Anything but Footy

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! And for some the athletics is the highlight of the Olympics - with Great Britain looking to beat its Rio medal tally of 2 golds, a silver and 4 bronze... Adam Gemili has become GB's most consistent sprinters of his generation but can he turn 4th into a podium place? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

She shone as a youngster, now can Jodie Williams achieve her glory at the Olympic Games? The Hertfordshire runner has had a brilliant season in the 200m and 400m but is focusing on the longer distance and relay in Tokyo.. This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abou...

In these editions of Tokyo Time - we catch up from a Team GB athlete who won a medal at Tokyo 2020 in 2021... How are they feeling? How did they do it? And when can they party? Matt Williams is one of the 5 British swimmers with a gold medal for the 4x200m freestyle relay (and yes the semi-final swimmer get a medal too!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about...

A week ago it was all about to start, one week in and Team GB have got off to flier at Tokyo 2020 in 2021... This is our review of the first 6 days of action with the help of gold medalist Matty Lee, silver stars Georgia Taylor Brown and the Men's quad scullers, and bronze medalists Bianca Walkden and gymnast Alice Kinsella... What will the second week have in store? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! Hannah Williams should make her Olympic debut as part of the 4x400m relay squad in the first ever running of the mixed event tomorrow (Friday) in the Olympic Stadium. But she's also been telling her us how she's getting on sharing a room with big sister and 400m British champion Jodie ... Hosted o...

Sophie McKinna is breaking all boundaries at the moment, having qualified for her first World Champs in Doha and now her first Olympics in Tokyo 2 years later. She's in action in qualifying for the Shot Put final on Friday July 30 - and knows her family including Norwich City legend Dave Stringer will be supporting her from home in Great Yarmouth. This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's ju...

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! Eilish McColgan, like Marc in episode 6, is going in both the 10,000m and 5000m on the track after a summer of strong running and personal bests. And she's fully aware of the stories about following in her mum Liz's footsteps 30 years on... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Marc Scott is competing in his first Olympics and goes in the first athletics final on the opening night of action in the Olympic Stadium. Britain has won the last two 10,000m races and 5000m a week later of course thanks to Sir Mo Farah. But we're talking to and about Marc in our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

This is our daily podcast with an athlete who's just about to compete for Team GB at #Tokyo Olympics! Tom Mitchell is back at the Olympics looking to go one better than the silver he won in Rio... It was Rugby Sevens debut back then, now he's returning as captain of Team GB, before they face Canada, Japan and gold medalists Fiji in the group stages over the next couple of days (Mon & Tue)... Hoste...

Lizzie Deignan won the first medal of London 2012 and now with Anna Shackley's she's in action in the Women's Road Race tomorrow (Sunday) We catch up with her after a year like no other... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Opening Ceremony Day - officially day zero of the Olympics - with the main sporting action beginning in earnest in just a matter of hours... Could Team GB start the Games with a medal in the men's Road Race at the Fuji Speedway - we hear from former Tour de France winner and 4 time Olympian Geraint Thomas... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...

It's such an honour to compete for Great Britain, even more so in the Olympics, and even more so if you're asked to lead the team into the Opening Ceremony. Stand up Hannah Mills and Mohammed Sbihi who have been chosen as not only reigning Olympic champions, but they represent the culture and team ethos of Team GB. They will both carry the flag at tomorrow (Friday 23) Tokyo opening ceremony in the...

Chef De Mission for Team GB Mark England on how the team is coping with covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo ahead of the Games and calling for reduction in isolation timeframe as testing regime is so comprehensive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the last Anything but Footy podcast before Tokyo 2020 finally begins in 2021. An extra year in the making, with strict covid-19 regulations, a state of emergency in the host city, and no spectators - this Olympics will be like no other. But there'll be glory and golds, success and silvers, brilliance and bronzes. They'll be cheers and tears. Great stories. Great disappointments. In fact li...

Two weeks to go to Tokyo 2020 in 2021 - it seems we've waited a long time for it - for the athletes it's been a lifetime! This is their moment to create their own history in the sport they love. This is Anything but Footy - and in this episode - we talk all things new - new sport of skateboarding with Sky and Bombette the teenagers representing Team GB as the sport makes its debut in Tokyo. Paul C...

The title of the pod comes from a quote from GB chef de mission Mark England. Even as Britain's had a team at every Olympics - Summer and Winter - since the Games began in 1896, it cannot be understated that history is being made at Tokyo 2020. We speak to Alice Dearing - the first ever black female swimmer to represent Team GB and why it's important. We're also joined by Olympic Head Coach of Bri...

Happy Olympic Day! It's a month to go before Tokyo 2020 and in this episode we hear from the Olympic bronze medalist cyclist Katy Marchant and Olympic champion Maddie Hinch on the fallout from Rio ahead of this summer's Games in 2021. Eye-opening stuff! Both have been selected to represent Team GB again - we'll also round up the latest team announcements from Cycling, Boxing, Para Athletics and Ar...

"We're going to Tokyo to win OUR first gold medal" says Rio Olympic champion and now GB captain Hollie Pearne-Webb, who tells us why the British women's hockey team that's been named aren't the reigning champions 5 years on. We also hear from Jack Laugher - Olympic gold and silver medalist from Rio - on his learning from his mistakes in the build up the Japan Games, which are now 5 weeks away. We'...

Welcome to a brand new podcast - Centre Pass from London Pulse - produced with Anything but Footy. We're the only London franchise in the Vitality Netball Superleague Championship and our aim is to be the beating heart of netball in London, a truly international city. We are passionate and committed to find and develop super talented athletes and to deliver world class netball at the Copperbox Are...

So much to get into the podcast this week - with Michael and John back in their home studios - this bumper edition covers all the British Olympic and Paralympic news you need to know this week! The delay to the Games by a year has been a blessing for some athletes, while for others it might have ended their sporting journey. We'll discuss. We've the Rowing 'register' of 45 athletes inc. the return...

It's the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next month! So time for Team GB and Para GB to keep making their teams! A special this week with John in London and Michael in Manchester to meet the latest members booked on the plane to Japan, for the Games that begin mid July. Tom Daley talks about diving partner Matty Lee's annoying habits, Jade Jones gets that deja-vu feeling - we hear from two newbies to the Olym...

We're back - and we're unashamedly talking about footy - women's footy - which as we know has been badly impacted like many sports during the covid pandemic. And also Football is an Olympic sport! For only the second time in history, Team GB are sending a squad to the Games to compete for a gold medal - in London they were knocked out in the quarter finals. Some of that team return in the 18 stron...

Max, Joe, Giarnni and James - the new Fab Four of British gymnastics. The men's team for Tokyo 2020 has been named by Team GB in Lilleshall the home of gym in the UK and Anything but Footy was there too! Michael catches up with World Champion Joe making his Olympic debut later this summer, and catches up with now 3 time Olympian and double gold medalist from Rio 2016 Max Whitlock. This weekend was...

AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds is back this year! Roundhay Park in Leeds on June 5-6 is the location for the world's best triathletes and paratriathletes to compete for a place at this summer's Olympics and Paralympics, and for those British athletes already selected to represent Team GB this summer to prepare for Tokyo. Plus, for the first time ever, the World Triathlon Para Series will be ta...

In this podcast series, from Anything but Footy, we speak to Team GB and Para GB athletes preparing for Tokyo 2020 in 2021, following the historic delay to the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic. Adam Peaty became Olympic champion in Rio in 2016, and continues to dominate the world of Breaststroke heading into the delayed Olympics - we hear from him on creating more history, protests on the...