kelly Cates and Mark share how hard it's been to keep the secret, and Gabby (who's having a week off) sends us her reaction. And in the other big announcement of the week Tyson Fury retired from boxing. Is it for real this time? And if so, who will fill the gap at the top? It could well be our guest, Moses Itauma, the man leading the next generation of heavyweight boxers. Promoter Francis Warren says he's headed for a world title this year. Plus, she's in

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45:25

Is there a £100K glass ceiling for young English...

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2025/01/14

What's it like to be overlooked time and again for the top job, beaten by the same names or the young superstars? How expensive is it to get all your coaching badges? And are the English FA doing enough to help coaches get a foot in the door? Championship manager Lee Johnson tells us about that struggle after David Moyes and Graham Potter were re-appointed as Premier League managers. And we chat to WWE's first ever Women's U.S. Champion, Chelsea Green, about what it's like being a woman in WWE now,

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49:04

Should England boycott Afghanistan & did Tiger's...

The Sports Agents ·

2025/01/09

Lasers and lava fields don't traditionally scream golf but that's exactly what they've got in the TGL - Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's $100m science experiment to bring golf to Gen Z. What's going on and will it work? We speak to The Athletic's Golf Reporter Gabby Herzig. And golf's not the only one innovating. Double-Ashes winner Steve Harmison tells us why he's against a new two-tier system in cricket (*cough* Superleague *cough*). And he shares strong views on whether England should boycott their

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49:54

Sympathy for Trent & how Forest gatecrashed the Top 4

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2025/01/07

We've just passed the halfway mark in the Premier League season, so it's a great time for Gabby and Mark to catch up with Jamie Redknapp, the former England, Liverpool and Tottenham player. (6:26)Is the uproar around Trent Alexander-Arnold and Real Madrid fair? How many times can Ange Postecoglou say, "if all things were equal"? And how early do clubs, managers and players start talking to each other about potential moves? And what about the surprise package of the season - Nottingham Forest? One

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