Anything but Footy

Dec 01 2024 342 ep. 29 mins 5

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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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#86 Great British Bosses - Katie Sadleir

Dec 01 2024 36 mins

The Commonwealth Games has been saved by Scotland and Glasgow 2026. But what does the future hold in store? Who else will host? We go straight to the top and ask CEO Katie Sadleir who tells us Glasgow will stage a world class Games. 2030 hosts will be decided next year. Co-hosts across smaller nations could be an option. They'll be more sports 16 or 17 in 2030. A series of Common

#130 Team GB Ball 2024

Nov 24 2024 46 mins

This was a night to celebrate, kick back, relax and revel in the achievements of Paris 2024 - and that was just Michael! In all seriousness, the Roundhouse in Camden was the setting for night of success with gold medalists from the summer games Alex Yee and Bryony Page winning more awards - hear from them both in this episode! Also, what's next for Lina and Laviai Nielsen on the

#85 Great British Bosses - Ashley Metcalfe

Nov 20 2024 30 mins

You'll hear John and Michael's commentary, reports and interviews from talkSPORT, the official Olympic broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympics, at the start of this podcast. Simply it was the greatest ever games for Team GB canoeists - and subsequently the Para Canoe team matched it weeks later in the Paralympics. But Ashley Metcalfe as CEO of Paddle UK is in charge of so much mor

#84 Great British Bosses - Alison Oliver

Nov 11 2024 33 mins

There's a lot of people inspiring a lot of others to change sport in this country, and in this episode we catch up with one of them. Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, is the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK, and speaks to the men and women in charge. Alison Young is the CEO of the Youth Sport Trust which aims to build a brighter future for every child

#83 Great British Bosses - Christian Rose

Nov 03 2024 23 mins

Powerleague is famous for footy we know! 40+ sites in UK, Ireland and the Netherlands with 6.5 million customers every year! So why is a podcast called 'Anything but Footy' talking to the CEO? Well Powerleague is now dipping its toe into the fastest growing sport in the world - Padel! Its first new Padel centres are in Shoreditch and Birmingham and we're told there's more to come

Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Oct 21 2024 25 mins

Ten years on from staging the Commonwealth Games, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event. Glasgow will once again be the host city, this time for the 2026 Games, but it'll be very different from 2014. It'll all be staged in 4 venues within an 8 mile radius with 10 sports across 11 days. And the ten sports are: Athletics and Para Athletics (Track & Field) Swimming and

#82 Great British Bosses - Drew Barrand

Oct 13 2024 42 mins

A spectacular summer in the pool in Paris for Aquatics GB - across swimming, diving, para swimming and artistic swimming - with medals galore and the first ever Olympic medal in the artistic discipline (formerly known as synchro swimming!) But what comes next as it’s a long time to the next Games in Los Angeles in 2028? What does the national governing body responsible for the e

#81 Great Bosses - Alban Dechelotte

Oct 06 2024 34 mins

Please allow us a slight brand diversification in this episode of the podcast, because we so wanted to speak to someone behind the scenes of the next big Olympics Games - the first ever Esports Olympics in Saudi Arabia in 2025. Alban Dechelotte is one of these people - the CEO of G2 Esports - and IOC member on the Esports Commission. What's in store and what's the future? Find ou

#80 Great British Bosses - Ruth Daniels

Oct 01 2024 25 mins

A spectacular summer of success at the Olympics and Paralympics for British Triathlon, and without a Brownlee brother in the team for the first time since Beijing 2008. But what next for the organisation, it's athletes, members and the sport itself. In this episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, we're joined by new CEO Ruth Daniels, who joined the National Gover

#79 Great British Bosses - Julia Lee

Sep 22 2024 24 mins

In her own words on the 'Women in Rugby League' website, Julia Lee says "she's an ordinary person". When you hear this episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, the work she's done over the years, and continues to do, you'll agree she's extraordinary. Like a lot of team sports, the role of women and the history of the growth of the game has been hidden and undervalu