In Episode 172 we bring you another great selection of

We begin with Football and updates from the Premier League and Women’s Super League action. Meanwhile in Rugby’s Premiership there were a host of nail-biting finishes – Saracens beat Bristol with the last kick of the game, Bath edged out Quins with just 90 seconds left on the clock, and Leicester held on to beat Gloucester in the Ed Slater Cup – named after a lock who played for both sides and is now fighting with MND.

In Formula 1, Lando Norris was unhappy at the controversial decision to penalise him 5 seconds for his passing of title rival Max Verstappen. This dropped him to 4th and moved Verstappen up to 3rd. Meanwhile Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz took 1st and 2nd place.

It was the finale of the America’s Cup races this weekend.

This week’s guest is Dorothy Hathaway, who recently won an U23 Tug of War World Championship silver medal. Dorothy joins us to give an insight into how she got involved in the sport, the time commitment involved in training, as well as her excitement at competing in the World Championship event. She also shares some of the intricacies and details of the sport for us and our listeners. An absolutely brilliant guest, and another from the South Stoke production line of sportsmen and sportswomen achieving amazing sporting feats!

Episode 171 starts with an update from Rugby League’s Grand Final, where Wigan’s 9-2 win over Hull Kingston Rovers secured the first ever quadruple in the Super League era.

In Football it was an international break, so Nations League matches. England’s winning start under interim boss Lee Carsley came to a juddering halt with a 2-1 home loss to Greece in a very confused performance, whilst Wales’ great start under new boss Craig Bellamy continues.

In Rugby Union, England’s Red Roses won the WXV title with a hard fought 21-12 win over hosts Canada-and in the Premiership there were “Derby Weekend” wins for Sale, Bath, Bristol, Leicester and Quins.

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich set a new women’s world record in the Chicago Marathon with her time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 57 seconds taking nearly 2 minutes off the previous record. Meanwhile there were records galore in England Men’s team’s first test in Pakistan as England racked up 823, to win by an innings and 47 runs in Multan. Joe Root’s 262 helped him overtake Sir Alastair Cook as England’s highest ever test run scorer.

We have a Get A Grip covering Wimbledon’s decision to axe line judges for Artificial Intelligence from next summer, and, in a Null & Void first, we have a report from the World Conkers Championships – where the tournament has been rocked by allegations of metal nuts and marked strings cheating!

Have no fear though dear listener, whilst Wimbledon are

We kick off this week with Rugby League. In the men’s Super League semi-finals, holders Wigan had a 38-0 win over Leigh, whilst Hull Kingston Rovers qualified for their first Grand Final with a close win over Warrington. In the women’s Super League York Valkyrie became the first side to win back to back Grand Finals when they beat treble chasing St Helens 18-8.

We then move to England Men’s Cricket tour of Pakistan, with the hosts racking up an impressive 556 in the first innings of the 3 match series. In the women’s T20 World Cup, England are sitting pretty with 2 wins from 2 games as Heather Knight’s side seek to top the group for the next stage, whilst Scotland have had two tough games, losing both – and they will be looking forward to facing the Auld enemy at the weekend.

In Rugby Union, England’s Red Roses went 2 from 2 in an

And in a Null & Void first we have an update from the

We start Episode 169 with a look back at the weekend’s

We bring you all the dram from the Rugby League play-offs “eliminators”, as well as late drama in Rugby Union’s WXV Division 1, where Ireland tore up the form book and beat reigning world champions New Zealand.

In Cricket, England had both sides of the Duckworth Lewis

England’s Netball tour of the Antipodes had a narrow 2-1

Our guest this week is Joy Foster, who chats with us about

Joy also shares an insight into how the lessons she learned

We also have all the latest from golf, NFL and tennis – as well as Tadej Pogacar becoming only the 3rd ever male cyclist to win the Tour De France, Giro D’Italia and World Championship “triple crown” in the same year.

We kick off this week with Cricket – with updates from England’s series with Australia, Afghanistan beating South Africa and Surrey winning their third consecutive County Championship.

In Formula 1 it was a frustrating weekend for Max

Football saw the return of the Women’s Super League, whilst in Rugby Union the Premiership kicked off with a re-run of last season’s final –with Bath this time beating title holders Northampton.

Our guest this week is triathlete Phil Wortley, who returns

This week we kick off by looking back at Team USA’s Solheim Cup win in Virginia, as Stacy Lewis’ team took the trophy for the first time in 7 years.

Whilst Tony was “unwilding” in the garden, Andy was one of 41,000 in the crowd cheering on England’s Red Roses as they beat current World Cup holders New Zealand. Both sides head off to Canada for the WXV Division 1 tournament, and Scotland and Ireland also warmed up for their games with big wins.

In Cricket, rain robbed fans of the final T20 between

In Formula 1 Lando Norris was able to narrow the gap to Max Verstappen with a 4th place finish in Azerbaijan as McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri driving well to win.

And finally we have the results in from the World Stone

Another action-packed episode!

With the Paralympics having closed this weekend in Paris, we kick off the episode with a look back at some of the highlights as Team GB finished with 49 golds and 124 medals.

It was contrasting end of term fortunes for England’s cricketers as the men’s team lost the final test against Sri Lanka, whilst the women’s team won their series against Ireland in Belfast. There was also success in Ireland for England’s footballers as they kicked off Lee Carsley’s reign with a 2-0 win in Dublin.

Wigan beat top of the table rivals Hull Kingston Rovers, and with just 2 games left this makes them favourites to take the League Leaders’ Shield, whilst St Helens’ defeat leaves them in danger of missing out on the play offs for the first time since 1997.

In the US Tennis Open it was wins for Jannik Sinner and

We also have the latest from Rugby Union, the final week of La Vuelta, the first weekend of the new NFL season and also an amazing paddleboarding world record.

As summer turns to autmn, snuggle up in the warm and listen to another great episode!

We kick off Episode 165 with the latest news from the Paralympic Games in Paris, with Andy & Tony sharing some of the amazing events that have caught their eye – as well as celebrating the IPC taking heed of last week’s “Get a Grip”.

Tennis expert Justin Cook, from JC Tennis Coaching joins us at the mid-point of the US Tennis Open and ask him if, with Djokovic and Alcazar out, this could be the opportunity for Britain’s Jack Draper?

Justin also shares some great tips for amateur players for some off court practices now that the nights are drawing in.

In other sports we cover England’s success in the second cricket test at Lord’s – where Joe Root broke more records and Gus Atkinson hit his first ever first class century, as England beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs.

We also have updates from Formula 1, Ultra Marathon Running, Cycling’s La Vuelta, all the Premier League Football as well as a rare win in Rugby Union for Australia’s Wallabies.

We kick off Episode 164 with a look back at the enthralling

 At St Andrew’s it was the Women’s Open Golf, where New Zealand’s Lydia Ko triumphed in a very close final round, not only beating rivals Lilia Vu and Ruoning Yin  but also gale force winds to win by 2 strokes to add the Open title to the Olympic Gold she won just two weeks earlier.

Olympic champions were also in action in Athletics’ Diamond League events-with Jakob Ingebritsen getting revenge on Olympic gold medal winner Cole Hocker in the 1500m in Lausanne, before going on to beat the men’s 3,000m record in Silesia. This record had stood for 26 years. Meanwhile the pole vault record of Armand DuPlantis had not even stood for 26 days before he broke it again, adding another centimetre to take the record now to 6.26 metres.

 In football we pay tribute to former England manager Sven

 And this week’s Get a Grip pours scorn over the

We start by looking back at the finals weekend in Cricket's Hundred. London Spirit won the Women's title, whilst Oval Invincibles became the first men's team to retain their crown after beating Southern Brave- who's Eliminator game on Saturday was the first to be decided by a "Super 5".

With the US Tennis Open fast approaching, players geared up with the Cincinnati Open. Anya Sabalenka won the women's final for her first title since January, whilst Jannik Sinner became the youngest winner of the men's title since Andy Murray in 2008.

We also have updates from Rugby League's "Magic Weekend", the final stage of the Women's Tour de France, and the Scottish Women's Golf Open.

It may feel like only 5 minutes since the end of last season's Premier League, but we are back on the merry go round again as this season kicked off at the weekend. We are joined by football expert Billy Carr to run the rule over the possible winners and losers, as well as asking if anyone can challenge Erling Haaland for the Golden Boot.

Billy also talks about the blog he has started for the international weekends, with the first instalment being an excellent summary at the end of Gareth Southgate's reign at the Euros.

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