In The Game

In The Game welcomes Harry Williams to the show this week. Harry grew up playing American Football and didn't begin to play basketball until he turned 14 years of age. At 15, he was lucky enough to be introduced to and train with NBA Coach, John Lucas and played to division 1 level in High School. But that's not all...listen in to find out how Harry is 'giving back and 'making a difference to kids...

It is an absolute pleasure to introduce Reem Al-Sharshani, Athlete, Dietician, and Sports Addict. As a child, Reem was a multi-sports player and dreamed of becoming a professional. Currently a SkeetShooter for the QatarNationalTeam, she has been shooting since she was 15 years of age. Truly an inspiring role model to #women of Qatar and beyond, Reem graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Science and...

In The Game Sports Podcast is very excited to welcome Paul Dreisbach, avid football fan, player, sports lover, and now Co-Founder and President/CEO of Petrichor, a football development organisation with a vision to become the premier girl's football organization in Cameroon and impact 100,000 young players every year.  "What is Petrichor?  Petrichor is the smell of fresh rain falling on...

Focus on the things you love, see, if you love sports it will show you the way!! Nisrein Al Qaisi is a FIFA Master 21st Edition graduate, an international master in management law and humanities of sport. She is a legal counsel professional with a background in corporate, sports law, and dispute resolution. She completed both Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Qatar University, as well as Sport Ma...

Ever wondered who organizes esports tournaments and how they operate? One team has excelled in this particular field of esports by providing key solutions for the industry such as organizing and managing online and LAN tournaments, pro-team management as well as media production.  QUEST is the esports leader in the Middle East and North Africa. This week we were honored to host the founders o...

Today we are thrilled to be joined by Mariama Bukari as our guest, she is a graduate of the African University College of Communication in Ghana and is currently pursuing Sports & Entertainment Management at Hamad Bin Khalifa University .  Growing up in Ghana, the insatiable love of football did not go unnoticed by people who met her. The support from her father and the inspiration that c...

Hugo Scheckter Episode What a fantastic sports enthusiast story! Hugo Scheckter who has spent most of his life in the football industry gives candid accounts of his experiences in the world of sports. Coming from a family who did not share the same levels of love for the game, he recounts the challenges of pursuing a coaching career beginning at the young age of 16! Hugo has enriched his career in...

You have heard this before but we will say it again, this interview will stay with us forever. We need more role models like Nik, we all have the ability. A two-time Grey Cup champion, winning in 2008 and 2014 with the Calgary Stampeders, and a CFL Rookie of the Year award winner in his first season, followed by five West Division All-Star and three CFL All-Star awards.  Today we are honored...

Rehabilitation for athletes and elderly people is usually a period that requires much care and effort and therefore technology comes in handy. Unfortunately, patients have low adherence and adoption of technology due to wearability issues related to parts of the human body, which cannot be measured using conventional sensors during physiotherapy.  Today we are honored to host Ariffin Kawaja,...

Today we are so excited to welcome our next guests, Martin Rice and Brendan Lowry Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Stable Innovations . Together they have created a startup that is focused on bringing data to the horse racing space by taking the unpredictability of horse breeding, buying, and performance out of the equation through data analysis. The startup gathers intellig...

Injuries in sports have shattered dreams for both players and fans globally for the longest time. They have been unpredictable and extremely expensive to overcome. By using technology and applying the right skills, this threat could be on its way out very soon!  We are thrilled to announce our next guest Serdar Alemdar, the Chief Executive Officer at Sentio Sports Analytics. Launched in 2013...

Track the motion of athletes, analyze their movements, and share the data with coaches globally to shine the spotlight on these talents. That is just a slice of the genius concept that NSA technology has cooking!    Today we are excited to be joined by Hossein Nikkar and Hossein NozemDost, the Chief Executive Officer and Business Marketing Manager respectively at NSAtech. In just one yea...

Football scouting is tough and that is why many great talents go undiscovered. But how about a platform that tracks performance and shares the data globally, giving scouts access to talented footballers? We are so excited to introduce our next guest Mohammed Asif, the Chief Executive Officer of Juegofootball . While many players miss the chance to get the exposure needed to rise the ranks in their...

Ever wondered how visually impaired football fans keep up with their love for the game? We are thrilled to introduce our next guests Omar Salem and  David Deneher, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer respectively of Field of Vision . An idea that started in the bedroom during the COVID lockdown has now burst into a life-changing product for visually impaired football fans. Fie...

Our next guest on In The Game Podcast , all the way from Greece, is Stathis Mitskas Co-Founder of ComeTogether. Come Together are another Cohort of Startupbootcamp Accelerator Program, creators of white label ticketing solutions and their latest innovation, the 'Health Passport'.  Using ticket tracking technology, developing digital tickets with a dynamic QR code that changes every few second...

Our next guest making a real difference in the world of Sport and Sports Fans, in particular, is Dulce Guarda, Chief Marketing Officer at BBoxSports . BBox Sports are a cohort of the Qatar Sports Tech Accelerator program and the creators of the BBox Sports app , an engagement tool that connects fans with their teams by creating an Augmented Reality world. And yes, that's AR, not VR!! Augmented Rea...

On In The Game Podcast this week our guest Munawar Shah talks about Al-Shams Women FC , a club that began in  2016 in the highly mountainous region known as the 'Valley of the Mountaineers' in the North of Pakistan. A team consisting mainly of young women between the ages of 12 and 24 who would otherwise be left behind due to the lack of opportunities and resources in the area. An ambitious a...

Sports is special on every level!! "Sports - the great equalizer, the great uniter! It's a bonding thing!" "You won't score 100% of shots you don't take!" "You don't lose a fight if you're knocked down, only if you don't get back up!" A few words of wisdom from our next guest on In the Game, Jacque Lambert. Former manager of Billy Ray Cyrus and Game Ops director.  A larger-than-life character...

Nick Humphries and Steve on a journey of hope, disappointment, determination, achievement, and success. 'Stop chasing the result and find happiness in the journey!' 'Love doing what you do every day and surround yourself with people you love being around' #GetEffective #traineffective #SoccerTips #chasethedream #nickhumphries #footballtraining #trainingacademy #footballacademy #entrepreneur #sport...

In The Game Sports Podcast welcomes Paul Osei-Owusu, former semi-professional athlete & coach, Professor, and dad to the show.   We talk about how to overcome perception, environmental and personal barriers to help you kick-start or get back on track with your fitness journey. If you are looking for inspiration and motivation you have come to the right place!   ‘It’s about...

We were so privileged and honored to have interviewed the runners-up and the winner of the EntelaQ Hackathon 2021 competition. It was another fantastic event organized by Startupbootcamp. Congratulations to everyone that took part in the Hackathon but especially   Mohammad, Deeb, and Syed from Gameright  Rhythm and Ishan from Gymkhana  Natalia and Slivia from the Blau Team. Lis...

Today we have a wonderful interview with some of the members of the Modern Football group - The same game viewed differently is their slogan. We are joined by Anna Chapman, Jordan Barrow, and Albion Nuredini from a group of 80+ students that all love the game. It's all about opinions on subjects that are hot topics, no one particular sport is discussed as all are under the spotlight. Debate is hea...

I'm so privileged and honoured to welcome Gerard Akindes to the show this week. One of the co-founders and coordinators at the Sports Africa Conferences and the Electronic interdisciplinary Journal of African Sports, Impumelelo.  Gerard has a Master in Sports Administration and a PhD. in Media Arts Studies with a focus on Sports broadcasting and is currently lecturing at Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni...

Natalia is a huge sports lover, she was a professional athlete and a candidate for a master of sports in gymnastics. She also was a volleyball player and use to train in karate, basketball, swimming, and dancing.  Graduated from Moscow state university of international relations (MGIMO).  She was part of Sochi Olympic Games 2014 Organizing committee.  Was working for 5 years as an O...

Join us in welcoming Dr. Kamilla Swart to In The Game Sports Podcast this week. Kamilla talks about her 25 years of experience in sport, tourism, and events as well as her most recent appointment as Associate Professor in the newly established Masters in Sport and Entertainment Management, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, here in Qatar. https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/cse/ms-sport-entertainment-management...