Null and Void

This week we start with a look back at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships from St George, Utah – with a good showing for the British Women. We follow this with an update on the T20 Cricket World Cup, where England kept their slim chances alive with a win over New Zealand. Staying in the Antipodes we cover the knock-out stages of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, looking back at the quarter finals and...

We welcome Tony back from his travels down under, before Andy updates on his visits to Coventry & Bolton for the Rugby League World Cup and runs through how things are shaping up with the final round of group games left. With the T20 Cricket World Cup under way, we discuss the early games, including South Africa again ending up in a bizarre rain affected result in their draw with Zimbabwe. Loo...

In the guest co-host seat this week is our Football Correspondent Billy Carr. He helps me review England’s hard fought win over France in the Women’s World Cup and we recognise the amazing achievement of captain Sarah Hunter equalling the record caps for England with her 137th appearance. We look back at the weekend’s Premier League football and ask how more can be done to protect referees from th...

This week we have a focus on the different World Cup events taking place across the globe. England’s Red Roses opened the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup in New Zealand with an emphatic win over Fiji, whilst the Rugby League World Cup (Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair events) kicks off in Newcastle this coming weekend. England’s men continued their build up to cricket’s T20 World Cup with a series win...

It’s another amazing episode we have for you this week. With Tony being on holiday in Australia, I’m joined in the co-host’s seat by my friend and former colleague Paddy Mullarkey. We review Arsenal’s derby win over North London rivals Spurs and Paddy taking on a former professional poker player in a bet on the game. We discuss Worcester’s plight in rugby union and ask if the game’s governing bodi...

This week we bring you another smorgasbord of sporting updates! We discuss the fantastic record crowd for a Women's Super League game, with Arsenal getting 47,000 for their game at The Emirates. And in other records, runner Eliud Kipchoge broke his own marathon world record, winning the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds. In Rugby League's Grand Final at Old Trafford Saint Helens m...

In Episode 70 we discuss England Women’s Rugby Red Roses extending their winning run to a record 25 games with a 73-7 win over Wales before heading off to New Zealand for the Women’s World Cup. We have a round up of the weekend’s Premier League football action, with both North London clubs going well, and Arsenal fielding the youngest ever Premier League player. St Helens held off a resilient Salf...

Whilst the UK is in a period of mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we still bring you the latest happenings from the world of sport, as well as an amazing guest. Andy gives an update on how his Thames Path Challenge 100 km walk went, then we look back at the men’s and women’s US Open Tennis Finals, and discuss Test Cricket on “fast forward” following England’s win over...

In Episode 68 we give the latest updates in Week 2 of the US Open tennis, and we also review the General Classification standings in the last week of cycling’s La Vuelta Espana, and the one=week Tour of Britain race. With the final cricket test v South Africa and the T20 World Cup coming up, we wonder how Jonny Bairstow’s bizarre golfing injury will impact the England team, whilst in Rugby League...

This week we discuss yet another turnaround in the England Test team’s cricket fortunes after their innings win over South Africa as well as a particularly bad day for Derbyshire league local side Elvaston after they were all out for just 9 runs! We look back at the weekend’s Premier League football, with Liverpool’s 9-0 win over Bournemouth leading to Scott Parker being the first top flight manag...

This week we wrap up the European Championships from Munich at the end of a festival of multisport events across the summer. We pull out highlights from athletics, gymnastics, triathlon, para-canoeing and cross-country cycling. We cover the weekend Premier League football and Newcastle’s draw with champions Manchester City and Leeds’s comprehensive 3-0 win over Chelsea. And in cricket we review En...

Regular listeners will be glad to hear that this week’s episode doesn’t contain any of Tony’s melodic efforts-after we received numerous contacts and complaints after his opening to last week’s show! This week we discuss the drama on the field, and utter nonsense off it, from the weekend’s Premier League football matches, and then look back on a fantastic start to an 11-day feast of sport with the...

With Commonwealth Games having closed this week we look back on a fantastic 2 weeks and pull out some of our highlights from Birmingham. We are joined by England international Squash player, Tony Wheeler, who shares his experience of watching the men's & women's squash finals - as well as other members of his family seeing English success in Hockey and Gymnastics (we believe that Team England...

We can’t start Episode 63 with anything other than the fantastic achievements of England’s footballers in the Women’s European Championship final at Wembley. We look back over a great tournament as well as looking forwards to how the success of Sarina Wiegman’s team can hopefully create a lasting legacy for future women’s football players. Our focus then moves to Birmingham and the Commonwealth Ga...

This week we bring you a tantalising smorgasbord of sports. We celebrate the fantastic progress of England’s Lionesses to the Euros Semi-Finals (with Tony feeling pleased that his prediction of an England v Germany final is still on). Andy has been working on his pronunciation of the Tour de France riders’ names, as we look back at the finale of the men’s race and the start of the women’s race. In...

This week on the Null & Void Sports Podcast we bring you a double episode special. Our Football Correspondent Billy Carr demonstrates another string to his bow of expertise as he joins us to review Cameron Smith’s win at St Andrew’s in the 150th Open Championship. We look back at the final tests in the rugby summer tours, with Ireland’s first ever series win in New Zealand, England’s win in Au...

In this week’s episode we discuss a great weekend of finals at Wimbledon, with Novak Djokovic taking the men’s crown and Elena Rybakina taking the women’s title. Rugby saw a complete turnaround from last week, with wins for Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts- setting up winner takes all matches this weekend. In beating Japan, France also secured the...

On the show this week we reflect on England’s highest ever run chase in the Test Cricket win over India, that keeps the Bazball success rolling, and we look back on defeats for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the first test matches in their Southern Hemisphere rugby tours. In Wimbledon news we celebrate Cameron Norrie making the men’s semi-finals, as well as running the rule over the other...

In this week’s episode we marvel at the turn round in fortunes of the England men’s cricket team after they completed a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand, successfully implementing the “Bazball” style, and we discuss the strong start by the women’s team in Taunton in their one-off test against South Africa. In women’s football we look at how England are continuing to prepare for the upcoming Euros with...

In this week’s episode we look back at Leicester Tigers’ last minute win to become this season's Rugby Premiership Champions, as well as a youthful England team’s comprehensive defeat to the touring Barbarians. In golf we discuss the US Open and Matt Fitzpatrick’s amazing win at Brookline, whilst in cricket the feelgood factor in the new set up has carried over from the test team to the white ball...

In Episode 56 of the Null & Void Podcast Andy recounts his weekend watching the Rugby Premiership Semi Finals and the wins for Saracens & Leicester Tigers. We also remember Llanelli, Wales and Lions great Phil Bennett who sadly passed away this week. We discuss the latest controversy to grip the LIV Golf Event, as their first tournament took place in the UK this week, and look at how it al...

In this Platinum Jubilee episode we discuss England’s winning start for the new captain and coach in the first cricket test at Lord’s.  We look back at the French Open tennis with victory for Iga Swiatek in the women’s and a record 14th men’s title for Rafael Nadal, and also review amazing feats of endurance and technology as Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blumemenfelt becomes the first man to...

It's a European start to this week's episode, with us looking back at Liverpool's defeat to Real Madrid in football's Champions League Final and La Rochelle beating Leinster to win rugby's Champions Cup. We cover the French Open ion tennis as some of the top men's seeds are knocked out, and we issue a Get A Grip to the International Gymnastics Federation. With 7 fast bowlers injured for England's...

In Episode 53 we chat about our road trip to the Diamond League Athletics - that was also a successful test event for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.  We also discuss the shocking price of ice cream at the women's rugby semi-finals, before reviewing the drama on the Premier League's final day. Manchester City came from behind to win the title and Leeds held on to secure their top flight su...

Episode 52 is another fantastic episode with two amazing guests.  We look back at Liverpool’s penalty shoot out win in the FA Cup final, as well as rugby’s European semi-finals and the appointment of Kiwi Brendan McCullum as the new red ball coach for the England cricket team. Our first guest is GB Duathlete Mike Butterworth, who talks about his journey from having to learn to swim before doi...