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The Sports Agents
Gabby Logan & Mark Chapman, two of the UK’s top sports broadcasters, host a twice-weekly podcast exploring the biggest stories from the world of sport... From the Premier League to the Olympics, rugby's future, boxing's identity crisis, the latest Formula 1 soap opera, the NFL and beyond... you name it, The Sports Agents have got it covered - and will bring you behind the scenes at some of the greatest sporting events from around the world too. Drawing on their wealth of experience and insight…
Episodes
The Sports AgentsEubank v Benn 2: Why risk it?
This weekend it's the latest chapter in the family feud as Conor Benn takes on Chris Eubank Jr, for a rematch after the sensational first fight in April. But…
The Sports AgentsHow did a 'rebel circus' transform The Ashes? - How It All Played Out
In the last episode of Season 2, as we gear up for the Ashes, Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward bring you the story of Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, who…
The Sports AgentsIs AI running your football club?
We've all been guilty of using ChatGPT once in a while, Head Coach Laura Harvey even admitted she used it for tactics in the American women's league. The…
The Sports AgentsCelebrity Traitors with Clare Balding
We've been Traitors mad so Clare Balding joined Gabby and Mark for a slightly different episode of The Sports Agents. Don't worry there's no spoilers from the…
The Sports AgentsThe champion tennis forgot: Before Ashe, before Serena, came Althea Gibson - How It All Played Out
Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward bring you the story of Althea Gibson - don't worry if you've never heard of her, few have! Arthur Ashe is a name immediately…
The Sports AgentsMary Earps: “Torture” of quitting Wiegman’s England & Hampton drama
Mary Earps joins Gabby and Mark on The Sports Agents. The Euros winner and two-time FIFA Best goalkeeper tells Gabby and Mark why she left England before this…
The Sports AgentsGareth Southgate: Why I left England, Tuchel v Bellingham & Man United next?
Sir Gareth Southgate joins Gabby & Mark on The Sports Agents! The man who led England's men to two Euros finals, missing out on that first trophy since 1966 by…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Why are deaf athletes excluded from Paralympics?
Did you know the government doesn't fund deaf athletes, because they aren’t allowed to compete at the Paralympics? For 100 years now they’ve been holding their…
The Sports AgentsSledging, idols & rivals: Tuffers' Love Letter to The Ashes
Former England cricketer Phil Tufnell, who played in five Ashes series, joins Gabby and Mark to share his love letter to the Ashes, just weeks out from the…
The Sports AgentsWas she tripped? The most infamous Olympic collision: Mary Decker v Zola Budd - How It All Played Out
It's one of the most iconic photos in Olympic history: Mary Decker falling flat on her face as Zola Budd runs past her bare foot. Decker, America’s golden girl…
The Sports AgentsMafia, X-ray specs & FBI: Inside NBA gambling scandal
Today’s story involves everything from the five families of the New York mafia, x-ray glasses at rigged poker games, FBI arrests and huge bets placed on inside…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Is Formula One in for a hollywood ending?
Formula One might be about to witness a comeback worthy of a Drive to Survive Hollywood film. With five races to go, the McLaren driver win that seemed as…
The Sports AgentsWhere is the UK's Michael Jordan?
Michael Jordan returned to TV screens across America last night for the launch of a new NBA season that had fans all over the world giddy with excitement. Here…
The Sports AgentsMessi, Ronaldo & a pig's head: How did El Clasico become the world’s biggest club match? - How It All Played Out
From General Franco to Johan Cruyff, and from a pig's head to the Messi v Ronaldo rivalry - Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague joins Mark Pougatch and…
The Sports AgentsAmorim's Anfield statement, Dyche boards Marinakis merry-go-round & football's '2000's revival' with Andy Cole
Gabby and Mark are joined by the Premier League's fifth top goal scorer of all-time and winner of eight major trophies with Manchester United, Andy Cole. Was…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Has British Gymnastics cleaned up its act?
British Gymnastics has been on a journey of root and branch reform since the damning 2022 ‘Whyte Review’ exposed systemic abuse and cultural failings. We are…
The Sports AgentsRitual, Rice & Reinforced toilets: Sumo comes to London
You might have spotted the world’s best sumo wrestlers riding around on Lime bikes and posing for pictures on Abbey Road - that's because for the first time in…
The Sports AgentsFrom hooligans to heroes: How Italia 90 changed English football - How It All Played Out
In the 1980s English football was at an all time low. Attendances down, stadia crumbling, hooliganism all too prevalent, and then three horrific disasters -…
The Sports AgentsAndy Farrell: Leading the Lions & being the ultimate 'rugby dad'
Gabby and Mark are joined by Andy Farrell, who led the British & Irish Lions to a series win this summer and guided Ireland to world number one. From his Wigan…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Q&A - MOTD moments, rowdy Ryder Cup & sheepdog shows
Gabby and Mark answer all of your questions from building their 'dream athlete' and their favourite Match of The Day moment so far, to England winning a home…
The Sports AgentsRiding for Ratcliffe's INEOS & will protests change Tour de France forever?
Did Sir Jim Ratcliffe's clunky Amorim vs. Arteta comparison make sense? Is England manager Thomas Tuchel right to put team cohesion ahead of individual talent…
The Sports AgentsThe Dirtiest Race in History - How It All Played Out
"This race was an incredible exhibition of sprinting brilliance and power, but only because it came from a drugs bottle." In the scorching heat of Seoul during…
The Sports AgentsAre Premier League owners too impatient & is it wrong to link MND with rugby?
Russell Martin gone after 123 days, Ange Postecoglou on thin ice after 7 games - Right now at the top of Premier League clubs the pressure is on to be perfect…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Boris Becker - from Wimbledon glory to serving time
Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker joins Gabby and Mark on The Sports Agents to talk about his time in prison. The former world number one was…
The Sports AgentsAdapt or die: Are football managers too stubborn to succeed?
Premier League managers are more heavily scrutinised than ever. Those 20 jobs are among the most coveted in sport but with two sackings already this season…
The Sports AgentsWho Kidnapped Shergar? The Mystery of the World’s Most Famous Racehorse - How It All Played Out
Join us to uncover a mystery that's still yet to be solved. We're revisiting this episode of How It All Played Out, where Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward…
The Sports AgentsHow Keegan Bradley's USA were taught a Ryder Cup lesson
When Team Europe won the Ryder Cup in Rome two years ago, Rory McIlroy pledged that they would go to Bethpage in New York and win it away from home - something…
The Sports AgentsRed Roses win Rugby World Cup - how far can cowboys, Lionesses & Ilona Maher momentum take us?
It's once in a lifetime, watching England win a World Cup on home soil - in any sport. The Red Roses have delivered history. The defeats in the last two World…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Rugby World Cup Final with Ruby Tui on the 'game of the decade' & calling King Charles "Bruv"
Gabby is joined by Ruby Tui - the nation has fallen in love with this World Cup winner and Olympic medallist over this Women's Rugby World Cup. She tells her…
The Sports AgentsChappers' Ryder Cup diary & will Red Bull save Prem Rugby from breakaway league?
As the Women's Rugby World Cup reaches its conclusion, a new domestic men's rugby season begins - it's got a new name & big investment from Red Bull - but will…
The Sports AgentsHow Ryder Cup rivalry was born: ball tampering, 'underdog' Seve & The War on The Shore - How It All Played Out
Ball tampering, fans storming the golf course, bringing in the military... this is the story of how the Ryder Cup rivalry changed forever. Can you believe that…
The Sports AgentsHunter Bell silver lining, Ballon d'Or & HMRC of football podcasts
It may have been Great Britain's worst World Athletics Championships in over 20 years but Gabby and Mark are joined in studio by one athlete who lit up Tokyo…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Eddie Hearn talks Ricky Hatton & still trying to escape dad's shadow
Eddie Hearn sits down with Gabby & Mark to talk about the evolution of Matchroom from a £100 sports promotion company, formed under under the staircase of the…
The Sports AgentsDanny Mills: The pride & agony of watching son George at the World Athletics Championships
Gabby & Mark are joined by the former Premier League defender Danny Mills, who's just landed in Tokyo to watch his son - GB's George Mills - try to win gold in…
The Sports AgentsCoe vs Ovett: Moscow 1980 & The rivalry that divided a nation - How It All Played Out
"It was a f**k up from beginning to end. Every mistake you can make in the 800 I made. Too far off the back, too wide, too diffident, no logic that day" - Seb…
The Sports AgentsRemembering Ricky Hatton: The People's Champion
Gabby & Mark celebrate the life of a true British sporting icon, “The Hitman” Ricky Hatton. A ferocious fighter who turned boxing into spectacle for an army of…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: The incredible story of Eugene Amo-Dadzie AKA 'The World's Fastest Accountant'
A special interview today with a sprinter - who ironically - is living proof that it’s NEVER too late to start! Eugene Amo-Dadzie has shot to stardom as ‘The…
The Sports AgentsJohn Terry, Maro Itoje, Anthony Joshua & more join Gabby on the City's trading floor for charity
Gabby Logan hits the trading floor of BGC Group in Canary Wharf for their annual charity day where stars from the world of sport, pick up the phones, channel…
The Sports AgentsSven-Goran Eriksson: The story of England's first foreign manager - How It All Played Out
After Kevin Keegan resigned in the men's loos at Wembley in 2000, the FA decided to hire their first foreign England manager - Sven Goran-Eriksson. He paved…
The Sports AgentsCan Forest play 'Ange-ball' & The ex-Arsenal man leading Spurs new era?
Before the weekend, Tottenham announced that the Premier League’s longest-serving Chairman, Daniel Levy, had been ‘removed’ by the club’s owners, the Lewis…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: NFL's 'Isak saga' - A tale of player power & Netflix drama
Former Super Bowl champion Jason Bell joins Gabby and Mark to talk about the NFL's biggest transfer drama of the summer, which puts the Alexander Isak saga to…
The Sports AgentsMichael Johnson's Grand Slam Jam: Why are athletes still owed millions?
When four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson set up the Grand Slam Track league it was meant to redefine athletics, finally making it popular outside…
The Sports AgentsShould Guehi have thrown a transfer tantrum like Isak?
After a dramatic deadline day former Premier League striker Troy Deeney joins Gabby and Mark in the studio. Where does Alexander Isak fit into Liverpool's…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Russian dolls, fax machines & legal threats - the making of the first Women's Rugby World Cup
Our guest today, Alice Cooper, fought to set up the first ever Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991, along with three other trailblazing women. It took players…
The Sports AgentsHave Premier League academies sold their soul?
This week has been dominated by huge teenage Premier League debuts with Rio Ngumoha’s winner for Liverpool and Max Dowman appearing for Arsenal at just 15…
The Sports AgentsNuno, Marinakis & Edu: Why three's a crowd for Forest
A bombshell press conference revealed a major rift between the Nottingham Forest hierarchy and manager Nuno Espirito Santo... and we're only two games into the…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Can England's Red Roses pick up where the Lionesses left off?
As part of a special weekend edition of The Sports Agents - Gabby's been at Twickenham - the home of England rugby - to speak to key members of England's Red…
The Sports AgentsDid Arsenal really hijack Eze deal & Jamie Murray blasts US Open 'exhibition'
The summer transfer window continues to surprise, with North London rivals battling it out for Eberechi Eze. For a while, it looked as though Spurs had…
The Sports AgentsHow Reijnders was built for Premier League & are we sleeping on Man City?
Premier League debuts don’t come much better than Tijjani Reijnders for Man City on the opening weekend... A player who arrived in England without the fanfare…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Premier League Q&A - MOTD, Battle of the Bridge & time for hooters?
Gabby and Mark answer your Premier League questions ahead of the new season! Which Match of the Day pundit is most fun to watch a match with? Best Premier…
The Sports AgentsPremier League Preview: Shearer's summer of strikers & Wilder's survival guide for promoted sides
The Premier League season kicks off tomorrow - so we thought we’d convene some of the Match of The Day gang early and welcome Alan Shearer back onto the…
The Sports AgentsIsak on strike, Arsenal eye Eze & Man United spending with David Ornstein
The Premier League is back this week and the transfer window is wide open, so Mark's catching up with the man who knows more about transfers than most club…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Inside Sheffield Wednesday's crisis & who's next?
The Championship kicks off this weekend but Sheffield Wednesday players and staff are still waiting to be paid. For the inside story of how the club fell…
The Sports AgentsRed Ball v White Noise: Should cricket ditch The Hundred?
England had us on the edge of our seats in one of the greatest Test Series ever but less than 24 hours later the bright lights, colourful kits and loud music…
The Sports AgentsCould Alexander Isak to Liverpool be the LAST transfer saga?
It's the biggest transfer saga of the summer - will Alexander Isak, who led Newcastle to the Champions League and ended a 70-year domestic trophy drought, be…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: Triple H on 'genius' of Trump, Hulk Hogan's legacy & replacing Vince McMahon
We bring you a UK exclusive interview with a genuine WWE icon - Triple H! Mark Pougatch sits down with 'Hunter' to discuss what makes President Trump a…
The Sports AgentsSPECIAL INTERVIEW: Tom Brady on Wrexham, Rooney & Birmingham Super Bowl
Our special guest is none other than Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl winner who rewrote American sports history and recently became a minority owner of…
The Sports AgentsLionesses win Euros... again: is this the new normal?
England win back-to-back European Championships - the trophy isn't coming home, it's staying home! So is this the new England way? Winning trophies, dominating…
The Sports AgentsWeekend Edition: A letter from the Lionesses to the Prime Minister
England are into the Euros final again! Last time, as soon as they won the Lionesses sent a letter to Downing Street demanding equal access to PE for girls. If…
The Sports AgentsCan Sarina's super-subs fire Lionesses to Euros glory & Gabby's Isak plea
England’s Lionesses are into the Euros final (again) but can they afford to leave things late (again) against Spain and will Sarina Wiegman's super-subs decide…