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Anything but Footy

Hosted by John Cushing, Michael Weadock

The unashamedly biased Olympic & Paralympic sport podcast! "A relaxed, affable show. The hosts display wide-ranging knowledge" : The New York Times essential top six podcasts to follow for Olympics [25/07/2021] .

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New 02 Nov 40 min

#233 World Para Table Tennis Championships & 'Stars Align' for LA 2028

Sometimes new is better - sometimes the old is best. We catch up with two Paralympic champions ahead of the World Para Table Tennis Championships Will Bayley & Chris Ryan to discuss - and Will throws his hat into the Celebrity Traitors ring too! Is 7 million on a feasibility study for the Northern England Olympics money well spent? PLUS ‘Stars Align' is the new motto for LA 2028 and we hear about Michael's starry introduction to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Oct 31 min

#232 Cycling Success & Controversy At World Track Championships

6 golds 12 medals and table topping success for British Cycling at the World Track Championships in China! But not all is happiness…! Silvers and bronze for 4 time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Emma Finucane as her boyfriend Matt Richardson is withdrawn from the team! Commonwealth medalist, cyclist and broadcaster Georgia Holt joins us to round it all up! And we discuss where the 2036 Olympics should be held? If you like what you’re listening too, we talk about the Olympics Paralympics Commonwealths sports all the time - download listen and follow! (📸 UCI ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Oct 32 min

Great British Bosses - Jonathan Phillips & Tim Bratton

A Great British Bosses double this episode as we catch up with the brand new, and first ever, Performance Director for Ice Hockey UK Jonathan Phillips. In fact, IHUK is brand new too so interim CEO Tim Bratton joins us to explain what's changing and why. And we ask the all important question - when with GB Ice Hockey next be at a Winter Olympics and Paralympics? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

05 Oct 29 min

Great British Bosses - Paul Bush

The Tour de France men and women's race is now the third biggest sporting event globally after the Olympic Games and men’s Football World Cup and it's back in Britain in 2027! It’s the fifth time the men's race has visited these shores but will be the first for Femmes Avec Swift race. Paul Bush is the Managing Director of Grand Départ GB 2027 - his is a name that's synonymous with big time events in the UK inc the Commonwealth Games! Before the official route is confirmed on October 22 this year, we talk all things Tour De France Grand Bretagne - as well as Glasgow 2026 and what's next! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Sep 38 min

#231 British Judo at the World Championships

World Championship medals available and places at the LA Olympics too! A strong British Judo team is heading to Baku this week - including Commonwealth Games gold medalists Emma Reid and Acelya Toprak - we hear why Emma doesn't enjoy competition days, and Acelya is uncertain about the of reception she'll get, having competed for Azerbaijan! European Athletics offers Euros for finalists from 2028 and there's a full News from the Games round up too including Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Youth & Winter Olympics and Katy Marchant says good bye from British Cycling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Sep 24 min

Great British Bosses - Ali Brownlee

As we heard from brother Jonny, we only thought it right to catch up with Alistair Brownlee too - the double Olympic triathlon champion from London & Rio. The pair have always helped the next generation - the Brownlee Foundation in Leeds just one example - but now Ali will be helping the next Olympic athletes directly, as he takes charge of Team GB as chef de mission for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games - the first Olympic sporting event ever to be held in Africa - which starts in a month's time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Sep 33 min

Great British Bosses - Jonny Brownlee

He's the three-time Olympic medallist - bronze at London 2012, silver at Rio 2016 and gold in the inaugural mixed relay at Tokyo 2020 (⁠we made a special podcast with British Triathlon on this in 2022!)⁠ Now Jonny Brownlee tells us why he's moving away from elite competition after nearly 20 years - admitting he missed his brother and double Olympic champion Ali, when he stopped competing. Jonny is not leaving the sport though - he is extending his relationship with Supertri and fronting Enduro, a new race format in which he will also compete at Supertri events around the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Sep 33 min

Great British Bosses - Jonny Brownlee

He's the three-time Olympic medallist - bronze at London 2012, silver at Rio 2016 and gold in the inaugural mixed relay at Tokyo 2020 (we made a special podcast with British Triathlon on this in 2022!) Now Jonny Brownlee tells us why he's moving away from elite competition after nearly 20 years - admitting he missed his brother and double Olympic champion Ali, when he stopped. Jonny is not leaving the sport though - he is extending his relationship with Supertri and fronting Enduro, a new race format in which he will also compete at Supertri events around the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Creator: Anything but Footy
Hosted by: John Cushing, Michael Weadock
Years active: 2026 - 2019
Episodes: 893
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