Ball Chat Sports Podcast

Episode 61 of the Ball Chat Spodcast has an extended football section where we dissect a fascinating tie between Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League and review the elite clashes in the Champions League with some surprise results. In the combat sports it's all about UFC 273 where Volkanovski dominated the Korean Zombie, a close matchup between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan ultimately went the New Yorker's way and Khamzat Chimaev continued his burgeoning career in the UFC with a win against veteran Gilbert Burns.

Episode 60 features the lads review of the Champions League quarter finals as there are mixed fortunes for the English clubs in Europe. We spoke Masters golf at Augusta as Tiger Woods make his miraculous return following his horrific car crash 13 months ago and we previewed a blockbuster UFC 273 card featuring podcast favourite, Khamzat Chimaev, a much anticipated rematch between Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan and the main event between Volkanovski and the Korean Zombie. Hot takes galore!

Join the lads for a bumper World Cup chat, including coverage of the live draw. We also recap a huge week in combat sports topped by Josh Warrington becoming featherweight champion for the second time. Also, an apology to the masses for technical difficulties which means there is no ‘5 Things You Might Have Missed’ this episode, but that will be back next week.

We open up the podcast this week with the Preamble Ramble on Deshaun Watson's eyebrow raising trade from the Houston Texans to the Cleveland Browns and the risk they take with it. We review Premier League action as the race for the Top 4 hots up and the relegation battle rambles on. And finally in the Featured Fights we review the freak show "Titan Weight" bout between Eddie Hall and Thor Bjornsson, along with some actual fights; including a stellar performance from the English fighters at UFC London 2022.

This week the lads review the Champions League round of 16 games as Manchester United and Juventus crash out before the Quarter-Final stage. We have a gloss over Chelsea's troubles off the pitch as they continue to impress under Thomas Tuchel's tutelage. And of course, Jim examines another historic British Boxing bout, this time for the right reasons, between Michael Conlan and Leigh Wood along with a preview of this weekends fights including UFC London headlined by Volkov vs Aspinall.

This week on the podcast we talk Everton and Manchester United woes as they struggle at opposite ends of the table, following humbling defeats on the weekend. We discuss whether Frank Lampard was ever going to be the right man for the job in Merseyside and what potential coaches could take over at Old Trafford in the summer. In the Featured Fights we review UFC 272 headlined by Covington vs Masvidal and in the boxing a masterful performance from Chocolatito Gonzalez.

This week on the podcast we review the hugely controversial fight involving undisputed super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor and the man who should have been his successor, Jack Caterall in the featured fights section. In the world of football we talk Carabao Cup Final, Marcelo Bielsa's departure and his replacement Jesse Marsch and how he can adjust to English football and shrug off the negative perceptions of American coaches in the English game.

This week on the podcast the lads round-up all of last week's Premier League and Champions League action including a surprise 3-2 win for Spurs over Man City and also discuss the futures of Antonio Conte and Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds as they continue to freefall towards the relegation zone. And in this week's featured fights Jim gives us the lowdown on one of the biggest British boxing bouts of recent memory between Amir Khan and Kell Brook and looks ahead to Josh Taylor's fight against Jack Caterall this weekend.

This week we open the pod with a discussion on the Russian doping scandal involving teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva at the winter Olympics. We have a weekly review of the Premier League and Champions League football, review a fairly underwhelming Superbowl and preview the hugely anticipated all-British bout between Amir Khan and Kell Brook.