Anything but Footy

One of the biggest teams at next summer's Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games will be from across the border - Team England!

In this episode of Great British Bosses, we hear from the Chair of Commonwealth Games England on the beat job Scottish organisers have done in rescuing the Games, but also what comes next after the sticky plaster of Glasgow.

And our guest - John Steele - is someone who's done it all from playing rugby, to coaching a team to European success and heading up UK Sport for the home Olympics and Paralympics of London 2012.

This is Great British Bosses with John Steele!

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Another fantastic start to the sporting year, with the tennis in Melbourne, success on the snowboard and sliding track too.

We're back for our sixth year of talking about the Olympics and Paralympics all the time.

And in this episode, we discuss the toughest and hardest sport in the world? Tennis? Athletics? Even football?

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The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are now next year!

As we know, assuming you've been following and listening to Anything but Footy, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event. Glasgow will be host city for a second time in 12 years on July 23rd 2026.

In this special episode, we find out more about the people now chosen to deliver these historic Games and speak to the new CEO Phil Batty, a man with big ideas in a big job! 

Find out much more on next year’s Commonwealth Games glasgow2026.com

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It was quite the summer in Paris 2024 - for co-hosts Michael and John in their roles with talkSPORT but also for first time Olympian Anthony Harding - their guest on this final episode of another Olympic year!

The British diver made history with his 'idol' Jack Laugher, as the pair won Team GB's 4th historic synchronised diving medal of Paris 2024 in the 3m springboard. We look-back with Anthony on his achievements in his first Games, and look ahead to what's next including a new coach, new training venue in Sheffield and a tilt at individual success too.

Michael and John also round up some of the other Olympic news ahead of a big year, even though 2025 isn't officially an 'Olympic year'. And as Christmas and New Year is the time to reflect, a final mention of experiences and learnings from Paris 2024!

And as it is the festive season, may we thank you for listening, wish you and yours a very happy holiday and see you for more Olympics and Paralympics podcasts in 2025!

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The Commonwealth Games has been saved by Scotland and Glasgow 2026. But what does the future hold in store? Who else will host?

We go straight to the top and ask CEO Katie Sadleir who tells us Glasgow will stage a world class Games. 2030 hosts will be decided next year. Co-hosts across smaller nations could be an option. They'll be more sports 16 or 17 in 2030. A series of Commonwealth championships will also be looked at, as well as maintaining the successful Youth Games, with a host confirmed for that in March 2025. Oh and Australia 'will host the Games again' despite Victoria pulling out with 8 hours notice to host 2026.

This is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of UK Sport.

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This was a night to celebrate, kick back, relax and revel in the achievements of Paris 2024 - and that was just Michael!

In all seriousness, the Roundhouse in Camden was the setting for night of success with gold medalists from the summer games Alex Yee and Bryony Page winning more awards - hear from them both in this episode!

Also, what's next for Lina and Laviai Nielsen on the athletics track and fellow Olympic medalists Jack Laugher and Lois Toulson in the diving pool!

PLUS we look ahead to the no count controversial Sports Personality of the Year Awards!

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You'll hear John and Michael's commentary, reports and interviews from talkSPORT, the official Olympic broadcaster of the Paris 2024 Olympics, at the start of this podcast.

Simply it was the greatest ever games for Team GB canoeists - and subsequently the Para Canoe team matched it weeks later in the Paralympics.

But Ashley Metcalfe as CEO of Paddle UK is in charge of so much more than just success - how does it prioritise clean water or paddle boarding or canoe slalom or kayak cross or canoe sprint?

We find out in this latest episode of Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy.

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There's a lot of people inspiring a lot of others to change sport in this country, and in this episode we catch up with one of them.

Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy, is the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK, and speaks to the men and women in charge.

Alison Young is the CEO of the Youth Sport Trust which aims to build a brighter future for every child. She speaks passionately about her work with schools and teachers and reveals why '60 mins' should be as well known as '5 a day' to all parents in this country!

In her previous role she also set up the Team Bath programme, and reveals her hopes of a return to elite netball for the West Country team too!

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Powerleague is famous for footy we know! 40+ sites in UK, Ireland and the Netherlands with 6.5 million customers every year!

So why is a podcast called 'Anything but Footy' talking to the CEO? Well Powerleague is now dipping its toe into the fastest growing sport in the world - Padel!

Its first new Padel centres are in Shoreditch and Birmingham and we're told there's more to come! And as we hear, maybe a new sport for the Olympics in the year's to come too!

This is Great British Bosses with Christian Rose.

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Ten years on from staging the Commonwealth Games, Scotland has stepped up again to rescue the event.

Glasgow will once again be the host city, this time for the 2026 Games, but it'll be very different from 2014.

It'll all be staged in 4 venues within an 8 mile radius with 10 sports across 11 days. And the ten sports are:

In this special episode, we find out more from Commonwealth Games Scotland on how the Games will be staged, and why Scotland is in the right place to deliver! 

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