The Sporting Blog Podcast

On todays’s podcast, Oli talks to internet entrepreneur and strength and conditioning coach James de Lacey .On today’s podcats they discussJames’ career as a trainer and strength coachThe basics of strength and conditioning - why do pro’s do it, why should you do it? S&C for kids in sport. When is the right time? How to start a S&C programme and what it might entailPerformance-enhancing dr...

On today’s Sporting Blog podcast Oli Harris talks with Jacob Pritchard-Webb, ex-jockey turned international bloodstock agent,On today’s podcast they discussRacing in FranceThe life of a bloodstock agentDifferences between French and UK racingLiving with a life-changing injury General discussion about the state of British racing Follow Jacob on Twitter/X Read Jacob’s guide to French Racing on The S...

Oli talks to legendary super agent Leigh Steinberg about the possibility of an NFL franchise in London, and the chance of London hosting the Superbowl. On today's podcast Oli & Leigh discuss; Intro to Leigh's career How the NFL London games have been received back in the US The suitability of London for a full-time NFL franchise The possibility of playing America's showpiece sports event, The...

On today’s Sporting Blog Podcast, Oli chats to Rugby writer Sam Peters about his new book, Concussed .‘Concussed’ is the culmination of over 10 years of work by Sam, studying the impact and evidence surrounding head injuries in professional Rugby Union. On the Podcast Oli & Sam discuss:Intro to Sam and his love for RugbyDefining ‘concussion’ Not just a Rugby problemResponsibility for player we...

Viv Anderson played under Biran Clough for Nottingham Forest, and won the First Division and the European Cup, twice! He also won the League Cup and was famously the first black footballer to play for England. Viv sat down with Oli Harris to discuss the film, but also to chat about Mr Clough, tactics and whether football has really changed much apart from the commercial benefits!

On this weeks Funderbeam Podcast Oli talks to the wonderful Ali Speechly. On this week’s Podcast they talk about;Intro - career and life in general Why football? Coaching career - setting the scenePathways - do they exist for women in football? What's harder to achieve - women coaching regularly at the local level or a national level? What have you got from coaching that you bring into your everyd...

Amy Clement updates The Sporting Blog on Her Game Too It's been about 18 months since Caitlin, Eve and Amy joined Oli for their first appearance on the Sporting Blog Podcast, so it's about time for an update! So we called upon the ever-ready Amy Clement to give us the lowdown on what HGT have been up to since we last spoke, and how things are going in general. On this week's Podcast, Oli and Amy c...

On this week’s Sporting Blog Podcast, we talk to Stuntpegg about her life as a Youtube content creator! Specifically, Oli talks to Nieve about;Her life so far and how she goes about thingsCreator Journey - how long did it take to get out of the 'sandbox' What were the biggest challenges to her motivation to grow her audience? - What got her down and what picked her upDealing with being a female cr...

Dr Tom Bason is an Assistant Professor in Sports Management at Coventry University and an expert in football financing. Oli dialled him in for a chat on the recent takeover of Newcastle United by the Saudi PIF. In this week’s Podcast we discuss; Was the £310 million the PIF paid for Newcastle United a good deal? The implications of financial fair play as to what we can expect from PIF and Newcastl...

If you follow Football (or soccer) closely on Twitter, you are bound to have come across Harry Brooks. Well known for his genuine insight, and detail orientated analysis, he is the mould of what a football coach might look like over the next decade. We had a chat with Harry to discuss, amongst other things, the following: Coaching outside of a club structure Individual assessment (as opposed to as...

Rob Fahey MBE OAM won his first Real Tennis World Championship in 1994, and aside from a brief period between 2016-18 has been the World Champion ever since. We talk to him about what has kept him at the top since 1994.

Oli and Clive delve deep into the world of sports business covering a range of topics including MLB, storytelling in sport, travelling home and away to watch Liverpool and his best stadium experiences.

Today’s podcast guest is the multi-talented journalist and broadcaster Georgie FrostGeorgie Frost is a sports and finance journalist and broadcaster. She cut her teeth at the sharp end of sports journalism as a local journalist in Newcastle, before moving South and beginning her journey on air with BBC Radio. She wears a number of hats but is currently knocking download home runs out of the park w...

Presenter Immy Barclay joins Oli for a revealing and relaxing chat about her career on screen, her IGTV series #KeepTheBallRolling and what it means to work in the Instagram age.

On today’s podcast we are joined by the ever cheerful Elena Okaemova, a journalist who worked at Radio Zenit for 11 years, starting as an intern before working her way up to be the head of media and senior broadcaster.