Anything but Footy
339 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago -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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Anything but Footy: Great British Bosses - Georgina Usher, British Fencing
October 30, 2019 01:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBThis is Great British Bosses by Anything but Footy. We profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we're in Hendon and the Leon Paul Centre with British Fencing Chief Executive Georgina Usher. Britain last won an Olympic medal in Fencing 50 years ago at Tokyo 1964 Olympics and despite fundin...
Anything but Footy - Changes at Nike and Happy Birthday National Lottery
October 28, 2019 14:17 - 36 minutesFollowing the closure of the Nike Oregon Project, Nike CEO Mike Parker has announced he's stepping down, but insists his departure from the role is nothing to do with the fallout of the Alberto Salazar doping ban. We look at what it means for the brand and whether this PR disaster, along with other recent scandals, has meant a need to change the man at the top. The National Lottery is celebrating it's 25th birthday. Through UK Sport, it's National Lottery money which has contributed to Team ...
#3 Great British Bosses - Jack Buckner, British Swimming
October 23, 2019 04:30 - 33 minutesThis is Great British Bosses by Anything but Footy. We profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we're in Loughborough with British Swimming Chief Executive Jack Buckner. After a disappointing performance in the pool at the home Olympics of 2012, and then allegations of bullying in the Paral...
Anything but Footy: Great British Bosses - Jack Buckner, British Swimming
October 23, 2019 04:30 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBThis is Great British Bosses by Anything but Footy. We profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we're in Loughborough with British Swimming Chief Executive Jack Buckner. After a disappointing performance in the pool at the home Olympics of 2012, and then allegations of bullying in the Par...
Anything but Footy - What can you do in 9 months?
October 20, 2019 19:47 - 35 minutesWe are 9 months out from the next Olympics in Tokyo, and plenty can still be done ahead of the Games. At the European Track Cycling Championships in the Netherlands, Great Britain won 9 medals including a gold and two silvers for Laura Kenny. Kenny will be attempting to upgrade to a triple gold medal winning haul in Tokyo, and we explain how she will tackle the task in terms of the newly available technology and preparation ahead of the event. Michael looks at how this year's event compares t...
Anything but Footy: Great British Bosses - Sara Sutcliffe, Table Tennis
October 16, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBThis is Great British Bosses by Anything but Footy. We profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we catch up with Table Tennis England Chief Executive Sara Sutcliffe. The sport was in desperate need of leadership and a re-brand when she took over six years ago and along with her team, Sara...
#2 Great British Bosses - Sara Sutcliffe, Table Tennis
October 16, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutesThis is Great British Bosses by Anything but Footy. We profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we catch up with Table Tennis England Chief Executive Sara Sutcliffe. The sport was in desperate need of leadership and a re-brand when she took over six years ago and along with her team, Sara's...
Anything but Footy - Distance Running Dilemma
October 13, 2019 19:02 - 36 minutesIn this episode, John and Michael wrestle with their feelings over the current state of distance running. Eliud Kipchoge made history, running 26.2 miles in under 2 hours in Vienna - albeit under special conditions - and Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe's 16 year old world marathon record in Chicago. But, both achievements come just days after Nike announced they were shutting the Oregon Project where distance runners have trained and won numerous medals at World and Olympic level - most n...
Anything but Footy: Great British Bosses - Adrian Christy, Badminton
October 09, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46 MBThis is Anything but Footy - the unashamedly biased Olympic and Paralympic podcast. And this is a new series - Great British Bosses - where we profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we're going behind the scenes with Badminton England Chief Executive Adrian Christy - the sport that had...
#1 Great British Bosses - Adrian Christy, Badminton
October 09, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutesThis is Anything but Footy - the unashamedly biased Olympic and Paralympic podcast. And this is a new series - Great British Bosses - where we profile the women and men responsible for sport in this country - many at national governing bodies - who manage teams, staff, budgets, grass-root participation and overseeing those medal moments at Olympic, Paralympic and elite level. This week, we're going behind the scenes with Badminton England Chief Executive Adrian Christy - the sport that had it...
Anything but Footy - Doha Dissected
October 06, 2019 21:28 - 40 minutesAs the curtain comes down on the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, we review all the action on and off the track. The event has delivered some scintillating performances, but issues around attendances, doping, human rights and the environment have dogged the events inside the arena. We do our best to analyse everything as well as looking back at where Great Britain and Northern Ireland won and lost medals. There are two other world championships currently taking place: John has the ...
Anything but Footy and delight for Dasher in Doha
September 29, 2019 22:47 - 37 minutesAgain, this week we're at the World Road Cycling Championships in Yorkshire which was wrapped up with a rain affected men's elite road race. The event was delayed and had a significant route change in order to protect the welfare of spectators and participants after heavy rain in the White Rose County. We speak to Mads Pedersen who eventually took the Rainbow Jersey as well as Yorkshire's own Ben Swift who was one of the two British finishers in a brutal contest. After all the build up, the ...
Anything but Footy: We’re with the world’s best cyclists in Yorkshire once again as GB Boxing celebrates further global success
September 22, 2019 18:11 - 31 minutesYorkshire has taken over from London and Cambridge as the capital of cycling in Great Britain and for the first time in 37 years the UCI World Road Race Championships are taking place in the county all week. The first ever mixed relay Team Time Trial took place on a drizzly Sunday but British cyclists won a brilliant bronze behind the Netherlands and Germany - we hear from British cyclist John Archibald. Dame Sarah Storey had previously set the tone winning the Para-cycling International in b...
London Steps Up for Swimming Success
September 15, 2019 20:55 - 34 minutesThe World Para-Swimming Championships is top of our agenda this week on Anything but Footy - your unashamedly Olympic & Paralympic podcast. John is speaking from the London Aquatic Centre which this week witnessed unbelievable success for British Swimming who won over 40 medals. London stepped in to replace Malaysia just six months ago to host the event after the original hosts were stripped of the right. We hear from multiple Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds as well as speak with Ma...
Our countdown to Doha 2019
September 08, 2019 17:47 - 38 minutesBritish Athletics has named a team of 72 for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Doha.The team was officially unveiled at a special event in Battersea. We were there to hear from some of those on the plane. This week's episode includes interviews with Adam Gemilli, Laviai Nielson, Holly Bradshaw, Miguel Francis, Eilish McColgan, Jodie Williams and Morgan Lake who all look ahead to the championships which begin at the end of September. We analyse the make up of the Great Britain a...
World Championships success for Great Britain in Rowing & Judo guarantees Olympic & Paralympic places!
September 01, 2019 15:26 - 33 minutesIt's been a week of World Championships where gold silver and bronze medals have been handed out showing the world where British athletes are currently ranked. But it doesn’t really matter if you’re not going to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next summer - qualify first then focus on your form! The British rowers have booked 13 spots for 2020 - with 2 golds and 4 bronze medals at the Worlds in Linz - we hear from Emily Ford Polly Swann and Sara Parfet - the womens 4 on their way to Tokyo....
Back to School! New term starts here - at the British Athletics Championships
August 25, 2019 17:52 - 31 minutesAnything but Footy returns for a new term after our summer break. We're back and this episode comes direct from the British Athletics Championships in Birmingham which has hosted two days of top class track and field as the leading contenders qualify for the World Championships in Doha in September. We're joined by Adam Gemili who has qualified in the 100m and 200m sprints, plus Eilish McColgan who has a decision to make about what event she will compete in and Holly Bradshaw who will have am...
Tokyo 2020 Special - less than a year to go
August 11, 2019 11:09 - 56 minutesFrom just one gold medal in Atlanta to second on the medal table in Rio and the impossible - improving the medal haul in the edition after being the host nation - there's now less than a year until Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic Summer Games. In the second of our Summer Special Editions, we examine in detail where Team GB are in terms of medal winning performances with less than 12 month to go. We look at where the medals were won in Rio and the range of different sports that produced that reco...
London 2012 Special 7 years on
July 29, 2019 09:39 - 59 minutes"London 2012 will see the very best of us" the words from Lord Sebastian Coe as he officially welcomed the world back to London for a record third time. Those words seem even more apt 7 years on! We hope you enjoy our the first of our 'Anything But Footy' summer specials - as much as we enjoyed reminiscing ourselves. In this podcast, we look-back to the moment in 2005 when those words 'London' were uttered in Singapore, the 7 year ups and downs in preparation, the glorious 17 days of Olympic...
Being Part of Europe
June 30, 2019 18:40 - 32 minutes10 days of European Games competition has come to a conclusion in Minsk. There was success for Team GB - especially in boxing and badminton. We look back at the event and what it means one year out from Tokyo 2020. We also talk about how the loss of UK Sport funding for British Badminton seems to have galvanised the team who won 5 medals in Minsk. Whilst Team GB was playing its part in Europe, the Lionesses continue to play their part on the world stage. Reaching the World Cup semi final sta...
Olympic Day - and Paralympic, European & Commonwealth Games Day
June 24, 2019 06:53 - 26 minutesThe IOC has celebrated its latest Olympic Day. And, in our weekly round up of all things Olympic & Paralympic we also look at two other major multi-sport events which have been making news this week - The European Games and The Commonwealth Games. We ask where these events stand in terms of elite competition and whether it really matters to spectators whether the level of competition is on a par with that staged at the Olympic Games. Team GB has already won medals in Minsk where the British ...
When do you decide enough is enough?
June 16, 2019 19:27 - 39 minutesTwo of Great Britain's sporting superstars face big decisions about their future. Both have achieved more in their respective sports than they possible ever imagined, but both Chris Froome and Andy Murray are at a career crossroads. Froome will be out of action for at least six months after a horrific training accident left him in intensive care, whilst Andy Murray is due back on court - playing doubles - after hip resurfacing surgery. Will Froome ever get to wear the Yellow Jersey again? Wil...
Retirement plans for double Olympic champion Ali as the Brownlees struggle at Leeds Triathlon but victory for home girl Taylor-Brown PLUS IAAF rebrands as WA
June 09, 2019 19:28 - 33 minutesWe know Yorkshire loves it's cycling - but swimming and running returned to Leeds too as the city staged its 4th World Triathlon Series event. A weekend of competition for hundreds of participants and the world’s best tri-athletes! But some serious question marks of two of Britain’s best - Ali and Jonny Brownlee. The double Olympic champion led the way after the bike but had nothing in his legs - and talked about retirement afterwards - not yet but soon - Jonny had a stomach problem. We ask w...
Doping, Dasher, Disappointment & Dreams
June 02, 2019 21:15 - 34 minutesThis episode starts with discussion on the latest doping scandal to hit the sport of athletics. Sunday Times newspaper investigation has alleged there has been an attempted Russian cover up after high jumper Danil Lysenko missed a drugs test. Russia were widely expected to be welcomed back into athletics by the IAAF having been suspended for the Rio Olympics with Russia blocked across all sports by the IPC across all sports. We ask what next for Russia and can they take up a berth at Tokyo 20...
Europe, Euphoria & Equality
May 27, 2019 09:50 - 36 minutesThe 2nd edition of the European Games is just weeks away. Team GB has named its team for the event in Minsk. Over 100 athletes from these shores will take part. The biggest name in the team is Jason Kenny, whilst Olympic medallists including Katy Marchant and Sally Conway will also take part. In total over 4000 athletes will take part from 50 countries across 10 days in 200 different medal events. But, where does the event stand as far as the British public is concerned? 2018 was a fantastic ...
Booooo! Is booing at a sporting event ever justified and does Tom Daley need a nickname?
May 19, 2019 20:28 - 32 minutesThe UK has once again been at the centre of the Olympic & Paralympic sporting world. Manchester has been hosting the World Taekwondo Championships, Weymouth has been hosting the European Sailing Championships, Diving's World Series was in London whilst the Olympic Park has also been home to international hockey. We start in Manchester reflecting on medal success and controversy for Great Britain's taekwondo athletes. Double Olympic Champion Jade Jones finally added a World gold to her list of...
Anything but Footy... Talks footy!
May 12, 2019 17:22 - 33 minutesPlenty on the agenda again in the world of Olympic & Paralympic sport. In the week the beautiful game showed itself to be more beautiful than ever as English clubs feasted at the top table of European competition, we broke our golden rule and started by talking about footy. Well, kind of.... Following the exploits of Liverpool & Tottenham in the Champions League, we talked about the greatest comebacks in sport. We recalled names like Tiger Woods, Niki Lauda, Greg Le Mond & Muhammad Ali, whils...
What now for #athletics after Caster Semenya decision? Also our special #TDY report after Lawless & Voss win the bike race that's more than a bike race!
May 06, 2019 09:15 - 33 minutesAt Tokyo 2020 stars will be born, legends cemented, heartbreak and drama and we’ll witness iconic medal moments as sporting history will be made. But where will athletics be in a year’s time? After the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Caster Semenya’s appeal against the governing body, the IAAF. We discuss in full. The hills, the spills, the wind and rain and the Yorkshire rose flying - what a sight the Tour De Yorkshire is as the men and women raced around what some claim as god's own...
Mo's Marathon and a Social Media Splash
April 28, 2019 21:05 - 34 minutesMo Farah dominated the build up to the London Marathon but couldn't deliver a victory on the streets of London. We analyse the controversial events of this week and the war of words between Mo and Haile Gebrselassie and discuss whether the Olympic Champion might be considering a switch back to the track ahead of this year's World Championships in Doha. The fallout from British Swimming's decision to stream the British Championships online as opposed to giving the BBC extensive coverage contin...
The perfect 10! 3 golds from 10 races in 6 days at British Swimming Champs for @DuncanScott, #AnythingbutFooty reaches double figures and London to stage another world champs!
April 22, 2019 07:45 - 31 minutesWorld Championships are the focus for many of our Olympic & Paralympic Athletes as the countdown to Tokyo gathers pace - particularly as the schedule has been revealed for the Olympic Games next summer. You’ll have to be up at 3/4am to watch some of the Athletics finals as more gold medals are set to be won in morning sessions! London’s Olympic Park Aquatic Centre is to stage the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships - after Malaysia was stripped of hosting it - C4 will show it but why wasn...
Comebacks & Champions - a good week for Tiger Woods, BBC Sport, Sky Brown, Alice KInsella & Max Whitlock
April 14, 2019 20:44 - 29 minutesOn this week's round up of all things Olympic & Paralympic, we ask is Tiger Woods' US Masters victory the greatest sporting comeback ever? Or, do the historical issues in his personal life detract from his achievement on the fairways and greens at Augusta National? And, can Tiger end his career with Olympic Gold in Tokyo to add to all his major titles? It was a comeback of sorts for BBC Sport this weekend too. They were able to show the final two rounds of The Masters live - the final round o...
On the Buses. Plus, boats & bouldering.
April 07, 2019 21:11 - 28 minutesWe're on the buses this week. And, the water. Sailing and rowing dominate the first half of our discussion following the climax of the Princess Sofia Regatta in Mallorca and the Varsity Boat Race in London. It was a great week in Palma for British Sailing, whilst a two time Olympic gold medallist became the oldest man to row and win the University Boat Race. We analyse the medal prospects for sailing and rowing at Tokyo 2020. Solidarity funding awards have been announced this week and we lo...
BST - British Summer Time.... No, Welcome to Best Sport Time!
March 31, 2019 21:18 - 25 minutesBST - British Summer Time. So, what better time to focus on funding for Winter Sport? In light of this week's confirmation that Team GB has been awarded a bronze medal from Sochi 2014 in the four man bobsleigh after two Russian crews were stripped of their placings, we ask whether, if the medal had been won at the time, the British Bobsleigh programme might have been better funded and had more success in Pyeongchang in 2018? As it was, the disappointing placings resulted in funding being cut ...
All eyes on London! Running, Riding, Robots (!), Banning drugs cheats PLUS Olympian snowboarder Aimee Fuller!
March 24, 2019 19:01 - 33 minutesOn Anything but Footy this week, there’s a real countdown clock on the wall at Team GB and Para GB headquarters in London’s Soho. Days, hours and minutes! It’ll be the greatest show before we know it. At least 21 athletes in 5 winter and summer sports are suspected of having blood doping links to a German doctor being investigated by German and Austrian Police - we have simple solution moving forward - literally make them pay! Ahead of the 5th Tour De Yorkshire controversy reigns as the chief...
From the old to the new! A 10 year old aiming to compete for Team GB at the Olympics in skateboarding to a 46 year old double Olympic Champion competing for Cambridge in the Boat Race.
March 17, 2019 21:03 - 32 minutesOn Anything but Footy this week, Michael has strong opinions on the possibility of a 12 year old skateboarder competing at the Olympics for Team GB. He tells the team around Sky Brown to go and speak with Tom Daley about how to handle success at such a young age. At the other end of the age scale, should a 46 year old double Olympic Champion -James Cracknell - be able to compete in the Boat Race. There's news and opinion from the World Para-Cycling Championship. It was phenomenally successful...
Mo Farah back on track? Adam Peaty's plans to revolutionise swimming, plus more athletics, cycling, triathlon & Olympic sports news and debate
March 10, 2019 22:10 - 30 minutesAnother week of debate and discussion about the big issues in the world of Olympic & Paralympic sport. Following Mo Farah's victory in The Big Half, we ask when is retirement not really retirement and could Farah be set to win another Olympic gold medal in 2020. We discuss Adam Peaty's role in leading the new London-based franchise of the International Swimming League and why top sportsmen and women are increasingly having to take on additional roles and responsibilities to promote their spo...
Episode 3
March 03, 2019 22:39 - 32 minutesAn interesting week as British Athletics enjoys European Indoor Championship success, whilst British Cycling has an indifferent World Track Championships. We put both performances in context with just over 500 days to the Tokyo Olympics. Laura Muir has won two gold medals in Glasgow on the track where she trains as British Athletics enjoyed their most successful European Indoor Championships ever. For the nation's cyclists, Elinor Barker won the only gold medal for GB in Poland. There's also ...
Episode 2
February 24, 2019 22:05 - 28 minutesMore from John & Michael as they cast their eye across the latest developments in the world of Olympic & Paralympic sport and news. The European Indoor Athletics Championship, World Track Cycling Championship & Para-Cycling World Championship are discussed. Plus, break-dancing in the Olympics - Michael and John have a disagreement and why UK cities other than London should be considering an Olympic bid in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more a...
Episode 1
February 17, 2019 16:25 - 30 minutesBritish Athletics and British Cycling name their squads for the Euro Indoors in Glasgow and the Track Cycling World Championships in Poland - why Michael knew how many medals Team GB would win in the Velodrome before it happened in Rio - and how John had to run in the rain to watch two men with swords! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices