Sporting Misadventures with Chris Hoy

With more than 50 caps for England's partially sighted football team, we've got genuine sporting talent this week to talk international call-ups, hosting the world's strongest child contest and Rocky dreams in Mexico. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Young Kenny from Phoenix Nights, aka Justin Moorhouse, has two Olympic Games appearances to his name and is a crack shot. He joins us on the podcast this week to talk sumo, kabaddi and cricket sandwiches. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Football's loss has been acting and comedy's gain after this week's guest forewent a budding sporting career. The King Gary star talks rounders red cards, lasting 12 minutes in her comeback football match and a live TV wonder strike. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See...

Our latest guest, Katia from Stath Lets Flats and Cathy from The Other One was born into a sporting household. She joins us to discuss her love of football fights and how her sporting high quickly turned into a costly low. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

The star of Fresh Meat, Gary: Tank Commander and Guilt joins us to reminisce about his sporting high turned agonising low, camp tennis with Tim Henman and a private Prince gig. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The stand-up comedian, actor and writer Joe Wilkinson admits he would rather have been a sportsman than a comedian as he talks trying to topple Three Lions from the charts and critiques synchronised swimming. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

This week's guest has brushed shoulders with Lionel Messi and sung the national anthem for the King at Brentford FC but, as a goalkeeper, has been derailed by dreams of chicken lasagne. He talks singing, Soccer AM and gambling addiction. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Hosted on Acast....

Irish comedian David O'Doherty is a sports star in his own right. He joins Sporting Misadventures to chat outsmarting Irish rugby players, angling triumphs, drunken triple jumping and his obsession with collecting vintage Tour de France-winning bikes. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/ Ho...

Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy and journalist Matt Majendie invite a comedian on each week to talk about his or her sporting misadventure. The opening guest is David Earl, creator of the excellent Brian and Charles and star of After Life and Derek. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportingmisadventures/...

Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy and journalist Matt Majendie invite a comedian on each week to talk about his or her sporting misadventures from the sublime - a winning goal perhaps - to the ridiculous, a school sports day gone wrong which still haunts to this day. Follow Sporting Misadventures on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SportingMisadvn - and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sportin...