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 Feb 19, 2022

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From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more

Episode Date
Is FIFA harming football? Premier League's concerns; World Cup Saudi sponsor; Infantino on agents; Spain warned by FIFA & UEFA; LaLiga games overseas; Chinese swimmers - WADA investigation update
Apr 28, 2024
Doping scandal - why weren't Chinese swimmers banned?; New Club World Cup on Apple?; FIFA's new committees going back on corruption reforms?; When clubs rage against refs & VAR; Olympics AI; Everton
Apr 24, 2024
State of Chelsea finances; Agent spending; Cash for Olympic gold - should ever sport follow athletics?; Opposition to Russians competing collapses; Israel shift to SAmerican football?; Running Africa
Apr 13, 2024
Tech helping or hindering sport? Interview - Hawk-Eye founder behind VAR, GLT & more; Premier League club finances analysed; IOC hoax call
Apr 06, 2024
World Cup host nation concerns - Spain racism & Mexico homophobia; Media's selective discrimination outrage?; Abramovich-era Chelsea investigations; UEFA's Liverpool fans' dispute; Bach IOC future
Mar 29, 2024
FIFA finances - Infantino 33% salary rise; Spain's Saudi deal investigated; Russia's hoax call to IOC?; Transgender policies; European football racism
Mar 24, 2024
UEFA automated Champions League draws; FIFA gives Qatar & Morocco 5 years of World Cups; States can own English football teams but not papers?; Can FIFA produce an anti-racism plan?; Paris Olympics
Mar 17, 2024
Chelsea's financial challenges; Paris 2024 issues & IOC speaking out on Russia; Women’s football - dangerous playing conditions for U20s Asian Cup, Euros draw a month before qualifiers, UK WWC bid
Mar 09, 2024
Are Premier League financial rules broken?; Why has former Saudi critic Javier Tebas become a backer?; Is sport overlooking China concerns?; Does football need FIFA Series?; Who is watching athletics?
Mar 03, 2024
Meeting Jim Ratcliffe - hearing plans for Manchester United; Protests force Bundesliga u-turn; Russia’s football friends; Putin's Games; Kiptum, Betani & Brehme tributes
Feb 25, 2024
Ceferin UEFA exit plan - term limits & test of loyalty; UEFA rebuffs Israel ban; Blue card frenzy; PL rules row; PSG leaving stadium; Paris 2024 pay probe; LIV's consultants; Super Bowl conspiracies
Feb 10, 2024
World Cup 2026 final venue; Can sports chiefs accept term limits?; Why transfer spending was low in Premier League; Valieva doping - can a 15-year-old be liable?; Paris 2024 challenges; Fans as media
Feb 05, 2024
Why Boban quit UEFA & what's the impact on Ceferin? Klopp & Xavi exits; Man United's new CEO; Shevchenko becomes Ukraine FA chief; Cricket drama; Trans athletes - swimmer's challenge & golfer's win
Jan 30, 2024
How Premier League handles financial investigations into Man City, Everton, Nottingham Forest; Man United sale details revealed; Around FIFA awards; Saudi's golden snooker ball; Rugby players to NFL
Jan 20, 2024
Beckenbauer tributes & troubles - the media challenge; Where FIFA has opened up transparency; Stars leaving Saudi?; Asian Cup & AFCON; Newcastle finances; Doping corruption case; Cricket racism
Jan 13, 2024
2024 big issues: Super League fallout; PL financial probes; Man U ownership; UEFA CL revamp & Euros; Saudi World Cup countdown; Russia FIFA ban; Paris Games challenge; Darts lessons for other sports
Jan 06, 2024
Super League case verdict - can there be a breakaway & what the ruling means for UEFA & the future of football; From Saudi Arabia on Club World Cup & Infantino's FIFA meetings; Women's WC fallout
Dec 23, 2023
European football unrest: Turkish ref punch & Greece shuts out fans; Ceferin's UEFA future; FIFA move to Paris and Miami; Money game: Football agents $888m, Ohtani $700m, Rahm $500m; 1st PL female ref
Dec 17, 2023
Premier League TV rights; Asian men's CL becomes Saudi tournament; UEFA women's CL revamp; Rubiales - new details; Infantino at COP; No Commonwealth Games host; Brazilian football drama
Dec 09, 2023
Inside summit of football lawmakers & ref chiefs; Cristiano Ronaldo crypto; Sheikh Mansour newspaper bid; Olympic hosts decided; Paris2024 issues; Venables & media; Women's leagues changes in England
Dec 03, 2023
PL clubs' big split & how proportionate is Everton's sanction; Does Wembley arch now not being lit vindicate FIFA on armbands?; Brazil fan violence; Ukraine frustration with UEFA; Bulgaria FA turmoil
Nov 25, 2023
Man City finances examined; Real Madrid AGM - new Super League push; Abramovich's Chelsea dealings investigated; FIFA's new Saudi sponsor - new questions over 2034 World Cup process; F1 Vegas chaos
Nov 19, 2023
How Saudi Arabia secured 2034 World Cup - alliance with Infantino, Bin Salman's success, helpful curtailed FIFA process, side-lining congress and difficulties caused for FIFA comms team by Insta posts
Nov 03, 2023
Infantino back in Saudi Arabia & Swiss investigation dropped; African Football League launch; Rugby World Cup changes & impact of France 2023; Everton investigation; Sir Bobby Charlton remembered
Oct 28, 2023
Football's struggle mourning Israel-Hamas war victims; Interview - FIFA VP Montagliani on World Cup host changes, 2034 Saudi deal, comms, inside decisionmaking; UEFA Russia reversal; Bach's IOC future
Oct 20, 2023
FIFA's sudden 2030 & 2034 World Cup decisions - behind-the-scenes deals & Saudi's loyal support; FIFA relaxes Russia ban; Comms analysed; UEFA VP loses Swedish role over Russia; Euros; Beckham Qatar
Oct 07, 2023
Russia's readmission - UEFA splits European football; Osimhen abuse - why is it turned into transfer speculation?; English club's 17bn on social media claim; Marathon shoes; Running from drug testers
Oct 03, 2023
FIFA focus: 2026 World Cup struggles; Infantino at UN; Where's FIFA game as EA launches FC?; Samoura's award. MBS on sportswashing. 777 & Everton. PL TV rights. Spain update.
Sep 23, 2023
Spain scandal - missing outcry from football's male leaders; Jordan Henderson struggles with Saudi issues; UEFA cash deal with clubs; Man United's decision-making woes; Quicker English FFP cases
Sep 08, 2023
Spain scandal - Rubiales yet to resign and assessing football's response to the forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso. Saudi Arabia transfer splurge & World Cup bid plan; World Athletics Champions impact
Sep 04, 2023
Infantino - fair scrutiny?; Challenge reporting FIFA funding; UEFA FFP decisions lack detail; Euro 2028-32 bidding; Interview with British Cycling chief; End of Commonwealth Games?
Aug 08, 2023
Infantino leaves World Cup; FIFA tries to block sexual abuse questions; Mbappe rejects Saudi; Kuwaiti Olympic powerbroker banned; World Aquatics HQ to Hungary; Who owns Tottenham? Joe Lewis indicted
Jul 29, 2023
World Cup pay battles, Infantino & sponsor shortcomings; Jordan Henderson & Saudi; Commonwealth Games future after Australian rejection; Olympics climate change impact; Messi in Miami - assessing MLS
Jul 21, 2023
Saudi sports investment - golfers respond; UEFA multiclub ownership changes; Women's WC pay & armbands; PL gaining FA Cup control?; PSG owner troubles; Russians return to Wimbledon; Cricket's future
Jul 08, 2023
New New Manchester City allegations; English cricket racism, sexism, elitism; Sports events for dopers?; UEFA acts on long contracts; Is UEFA too close to a fans' group?
Jul 01, 2023
Saudi transfer spree; Is Man City's group worth $6bn?; What's happening to cash from Chelsea's sale; Racism & homophobia in football - what's FIFA doing?; Raid on Paris 2024 Olympics HQ
Jun 24, 2023
Impact on UEFA & Turkey Euros bid after Istanbul CL final disarray; Premier League clampdown on leveraged takeovers & wage bills; Fatma Samoura's FIFA exit; Man City's treble; Mbappe & PSG; PIF golf
Jun 17, 2023
Saudi Arabia's sporting dominance - takeover of men's golf & nationalising leading domestic football clubs. Messi rejects Saudi & Barca for Miami; Olympics boxing dispute Snooker match fixing bans
Jun 09, 2023
Salary cap for European football?; Abuse of referees; FIFA Women's WC rights; Chelsea execs exit; Paris Olympics chaos; Djokovic's Serbia-Kosovo clash at French Open; Isle of Man motorcycling dangers
Jun 04, 2023
Spanish football racism: Vinicius Jr's suffering, La Liga's criticism & protocol shortcomings. Manchester City: Investigation delays as title's won. 2026 FIFA WC logo. Qatar for Rugby League WC?
May 25, 2023
Athletics struggle for attention - what's wrong; European football finances revealed - how UEFA's spreading cash; Cricket expansion - is there space for more T20 competitions?; Funding Wrexham stadium
May 14, 2023
Infantino's Women's World Cup TV blackout threat & his women's football commitment; Qatar's PSG woes with Messi suspended; New transgender policy for cycling?; Was Abramovich cash hidden?
May 06, 2023
European football's new split among clubs; UK opposes Russians at Olympics but not Wimbledon; Newcastle ownership questions; New football visa regulations in England?; Rugby World Cup changes
Apr 29, 2023
Russians as neutrals in sport - Olympic chiefs slammed; Has China cooled on football?; FIFA's cash agreement with clubs; U20 World Cup taken from Indonesia amid Israel row; Who controls Newcastle?
Apr 01, 2023
World athletics ban on transgender women from female events; Man United - covering bids & confusion; UEFA investigation into Barcelona; Super League tries to win over small nations
Mar 25, 2023
Inside FIFA Congress: Infantino re-elected & compares first campaign to Rwanda genocide recovery. Women's WC: prize money rises & Visit Saudi dropped. Men's World Cup: 104 games & Morocco's 2030 bid
Mar 20, 2023
Infantino investigations; FIFA case verdict in US; UEFA homegrown player rules challenged; No Visit Saudi for Women's WC?; Russians in athletics
Mar 12, 2023
FIFA - supermodel appointment row & French scandal; Infantino on Le Graet, One Love armbands & more 100-minute matches; Saudi's Newcastle ownership - new scrutiny; Man City, FFP & image rights
Mar 05, 2023
English football regulator - will it harm or help?; Boxer's eggs defence in doping case; Qualifying for enlarged FIFA Club WC; Sport & Russia - Ukraine war anniversary; UK sports broadcasting change
Feb 25, 2023
Manchester United bidders; UEFA Paris CL final review - panel member interviewed; FIFA's bumper finances; Saudi awarded Club World Cup; IOC resisting banning Russians; DAZN plans; Athletics challenges
Feb 19, 2023
Super League's latest relaunch attempt; Man City investigation; FIFA's betting and Saudi sponsorship; Backlash over Russians at Olympics; Yorkshire cricket racism case
Feb 12, 2023
Manchester City charged: The Premier League's financial wrongdoing case against the Premier League champions explained & analysed. What the commission will assess & potential actions against the club
Feb 06, 2023
Transfers window finances & rules - La Liga chief attacks England & Chelsea splurge; Sponsorship backlash - Saudi-Women's World Cup & South Africa-Spurs; Transgender policies; Olympic boycott threats
Feb 04, 2023
IOC plans for Russians at Olympics; Norway FA chief Lise Klaveness interviewed on Ukraine's plea being snubbed, concerns about Infantino, Club World Cup expansion & why she's running for UEFA ExCo
Jan 28, 2023
Juventus docked points; Inside IFAB meeting; Ratcliffe's Man United interest; English football racism case; Rights for pregnant players; Bolt's missing money; Snooker fixing; Olympic coach charged
Jan 21, 2023
French controversy - FA chief Le Graet steps down; Infantino investigated; Qatar buying into PL?; Snooker match-fixing cases; Pique ends Davis Cup partnership; WWE for sale
Jan 14, 2023
Pele remembered - interviews & encounters; Infantino's selfie at the wake. Ronaldo’s Saudi move. 2023 lookahead - football politics battles; club takeovers; Russians in sport
Jan 06, 2023
Qatar World Cup verdict; Salt Bae disrupts trophy celebrations - why is Infantino so close to him?; Infantino in power until 2031?; FIFA's disbanded human rights board; Row over 32-team Club WC plan
Dec 22, 2022
From Qatar World Cup: Tributes to Grant Wahl; Worker death; No room for Islamophobia armbands; 48-team WC issues. Plus British tennis fined for banning Russians; US rowing transgender policy
Dec 13, 2022
Inside World Cup week 2: New Qatar death numbers; Free tickets?; Doha Olympics 2036?; Infantino & Salt Bae. Plus Juventus turmoil; Arsenal finances
Dec 04, 2022
Inside World Cup week 1: Infantino's outburst; FIFA's messaging; One Love armbands row; Qatar issues; Saudi sports minister interview analysed, Man United for sale
Nov 25, 2022
New boss for Super League breakaway bid; Reporting anonymous briefings; Qatar wins another football bid & eyes 2036 Olympics; Paris 2024 plans Paralympic opening among landmarks; Halep doping positive
Oct 22, 2022
Qatar World Cup build-up latest from Doha; Inside UEFA meetings as Ceferin seeks another term as president; South America backs Infantino to stay as FIFA president; English rugby union turmoil
Oct 16, 2022
Indonesia stadium disaster; US soccer abuse; From Rio on football, Brazil's presidential election & World Cup splits; Ukraine's 2030 WC bid; Saudi's winter sports event; Rugby finances; Boxing scandal
Oct 07, 2022
Live panel at Leaders conference: Qatar World Cup sponsorship issues, UEFA power battles, future of boxing at Olympics and more
Sep 30, 2022
Spanish football racism & women's team dispute; Olympics corruption; European Club Association meets in Turkey; UEFA tournament plans; English football regulator plans to be dropped?
Sep 24, 2022
David Dein interviewed; NBA team owner's racism & sexism; Chelsea chair Boehly's ideas for football; PSG player charged linked to attack on teammate; UEFA on anthem singing; Man City's new investment
Sep 17, 2022
Sport responds to the Queen's death; 50 years since Munich massacre; 2030 World Cup in Saudi-Greece-Egypt?; No Qatar rights Q to Mbappe; WC alcohol policy; Chelsea chiefs make biggest decision
Sep 11, 2022
Transfer window analysis & big-spending Premier League; AC Milan takeover; $3bn cricket rights for Indian TV; Paris Olympics cost-cutting; Ryder Cup & LIV Golf
Sep 03, 2022
European clubs' cash talks; Why did PSG chief Al-Khelaifi avoid UEFA action; Where could the 2036 Olympics be held?; New golf plans; Football returns in Ukraine
Aug 26, 2022
Future of Glazers & Man United investment; English refereeing row; Boxing in Saudi Arabia; When should Russians return to sport?
Aug 20, 2022
Qatar World Cup starting earlier; Barcelona's financial turmoil; LIV Golf's legal defeat; Serena Williams retiring and her impact
Aug 13, 2022
Heatwave safety; Brain injuries in rugby; Football cuts headings; World athletics champs; LIV Golf; Unjabbed Djokovic misses US Open; Pulisic sidesteps guns Q; TV channels combine; Euros audience high
Jul 24, 2022
Super League battle in court; Is PGA action against LIV golf anticompetitive?; Platini & Blatter cleared of fraud; Naming suspects; Jim Thorpe's gold reinstated; Russia loses ban appeals; Heatwave
Jul 16, 2022
Chelsea death - investigation into club's culture; Champions League TV rights sale; Preventing "progress washing" around Women's Euros; Everton investment; Scene at Wimbledon
Jul 02, 2022
Transgender swimmers banned from women's competitions; Premier League club finances analysed; Cricket racism; Chelsea chiefs exit; PSG's leadership; Saudi Arabia - boxing & golf updates
Jun 25, 2022
British gymnast on abuse scandal review; 2026 World Cup host cities selected; MLS & IPL TV rights deals; Barcelona finances; UCI transgender policy; Russians allowed at US Open tennis
Jun 17, 2022
At the inaugural Saudi golf series event, questioning the breakaway players; French admissions over Champions League final failures; Blatter & Platini on trial; Ecuador keeps World Cup spot
Jun 10, 2022
Inside Champions League final disarray in Paris - hear from the fans & what went wrong; French Open sexism & scheduling; Golfers sign up for Saudi golf series; AC Milan takeover
Jun 02, 2022
From Paris: Mbappe's PSG stay sparks new Franco-Spanish football feud; Boehly's Chelsea deal finally done; Fallout from Wimbledon's Russia ban & changes to the Ladies' winners' board
May 28, 2022
Equal pay for US soccer teams; Gay footballers; Female refs for men's WC; Pitch invasion unrest in England; No ranking points at Wimbledon over Russia ban; Departure from Saudi-backed golf series
May 21, 2022
New-look UEFA Champions League; Future of football gaming as FIFA splits with EA; Saudi controversies in golf and football; Rugby World Cups head to US; Wagatha Christie update
May 13, 2022
Agent Mino Raiola's death & premature reporting; Champions League format changes to be scaled back?; Football regulator for England?; Latest on Saudi-funded golf series
Apr 30, 2022
Was Wimbledon right to ban Russians?; Furious response to questioning Fury; Audio leaks embroil Spanish FA chief Rubiales & Pique in Saudi controversy; 1 year since Super League, the Madrid ruling
Apr 23, 2022
Boxing & crime gangs - promoter Daniel Kinahan sanctioned; FIFA launches streaming platform as top exec exits; Blatter & Platini trial; Sale of Chelsea & AC Milan; Russia update
Apr 16, 2022
Man City investigation claims; Playing during Ramadan with Premier League doctors' chief; New UEFA financial rules; More Qatar worker abuses uncovered; Transgender policies in cycling under scrutiny
Apr 09, 2022
From Qatar: World Cup draw & song; Scrutiny of worker & gay rights; FIFA VP Montagliani interviewed on biennial WC plans being dropped, 2026 WC, future of football & Infantino's presidency
Apr 01, 2022
Does trans swimmer Lia Thomas have an unfair advantage? Sharron Davies debates; Ex-Finland captain Tim Sparv on human rights; FFP overhaul; FIFA & crypto; Russia bids for Euros; Attack near Saudi GP
Mar 26, 2022
Chelsea bids; Saudi questions for Newcastle/Howe; Wimbledon ban for Russians not denouncing Putin?; CAS Russia rulings; Barca's Spotify deals; Blackmore's landmark racing win; Rugby & F1 rule changes
Mar 19, 2022
What's the future for Chelsea & Abramovich after being sanctioned by UK govt?; Infantino silent on Russia but visits Saudi crown prince; UEFA disciplinary case into PSG president Al-Khelaifi
Mar 12, 2022
Abramovich's Chelsea exit; Premier League CEO Masters & Newcastle's Staveley on CFC sale; Paralympics Uturn to ban Russians. Super League row resurfaces between Ceferin & Agnelli at FT summit
Mar 04, 2022
Russia banned from world football; UEFA drops Gazprom; IOC gets tough on Putin; Abramovich's plans for Chelsea control & peacemaker claims
Mar 01, 2022
Russia invades Ukraine: Sporting implications of war in Europe with concerns about players, events moved & sponsors cut. Infantino questioned on cozying up to Putin. How Russia corrupted sport
Feb 26, 2022
Doping verdicts from Tokyo Olympics; 15-year-old Russian's doping case at Beijing Olympics; UEFA's crypto fan tokens; Rugby future & investment; Djokovic breaks silence but still Qs; F1 changes
Feb 19, 2022
Premier League overseas cash surpasses domestic TV; World Cup & Euros bidding; Russian Olympic doping case; Comm Games esports; Barca resignation; Zouma cat controversy; the Rooneys; F1 sponsorship
Feb 11, 2022
Saudi golf cash splits; BT-Discovery sports TV partnership; Barcelona financial investigation; Beijing Olympics; Players forced to freeze in US World Cup qualifier; Transgender swimming policies
Feb 05, 2022
AFCON deadly stadium crush; Infantino offends w/African migrants comments; FIFA sexual harassment case; Staveley's Newcastle funding scrutinised; China latest before Olympics; PL clampdown on NFTs
Jan 29, 2022
Qatar World Cup tickets prices revealed as ballot opens; Curious FIFA Best decisions; Infantino's player talks on workload; UEFA €5bn rights sale; Newcastle to Saudi; Beijing Olympics right issues
Jan 22, 2022
From Australia, Andy Murray's agent on Novak Djokovic's damaging visa case & why Murray won't take Saudi cash; Man City finances; AFCON refereeing; US Olympics doping probe; Andrew Jennings remembered
Jan 14, 2022
Djokovic Australia deportation saga; Man United leadership change as Woodward's replaced by Arnold; Barca finances; UK-Ireland out of World Cup bidding; $550M takeover by NYT of The Athletic
Jan 08, 2022
2021 analysed - FIFA, Super League & Olympics. Plus Chelsea financial results; Qatar hotel shortage; Chinese football tattoo ban; NFL great John Madden dies; No NHL players at Winter Olympics
Dec 31, 2021
FIFA’s $180bn claims pushing biennial World Cups - do the numbers add up?; African football chief on AFCON attacks; Arsenal crypto adverts banned; Inter Milan raided; Slow vaccine uptake in PL
Dec 24, 2021
F1 season-ending chaos; Omicron disruption; UEFA Euros bidding; LaLiga bumper TV rights; FIFA changes women's football sales; Investment in Australian leagues; New policies for transgender swimmers
Dec 17, 2021
Diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Winter Olympics; Concerns about gambling firms; La Liga's contentious private equity investment; New coronavirus concerns for European football; Chess world championship
Dec 11, 2021
Euros final violence review - who's to blame?; WTA events suspended in China over Peng Shuai; Moya Dodd on future of women's leagues; Ex-athletics chief Diack dies; TV pundit's homophobia; FIFA update
Dec 04, 2021
Regulator for English football?; Qatar 1 year to World Cup; Peng Shuai latest; Cryptocurrency sponsorship concerns; Vote buying for Rio 2016 Olympics; New IOC transgender guidelines
Nov 26, 2021
Welfare in football after suicide of a released Man City prospect; Aaron Rodgers NFL vaccination row; Staveley on Saudi-owned Newcastle with new PL sponsor rules; Yorkshire racism update; Wenger film
Nov 14, 2021
English cricket racism scandal: Interviews & analysis on the failures of accountability & how Azeem Rafiq was let down. Premier League American TV rights sale latest & changes to an Olympic sport
Nov 06, 2021
UEFA action on competitive balance issues in women's qualifiers; IFAB decisions; Taking a knee & racism in cricket; $1.6bn IPL franchises sale; Goodell $128M NFL pay; Saudi golf; + F1, rugby, Olympics
Oct 29, 2021
FIFA's biennial World Cup plans dying?; Hear from Gianni Infantino; African football leadership analysed; New PL sponsorship rules target Newcastle; NBA China-Tibet row
Oct 23, 2021
English FA international & diversity chief interviewed; FIFA losing EA game?; Week of Saudis at Newcastle; Commonwealth Games changes; Olympic medals for swimmers cheated by dopers?; Vaccine mandates
Oct 15, 2021
NFL global & Newcastle takeover: Realties of Saudi control of Newcastle despite Premier League claims. Big interview with NFL exec VP on international expansion as the London games return
Oct 11, 2021
Live from Leaders: Saudi Newcastle takeover & Gulf states buying clubs; Olympics challenges & ethics, impact of FIFA's plans on the Games & technological changes in sport
Oct 07, 2021
Corruption buster on exposing Olympic boxing fixing; US women's football abuse; Europe v SAmerica matches; Europa League racism; Ex-stars slam FIFA World Cup push; Super League update; F1 to Qatar
Oct 02, 2021
Behind origins of FIFA-UEFA spat & how world football should be regulated; Insight from Premier League owners' meeting; Juventus turmoil; Derby administration; DAZN's bid for BT & streaming sport
Sep 25, 2021
From the US, reporting on Emma Raducanu's improbable US Open title & Simone Biles' abuse testimony on FBI failings; Women's football opportunities & challenges; FIFA's curious World Cup survey
Sep 17, 2021
Inside FIFA's biennial World Cup plan: Ceferin, Wenger, Ellis, Bale on the battle splitting football; Brazil-Argentina chaos; Cricket racism & COVID row; Afghanistan women's sport ban
Sep 11, 2021
Hungary racism - why fans should have been banned for England game; Transfer window finances; UEFA slams FIFA PR push for biennial World Cups; Burrito doping case
Sep 04, 2021
FIFA defied by clubs over mandatory player release for World Cup qualifiers; fresh Qatar rights scrutiny; transfers' intrigue; pandemic Paralympics concerns
Aug 28, 2021
Inside the running of Leeds Utd, the 49ers & USA Cricket - Paraag Marathe interviewed. Plus concerns for Afghanistan's footballers, Barca's growing debt, curious transfers & cricket racism report
Aug 21, 2021
New-look FFP revealed as Messi joins PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi's many football roles & a European Leagues official on new season challenges. Plus Tokyo Olympics doping fallout for GB
Aug 14, 2021
Messi to PSG? Impact on La Liga & its planned investment. Plus assessing the Olympics from Tokyo and the big issues as the Games close
Aug 07, 2021
From Tokyo, the challenges facing the pandemic Olympics as Tokyo organisers are hit by another scandal. Also, Ruby League World Cup turmoil & updating on Man City's court case with the Premier League
Jul 23, 2021
Inside Euro 2020 final violence as it unfolded: UEFA investigation & 2030 World Cup bidding impact. UK govt accused of hypocrisy over concerns about England players facing racist abuse
Jul 13, 2021
Is marijuana performance-enhancing as sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is banned?; New Olympic protest rules; Euro update; Jorge Mendes influence; New execs oversee FFP; World cricket leadership turmoil
Jul 03, 2021
First transgender athlete qualifies for the Olympics; Euro 2020 rainbow flag row; UEFA scraps away-goals rule; Swimming & weightlifting doping cases; New crowd decisions for Euros & Olympics
Jun 26, 2021
Eriksen's recovery & heart checks; Threat to Wembley hosting Euros final; Ex-UK sports minister against her own Tory ministers on England players' criticism; Plus what burritos ... and doping
Jun 18, 2021
Football's need to better protect players: Attacked for tackling racism, fatigued from long seasons as the Euros & Copa America begin & requiring more action to prevent brain injuries
Jun 12, 2021
Footballers booed taking a knee; Copa America hosting turmoil; Future of pressers after Osaka's French Open withdrawl; England cricketer's past racist tweets; Charlie Sale's career reflections & more
Jun 04, 2021
From Porto at the UCL final on a future Final 4 tournament; Neymar sexual assault allegation; Should sport be in Belarus?; Naomi Osaka's media ban; 2030 World Cup bidding & FIFA's new comms chief
May 29, 2021
Infantino & FIFA - World Cups every 2 years?; president on Super League collusion claims; new Qatar human rights Qs. Plus UEFA's FFP changes & Tokyo Games update
May 22, 2021
New La Liga & PL TV deals; Champions Man City & Sporting analysed; Anti-Olympics protest & the Euro 2020 song
May 15, 2021
Fines for Super League rebels as protests turn violent; Istanbul's CL final in jeopardy; Another Super League row - in golf; Vaccines for all Tokyo athletes & the rest of the week's sports news
May 08, 2021
Social media boycott; Super League fallout as Spanish clubs cling on & what's next; PL TV rights; Tokyo Olympics update; Indian Premier League COVID concerns
Apr 30, 2021
Super League implosion: Inside analysis of how the European football breakaway was crushed inside 48 hours
Apr 24, 2021
Super League special: Breakaway by 12 clubs analysed + hear from UEFA President Ceferin, Liverpool manager Klopp & British PM Johnson on opposing the split
Apr 20, 2021
Newcastle takeover row explained - Saudi-UK govt roles & Amnesty’s human rights concerns; Qatar v UAE in Champions League; Seedorf on racism; Coleman's Olympic ban & the week's other key sports news
Apr 17, 2021
Inside Olympic decision-making & doping scandals with IOC’s Craig Reedie; Social media racism boycotts; Sport's response to Prince Philip's death; New Euros hosting details; Man City finances and more
Apr 10, 2021
Latest Champions League revamp row; ex-Coke exec on morality & pandemic challenges for sponsors; anti-doping probe into British Cycling; Spain-Kosovo dispute in football; agents' fees rise
Apr 02, 2021
F1 director interviewed on new season challenges; Qatar protests in WC qualifiers; new TV deals in Serie A & WSL; FIFA's bumper pay; combative concussion hearing and more
Mar 27, 2021
English football child sex abuse inquiry report; $113BN NFL TV deals; Belgium-Netherlands league merger; vaccines for England squad?; another Tokyo Olympics sexism resignation
Mar 20, 2021
Doping scandal in British cycling with doctor guilty; Man United's $100M share sale; radical transfers plan; vaccines secured for Olympics as IOC President Bach's lavished with praise on re-election
Mar 13, 2021
Hear from football lawmakers IFAB, Infantino Africa meddling, Johnson World Cup bidding intervention, Euros hosts' doubts, Barca crisis, Inter cash fears, horse racing scandal & 2032 Olympics update
Mar 06, 2021
How Australia quietly got the 2032 Olympics, calls to boycott 2022 Beijing Games, FIFA drops Beckenbauer bribery case, latest on Euros hosting & how India's PM got a stadium named after him
Feb 26, 2021
British horse racing & the Sheikh Mohammed controversy, "cash-burning" elite football clubs, the Arsenal CEO questioned on Ozil, the new Tokyo Olympics president and more
Feb 20, 2021
Football demands action on social media racism, Tokyo Olympics chief resigns over sexism, UEFA's new Chinese sponsor & did you notice the Club World Cup? It's the week in sports news
Feb 13, 2021
Transfer spending analysis, French TV rights turmoil, Olympics sex ban, new Champions League format, boxing probe and it's FIFA Council election time
Feb 06, 2021
New details of Olympics & Euros hosting plans, bleak football financial forecasts, new investment at Leeds, another Russia doping cover-up and TV rights talks in cricket & France
Jan 29, 2021
2021's big issues: Will a breakaway Super League be launched and will the Euros and Olympics go ahead?
Jan 22, 2021