Business of Sport

Jan 28 2025 54 ep. 61 mins 10
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Business of Sport

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Business of Sport Ep.54: Alistair Brownlee, Double Olympic Gold Triathlete, ‘It's About Medals Not Money’

Jan 28 2025 62 mins  
Today, we welcome a British sporting legend. That term can get thrown around a lot, but as a multiple Olympic, World and European Champion, Alistair Brownlee is one of the greatest triathletes of all time. As you hopefully now know with this show, the sporting success is only one side of our guests. It’s what they are doing alongside their elite performance that drives our intrig

Business of Sport Ep.53: Moritz Fürste, HYROX Co-Founder, ‘How we Built a Global Sporting Phenomenon'

Jan 21 2025 69 mins  
Today, we bring you the man who founded the global phenomenon HYROX. Mo is a double Olympic Gold Medallist in hockey, having won with Germany in Beijing and London. Described to me by someone who knows far more about the sport as ‘The Cristiano Ronaldo’ of field hockey, we were pretty excited to get both a sporting icon and high flying entrepreneur in the studio; always what we

Business of Sport Ep.52: Rick Parry, Chair @ English Football League, ‘We Need Sporting Jeopardy Without Financial Catastrophe’

Jan 14 2025 64 mins  
This week we’re delighted to welcome EFL Chair Rick Parry to the show. Rick has seen it all in football; The first CEO of the Premier League, CEO of Liverpool (1998-2009), and now Chair of English Football League. It can easily be argued that overseeing the interests of 72 clubs ranging from Leeds to Morecambe, is the hardest job in football. But Rick would never look at it like

Business of Sport Ep.51: Laurie Dalrymple, CEO @ Harlequins, ‘Building the Premiership’s Most Valuable Rugby Club’

Jan 07 2025 74 mins  
We’re back with a bang as we welcome Harlequins CEO Laurie Dalrymple to the show. This is one of English sport’s most historic organisations. Laurie has been in charge of the Premiership Rugby team for over 5 years, establishing them as one of the leading commercial entities in the game while delivering huge success including league titles and European Cup semi-finals on the pi

Business of Sport Ep.50: Édouard Mendy, Chelsea, Al-Ahli & Senegal Keeper, ‘Why I left Chelsea and my Saudi move'’

Dec 17 2024 57 mins  
Today is the milestone 50th episode and we have a guest to match it. Édourard Mendy is a Champions League and AFCON winner. He won FIFA's ‘The Best’ and UEFA Goalkeeper of the year award in 2021. He holds the record for the joint most clean sheets in a single Champions League season. He went from nearly giving up the football dream in a French job centre with a baby on the way

Business of Sport Ep.49: Matt Hancock, CEO @ Port Vale, ‘Success is about more than 3pts on a Saturday’

Dec 10 2024 64 mins  
After amazing shows with a number of CEO’s across the football industry, we’re today venturing into the lowest of the English Football League’s with current League Two promotion chasers Port Vale. Matt Hancock has been CEO of this historic club since January. Having been relegated from League One in his first few months in charge, it’s fair to say the learning curve has bee

Business of Sport Ep.48: Mark Bowen, Fmr Premier League Player & Manager, ‘Man City accidentally bid £35m for Messi’

Dec 03 2024 58 mins  
Today we speak to a man who has been in and around football for over 40 years. Mark Bowen played over 400 games at the top of English football for the likes of Tottenham, Norwich and West Ham, before transitioning into management as both a head coach and assistant. For much of his management career he has partnered with Mark Hughes, acting as his assistant manager at Man City, Stok

Business of Sport Ep.47: Zak Brown, CEO @ McLaren Racing, ‘We Race for Trophies, not Money’

Nov 26 2024 28 mins  
Today we speak to a man who needs little introduction. Zak Brown is the CEO of McLaren Racing, one of Formula One’s most iconic brands and a team currently undergoing a resurgence as it challenges at the top of both the Drivers and Constructors Championships after years of struggling to match the success of Mercedes and Red Bull. Turning an organisation round and re-establishing

Business of Sport Ep.46: Felix Starck, CEO @ Baller League, ‘Football is not too big to fail’

Nov 19 2024 66 mins  
The week we're delighted to welcome Felix Starck to the show. Felix is CEO of Baller League, an alternative to historic sporting competition. New propositions, new formats, new leagues. A lot of conversation we have on the show focuses on how leagues are in need of development and refreshment and subsequently what alternatives could be out there to entice the coveted youth audience

Business of Sport Ep.45: Gary Rowett, Fmr Derby, Stoke, Birmingham & Millwall Manager, 'Criticism is part of the contract; you have to accept it'

Nov 12 2024 65 mins  
This week we are delighted to welcome Gary Rowett to the show. Gary has managed over 500 games working at some of the most historic clubs in English football, and played at the highest level with 381 appearances in the Premier League and EFL. Much of his career has been spent managing across the Football League with the likes of Birmingham, Derby, Stoke, Millwall, Burton Albion. O