Sport Unlocked

Episode 48 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on December 24, 2021: African Cup of Nations: CAF President Patrice Motsepe insists AFCON will start as planned in January and he's been hitting  back at critics, particularly in Europe, trying to thwart the tournament in...

Episode 47 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on December 17, 2021:  F1 season-ending chaos - hear from new world champion Max Verstappen. Omicron disruption - hear from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin urging players to get jabbed...

Episode 46 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on December 11, 2021: Diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Winter Olympics; Concerns about gambling firms; La Liga's contentious private equity investment; New coronavirus concerns for European football; Chess world championship Sen...

Episode 45 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on December 3, 2021: - Euro 2020 final violence review is published: England fans' shame & security failings at Wembley but no one is blamed. Hear from the police, the report author and the FA. - Latest on biennial World C...

Episode 44 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on November 26, 2021: English football governance: Hear from Premier League CEO Richard Masters being open to a regulator 1 year to World Cup: Qatar's grapples with scrutiny. Hear from FIFA President Gianni Infantino  Pen...

Episode 43 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on November 14, 2021: Player welfare in football: An inquest has ruled on the suicide of Jeremy Wisten after he was released from Manchester City as a teenager. How does it feel being let go by a leading academy? Sebastian Bas...

Episode 42 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on November 6, 2021: English cricket racism scandal: Analysis on the failures of accountability at Yorkshire & how Azeem Rafiq was let down. Tariq relates his own experiences of facing racist abuse in sport. We interview t...

Episode 41 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.  On the agenda on October 29, 2021: Competitive balance in women's football. We'll hear from Nadine Kessler on UEFA's planned qualification changes.  2030 World Cup bidding latest. IFAB decisions on 5 substitutes becoming permanen...

Episode 40 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Joined also by Ghana-based journalist and broadcaster Gary Al-Smith. On the agenda on October 22, 2021: 1-16 - Newcastle Saudi ownership latest: New Premier League rules target sponsorship linked to state. Hear from the Saudi finance minist...

Episode 39 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on October 15, 2021: A week of the Saudi control of Newcastle: Fans' song of Amanada Staveley, questions over the financing, Jurgen Klopp wanting to hear more from the Premier League on why the takeover was approved and Steve...

Episode 38 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on October 9, 2021: Why did Rob spot Number 10's chief of staff, who was embroiled in intrigue over the Super League launch, at Old Trafford? Saudi Arabia now owns Newcastle. But why is the club and Premier League insisting ag...

Episode 37 of Sport Unlocked - a special edition of the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues recorded live in front of an audience at the Leaders Week sport business conference at Twickenham Stadium. Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler were joined by a series of guests on October 7, 2021: Saudis buy Newcastle: As the takeover was going through, former Premier League general secretary Nic Cow...

Episode 36 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on October 1, 2021: Boxing scandal: Interview with investigator Richard McLaren on the fixing at the Olympics and how power corrupts governing bodies. Women's football abuse: American women's legal in turmoil over sexual coerc...

Episode 35 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on September 24, 2021: Behind origins of FIFA-UEFA spat. How should world football be regulated? Insight from the first in-person Premier League owners' meeting in London in 18 months. Juventus turmoil on the pitch and financi...

Episode 34 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on September 17, 2021: Emma Raducanu's US Open title and where it ranks in improbable sporting successes. Martha Kelner tells us what it was like reporting from Flushing Meadows. Martha also joins us from Washington to discuss...

Episode 33 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on September 10, 2021: Inside FIFA's biennial World Cup plan: Hear from the insiders on the battle splitting football. Hear from Arsene Wenger making FIFA's case, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin on Europe's opposition, Wales...

Episode 32 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on September 3, 2021: Hungary racism - why fans should have been banned for England game and governing body failings. We'll hear from Piara Powar, executive director of the FARE network. Summer Transfer window - where's the mo...

Episode 31 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on August 27, 2021: FIFA is defied by clubs over leagues in Europe over the mandatory release of players for World Cup qualifiers It comes as Gianni Infanatino says FIFA is now a trusted governing body as they receive cash for...

Episode 30 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on August 20, 2021: First half of the pod Barcelona's growing debt Curious & creative transfers of the summer window Concerns grow for Afghanistan's female footballers with evacuation flights sought by FIFPRO Cricket racis...

Episode 29 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on August 14, 2021: Tokyo doping case breaks after the Olympics: British sprint relay silver medalist CJ Ujah tests positive. We'll tell you about the substances & what happens next. Lionel Messi completes his move to...

From the Tokyo Olympics, it's episode 28 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on August 6, 2021: There's our wrap-up from the Olympics. Life at the pandemic Games, the sprinting surprise, Laurel Hubbard's milestone moment, the blocking of social media clips of the clips fro...

From the Tokyo Olympics, it's episode 27 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. We're also joined by Mike Keegan. On the agenda on July 23, 2021: What life is like at the pandemic Olympics and the challenges facing the delayed 2020 Games. The latest organising committee scandal leading to...

Episode 26 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on July 13, 2021: We take you inside the European Championship final unrest at Wembley, speaking to the fans and stewards amid concerning scenes after ticketless supporters charged into the stadium. What's the impact on the Br...

Episode 25 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on July 2, 2021: A top American sprinter is banned after testing positive following marijuana use. Sha'Carri Richardson apologised and accepted a one month ban ahead of the Tokyo Games and could still get to race in an Olympic...

Episode 24 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on June 25, 2021: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becomes the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics. We'll speak to Kristen Worley, the transgender cyclist who  advises Olympics chiefs after suing them...