sport intern special

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Florian Sperl, president of the German Weightlifting Federation. Sperl, who is also on the executive board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), set up the IWF Refugee team. The team made history participating for the first time in an IWF event, the recent World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arab...

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Finn Taylor, CEO of Volleyball World. The company runs the commercial side of volleyball worldwide. It was set up from the partnership between the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and CVC Capital Partners, back in 2021.

In this episode, Ashish Sharma speaks to Juan Martorell, the Deputy Director of the High Council for Sport in Spain. Martorell has been busy organinsing Spain´s build up to the European Week of Sport. (EWoS). This European Commission initiative is aimed at trying to make people more active and incorporate sport as part of their lifestyle. The EWoS will take place in the week commencing September 2...

In this episode of the Sport Intern Special, Ashish Sharma speaks to Christophe Dubi. In recent weeks the states of Victoria in Australia and Alberta in Canada withdrew from hosting forthcoming editions of the Commonwealth Games. Dubi, the International Olympic Committee´s Executive Director, shares his thoughts on the importance of this for the future of hosting major events.

In this edition we hear from Chris Canetti, the President of the Houston 2026 World Cup Bid Committee. His city hosted Manchester United and Real Madrid in pre season friendlies, allowing them a chance to showcase their facilities.

In this, the second part of our interview, Sport Intern continues its chat with the CEO of US Track and Field Max Siegel. Max talks about building up to the LA Games via the Paris Olympics. He also talks about the legacy he wants to establish, being one of just a few African American administrators working at the highest levels within sport in the USA

In this the latest episode of the sport intern special podcast, Ashish Sharma speaks to the CEO of US Track and Field, Max Siegel. Siegel has been at the head of the federation for 12 years and in that time US Track and Field has been one of the most successful, with US athletes topping the medals table at the Olympics and World Championships.

The sport intern special is a podcast produced and presented by Ashish Sharma, the editor of the Sport Intern newsletter. In this edition, Ashish talks to David Crocker, the Executive Director of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup. The event is taking place later on this year and e will be hosted by three countries, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special podcast, Ashish Sharma, continues his conversation with Richard Pound. The Canadian official was one of the longest serving members of the International Olympic Committee, (IOC) before stepping down. He is now an honorary IOC member and was also the first ever president of the World Anti Doping Agency, WADA. Pound talks about the efforts the IOC has made...

In this episode of the Sport Intern Special, editor Ashish Sharma is in conversation with Dick Pound. The 81 year old Canadian, one of the longest serving members of the International Olympic Committee, (IOC) was recently made an Honorary Member of the IOC. He was also its Vice President between 1996 - 2000 and was the first ever President of the World Anti Doping Agency WADA.

In this episode of the Sport Intern Special podcast we speak to the British athlete Holly Bradshaw. The pole vaulter made history by becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in pole valuting, after she took Bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, the climb to the top has not been easy for Holly, who sufferred horrendous online abuse when she was starting up in her sport at the age of...

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special podcast, host presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Janis Burke. Janis is the CEO of Harris County - Houston Sport Authority. She played a leading role in helping Houston win the bid to become one of the 11 cities that will host FIFA 2026 Men´s World Cup matches. The tournament will be hosted by three countries the USA, Mexico and Canada, with Houston expect...

In this episode of the Sport Intern Speical Podcast, we speak to two Olympian athletes regarding the switch from equestrian show jumping to obstacle racing, made by modern pentathlon. While the new discipline won´t be introduced into the Olympics until LA 2028, it will debut as a competitive event later this year. As athletes´ representatives of the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM),...

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special podcast we speak to Witold Bańka the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).  The organisation held their annual Symposium on March 14-15 in Lausanne. Mr Bańka is in the second term of the presidency and in this episode speaks about some of the key areas that WADA focused on at the Symposium

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Ingmar De Vos, the president of the International Equestrian federation (FEV). Ingmar took over as president back in 2014. We began the second part of our chat by discussing how much, if any, had  the Coronavirus pandemic impacted on the manifesto Ingmar had set out to achieve for the FEV when he first took over. 

In this the latest episode of the Sport Intern Special podcast, we catch up with the President of the International Equestrian Federation  (FEI) Ingmar de Vos. Ingmar stepped into the role back in 2014 and in November 2022 won a third and final term as President. He will oversee the Fedetation through the Paris Olympics in 2024 and told the podcast host Ashish Sharma, that the qualifiers for...

In this, the second part of our chat with the CEO of World Aquatics, Brent Nowicki, we look at the reasons why the swimming federation changed its name from FINA to World Aquatics. Brent also shares his concerns about the closures of swimming pools due to the energy crisis, and the hangover from the Covid pandemic. 

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special podcast we speak to Brent Nowicki. The CEO of World Aquatics tells Ashish Sharma that the recent decision by a US District court to support World Aquatics against a lawsuit filed by the International Swimming League (ISL) and two swimmers, will allow the federation to move forward with its busy agenda of events for the coming year.

In this episode of the Sport Intern Special podcast, we continue our chat with Christophe Dubi, the Executive Director of the Olympic Games for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). With the summer Olympics in Paris in 2024 and the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in 2026 to look forward to, Dubi said both events were going to be important for the IOC´s Olympic Agenda 2020+5

In this the final episode of 2022 of the Sport Intern Special podcast, we catch up with Christophe Dubi. The Olympic Games Executive Director for the International Olympic Committee, reflects on the sporting calendar. And its with no surprise that Dubi told us that the highlight event of 2022 was the Beijing Winter Games.

In this edition we hear part 2 of the Sport Intern chat with the president of the International Federation for Sports Climbing, (IFSC) Marco Scolaris. In this episode, Marco talks about the impact on the federation, since making its debut in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Scolaris also reflectes on the steps that need to be taken to further develop and spread sports climbing 

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special we speak to the President of the International Federation for Sports Climbing, (IFSC) Marco Scolaris. Sports climbing made its debut as an Olympic sport at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. It will also feature in the next two Olympic editions, Paris  2024 and Los Angeles 2028. This gave Sport Intern an opportunity to talk to Mr Scolaris about how this c...

In this the second part of the conversation with Riccardo Fraccari, the president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) talks about plans for the future. Fraccari was reelected as the head of the sporting organisation in July to commence a second seven year term. Amongst his plans for the future include further developing interest in esports as well as planning for a Baseball Champio...

In this edition of the Sport Intern Special Ashish Sharma speaks to Riccardo Fraccari, one of the most charismatic of sports administrators and the President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). Fraccari has been in Mexico where he oversaw the inaugutral Baseball5 World Cup. Its a dream realised for Fraccari who has been planning the development of Baseball5 for several years

In this episode of the Sport Intern Special podcast, Ashish Sharma continues his conversation with Laurent Petrynka, the president of the International School Sport Federation. (ISF)  2023 is going to be an important one for the ISF kicking off with the first ever Winter Gymnasiade which will be hosted by Turkey in February. In Part 2 Laurent Petrynka talks about the importance of this new ev...