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Competing over 4 days on the track and 3 days on the road, this is the British Cycling Team for the Paris Paralympics. 23 athletes - 17 riders and 6 pilots - will be representing Paralympics GB this summer in the first ever Paralympic Games in the French capital. Aged between 20 and 47, this team has 59 Paralympics appearances between them, including Paris. Find out much more and keep unto date with their stories at www.britishcycling.org.uk This is special episode of the podcast with British Cycling 📸 SWPix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don't often do more than half an hour, never more than an hour, so here's a BUMPER edition of the podcast talking all things Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics! We look at our medal predictions, and review every sport and see who's happy or sad? With the Paralympics just a week away, this is the right time to put Paris 2024 Olympics to bed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special episode with Paddle UK, we spend a day at the Lee Valley White Water Centre with the Team GB canoe slalom athletes, with a month to go before the Games. Adam Burgess confirms he’s now competing in two events in Paris - adding Kayak Cross to his schedule. And Performance director Mark Ratcliffe talks us through each of the athletes strengths ahead of the summer.  We also hear from Joe Clarke, Mallory Franklin and Kimberley Woods on their goals for the Games! We hear about the million reasons why legacy has worked from London 2012. And you can find out much more info on all things canoeing at paddleuk.org.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do you call a group of Olympic & Paralympic podcasters? A gaggle? A school? Mascots? What about 'Keep the Anything but Footy Flame Alive'? We're delighted to team up with fellow fans of the Olympics and Paralympics Jill Jaracz and Alison Brown, who do what we do and discuss all things Olympic movement type things, but from across the Atlantic. In this episode, as well as finding out about our love of the Games, get the low-down on LA '28, talk legacy, athlete retirement, future Games and Alison's love of the Commonwealths (well Canadians!). Download, listen and follow for many more and check out Anything but Footy and Keep The Flame Alive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So much other sport going on at the moment, but you won't have seen or heard much about it due to the total domination of the Football World Cup. It's not even the biggest sporting event in the world for goodness sake - that's the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics according to latest polling. But could Qatar be a future destination of the Olympic rings? In our 'News from the Games' we also round up some of the other headlines you may have missed - from the Summer Games triathlon, swimming, athletics, judo and table tennis. And the winter sport season's underway so we discuss curling, snowboard, bobsleigh and skeleton! This is Anything but the Footy World Cup - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The World Gymnastics Championships, the European Breaking champs, the Rugby League World Cup... Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesborough, Leeds, London... Some of the world class sporting events being put on in UK cities in recent weeks... Forget that Qatar thing for a second, and get into Anything but Footy as we talk gymnastics, rugby league, judo, swimming, Para-cycling, wheelchair tennis. Boxing and Breaking and with purse strings being tightened across the planet wonder what next for the Winter Olympics? This is Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic Podcast - get in touch anytime - @anythingbutf on twitter or @anthingbutfooty on insta & FB Website www.anythingbutfooty.com Email anythingbutfooty@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special edition of Great British bosses to end the latest season of episodes - with the man delivering something in the UK that's never been done before in the world - the first ever men's, women's and wheelchair Rugby League World Cup! The trio of tournaments starting this Saturday October 15th in Newcastle, is being hosted across England - from Bolton to York, Leeds to London. It's been 7 years in the planning and you may have noticed the Rugby League World Cup 2021 is also a year late... Jon Dutton is CEO with 27 years of experience in the sports industry - and he talks to John and Michael about the trials and tribulations to put on this ground breaking competition.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bye bye Boxing? Hello again Russia? Max is back as are the Brits in Rowing and Cycling! And who's the real King or Queen of Scottish athletics? A summary of the 30 minute podcast in a couple of sentences, and John and Michael reunite to discuss the latest comings and goings in Olympic land! We've more on how the no change to Boxing's governing body probably means the end of the historic sport in the Olympics after Paris. The IOC is said to be 'manoeuvring' into a position for Russian athletes to compete there, while Max Whitlock talks mental health and returning to gymnastics ahead of 2024. We round up the rest of the news from the Games - World Gymnastics Champs in Liverpool, Rowing, Canoeing, BMX, Road Cycling, Basketball, Baseball, Taekwondo and who should be crowned Scottish Athlete of the Year! This is Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast! Check out our new website www.anythingbutfooty.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If we were writing a headline we'd say Mike Sharrock swaps BP for the BPA! The chief executive of the British Paralympic Association spent 30 years in international business with the oil giant, but since January 2019 he's been in charge of the BPA. Working on partnerships with London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 seemed to ignite his sporting flame and with all the challenges he, the Para athletes and the organisation have faced in the last few years, he certainly needed it! This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the podcast speaking to the men and women behind British sport. Download and follow for many more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Channel 4 Sport is a force to be reckoned with after a series of high profile rights acquisitions. They recently started broadcasting England Men's football internationals to add to a portfolio which includes Rugby League, Formula 1 and the Paralympics. Kate Clayton is the Sports Partnership Lead at the channel and is also on the Board at GB Wheelchair Rugby. . She also spent four years as publicist to infamous Paralympian Oscar Pistorius. We find out about that role and how Channel 4 Sport is looking to continue to grow in this latest episode of season 3 of Great British Bosses - a podcast from Anything but Footy. Listen & follow and much more to come! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tokyo 2020 wasn't the Olympics British Rowing was used to. The Paralympic team once again did the business on the water. So the person who was in charge of that successful Para squad is now in overall charge of performance. Louise Kingsley is a former coach and PE teacher and was appointed at the end of 2021. So how's it going? We find out in this latest episode of season 3 of Great British Bosses - a podcast from Anything but Footy. Listen & follow and much more to come! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 3 of Great British Bosses - the podcast from Anything but Footy - returns with some big names behind the scenes of sport in the UK. Listen & follow so you don't miss out! In this episode, we speak to the man who openly admits he got it wrong at times at British Swimming when in charge of the Para team. But after an earlier stint at British Cycling, Chris Furber's now in charge of both the Olympic and Paralympic Canoe sprint squads at British Canoeing - based in Nottingham - a place he knows well! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Winter Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships & Commonwealth Games has the European Championships in Munich been too much? It sounds like a daft question from an Anything but Footy podcast, but as we recover from the pandemic have we been too tough on our athletes, expecting too much with 3 major championships for some in 5 weeks? We round up the mixed bag of results in the Olympic Stadium in Munich - Dina, Daryll, Hudson-Smith and the machine that is McColgan! There's also the stunning swimming and diving results in Rome, British rowing's back into its stride in Germany, as are our gymnasts... In other footy news there's cycling, triathlon, curling, canoeing, hockey and the London Marathon - and what next for Birmingham now the buzz of the Commonwealth Games is fading? And get in touch anytime - @anythingbutf on twitter or message us on insta & Facebook or check out the new website www.anythingbutfooty.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another big announcement and another big squad for Team GB! 32 men and women GB Hockey players have been confirmed for the Paris 2024 Olympics - they both push back against Spain on the opening weekend of the Games in July! Hear from Tess Howard and Phil Roper on their hopes and medal dreams. Two time gold medalist Sir Andy Murray's going to his 5th Olympics but Emma Raducanu is sitting this one out! Plus there's archery, rowing, and para taekwondo in our News from the Games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

That's it - what a games! Birmingham 2022 we salute you! Australia may have come out on top, but Team England the the country's second city has done the us proud and massive moments to celebrate to for Team Scotland and the island of Guernsey too! In this round up episode we have gold, silver and bronze medalists - England women's hockey, Keely Hodgkinson, Jake Wightman, Jack Laugher, Matty Lee and Noah Williams, Shanice Beckford-Norton and we talk the future of sports like swimming and basketball and why they can make a difference to the whole of the UK! Thank you Birmingham, thank Commonwealths - that's #Brumstheword from Anything but Footy - but we'll be back soon as yet another footy season has kicked off this weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back by popular demand! This is Brum's the word from Anything but Footy - the podcast reviewing the latest action and news from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. 4 more female stars that are showing the Commonwealth what they're made of - golden delight for Eilish McColgan and Katerina Johnson-Thompson in the athletics at the Alexander Stadium. And we also hear from Grace Harvey and Amy Platten - two Team England medalists - and two friends from Hertfordshire! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the word from Anything but Footy - the podcast reviewing the latest action and news from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Olivia Breen of Wales caused the shock of the night in the opening final of the first evening session of athletics in the new Alexander Stadium, as in the final race Hannah Cockroft achieved again what she, and the rest of us were anticipating - a Commonwealth gold! Adam Peaty showed what a true champion he is in and out of the swimming pool as he won gold in the 50m Breaststroke. We also have the two Team England superstars from the gym, review the thrills and spills in the Velodrome and hear from a new Commonwealth record holder! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the word from Anything but Footy - the podcast reviewing the first few days of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. We talk Triathlon, Swimming, Gymnastics, Weightlifting and the Opening Ceremony - remember that? There's also 'the Bull' and 3x3 Basketball! If you've been supporting the Lionesses for the past few weeks don't worry - there's a week of sporting action to come in the Commonwealth Games - we'll bring you the Team England highlights so far! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With more women winning medals than men for the first time ever in a multi sports event - what a way to finish our preview podcasts! We hear from 3 giants of female British sport - the greatest Olympian Dame Laura Kenny on her 'home' Velodrome in London - groundbreaking weightlifter Emily Campbell who's carrying the England flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games later. And Olympic, Commonwealth and World champion Christine Ohuruogu on her now coaching career and the work's she doing with Matthew Hudson-Smith! As the show's about to start - settle down to 'Brums the word with Kukri Sports' - a podcast from Anything but Footy. And while listening, also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! Thanks for listening and to our friends at Kukri, Team England & Birmingham 2022 - have a great Games! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One more day to go and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be on! Welcome to Brums the word with Kukri Sports - a podcast from Anything but Footy. English cricket and basketball may not on the surface have much in common, but they're both new sports to the Games this week. The women's T20 sees eight teams vying for a place in the final at Edgbaston - while the street style 3x3 basketball sees men, women and wheelchair medals up for grabs in the city centre of Smithfield. We speak to England skipper Heather Knight and new bowler Issy Wong along with London Lions star Shanice Beckford-Norton on all things Brum! There's also athletics, judo and the Queen's baton relay in our News from the Games - plus a tip from John if you've got tickets for the Games! And you can also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price just for listening to this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're literally counting the hours now aren't we? Birmingham 2022 is here and if you've been with us throughout our 10 week countdown - thanks for listening to Anything but Footy's Brum's the word with Kukri Sports - the only podcast building up to the Games! If you're just joining - lots to go back and listen too! In this episode, a focus on fighting - Boxing and Judo! We meet the Richardson's of Team England & GB Boxing - Gemma & Lewis - they're not related! And Lucy Renshall won't tell you but she's only the current world number one in Judo! There's the rest of the 'News from the Games' - athletics, squash, netball - and who's hungry like the wolf for the Opening Ceremony? And while listening, also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealth Games - and there's more tomorrow! See you then! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games week is here and we're doing daily pods to get you ready! This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England. In the first of the week, we dive into another aquatics Team England special with Olympic champion Matty Lee, three time Olympic medalist Jack Laugher and rising (not good in diving!) Team GB star Eden Cheng! There's also Cricket, Netball, Athletics, Judo and basketball in our News from the Games! And You can also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price just for listening to this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special episode of the podcast focusing on F1 on water - SailGP - and particularly the Great British Sail Grand Prix in Plymouth at the end of this month. We're into season 3 of the most competitive races on water, with Sir Ben Ainslie and his GB crew lying third in the league and looking for the benefit of home support in his home port! (Ben grew up across the border in Cornwall!) Double Olympic champion and the most decorated female Olympic sailor, Hannah Mills OBE, is also part of the crew alongside her role as Global Purpose Ambassador - the mum-to-be joins us to talk all things Tokyo, teamwork, the battle against climate change and what next for her and Sail GP. But this sport is more than just racing, so we also hear more about it's big plans and big ambitions! On the 30th and 31st July, the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix will return to Plymouth for the second year in a row and you can buy your tickets at the website www.sailgp.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Birmingham 2022 is next week! Thanks for listening to Anything but Footy's Brum's the word with Kukri Sports is the only podcast building up to the Games! In this episode, a cycling special from Team England with 35 names led by the greatest British female Olympian of all time Dame Laura Kenny - but who's only won one Commonwealth medal! We'll hear from her team-mates Abi Smith (otherwise known as a fan-girl!), Joe Truman and Georgia Holt who's piloting for Sophie Unwin at the Games. There's the rest of the 'News from the Games' - basketball, hockey, triathlon and find out what's literally coming home this summer! And while listening, also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealth Games - and we've even more in store next week!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Max Whitlock, Bryony Page and Becky Downie...Abi Martin, Harry Hepworth and Ruby Evans... Some older and newer names for Team GB from British Gymnastics... Spare a thought for World and European medalists James Hall and Courtney Tulloch who missed out too. We hear from two of the 42 GB rowers recently named, one returning to the Olympics and one newbie making her debut. And with the cold and freezing summer so far, we talk Winter Olympics plus breaking news about Esports! This is Anything but Footy - the Olympic and Paralympic podcast1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The BAC Podcast - The Whyte Review looks into the revelation of years of abuse and mistreatment of gymnasts in the UK. It explains the role the British Athletes Commission played and reveals what is happening now. The BAC is the voice of Great Britain's elite athletes and in this episode you'll also hear from chair Vicki Aggar and new CEO Anna Watkins on what the Review should mean for British sport as a whole. This is a special edition of the podcast, produced by Anything but Footy, for the British Athletes Commission. For more information, check out britishathletes.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England. We're counting down to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this month and as the best athlete's also gather in Eugene for the World Championships this week, we've an athletics special! It's Dina v Daryll in the women's sprints, Team England v Team Scotland in the middle distances, and hopefully a golden goodbye from the fastest walker in the world Tom Bosworth! We also talk long jump with Team England's Lorraine Ugen, Nathaniel Mitchell-Blake on putting the Tokyo relay nightmare behind him and multiple Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft on her first Commonwealth Games - I know seriously! There's also Hockey, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Rugby Sevens and more in our News from the Games! You can also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price just for listening to this podcast. And standby, it's two weeks to the Games - listen and follow for more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Commonwealth Games month! Birmingham 2022 is now just days away and Anything but Footy's Brum's the word with Kukri Sports is the only podcast building up to the Games every week! In this episode, a Triathlon and Para-Tri special as Team England confirm their 10 athletes and 4 guides for the mens and women's individual, mixed team relay and visually impaired races in Sutton Coldfield on the first weekend of Birmingham 2022. We've Olympic champion and silver medalist Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sophie Coldwell - who recently booked the first British spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the mixed relay. Dave Ellis and Luke Pollard, along with Melissa Reid, tell us why they're hoping to put behind them disappointing Paralympics in a home Commonwealths. There's the rest of the 'News from the Games' - athletics, swimming, cycling, diving, beach volleyball and even the Games' voice of the venues! So while you're listening, also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealth Games - see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to a special edition of Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and it's one month to go before Birmingham 2022! In this episode, we're at a special VIP event in the heart of Birmingham as Kukri unveil their new specifically designed kit for Team England. Around 440 athletes to be competing at their Home Commonwealth Games from Thursday July 28th for 12 days. We hear from the man in charge of those athletes Mark England, some of them who've been working with designers on the kit, and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Kelly Sotherton who tells us Birmingham doesn't know what's coming this summer!! And you can look the part too just for listening to this podcast - there's an exclusive discount code 'ABF 2022' to get 10% off any of the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com So download, get a discount and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealths! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England. We're counting down to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this summer and the anticipation is high for the defence of the Netball gold medal - spectacularly won for the first time in 2018 by Team England in Australia, beating the world's best, in their own backyard! Now Birmingham plays host and in this episode of Brum's the word, we're joined by new Head Coach Jess Thirlby and Superleague player of the season - and Avengers wanna-be - Layla Guscoth!! Also, in our 'News from the Games' we talk Athletics, Swimming, Diving, Judo, Hockey, Cycling, Gymnastics and we talk table tennis with a trio of Team England stars Jack Hunter Spivey, Charlotte Bardsley and world number 14 Liam Pitchford! You can also explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price just for listening to this podcast. And standby, it's a month to go to the Games - so we've an extra special episode building up to Birmingham 2022 dropping this week - stay tuned! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anything but Footy's Brum's the word with Kukri Sports is the only podcast counting down to the Commonwealths this summer every week! In this episode, we focus on three sports that have been major medal winners during the history of the Games - swimming, hockey and cycling! Three GB Olympic champions, Tom Dean, Freya Anderson and James Guy tell us they're well up for Birmingham, as they compete in the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this week! Lily Owsley has won Olympic gold and bronze, and is now ready for her first Commonwealths in 8 years with Team England's Women's Hockey squad! And why are hosts John and Michael some 120 miles away from Birmingham but at a 2022 Commonwealth Games venue? There's the rest of the 'News from the Games' and while you're listening, you can look the part too by exploring the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we build up to Birmingham 2022 - see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to another edition of Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and counting down to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this summer. In this episode, we're beach ready! With a bumper Beach Volleyball edition, as we hear from Team England's mens and women's teams - Jess Grimson & Daisy Mumby and the Bello brothers of Javier & Joaquin. Both teams face the respective bronze medalists from 4 years ago in their groups and both pairs are looking for a place on the podium, in front of a home crowd at a specially built facility in Smithfield, the heart of Birmingham City Centre. Also, in our 'News from the Games' find out about an English world number one in Judo, a European champion in Weightlifting and some of the other Home Nations athletes selected to compete against Team England! Don't forget you can explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and just for listening to this podcast, if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price! You'll also look the part! And don't forget to tell a friend, we're the only podcast building up to Birmingham 2022 every week - download and follow 'Anything but Footy' - see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Commonwealth Games is the fourth largest sporting event on the planet, and as well as bringing the best sports stars together from across the world, it's a wide sporting spectrum too, as it also stages top class Para events throughout the 12 days. This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and counting down to the Commonwealths! In this episode, as Team England announce their biggest ever number of competitors in Weightlifting and Powerlifting, we hear from Louise Sugden, the 2018 Commonwealth silver medalist and Tokyo Paralympic bronze medalist. She tells us how the extra exposure of Para sport helps all athletes, 'it's exciting, it is interesting and we work damn hard!' Listen up for the full squad announcement! And while you're listening, you can look the part too by exploring the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com. If you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10%! PLUS with 50 days to go until the Opening Ceremony, rehearsals are underway and we talk Diving, Hockey, Triathlon, Athletics and Rugby 7s. Listen and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we build up to Birmingham 2022 - see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the word, a podcast from Anything but Footy, brought to you with Kukri Sports, the official kit provider for Team England, and building up to Birmingham 2022. In this episode, we catch up with Sarah-Jane Perry, a Commonwealth Games silver medalist from 2018 and former Squash world number 5. She was born and bred in Birmingham, still lives there, and is now ready to compete for her country in her home City. And she tells us the best places to eat and hopefully celebrate in the City too! Also, in our 'News from the Games' find out about the first gold given out, before the Games even begin! Don't forget you can explore the full range of official Team England merchandise at kukrisports.com and just for listening to this podcast, if you use the code 'ABF2022' you'll save 10% on the price! You'll also look the part! Download and follow 'Anything but Footy' as we countdown to the Commonwealths - see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To quote the Bryan Adams famous song 'Summer of '69' 'those were the best days of my life'...and episode 69 of Anything but Footy and the summer to come of 2022 could be just as rockin'! We've a bumper Birmingham edition of the podcast - as Diamond League crowds returned to the second city and the new and improved venue for the Commonwealth Games this July/August! Dina Asher Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir all won and spoke to Michael afterwards - local 400m man Matthew Hudson Smith set a marker for the outdoor season too - we catch up with another GB superstar Katerina Johnson Thompson and Robbie Grabarz who ten years on finally gets an Olympic silver medal! We round up the groundbreaking European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester and hear from 2 British canoe slalom Olympic stars - Mallory Franklin and Joe Clarke - ahead of their Euros too - plus a new world for British Boxing - the chair and CEO talk to us. PLUS Tennis, Wimbledon, Russia, Ukraine, Hockey, Netball, Cycling, Rowing and have we mentioned its 9 weeks til Birmingham 2022 ??! Get in touch anytime - @anythingbutf on twitter or message us on insta & Facebook or check out the website www.anythingbutfooty.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're enroute to Paris 2024 but a detour via London & Rome! Molly Caudery joins us as well as Lizzie Bird and Romell Glave after some brilliant British performances at the European Athletics Championships at Roma 2024. John's been at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre for a preview of the Paris 2024 Great British Hockey teams - as they've been in FIH Pro League action. There's our usual News from the Games and then both Team GB and Paralympics GB name their badminton teams! We've the full details as we prepare for Paris 2024! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coaching helps a person change and guides them in the direction they want to go. British Triathlon coaching courses have been developed to ensure Great Britain remains a leading nation in the sport at all levels, from local clubs to the Olympics and Paralympics. In this special edition of the podcast, produced for British Triathlon, we hear from Olympic champion Georgia Taylor-Brown and former national champion now Paratriathlon pathway coach Mark Buckingham. We want to find out what makes a successful coach and what opportunities are available for everyone, from an elite athlete, an experienced racer wanting to give something back, to parents supporting their child. British Triathlon courses and qualifications are open for anyone who wants to get involved in supporting others to swim, bike, run. For more information check out www.britishtriathlon.org/coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 3 of Great British Bosses, the podcast from Anything but Footy speaking to the men and women behind the scenes of sport in the UK, continues with a pair of special Paralympic and Olympic guests. As well as rowing for Paralympics GB, Benjamin Pritchard sits on the board for Welsh Rowing, which along with British Rowing, is behind the staging of the World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals this year in Wales. Jack Beaumont is a rare Team GB rower who won a medal at the delayed Tokyo 2020. We catch up with them both ahead of the events in Saundersfoot over two weekends in October - and Benjamin praises the greatest PR1 Para rower Ukrainian Roman Polianskyi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Great British Bosses - the podcast from Anything but Footy speaking to the men and women behind the scenes of British sport. In this episode, we hear from Ed Clancy and Graham Briggs - a three time Olympic cycling champion and a former British professional road racing cyclist - on their cycling academy for children, based in Doncaster, and their big ambitions... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Brum's the Word - a podcast from Anything but Footy - focusing on the sports and stars competing at this summer's home Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Host nation Team England are likely to have around 400+ able-bodied and Para athletes competing in the red and white this July and August. 10 of them will be trying to win medals in badminton - across singles, doubles, mixed doubles and the mixed team event. Marcus Ellis is one of the most successful competitors of recent years, having bagged an Olympic medal in Rio, and his partner on and off the court Lauren Smith has 5 Commonwealth medals to her name heading into her home games... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

100 days too go and we continue to count down to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games with British Triathlete, competing for Team England this summer, Sophie Coldwell. The 27 year old from Nottingham is ready to compete in her home Games - her second Commonwealths - after claiming two podium finishes last summer in the World Triathlon Series...in Leeds and Abu Dhabi. She'll be joined in the Team England triathlon squad by mixed relay Olympic champions George Taylor-Brown, Jonny Brownlee and Alex Yee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 3 of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, continues to look behind the scenes at sport in the UK. Matt Gentry is the agent of Sir Andy Murray and co-founder with the 2 time Wimbledon and Olympic champion, of 77 Sports Management, a marketing company that actually puts the athletes performance first, rather than money! We talk to Matt about how he started in the business, how 77 has developed with new younger clients, the advice given to sports men and women, often incredibly young, about giving their opinion on world events and we discuss Sir Andy Murray, his passion to return to sport and maybe win another Wimbledon title this summer! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A formula 3000 driver, turned team founder, now CEO and Team Principal of current world champions Red Bull Formula One Team. Christian Horner is one of the most recognisable Great British Bosses of the current sporting world - arguably the best in the business in the past 12 months. We talk leadership, rivalry, last season, this season, how it all started and what's the future hold. He's also delighted to be heading back down under ahead of the third race of the season this weekend in Melbourne. Welcome to a brand new season of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, where we speak to men and women leaders behind the scenes of sport in the UK. Follow for more to come this season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 months on from British Triathlon's best ever performance on one day the Paralympics Games, the UK is preparing to stage its first ever standalone World Triathlon Para series in Swansea this summer, as well as visually impaired Para Tri athletes competing at the 'home' Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.  In this special edition of the podcast, produced for British Triathlon, we meet the medallists from Tokyo 2020 Paralympics - Lauren Steadman, George Peasgood and Claire Cashmore - and hear their stories on the challenges they all faced to reach the Paralympic podium. The trio also discuss the importance of themselves and fellow Paralympic, World and European champions being the centre of attention in South Wales on Saturday August 6th. For more information on that event, how to watch or be involved check out - https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/paratriathlon or if you fancy volunteering go to https://www.britishtriathlon.org/get-involved/what-is-triathlon/volunteers-2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Commonwealth Day, we start our official countdown to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with one of the undoubted stars of the summer to come. Three time Olympic breaststroke champion and 3 time Commonwealth gold medalist Adam Peaty will compete at new Sandwell Aquatics Centre... And as you'll hear in this episode, he's hoping to compete in more events and his son gets to see him compete too... This is Brum's the word - a podcast from Anything but Footy - focusing on the sports and stars competing at this summer's home Games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It started with controversy and serious question marks about the integrity of sport and its place in the world due to the Ukraine invasion. But once Russia and Belarus were banned, the Winter Paralympics and GB's athletes have delivered once again. John & Michael round up the action from Beijing 2022 - with the man in charge for Paralympics GB chef de mission Phil Smith. This has been Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - that's for supporting the second Olympics and Paralympics in 6 months! Only 2 years til Paris! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Olympic rings are on the Eiffel Tower - although Michael is not impressed! He's in Sheffield for the GB Boxing team announcement as Team GB also name their biggest - and smallest - sporting squads so far. Chef De Mission Mark England talks rowing and weightlifter Emily Campbell joins us! We hear from Tokyo medalist Holly Bradshaw hoping to make an impression at the European Athletics Championships in Rome And talk Ultimate Championship in Budapest including a future Olympic bid! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ollie Hill was riding motorbikes during the last Paralympics 4 years ago, now the 32 year old from Reading has become the first ever British snowboarder to win at medal at the Winter Paralympics. He bagged a bronze in the banked Slalom and told us afterwards how lucky he was and how he found the sport after losing a leg in a car crash just 3 and a bit years ago. This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy - the latest on the 2022 Winter Paralympics Games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anything but Footy celebrates the life of Robbie Brightwell - Olympic silver medallist at Tokyo 1964. This conversation was recorded with Robbie and his wife Ann in 2021. Robbie and Ann agreed to speak to us for a special edition of the podcast that was produced exclusively for the athletes heading to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Robbie and Ann reminisce about taking part in the 1964 Olympic Games, also staged in Tokyo, and how they both returned home with medals. Ann won an unexpected gold medal in the 800m She had only agreed to take part after Robbie convinced her. She had wanted to go shopping instead! Anne also won the silver medal in the 400m at the same games. For Robbie, he had finished 4th in the individual 400m event and won his medal as part of the relay team. Together they look back at Tokyo 1964 and offer words of advice and guidance to those who followed in their footsteps when the Games returned to Tokyo, after a 12 month delay, in 2021. This is the first time this conversation has been made available publicly and is shared with the permission of Team GB. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Beijing Bound from Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic Podcast with two giants of British Winter sports! Menna Fitzpatrick is now Britain's most decorated Winter Paralympian after more medals at the Beijing Games in the alpine skiing - and a newish guide! Fellow VI athlete Neil Simpson created history when he and his brother Andrew, won gold in the Super G - becoming the first GB man to end up top of the Paralympic podium on snow! In this episode we hear from them all after helping take Paralympics GB medal tally to 5 in 3 days! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices