The Sports Agents

Homegrown talent Trent Alexander-Arnold is flying the Liverpool nest to join Real Madrid . The first of the big three to make a move. Do Liverpool fans need to let go, or are they right to feel betrayed? How will he be welcomed at Real Madrid? Is he right to go chasing a Ballon D'Or? And have Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk played a PR blinder? We discuss it all with Spanish football journalist Guill...

British boxing's biggest promoters, Eddie Hearn & Frank Warren were once able to put their historic rivalry aside, to take boxing to Saudi Arabia... but after the recent announcement of a new Saudi boxing league (run by the owners of UFC and WWE) - are they about to regret that decision? How big a threat is the TKO boxing league to the established boxing order? Is this Boxing’s LIV Golf moment...

This week on The Sports Agents... First up, an exclusive interview with the most important man in English rugby union, Bill Sweeney , CEO of the RFU. He faces a vote of no confidence next week after accepting a £350,000 bonus, taking his pay to £1.1m, when clubs are going bust, redundancies have been made and the community game is crying out for help (02:30). Newcastle legend Alan Shearer celebrat...

An exclusive interview with rugby's 'most wanted' man, CEO of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Bill Sweeney . Before he faces a vote of no confidence next week, Gabby and Mark asked him all the tough questions. How can he justify taking a bonus of over £350,000, making his pay £1.1m, after posting losses of £40m, making dozens of redundancies and seeing three top-tier clubs go bust? Is the RFU fit...

When Alan Shearer is in tears, you know something big has happened. The Newcastle legend joins us to celebrate the club winning its first domestic trophy in 70 years. After a huge weekend of sport Gabby and Mark hold a competition for the biggest sporting moment - arguing for the Six Nations is England World Cup winner Ben Kay , and tennis broadcaster Marcus Buckland makes the case for Jack Draper...

This week on The Sports Agents... From sneaking a disguised Novak Djokovic into a team talk, to lessons from Ben Stokes and the LIV/PGA divide, we chatted to European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald for an exclusive interview (02:15). One day Jim Ratcliffe said Manchester United were on track to be 'bust by Christmas', and the next they announced plans for a £2bn stadium... so we asked Professor of...

As double Olympic champion Jade Jones recently announced she's swapping taekwondo for boxing, Gabby and Mark discuss what it's like to switch sports. Many have tried it - Michael Jordan, Usain Bolt, Louis Rees-Zammit, Petr Cech, Ash Barty, Sarah Storey ... but not all successfully. Jade Jones joins us in the studio to tell us how she's resisting the urge to kick her opponents rather than punch the...

A special bonus episode as Manchester United announce their new £2bn, 100,000-seater stadium, the day after Sir Jim Ratcliffe said they were on track to be bust by Christmas! So, how on earth are the club going to afford it? And were they really going bust? We ask Professor of Football Finance at the University of Liverpool, Kieran Maguire . And we hear thoughts on the design and whether the five-...

A month out from the Masters and what always feels like the beginning of the golf season we speak to European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald . Why did he put Novak Djokovic in a disguise? What tips did Ben Stokes give him? And how is it managing the divide between LIV and the PGA? (07:40) Comedian and host of The Last Leg , Adam Hills , joins us to talk about his new role as President of the Rugby...

This week on The Sports Agents... Imagine flying on EasyJet and seeing the men's team on private jets. That's one of the many gaps the England women's team experienced before Baroness Sue Campbell stepped in and five years later, the women won the Euros. One of the greatest trailblazers in UK sport joins us for International Women's Day (02:15). After Emma Raducanu spoke out about crying when she...

For International Women's Day, Gabby and Mark are joined by a woman who has been one of the biggest game changers in transforming UK sport, Baroness Sue Campbell . How did she get a whole class of children smoking in the toilets to engage in sport? How did she transform UK sport to win a record medal tally at London 2012 Olympics? And what led up to the moment when Chloe Kelly jumped into her arms...

No doubt you saw the footage of Emma Raducanu, who’s still only 22 years old, crying on court after a spotting a stalker in the crowd in Dubai. This week she’ll get increased security by an ex-CIA agent for Indian Wells but what is it like to go through that? Gabby and Mark are joined by Sabrina Sinha , a promising GB runner who feared for her safety and even moved away from her sport after being...

This week on The Sports Agents... The first refugee to win an Olympic medal, Cindy Ngamba , joined Gabby and Mark before her professional boxing debut to talk about her incredible story from a shock arrest to the hilarious moment she discovered boxing (03:00). The story of fleeing Afghanistan and getting no support from cricket's governing body (the ICC) with Afghanistan women's cricketer, Firooza...

As Liverpool swept Newcastle aside last night (in what Gabby fears was a frightening preview of next month's League Cup final) they went 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League - It's only February, but is there any jeopardy left this season? Former England Captain Steph Houghton joined Mark & Gabby the morning after the Lionesses exacted a little World Cup final revenge over Spain, d...

As the England men’s cricket team prepare to face Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy - despite pressure from MPs to boycott the game in protest over the Taliban's treatment of women - Firooza Amiri from the Afghanistan women's cricket team reveals the details of her daring escape, playing cricket in exile and the hypocrisy of the women's national side not being recognised by the ICC. Internationa...

A special bonus episode for an interview that blew us away. Cindy Ngamba was the first refugee to win an Olympic medal and is about to make her professional boxing debut on the undercard of the Natasha Jonas v Lauren Price fight. Cindy joined Gabby and Mark to share her incredible story of arriving in Bolton from Cameroon aged 11 with no mother to tell her about deodorant and periods, to the traum...

This week on The Sports Agents... Mark and Gabby hit the road this week, meeting Formula One drivers at the O2 Arena and travelling to Wigan to chat to the best and possibly most underrated coach in Britain. First up, an exclusive interview with three-time Grand Prix winner George Russell about taking over from Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes lead driver, swearing rules and the moment you know if your...

Despite Man City's Champions League humiliation, only one other head coach in British sport can claim to have enjoyed the kind of trophy-laden success that Pep Guardiola has in recent years - Wigan Warriors Head Coach, Matt Peet . Mark takes Gabby north, to The Brick Community Stadium - home of the all-conquering Wigan Warriors - for an exclusive interview with the man who's won seven trophies in...

Mark is at the O2 Arena in London for the Formula One season launch, chatting to British drivers George Russell and Oliver Bearman , as they step out of Lewis Hamilton's shadow and look to become the next British driver to win a world championship. Three-time Grand Prix winner Russell talks to us about taking over from Hamilton as lead driver at Mercedes, what he makes of the new rules that could...

This week on The Sports Agents... Can the Six Nations learn from the star-studded Super Bowl ? We chat to ex-England rugby union player Ugo Monye (03:30). Could rugby league help the Premier League get VAR right? That's with Phil Bentham , Head of Match Officials at the RFL and former PGMOL VAR coach (10:45). Joe McEwan tells us about suffering a sudden cardiac arrest when playing lacrosse. At jus...

After a fiery final Goodison derby where refereeing was in the spotlight once again and as the Super League season begins, Gabby and Kelly are joined by Phil Bentham , Head of Match Officials at the Rugby Football League and former Premier League VAR coach. Will the new Captain's Challenge help rugby league and should football try it? And what else can VAR in football learn from other sports? (07:...

After a Super Bowl where Taylor Swift being booed and Kendrick Lamar 's half-time show were spoken about more than the Eagles stopping the Chiefs, Kelly Cates joins Gabby to chat about what lessons other sports, like rugby's Six Nations, can draw from this entertainment factor. We talk about all that, and have a Six Nations debrief after a dramatic weekend, with ex-England rugby player, Ugo Monye...

This week on The Sports Agents... A big helping of American sport as we geared up for Sunday's Super Bowl and explained the NBA transfer that broke the internet... Former Super Bowl champion Jason Bell , was in the studio to talk about Patrick Mahomes' G.O.A.T status, The Kansas City Chiefs' attempt at a historic 'Three-Peat' and the 'Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy'? (09:50) Tas Melas , co-hos...

Gabby's Newcastle are on their way to Wembley but could Premier League players soon be punished for their goal celebrations ? Gabby and Mark react to all the League Cup drama... (05:45) It's Super Bowl time, so we talk about the Chiefs' "three-peat" attempt, Taylor Swift-related conspiracies and more with NFL pundit and former Super Bowl Champion Jason Bell (08:55). And how important are player so...

Imagine getting a call from an agent about your 12-year-old son, would you know what to do? The mum of Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly - Marcia Lewis - joins Gabby and Mark to share her journey from not even knowing what the Premier League was, to getting a Masters in football business and setting up the No1Fan.club to help other parents of academy kids (08:30). And the transfer that was so shocking...