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Anything but Footy

Anything but Footy

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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21:52

#85 Paris 2024 Police Raid & European Games

Anything but Footy ·

2023/06/20

It's Games time - again! The European Games is getting underway in Poland - their biggest ever sporting event with 6000 athletes from 50 countries including 170 odd Team GB athletes hoping to use Poland as a platform for Paris 2024. We talk to Chef de Mission in Krakow Paul Ford. But we start with the startling raid on the HQ of Paris 2024 this week - and hear from the IOC's Christophe Dubi. And Michael's on his home turf as Geraint Thomas and the British Cycling Road stars come to Redcar - we

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36:27

#84 GB Boxing prepares for European Games with sport...

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2023/06/18

The European Games, the mini Olympics on the continent, are now just days away. Team GB is sending 177 athletes, we've talked about and heard from many over the past few weeks. In this episode of the podcast we hear from two who have really different stories to tell - boxers Charley Davidson and Delicious Ore. They are forthcoming, honest, determined and concerned about the Olympic future of their sport. Things need to be sorted soon. As they do at GB Basketball - we discuss the dire predictions

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40:11

#83 European Games Team GB's Rugby 7 stars

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2023/06/12

It's been another one of those brilliant sporting weeks - history in Paris for Novak Djokovic and an earthquake in golf with the PGA tour doing a deal with the Saudis. Andy Murray's back winning again, British records being set on the athletics track in Paris... and why Paris is the focus in Poland at the European Games for Team GB Rugby 7s stars Lisa Thomson and Alex Davis... The pair join us to discuss all this Krakow 2023 - ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024 - which as we also

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36:49

#82 European Games special with Charlotte Worthington

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2023/06/05

Charlotte Worthington is a superstar, a British Olympic champion, the first ever gold medalist in BMX freestyle, and nailed a full 360 degree jump during her triumph in Tokyo. But she's also told us she's struggled with her enjoyment of the sport since returning to action, and talks about Adam Peaty being an inspiration for speaking out about mental health challenges. But Worthington is now one of 177 Team GB athletes confirmed for the third European Games in Poland from June 21 to July 2. There's

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36:16

#81 Sportsmanship - real or the ideal?

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2023/05/29

In this episode we discuss, through various Olympic and Paralympic sports, whether sportsmanship is real or just an ideal? And with the footy season over, it's our favourite time of the year! We round up Cycling, Rowing, Tennis, Taekwondo, Judo, Canoe Sprint, Triathlon, Hockey, Athletics, Diving, Skateboard - just you're average summer weekend of sport 😉 And Michael and John discuss some amazing destinations we'd like to attend in our 'bucket list' of sport! All ahead of the Summer Games of Paris

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19:41

The BEAA Podcast 100 days

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2023/05/21

The BEAA Podcast - 100 days is the voice of Great Britain's elite athletes and in this episode you'll hear from new chair of the British Elite Athletes Association Dominic Mahony. He talks about his and the organisation's aim of providing more of a community, an elite athletes’ village in effect, as well as expert, independent guidance to all on sport's world class programme. We also hear about the support the BEAA can give ahead of Paris 2024 and beyond. This is a special edition of the podcast,

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17:48

Sitting Volleyball unique, fun & inclusive

Anything but Footy ·

2023/05/15

The UK’s first international Sitting Volleyball event since London 2012 is taking place - and not only is there a chance to see the world's best players in action, you could have a go yourself! The ParaVolley Silver Nations League in Nottingham from 19-21 May 2023 - with British Volleyball stars in action as they target qualification for the Paralympics in Paris in 2024. In this special episode of Anything but Footy we profile the GB men and women competing in this exciting and unique sport, that

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37:13

Focusing on the future with Sported

Anything but Footy ·

2023/05/11

In the past year, all of us have been affected by rising food, energy and living costs, sports clubs and organisations too. These clubs provide vital physical and mental wellbeing to hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK every week. And in this special episode of Anything but Footy, with SPORTED, the grassroots sport charity we hear about the findings of it's latest 'Ring Sported Community Pulse' survey, the damage that's been done, any possible long term impact and how we could all

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27:39

#80 The most famous Belgian ever?

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2023/05/02

It's not an Olympic sport but it's not Footy either! Michael loves a 17 day sporting event and has spent most of the past fortnight or so in Sheffield covering the World Snooker Championships. A boyhood dream recognised, and a history making tournament with Belgium's Luca Brecel winning the title and re-writing the history books. But is he the most famous Belgian since the story books of Hercule Poirot? In our News from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we also talk Para Tennis, Taekwondo,

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29:49

#79 The greatest London Marathon ever!

Anything but Footy ·

2023/04/23

From Marcel Hug's dominance to Sifan Hassan's comeback, the second fastest ever Marathon and the last 26.2 miles ever from Mo Farah. Despite the drizzle, this 2023 TCS London Marathon shone through with highlight, record, highlight and record! John and Michael are at the finish line in the Mall rounding up all the results - and hear from the all the elite winners - including David Weir, Sam Harrison and Emile Cairess the first Brits home! And as Mo confirm's his last race will be in September we ask

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34:17

#78 Jessica Gadirova the Great British gymnast

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2023/04/20

A treat this week - not one but two episodes of Anything but Footy! A bit like our special guests Jessica Gadirova - the 18 year old European Gymnastic champion with not one, not two but three gold medals in Turkey last week! She joins us in her 'free period' at school while John & Michael reveal what they used to do in theirs! We round up a table topping performance from the Brits in Turkey - plus latest Swimming, Judo, Athletics, Canoeing, Modern Pentathlon, Boxing, Cycling and we even talk

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42:39

#77 London Marathon 2023 Special

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2023/04/18

This is Anything but Footy and a London Marathon 2023 special! We hear from the Event Director Hugh Brasher as the historic fundraising and world class race returns to its rightful home in April. We've anything you need to know if you're running it, supporting someone, or watching it on TV! 09:20 Elite Wheelchair start 09:30 Elite Women start 10:00 Elite Men start and Mass start It's an early start on Sunday - good luck to the thousands of runners! As it's Anything but Footy, we also have an

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29:03

#76 The 'masters' of their craft!

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2023/04/10

It was an Easter treat of a weekend for sporting fans and 12 months on from their silver success in Beijing Winter Olympics, a gold medal to treasure for the men's Scottish Curling team! Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan are now World Curling Champions after an outstanding win in Ottawa - rounding off quite the Winter Sport season for Team GB! Michael brings you a full round up... In slightly warmer climbs (!!), well Ponds Forge in Sheffield, some great stories of success

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35:29

#75 Still no decision on Russia & Belarus at Paris 2024

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2023/03/31

Everyone wants the war to end says Thomas Bach the International Olympic Committee President, as the IOC decides to wait to see what happens with international sport before deciding whether Russia and Belarus athletes can compete at Paris 2024 and Milano Cortino 2026. They would have to be neutral athletes, no teams, and no affiliation or support for Putin or the army. So what are the Olympic waiting for? To see whether like tennis, this stance can work in sport across the world during this

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39:22

#74 The great debate continues on Russia and the...

Anything but Footy ·

2023/03/23

The great debate on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus could compete at next year's Paris Olympics continues, with the International Olympic Committee committing to a 'pathway' to include them as neutral competitors. It's happening in tennis, and likely to at Wimbledon this year too. But does that really work? Katherine Grainger told us recently she's unsure. And where does that leave Ukrainian athletes? Michael and John are back together for the latest episode of Anything but Footy - the

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29:46

#54 Great British Bosses - Ewan Hunter & Julia Stenhouse

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2023/03/16

Anything but Footy runs a series called Great British Bosses where we interview men and women involved in the running of sport in this country. It's the behind the scenes conversation of British Sport. We have had Chairs, CEOs, MDs, PDs, Head Coaches and this season guests have included Katherine Grainger (UK Sport), Greg Baker (Boccia UK), Helen Nicholls (British Equestrian) and Paul Buxton (GB Taekwondo). In this last episode of the current season, we discuss one of the biggest Olympic sports that

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36:39

#53 Great British Bosses - Trudy Lindblade

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2023/03/13

Bigger than the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014! For the first time ever the World Cycling Championships are all coming together in one place, at one time, and showing off the beauty of the bike! Trudy Lindblade is the chief executive of the 2023 World Cycling Championships, in Glasgow and across Scotland from 3-13 August this summer. She tells us the multi cycling event is in affect 13 World Championships all at once, and it'll be held every 4 years in different countries and cities, why she

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30:58

#52 Great British Bosses - Steve Bucknall

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2023/03/06

This is Great British Bosses - the behind the scenes conversation of British sport - and a real frank discussion in this episode about how this country's second most played sport among the young, gets hardly any professional attention and support. It's something Steve Bucknall, the Head of Talent & Performance at Basketball England, has always wanted to change, and after guiding Team England to gold and silver success at last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 3x3, and further changes behind

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34:35

#51 Great British Bosses - Helen Nicholls

Anything but Footy ·

2023/02/27

Season 4 of Great British Bosses - the behind the scenes conversation of British sport - continues from Anything but Footy! With more than 20 years of experience in elite sport, Helen Nicholls is the relatively new Performance Director at British Equestrian. The former British windsurfer, joined the organisation in charge of taking Team GB and Paralympic GB riders and horses to Paris in 2024 a year ago, following several years as PD at the Boccia UK. She may have been a former rider herself when

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40:24

#50 Great British Bosses - Katherine Grainger

Anything but Footy ·

2023/02/13

A very special episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast. For our 50th edition we're delighted to be joined by Dame Katherine Grainger - Chair of UK Sport – the organisation that is responsible for the high performance sports system in Great Britain and Northern Ireland (you'll have heard a lot about them over the previous 49 episodes!) In this episode, we talk about Katherine's role, the new UK sport strategy, London 2012, Paris 2024, athlete

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