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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...

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 publici...

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...

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 O...

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 S...

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 an...

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 Plat...

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 Commonwe...

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...

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 lat...

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 s...

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...

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 go...

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 Olympi...

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...

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 spo...

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 t...

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 f...

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 H...

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 bac...

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...

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 Be...

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 counti...

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 c...

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 Hodgkinso...