Anything but Footy

One month to go! Crazy to think where the Commonwealth Games may have ended up if Glasgow hadn’t stepped up - but it means so much to people!

We hear from Olympic and defending Commonwealth Games champion Rhys McClenaghan, 2014 cycling champion Joanna Rowsell and Glasgow 2026 CEO Phil Batty.

We’re gearing up for Glasgow 2026 & you can still be there too  http://glasgow2026.com/

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What a weekend! Back in Birmingham the British Athletics Championships over two days didn't disappoint!

Shocks, surprises, withdrawals and dramatic wins and unhappy shot puters! Serial winner Scott Lincoln tells us why!

We have the latest as Keely Hodgkinson doesn't compete in the 400m final, hear from British champion Amber Anning and as its fathers day we catch up with Alistair Chalmers who's bagged a British gold 5 days after his first son was born!

All this ahead of the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in the UK this summer!

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In this season, we continue to speak to the people who have changed British sport during their careers like Victoria Pendleton.

In this episode, we're delighted to catch up with Team GB and British Athletics sprinter Daryll Neita, the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medalist, ten years on from her first medal - and ahead of a big birthday celebration!

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The Protection Of Women In Olympic Sport Policy was published at the end of the Olympics and Paralympics in Milano Cortina at the end of March 2026.

We said it was too important to not talk about, but John & Michael weren't necessarily the only voices needed on this topic!

In this episode we're joined by Commonwealth medalist, cyclist and broadcaster Georgia Holt to discuss!

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The International Olympic Committee sit on a huge amount of money and there should be a way to funnel it down to the athletes!

The views of Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth gold medalist Greg Rutherford who joins us on the pod after IOC President Kirsty Coventry said "I don't believe in paying athletes". Hear why he thinks she's wrong in FULL - and how he's battling to keep his children away from mobile phones! Check out the free safer screens tool from Uswitch for more.

We've the latest on Northern Olympics and News from the Games ahead of Glasgow 2026 too!

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Slight twist on the usual spin off of Anything but Footy. We’re joined by President of On Location Paul Caine to talk all things LA 28 Olympic hospitality - and we ask if he could sell the North of England Games???

On Location offer a premium way to experience the Olympics by combining guaranteed access to events with elevated in-venue hospitality and service. The LA 2028 Games will the third time the company has worked with the IOC and Games organisers having started in Paris, and continued in Milano Cortina!

And check out On location for their recently launched ticket-inclusive hospitality packages

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Two Olympic gold medals and 34 World Championship medals, there was nothing Victoria Pendleton couldn't do on the track - she even turned her hand to horse-racing after retiring from cycling at the peak of her powers in the summer of 2012.

Now in The Fear Opportunity, Victoria draws on her own experiences, both deeply personal and professional, to demonstrate how we can all turn fears into the opportunity and reframe our lives more positively.

In this episode of Great British Bosses, we also talk all things Olympics with a real legend of Cycling and someone that changed the face of the sport for the better in the UK.

THE FEAR OPPORTUNITY - How feeling your fear builds strength and confidence - BLUEBIRD is out NOW!

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Handy for Nandy? Michael has put together the most comprehenisve list of venues for the 2040s North of England Olympics and Paralympics.

The Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has instructed UK Sport to assess any potential bid for the benefits of local people, towns and cities.

www.anythingbutfooty.com/blog/handy-for-nandy

We also round up our News from the Games as gearing up for Glasgow and looking ahead to LA!

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Celebrating the best Winter Olympics for Team GB ever! Michael's been catching up with double Olympic champion Matt Weston and 'the boss' chef de mission Eve Muirhead at a star studded event in the West End of London.

Hear from them both on how life has changed and what's to come! We're also gearing up for Glasgow and looking ahead to LA - so we catch up with bobsleigh Adele Nicoll on her shot put target for Commonwealths and British gymnastic legend Max Whitlock is back competing too aiming for a 5th Olympics!

We've our News from the Games including spotting the rings in Milan still - and we pay tribute to double Olympic champion Katie Archibald who's retiring from elite sport - with her unique cycling story in her own words!

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The International Olympic Committee says sports around their world should lift their ban on Belarus competing individually or as a national team, that's been in place since the Ukraine War started in 2022. The IOC Executive Board says athletes "should not be limited by the actions of their governments". But Russia remain banned not because of war but of concerns about the anti-doping regime - its ten years since they were found guilty of state sponsored doping at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Are these the right decisions? We hear from President Kirsty Coventry.

In a bumper News from the Games edition there's French Alps, Youth Olympics and Brisbane updates, Glasgow 2026 Commonwealths and Birmingham European Athletics headlines.

PLUS is the UK bidding for the Olympics again the 2040s?

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