The Sports Agents

This week on The Sports Agents... Former British number one tennis players, Tim Henman and Laura Robson , chatted to Gabby and Mark from a Sky Sports padel event about doping, the Djokovic-Murray partnership and Emma Raducanu's future (01:45). As the Six Nations kicks off ex-England rugby player, David Flatman , joined us. Could the Six Nations stop being free-to-air and could this threaten the sp...

Gabby and Mark are joined by former British number one tennis players, Tim Henman and Laura Robson to discuss whether Murray could become Raducanu's new coach after success with Djokovic? ... And more serious questions like, what do they make of the positive doping tests tarnishing tennis' image? (07:30) As the Six Nations kicks off this weekend we catch up with ex-England prop, David Flatman . Jo...

It's not very Manchester City or Pep Guardiola to be one game away from crashing out of the Champions League in the league phase, and yet they face a must-win game on Wednesday to avoid their earliest exit for 12 years. So Gabby and Mark caught up with former Man City player, Nedum Onuoha , and Pep Guardiola's biographer, Guillem Balague . What's the feeling inside City now about what's going wron...

This week on The Sports Agents... Sporting royalty on the podcast this week as Gabby and Mark were joined by Mo Farah , four-time Olympic gold medallist (1:30), two-time Ryder Cup winner and Olympic silver medallist Tommy Fleetwood (7:45), one of the most decorated female racing drivers, Jamie Chadwick , (13:30) and Nottingham Forest captain Ryan Yates (19:45). Got a question for The Sports Agents...

Mo Farah joins Gabby and Mark on The Sports Agents today. The four-time Olympic gold medallist and national treasure who lit up London 2012, talks to us about everything from running with Arsene Wenger, to what he learnt from his traumatic childhood, and his reaction to Gabby calling him Mo Salah on air. How a prodigious talent 'flipped the switch' to win multiple golds and if he would he swap any...

Ryan Yates , captain of this season's Premier League 'surprise package' - Nottingham Forest - joins Gabby and Mark for a bonus exclusive interview. What's behind their dramatic rise from one place off relegation last season, to joint-second in the table? He tells us about what he learnt from Roy Keane, how success is changing the city, the power of having an owner and manager with relentless drive...

Olympic silver medallist and two-time Ryder Cup winner, Tommy Fleetwood , joins Gabby and Mark.  Tommy takes us behind the scenes in the Team GB Olympic WhatsApp group, shares his thoughts on whether Team Europe should be paid at the Ryder Cup, and tells us about the joys of being a long-suffering Everton fan.    Plus we chat to one of the world’s most-decorated female racing d...

This week on The Sports Agents... Gary Lineker's replacements on Match of the Day , Mark, Kelly and Gabby, react to the big announcement (03:15). As Tyson Fury retires from boxing (again!) we speak to the boxer who could be the heir to his throne, Moses Itauma , and his promoter Francis Warren (07:15). How hard is it to break into the rotating cast of Premier League managers and how much does it c...

After the big Match of the Day announcement Kelly Cates and Mark share how hard it's been to keep the secret, and Gabby (who's having a week off) sends us her reaction. And in the other big announcement of the week Tyson Fury retired from boxing. Is it for real this time? And if so, who will fill the gap at the top? It could well be our guest, Moses Itauma , the man leading the next generation of...

What's it like to be overlooked time and again for the top job, beaten by the same names or the young superstars? How expensive is it to get all your coaching badges? And are the English FA doing enough to help coaches get a foot in the door? Championship manager Lee Johnson tells us about that struggle after David Moyes and Graham Potter were re-appointed as Premier League managers. And we chat t...

This week on The Sports Agents... What sport did James Corden beat Gabby at? And what's it like when your dad sells you to another club? All that and more with Jamie Redknapp , the former England, Liverpool and Tottenham player (03:00). Should the England boycott their upcoming men's cricket match against Afghanistan? We ask Double-Ashes winner Steve Harmison , who got death threats in 2003 about...

Lasers and lava fields don't traditionally scream golf but that's exactly what they've got in the TGL - Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's $100m science experiment to bring golf to Gen Z. What's going on and will it work? We speak to The Athletic's Golf Reporter Gabby Herzig . And golf's not the only one innovating. Double-Ashes winner Steve Harmison tells us why he's against a new two-tier system in...

We've just passed the halfway mark in the Premier League season, so it's a great time for Gabby and Mark to catch up with Jamie Redknapp , the former England, Liverpool and Tottenham player. (6:26) Is the uproar around Trent Alexander-Arnold and Real Madrid fair? How many times can Ange Postecoglou say, "if all things were equal"? And how early do clubs, managers and players start talking to each...

2025 promises to be another huge year for sport... Gabby & Mark have been carefully sifting through your emails on everything from a Ryder Cup in New York to a home Women's Rugby World Cup , to make some new year's predictions of their own... Will the Lionesses be able to defend their Euros crown, how will Thomas Tuchel get on as England boss, what one rule would Gabby change in tennis, does b...

Gabby and Mark relive the best moments from The Sports Agents in 2024. First up, it's our exclusive interview with 2024 Olympic gold medallist and Sports Personality of the Year, Keely Hodgkinson (05:42). Get ready to squirm in your seat as Gabby takes down Aron D'Souza , President of the Enhanced Games, where athletes are allowed to dope (10:50). Formula One driver and championship runner-up this...

An exclusive interview with one of the most thoughtful and interesting superstars in sport - Maro Itoje - joins Gabby and Mark in studio as a special Christmas treat from The Sports Agents ... The England & Saracens lock reflects on a disappointing Autumn Nations series, praises the culture head coach Steve Borthwick is building and what the England captaincy would mean to him. A keen Arsenal...

This week on The Sports Agents... Sports Personality of the Year winner and 2024 Olympic gold medallist, Keely Hodgkinson, joins us for an exclusive interview (03:45). We find out more about Tyson Fury and what it's like to box a rematch with cruiserweight boxer and former WBO title holder, Chris Billam-Smith , ahead of the biggest rematch of the century Fury v Usyk 2 (11:25). And how extreme can...

The fight of the century is back. Last time around, Oleksandr Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion for 25 years, and he's back again for the rematch against Tyson Fury , who'll want to avenge his first professional defeat. Gabby and Mark chat to cruiserweight boxer and former WBO title holder, Chris Billam-Smith , about running with Fury, the pressure of a rematch and how he sees...

Olympic gold medallist, Keely Hodgkinson , speaks to Gabby and Mark for an exclusive interview ahead of the Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Keely raced to gold in the 800m this summer in Paris, in the most watched event on the BBC. That was Team GB's first track gold since Jess Ennis-Hill at London 2012 - the very moment that inspired Keely to start running. Even as a teenager Keely won sil...

This week on The Sports Agents... After the biggest contract in sports history was signed (15 years and $765m dollars for baseball player Juan Soto ) we tried to get our heads around the huge numbers with U.S. Sports Business Reporter, Daniel Kaplan (01:43). As the Formula One season ended we had a debrief about the big driver argument, Lewis Hamilton and next year's wide open title race with BBC...

The biggest contract in the history of sport has just been signed. It's a 15-year deal worth $765m for 26-year-old Major League Baseball player Juan Soto to join the New York Mets. Is Soto worth the jaw dropping contract? How did a deal that big come together? And are European clubs like Chelsea headed in the same direction? We pick the brains of U.S. Sports Business Reporter, Daniel Kaplan , form...

Gabby and Mark are with you one day earlier than usual this week, following yet more off-field drama at Manchester United as Sporting Director, Dan Ashworth , leaves after just five months in the job.... What went wrong, and can Sir Jim Ratcliffe recover from this? We speak to The Athletic’s Adam Crafton for the inside story (08:28). The Formula One season is over so it’s time for a debrief with B...

This week on The Sports Agents, Gabby & Mark tackled the controversy surrounding the Premier League’s annual LGBTQ+ ' Rainbow Laces ' campaign - after some players chose to directly challenge the Premier League’s directives. Wales all-time top goalscorer, Jess Fishlock (10:34) - MBE awarded for her services to football and the LGBTQ+ community and double-Paralympic 200m Champion Richard W...

Inclusion has been top of the agenda this week in sport. Rainbow armbands and rainbow jackets have caused a stir after some Premier League players refused to wear them for religious reasons or added their own religious messages on. Rather than get bogged down in the detail about armbands we ask the bigger question - how do you make space for everyone in sports? Jess Fishlock , the two-time Champio...

Man United may have lifted the FA Cup last summer and just got their first Premier League win under new manager Ruben Amorim but the biggest victory for their co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe this year... was probably in the sailing. He helped Ben Ainslie 's team reach the Americas Cup final for the first time in 60 years and the four-time Olympic champion joined Gabby & Mark in studio to talk about...