To quote the Bryan Adams famous song 'Summer of '69' 'those were the best days of my life'...and episode 69 of Anything but Footy and the summer to come of 2022 could be just as rockin'!

We've a bumper Birmingham edition of the podcast - as Diamond League crowds returned to the second city and the new and improved venue for the Commonwealth Games this July/August! Dina Asher Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and Laura Muir all won and spoke to Michael afterwards - local 400m man Matthew Hudson Smith set a marker for the outdoor season too - we catch up with another GB superstar Katerina Johnson Thompson and Robbie Grabarz who ten years on finally gets an Olympic silver medal!

We round up the groundbreaking European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester and hear from 2 British canoe slalom Olympic stars - Mallory Franklin and Joe Clarke - ahead of their Euros too - plus a new world for British Boxing - the chair and CEO talk to us.

PLUS Tennis, Wimbledon, Russia, Ukraine, Hockey, Netball, Cycling, Rowing and have we mentioned its 9 weeks til Birmingham 2022 ??!

Get in touch anytime - @anythingbutf on twitter or message us on insta & Facebook or check out the website www.anythingbutfooty.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices