• The Sports Agents

  • By: Global
  • Podcast

The Sports Agents

By: Global
  • Summary

  • Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman, two of the UK’s best sports broadcasters, host a brand new twice-weekly podcast exploring the stories behind the sports... Drawing on their wealth of experience and insight, with exclusive interviews and expert analysis, Gabby & Mark tackle the big issues and explain not just what’s happening, but why. They'll also bring a healthy dose of humour when needed too. And it's not just about the football, The Sports Agents will bring you inside the greatest sporting events from around the world in what promises to be a truly memorable year of sport. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. The Sports Agents is a Global Player Original Podcast. And, the Sports Agents now have merch! To get yours, head to: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
    Copyright 2024 Global
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Episodes
  • SPECIAL REPORT: Newcastle United - the community's 'cathedral on the hill'
    Nov 21 2024

    Gabby travels to Newcastle to speak to Dan Burn (21:54), captain of the women's team, Amber-Keegan Stobbs (9:21), and club icon, Shola Ameobi (02:14). All three are involved in the Newcastle United Foundation, which helps almost 70,000 people across the North East each year.

    Burn shares how he uses his time away from the pitch to help his local community. He talks about Eddie Howe and the England job, and how he might not have coped with the pressure of being a local hero if he'd started his senior career at Newcastle.

    Ameobi tells us how the Foundation helped him go from a 5-year-old who arrived in Newcastle from Nigeria, unable to speak English, to a Premier League player with almost 400 appearances for the club.

    Plus, Stobbs shares her mental health journey and talks about the rapid rise of the women's team, record crowds of almost 30,000 in the fourth tier, and back-to-back promotions into the Championship.

    Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides

    Producer: Sophie Penney

    Video Producer: Sam Trudgill

    Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland

    Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network

    Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global

    You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".

    And, the Sports Agents now have merch!

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    38 mins
  • This stadium ain't big enough for the both of us
    Nov 19 2024

    Big crowds filling big stadiums is the dream for most sports - and women's football did just that (well, at least the big stadiums bit) at the weekend. For the first time ever, all the games in the top two leagues of women’s football were hosted in main stadiums.

    But, after Arsenal's recent fixture clash - is sharing stadiums feasible? If not, what's the long-term plan to grow attendances? And how does moving around impact the players and fans? We spoke to ex-England player Anita Asante and host of Counter Pressed podcast, Flo Lloyd-Hughes.

    As England and Wales continue long losing runs in the rugby, Gabby and Mark ask, if Steve Borthwick and Warren Gatland were football managers would they have lasted this long?

    And thieves steal a phone from Mo Farah - did they really think they could outrun him?!

    Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides

    Producer: Sophie Penney

    Video Producer: Sam Trudgill

    Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland

    Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network

    Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global

    You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".

    And, the Sports Agents now have merch!

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    40 mins
  • Weekend Edition
    Nov 16 2024

    This week on The Sports Agents,

    Donald Trump will be the President when the U.S. host the World Cup and the Olympics - what will that mean for global sport? We speak to The Telegraph’s Sport Investigations Reporter, Ben Rumsby, and Amnesty International’s Head of Sport and Labour Rights, Steve Cockburn.

    With Mike Tyson back in the ring 19 years later facing YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul - are influencers killing boxing or throwing it a lifeline? We debate it out with Kalle Sauerland, Co-President of Misfits Boxing and Head of Boxing at Wasserman and The Guardian’s Chief Sports Reporter, Sean Ingle.

    As cycling great Mark Cavendish retires, we find out about the man behind the lycra with his friend and ex-Team GB team mate Adam Blythe.

    And how does Gabby think influencers should be punished when they take things a bit too far...?

    Got a question for The Sports Agents - email us at thesportsagents@global.com

    New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

    04:51 - Will Trump change global sport

    11:25 - Are influencers killing or saving boxing?

    16:01 - Mark Cavendish the mini Usain Bolt

    21:34 - When influencers go too far...

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    25 mins

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