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Episode 167 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on September 29, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Premier League financial rules - the confidentiality and secrecy that creates confusion over financial rules
- Club World Cup - venues now chosen but where are the sponsors and broadcasters?
- As EA FC launches another game since the FIFA split - where is Gianni Infantino's promised rival game?
- FIFA Council lookahead on Israel-Palestine, media access issues & U20 World Cup winner North Korea/government interference.
- Riyadh Season boxing at Wembley - should the Saudi anthem have been played & did a leading journalist's criticism of the staging of the fight lead to him being denied accreditation?
- Will streamers try to own more sports events?
- Will F1 return to Africa with a GP in Rwanda?
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Episode 166 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on September 20, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- FIFA tries to sell Club World Cup & reveals more new cups feeding into the Intercontinental Cup; How authentic and credible are quotes handed out by FIFA backing FIFA? Blatter-Platini case revived; Man City case begins; MI6 role in Newcastle sale; New European & Asian men's Champions League formats launch as Cristiano Ronaldo misses Iraq trip; FIFA concussion concerns; English football regulator update; Domestic league matches overseas; IOC presidential candidates confirmed - who are they and what are the Olympic challenges?
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Episode 165 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on September 15, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Football: Man United finance & Chelsea ownership rift; French league president stays despite TV rights struggles; English parachute payments & regulator issues; China corruption
- IOC: Who is next president?; Tariq thrown out of WADA event; Olympics loses sponsors - India stepping in?
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Episode 164 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on September 9, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- FIFA’s Club World Cup has a logo and familiar anthem - but where are the sponsors and broadcasters?
- PR fight back with tweets - FIFA over 2026 World Cup sponsor coverage, facts and trust; IOC over criticism of Olympic hosting.
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Episode 163 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on September 5, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- How Leicester won their Premier League profit and sustainability case to avoid points deduction; What's Chelsea's ownership & transfer strategy?; Dynamic ticket pricing; NFL opens to private equity investors; Influencer fan rants earn millions
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Episode 162 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on August 16, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. • Premier League starts with uncertainty - when will Man City & Chelsea cases conclude; Will Textor save Everton?; Saudi CONCACAF deal; Club WC sales pitch; Hayatou's FIFA legacy; US clears athlete for doping contamination; Who replaces Bach at IOC?; Olympics fallout from gymnastics & breaking • sportunlockedpod@gmail.com and https://twitter.com/SportUnlockedCheck out videos from the interviews on Sport Unlocked's https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpRCEhe_svbsWRzZYZhqkw, http://instagram.com/SportUnlockedor https://twitter.com/sportunlocked pages
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Episode 161 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on August 7, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. • Olympics insiders: China doping dispute; gender eligibility challenges, chaos & Russia links; culture wars; Paris food flops; IOC shows how to be accountable daily. Saudi Arabia World Cup bid plans revealed • mailto:sportunlockedpod@gmail.comand https://twitter.com/SportUnlockedCheck out videos from the interviews on Sport Unlocked's https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpRCEhe_svbsWRzZYZhqkw, http://instagram.com/SportUnlockedor https://twitter.com/sportunlocked pagesMusicNo Love by MusicbyAden https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGQ2Rm8ySzdHbmdnZjJ2YS1xajB2d3MzRGo2d3xBQ3Jtc0ttYUFtM2U1c0thZGtuNnhYWEFXaFI4WWtlb09OYi0yaUJNMFZNLTBRcnJmQ3lTU0tab0xnUW92WkZUcWVESGJsSS1BZnBVQnlzTWJnbnEzOThnMEdNY2NMZUdsdjdPY3gwWW9JUGtSd3pURXRjUWktcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2FmusicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRWN2lWMndPSEtTYlBCR0RqZ3BMTFRLNmtmQXxBQ3Jtc0traVVtdmJxbF8yazBrRko4MXRyTEkzb1N3TW5JRXJtdnVCTFVDSmdGUVBkU2Q3c2NVVUxiclRPNjM4eWhDSUIzd1BDZjF4ekxaTS1pd2pGRWNGa2xjeHYzZnliZVhWRDFoSlNiSy1YSFF6QkU0R3dOMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F_no-loveMusic promoted by Audio Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXz25Tw5d4&t=0s
Episode 160 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.On the agenda on July 22, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. • Inside Paris Olympics: How to avoid doping bans - in Britain, US & China; Russia's disinformation campaigns against IOC; Cyber attack fears; Empty seat concerns • mailto:sportunlockedpod@gmail.comand https://twitter.com/SportUnlockedCheck out videos from the interviews on Sport Unlocked's https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTpRCEhe_svbsWRzZYZhqkw, http://instagram.com/SportUnlockedor https://twitter.com/sportunlocked pagesMusicNo Love by MusicbyAden https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGQ2Rm8ySzdHbmdnZjJ2YS1xajB2d3MzRGo2d3xBQ3Jtc0ttYUFtM2U1c0thZGtuNnhYWEFXaFI4WWtlb09OYi0yaUJNMFZNLTBRcnJmQ3lTU0tab0xnUW92WkZUcWVESGJsSS1BZnBVQnlzTWJnbnEzOThnMEdNY2NMZUdsdjdPY3gwWW9JUGtSd3pURXRjUWktcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2FmusicbyadenCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRWN2lWMndPSEtTYlBCR0RqZ3BMTFRLNmtmQXxBQ3Jtc0traVVtdmJxbF8yazBrRko4MXRyTEkzb1N3TW5JRXJtdnVCTFVDSmdGUVBkU2Q3c2NVVUxiclRPNjM4eWhDSUIzd1BDZjF4ekxaTS1pd2pGRWNGa2xjeHYzZnliZVhWRDFoSlNiSy1YSFF6QkU0R3dOMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F_no-loveMusic promoted by Audio Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgXz25Tw5d4&t=0s
Episode 159 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on July 19, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Heated moment when Tariq & Rob encountered influencer IShowSpeed at the Euro 2024 final
- Miami Copa America final chaos - concerns for 2026 and would other future World Cup hosts have faced more scrutiny? Simon Evans joins us from Miami.
- How have Argentina, Chelsea & FIFA responded to Enzo Fernández racism investigation
- Club World Cup - struggle for TV deal, sponsors and the name change
- Chelsea & Everton sale issues
- Gianni Infantino dancing at the Ambani wedding
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Episode 158 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on July 7, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Euro 2024 Germany-Türkiye-UEFA diplomatic tensions; UK election sports fallout; World Cup qualification slipped out?; Olympic disinformation?; Chinese swimmers case; AI & sports reporting
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Episode 157 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 28, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Euros - Georgia joy, influencers & logistics; PL transfer deals & rule compliance; Man United women's team issues; Can new series boost athletics?; Dutch volleyball Olympics controversy; WADA's communications
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Episode 156 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 14, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- From Euro 2024 in Germany
- Footballers' unions sue FIFA over men's Club World Cup - should players have more of a say on competitions or is FIFA helping raise players' profiles?
- Saudi Arabia's new lavish boxing plans
- What's happening to the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
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Episode 155 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 7, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Man City's new legal battle with PL, 115 charges update & spending rules explained
- Germany football poll slammed for racism ahead of Euros;
- Juve back in ECA;
- Fenerbahce public on Mourinho salary
- African Cup of Nations without dates
- Infantino at Palestine game
- Pakistan's football plans
- Why was Salt Bae with UEFA VIPs at the Wembley Champions League final?
- New lucrative World Athletics event - will it make an impact?
- Cricket in the US - pitch turmoil but home T20 World Cup success
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Episode 154 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 31, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Dortmund's arms sponsor
- European trophy triumph for Greece & UEFA GS
- Player strikes? Boycott? New Club World Cup threats to FIFA as FIFPRO raises burn-out concerns
- Another Super League court case verdict - what does it mean?
- Saudi-backed sports conference media ban
- Premier League new financial rules & new tech
- Referee safety & Greek Cup final incident
- RB Leeds?
- Olympics terror plot in France
- T20 Cricket World Cup security fears in US
- Alcohol ban at French Open
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Episode 153 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 24, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Investigating Roman Abramovich; Manager quits after racist abuse of ref; Premier League spot-fixing case - Paqueta; Inter Milan ownership; Saudi's new tennis deal with WTA
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Episode 152 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 17, 2024 with Rob Harris joined by Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja at the FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Gianni Infantino's media snub - our unanswered questions on tackling racism & women's Club World Cup plans
- Backlash over anti-racism strategy from Kick It Out
- Domestic matches heading overseas under FIFA's new policy
- Women's World Cup to Brazil
- Israel ban decision delayed
- Presidents for life? Scrapping term limits
- Qatar stadium suffering on The Simpsons
- Scrapping VAR? Premier League votes
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Episode 151 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 10, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Trump & Infantino at Miami GP
- FIFA comedy TV series - what will storylines be?
- Do players back FIFPRO against FIFA & Club World Cup?
- How Manchester City have pre-agreement for 14-year-old American
- Girona in Champions League - could playing MCFC be an issue?
- Will NFL accept private equity investment in franchises?
- Everton's 777 takeover turmoil
- 15-year IOC ban for Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad
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Episode 150 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 3, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Gianni Infantino goes to Washington - but no Biden meeting after Trump White House visits.
- Women's World Cup hosts - US/Mexico out of 2027
- Anchoring & squad cost controls - Premier League's new rules
- Asian Football Confederation removes term limits
- Why it's now President André Villas-Boas
- How independent is WADA's China case investigator?
- Qatar's rugby hosting ambitions
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Episode 149 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on April 26, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Is FIFA harming football? Premier League's concerns;
- Infantino singles out English agent spending
- World Cup Saudi sponsor
- Spain warned by FIFA & UEFA
- LaLiga games overseas
- Chinese swimmers - WADA investigation update
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Episode 148 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on April 23, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- 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
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Episode 147 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on April 13, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- State of Chelsea finances & Premier League rules; Agent spending; Cash for Olympic medals - should ever sport follow athletics?; Opposition to Russians at Olympics collapses; Israel shift to South American football?; Fenerbahce chaos; Terror threats; Reporting a run across Africa.
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Episode 146 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on April 5, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Tech helping or hindering sport? Interviewing Hawk-Eye founder Paul Hawkins behind VAR, GLT & more; Premier League club finances analysed; IOC hoax call
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Episode 145 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 29, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- World Cup host nation concerns - Spain's racism Mexico's homophobia; Media's selective widespread outrage?; Abramovich-era Chelsea under investigation; UEFA's Liverpool fans' dispute; Euro 2024 qualifying ends; Bach's IOC future; Any legitimacy to doping games?
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Episode 144 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 22, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- FIFA revenue rise & Gianni Infantino 33% salary increase; Spain's Saudi football deal investigated; Russia's hoax call to IOC and warning over Putin's rival Olympics; Transgender policies; European football racism; England's Football Black List awards; Probe into MLB interpreter; English football flag flap.
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Episode 143 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 15, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Will UEFA's automated draw spark conspiracies?
- Who can use the name "Super League?"
- Why did FIFA award Qatar & Morocco U17s World Cups annually for 5 years?
- Can FIFA produce an anti-racism plan?
- When will more follow Austria's lead on discrimination as players are dropped for homophobia?
- Should states own football clubs with the UK set to ban state ownership of newspapers?
- What was achieved at the global doping gathering?
- Why is a Burundian team boycotting Basketball Africa League?
- What is allowed again in the Paris Olympic Village and what is banned?
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Episode 142 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 8, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Chelsea's financial losses & complexity of Leicester's case.
- Women's football issues - Euros qualifying draw just a month before matches; dangerous playing conditions in U20s Asian Cup; Spanish FA fined by government; UK World Cup bid plans.
- Saudi sports week - F1, boxing, athletics & snooker
- Paris 2024 - opening ceremony downsizing
- Paralympics tougher than Olympics on Russia. Why is Thomas Bach speaking out now?
- Why UK isn't bidding for men's World Cup or Olympics
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Episode 141 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 2, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Are the Premier League's financial regulations broken? Discussing the Everton appeal verdict and the views of Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor
- La Liga president Javier Tebas and the changing views on Saudi
- Did Seb Coe unwittingly feed the PR of a publicity stunt?
- Is sport overlooking China issues?
- Can Christian Horner hold on at Red Bull?
- Gianni Infantino's latest launch - the FIFA Series
- The talk around the IFAB meeting in Scotland
- Send any questions to the team sportunlockedpod@gmail.com and Twitter @SportUnlocked
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Episode 140 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 25, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Meeting Jim Ratcliffe - hearing plans for Manchester United and what happened to rival bids; Fans force Bundesliga u-turn of investment stake; How Russia is playing international football; Putin's Games - getting phygital; Remembering Kelvin Kiptum, Norin Betani and Andreas Brehme; Saudi football's new off-field recruit
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Episode 139 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 9, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Aleksander Ceferin UEFA exit plan in 2027 - term limits & test of loyalty analysed. Panja-Ceferin news conference clash - was it a good use of questions?
- UEFA rejects Israel ban call; Blue card frenzy in football; Premier League splits over related-party deals regulations; PSG leaving stadium; Paris 2024 CEO pay probe; Saudi golf/LIV consultants; Super Bowl conspiracies.
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Episode 138 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 5, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- World Cup 2026 final venue pick & reviewing Gianni Infantino's fashion
- Term limits - create lame duck presidents or prevent all-powerful leaders?
- Why January transfer window spending was so low in England?
- Kamila Valieva doping - should a 15-year-old be liable?
- Paris 2024 challenges
- John Henry's golf deal
- AFCON clampdown on partisan media tribune watchers
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Episode 137 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 28, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Why Boban quit UEFA & what's the impact on Ceferin? Klopp & Xavi exits; Man United's new CEO; Shevchenko becomes Ukraine FA chief; Premier League chief Masters challenged by MPs; Cricket drama; Transgender athletes - swimmer's challenge & golfer's win
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Episode 136 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 19, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Premier League financial investigations - hear from CEO Richard Masters. New charges and Man City update
- Manchester United stake sale details revealed
- Around the FIFA Best awards
- Saudi: Henderson's departure and snooker's new golden ball
- Rugby players switching to NFL
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Episode 135 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 12, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Franz Beckenbauer - tributes and troubles. How to honour a footballing great in the media and not overlook investigations.
- Why the death of another World Cup winning player and coach, Mario Zagolla, was covered less in Europe;
- Where FIFA has become more transparent - a database of clubs with transfer bans
- How FIFA can help football become more global through media
- Stars leaving Saudi football?; Another tournament in Qatar - Asian Cup; African Cup of Nations; Newcastle's financial challenge
- Corruption case linked to Russian doping cover-up
- English cricket racism fallout - chairman's return to Yorkshire
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Episode 134 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 5, 2024 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- Big sports news issues for 2024: Super League fallout; Premier League financial investigations; Manchester United ownership; UEFA's Champions League revamp & Euros; World Cup decisions; Russia's football ban; Paris Olympics and Paralympics challenge; What sports can learn from the huge darts coverage.
- And on FIFA - the Paris tax blow. Congratulations to Dame Sarai Bareman - FIFA quiet on the royal honour for its chief women's football officer.
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Episode 133 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 22, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja joined by Graham Dunbar in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Interviews with ex-FIFA governance chief & EU law expert Miguel Maduro on the Super League case and Women In Football chair Ebru Köksal on the Women's World Cup fallout.
- European Court of Justice Super League ruling analysed - what the ruling means for UEFA and the future of club football. Can there be a breakaway and what are the new A22/Super League proposals?
- From Saudi Arabia on this final version of the Club World Cup & the new format. What happened inside the FIFA meetings and with Gianni Infantino
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Episode 132 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 15, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja - joined by Women In Football chair Ebru Köksal:
- 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's $700m, Rahm's $500m
- Rebecca Welch history-maker: Premier League's first female referee
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Episode 131 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 7, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Premier League TV rights deals - industry analysis with Francois Godard from Enders Analysis.
- New Asian men's Champions League final 8 tournament in Saudi for 5 seasons
- Rubiales - new evidence from FIFA case
- UEFA Women's CL revamp
- Infantino at COP28 - what's the FIFA climate change plan?
- Brazilian league - Santos of Pele and Neymar relegated for first time & the huge lead thrown away.
- No host for 2026 - what's the future for Commonwealth Games
- Euro 2028 - security challenges & those noises in Hamburg
- Rugby concussion case
- Everton & 777 loans
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Episode 130 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 1, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Inside meeting of football lawmakers IFAB & refeereing chiefs; Cristiano Ronaldo crypto case; Sheikh Mansour newspaper bid; Olympic hosts revealed without votes; Paris 2024 issues; Terry Venables' relationship with media; Women's football future in England
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Episode 129 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on November 24, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Is Everton's Premier League punishment proportionate or harsh?
- Inside the PL clubs' split on player loans from related clubs
- Ukrainian journalist Andrew Todos joins us to discuss how football is played during the war, frustrations with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin over comments ahead of the key Euros qualifier, the prospect of Russians at the Olympics and whether football's solidarity with Ukraine has caused problems for commemorations around the Israel-Hamas war.
- Wembley arch - is it right to no longer illuminate for atrocities, disasters or social causes, including in rainbow colours? How they're feeling inside FIFA a year after the FA pressured them on One Love armbands.
- Bulgaria FA turmoil - why was a game played without fans?
- Violence at Brazil-Argentina
- Inter Miami disputes Saudi announcement on Messi-Ronaldo game
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Episode 128 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on November 17, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Recorded before the Premier League's Everton verdict
- Man City finances examined; Real Madrid AGM - new Super League push; Abramovich leaks - Chelsea dealings investigated; FIFA's new Saudi sponsor - new questions over 2034 World Cup process; F1 Vegas chaos
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Episode 127 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on November 3, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- How Saudi Arabia secured 2034 World Cup - alliance with Gianni Infantino, Mohammed bin Salman's success, helpful curtailed FIFA process, side-lining the FIFA congress and difficulties caused for the FIFA comms team by Infantino's Instagram posts and speeches. Plus how consistent are critics?
- Changes at Inside the Games
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Episode 126 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 27, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Gianni Infantino's week - launching an African league, returning to Saudi Arabia and celebrating an investigation being dropped in Switzerland.
- Sir Bobby Charlton & Bill Kenwright remembered
- Everton ownership & investigation
- Rugby changes - effectively a biennial men's World Cup & what impact has France 2023 had?
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Episode 125 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 20, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Football's struggle mourning the massacre launched from Gaza on Israel, the Israel-Hamas war and the Sweden fans shot dead ahead of the Belgium game in Brussels as terror hangs over sport.
- Interview with CONCACAF President and FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani at the Leaders conference on how football grapples with complex geopolitical situations, inside decision-making at FIFA, the dealmaking that's pushing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, the future of deciding World Cup hosts and how FIFA communicates.
- UEFA's blunders as Russia's partial return to football is reversed
- Olympics leadership - is Thomas Bach going to stay beyond term limit?
- Is there a better way of running women's football?
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Episode 124 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 6, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- FIFA's sudden 2030 & 2034 World Cup decisions - behind-the-scenes deals & Saudi's loyal supporters
- FIFA relaxes Russia ban;
- Communications in football governing bodies analysed with no news conferences
- UEFA VP loses Swedish role over pro-Russia vote
- Euro 28 & 32 dealmaking so no losers
- VAR Premier League issues
- Kevin Keegan's offensive comments about female pundits
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Episode 123 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 1, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- 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
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Episode 122 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 23, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- FIFA focus: 2026 World Cup struggles; Gianni Infantino at the UN; Where's FIFA game as EA launches FC?; Fatma Samoura's award; 2022 WC betting - criminal gang busted.
- Saudi Arabia: Mohammed bin Salman on sportswashing
- Premier League finances: 777 & Everton; Tottenham open to investment; PL TV rights growth
- Spain scandal: Does women's football need its own governing bodes?
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Episode 121 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 7, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
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Spain scandal - missing leadership 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
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Episode 120 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on August 31, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja in Monaco:
- From the UEFA season launch on the Luis Rubiales scandal and the World Cup final fallout from the non-consensual kiss on Jenni Hermoso.
- Saudi Arabia - transfer splurge & 2034 World Cup bid plan
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World Athletics Championships - assessing the impact of the event and Noah Lyles stoking debate over what's a global title
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Episode 119 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on August 5, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Infantino: Cult of personality around FIFA presidency?
- Challenge reporting how FIFA helps nations
- Chelsea settlement: UEFA FFP decisions lack detail
- Euro 2028-32 bidding
- Interview with British Cycling chief
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End of Commonwealth Games?
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Episode 118 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on July 28, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
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Gianni Infantino's early World Cup departure & Australia snub - for now; FIFA tries to block sexual abuse questions; Kylian Mbappe rejects Saudi; Kuwaiti Olympic powerbroker Kylian Mbappe banned in ethics case; Why World Aquatics HQ moving to Hungary matters; Who owns Tottenham? Joe Lewis indicted
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Episode 117 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on July 21, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
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Women's World Cup pay battles, Gianni Infantino & sponsor shortcomings; Jordan Henderson's LGBTQ backing & Saudi move; Commonwealth Games future after Australian hosting rejection in Victoria; Olympics climate change impact & IOC clash with Britain over banning Russians; Messi in Miami - assessing MLS; Broadcasting - Viaplay's challenges
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Episode 115 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on July 7, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Saudi sports investment - hear from golfers about PIF, LIV and the lack of details on the golf merger
- UEFA multiclub ownership changes
- Premier League gaining FA Cup control?
- PSG owner's latest troubles
- Women's World Cup armband and pay disputes
- Russians return to Wimbledon
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After our Ashes visit - discussing cricket's future
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Episode 115 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 30, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- English cricket racism, sexism and elitism
- Enhanced Games - championships for dopers?
- Manchester City - new allegations
- UEFA acts on long contracts for players
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Is a European fans' group too close to UEFA?
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Episode 114 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 23, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Can Saudi Arabia become a footballing power?; Is Manchester City's group worth $6bn?; FIFA's new anti-racism committee 6 years after disbanding task force; World Cup co-host Mexico's homophobia; What's happening to the cash from Chelsea's sale?; Why agents are challenging new regulations; Raid on Paris 2024 Olympics HQ.
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Episode 113 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 16, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Impact on UEFA & Turkey Euros bid after Istanbul CL final disarray; Assessing Manchester City after the treble; Premier League clampdown on leveraged takeovers & wage bills; Fatma Samoura's FIFA exit; Kylian Mbappe & PSG; Saudi compensation for golfers who rejected LIV?
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Episode 112 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 7, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Saudi Arabia - takeover of men's golf & nationalising leading domestic football clubs. Messi to Miami after rejecting Saudi; Olympics boxing dispute Snooker match fixing bans.
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Episode 111 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on June 2, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- 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
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Episode 110 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 24, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Spanish football racism: Vinicius Jr's suffering, La Liga's criticism & protocol shortcomings.
- Manchester City: Investigation delays as another title's won.
- 2026 FIFA World Cup logo launch - how noticed was it?
- How much to play World Cup winners Argentina?
- Qatar for Rugby League World Cup?
- Rugby union's financial problems in England.
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Episode 109 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 12, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- 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
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Episode 108 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on May 5, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Gianni Infantino's Women's World Cup TV blackout threat & his women's football commitment; Qatar's PSG woes with Lionel Messi suspended; New transgender policy for cycling?; Was Roman Abramovich cash hidden?; Premier League Hall of Fame night
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Episode 107 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on April 28, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- European football clubs split by rival lobby group to challenge ECA power; British government opposes Russians at Olympics but not Wimbledon; Foreign ownership in Premier League criticised within the competition; FIFA agents' exam; New football visa regulations in England?; Rugby World Cup changes.
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Episode 106 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 31, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- 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 and is the Premier League investigating?
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Episode 105 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 25, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- World athletics bans transgender women from competing in female events. Hear from Seb Coe.
- How to handle Manchester United bidding confusion as a media story
- UEFA investigation into Barcelona and the refereeing company payments scandal
- The A22 Super League chief tries to win backing in smaller nations
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Episode 104 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 10, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Inside the FIFA Congress in Kigali: Gianni Infantino re-elected & compares first campaign to Rwanda's genocide recovery.
- Women's World Cup: prize money rises & plans for pay parity by 2027. Visit Saudi dropped as sponsor after backlash.
- Men's World Cup: 104 games from 2026 & Morocco joins 2030 bidding with Spain and Portugal
- Manchester United takeover latest
- Barcelona investigation turmoil
- UEFA: Aleksander Ceferin on multi-club ownership
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Episode 103 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 10, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Infantino investigations; FIFA case verdict in US; UEFA homegrown player rules challenged; No Visit Saudi for Women's World Cup?; Russians in athletics
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Episode 102 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on March 4, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja at the International Football Association Board meeting:
- FIFA - supermodel appointment criticism & French federation scandal. We question Gianni Infantino on Noel Le Graet, One Love armbands at the Women's World Cup and more 100-minute matches. Saudi's Newcastle ownership under new scrutiny after LIV case evidence. Manchester City, FFP & image rights
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Episode 101 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 18, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- English football regulator - will it harm or help?; Boxer Conor Benn's successful eggs defence in doping case; Qualifying for enlarged FIFA Club World CUp; Sport & Russia - Ukraine war anniversary; UK sports broadcasting change.
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Episode 100 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 18, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Manchester United bidders; Paris UEFA Champions League final review - commission member interviewed; FIFA's bumper finances; Saudi awarded Club World Cup; IOC resisting banning Russians; DAZN plans; Athletics challenges
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Episode 99 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 10, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Super League's latest relaunch attempt; Man City investigation; FIFA's betting and Saudi sponsorship; Backlash over Russians at Olympics; Yorkshire cricket racism case
- Premier League statement: https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970
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Episode 98 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 6, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Manchester City charged: The Premier League's financial wrongdoing case against the Premier League champions explained and analysed. More than 100 charges against the club with accusations going back to 2009. What the commission will assess and potential actions against the club.
- Manchester City have denied wrongdoing: "Manchester City FC is surprised by the issuing of these alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules, particularly given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with. The Club welcomes the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position. As such we look forward to this matter being put to rest once and for all."
- Premier League statement: https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970
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Episode 97 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on February 3, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Transfers finances & rules analysis - La Liga chief attacks England & Chelsea splurge
- Sponsorship backlash - Saudi-Women's World Cup & South Africa-Tottenham
- Transgender policies update
- Olympic boycott threatened amid outcry over IOC allowing Russians in Paris
- British horseracing scraps dress code
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Episode 96 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 27, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja - joined by Norway Football Federation President Lise Klaveness
- She discusses running for election for a seat on UEFA's executive committee, Russians in sport with the IOC open to their athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, her concerns about Gianni Infantino at FIFA, Club World Cup expansion and Women's World Cup year.
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Episode 95 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 21, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Juventus docked points; Concussion subs - inside the IFAB meeting; Ratcliffe's Man United interest; English football racism case; Rights for pregnant players; Deloitte money list analysed; Usain Bolt's missing money; Snooker fixing charges
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Episode 94 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 13, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- French FA chief Noel Le Graet steps down after facing harassment allegations and criticism over Zinedine Zidane comments
- Gianni Infantino: TV orders to show him at World Cup; Swiss investigation into FIFA president
- FIFA Council election battles
- Reshaping English football
- Chelsea spending & FFP
- Transfer compensation dispute
- Qatar buying into Premier League?
- Snooker match-fixing investigations
- Pique's company ends Davis Cup partnership
- WWE for sale
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Episode 93 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on January 6, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Pele remembered - interviews & encounters; Gianni Infantino's selfie at the wake & stadium renaming request
- Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia
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2023 lookahead - football politics battles; Manchester United and Liverpool takeovers; Russians returning to sport?
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Episode 92 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 22, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Qatar World Cup verdict; Salt Bae disrupts trophy celebrations - why is Gianni Infantino so close to him?; Infantino finds way to stay in power until 2031; FIFA's disbanded human rights board; Row over 32-team Club WC plan
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Episode 91 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 12, 2022 with Rob Harris and Tariq Panja in Doha and Martyn Ziegler:
- 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
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Episode 90 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on December 3, 2022 with Rob Harris and Tariq Panja in Doha and Martyn Ziegler:
- Inside World Cup week 2: New uncertainty over Qatar death numbers; Fans blocked by security; Free tickets?; Doha Olympics 2036?; Infantino & Salt Bae
- Plus Juventus turmoil; Arsenal finances
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Episode 89 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on November 25, 2022 with Rob Harris and Tariq Panja in Doha and Martyn Ziegler:
- 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
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Episode 88 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 21, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- New boss for Super League breakaway bid; Reporting anonymous briefings amid Liverpool-Manchester City feuding; Qatar wins another football bid & eyes 2036 Olympics; Paris 2024 plans Paralympics opening ceremony among landmarks; Simona Halep's doping positive.
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Episode 87 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 14, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
- From Doha on Qatar World Cup preparations as the tournament CEO speaks
- Updates from the UEFA meetings and Euro 2024 draw in Frankfurt as Ceferin confirms plans for another term running European football.
- Infantino gets the backing of South America to stay as FIFA president
- Turmoil in English rugby union
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Episode 86 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on October 7, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja - featuring US Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone.
- Indonesia football stadium disaster - policing blamed
- US Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone American interviewed on the sexual misconduct and emotional abuse scandal investigation. Also hear from Megan Rapinoe on the abuse of trust by coaches.
- Also: Tariq in Rio on football, Brazil's presidential election & World Cup splits; Ukraine joins 2030 World Cup bidding; English rugby financial issues; Asian Winter Games in Saudi; Russian boxing scandal
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Live panel from the Leaders in Sport conference at Twickenham for Episode 85 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 28, 2022 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja, joined on stage by:
- European Club Association CEO Charlie Marshall on the power and money talks around the future of UEFA club competitions.
- Amar Singh - Senior Vice President, Content and Communications at MKTG, EMEA - on issues facing sponsors and player activism at the World Cup in Qatar
- Nic Coward, who has been a leader at the Premier League, UK Athletics, England Golf, the British Horseracing Authority and elsewhere in sport
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Episode 84 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 16, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and Graham Dunbar
- Spanish football racism & women's team dispute
- Olympics corruption
- UEFA tournament plans
- European Club Association meets in Turkey
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Could new prime minister drop plans for a regulator for English football?
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Sports Journalism Association Awards 2021 podcast of the year - bronze winner.
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Episode 83 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 16, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and former Arsenal vice chair David Dein
- NBA team owner's racism & sexism; Chelsea chair Boehly's ideas for football; PSG player charged linked to attack on teammate; Man City's new investment
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Episode 82 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 9, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and Graham Dunbar.
- Mourning the Queen: Football halted as other sports resume
- 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre
- Chelsea's new leadership and their coaching change
- 2030 World Cup Saudi Arabia-Greece-Egypt bid?
- Qatar World Cup alcohol policy
- Why wasn't Mbappe asked about Qatari rights issues by Tariq?
Sports Journalism Association Awards 2021 podcast of the year - bronze winner.
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Episode 81 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on September 2, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and Jon Rest from Transfer Room.
- Transfer window analysis & big-spending Premier League; AC Milan takeover; $3bn cricket rights for Indian TV; Paris Olympics cost-cutting; Ryder Cup & LIV Golf.
Sports Journalism Association Awards 2021 podcast of the year - bronze winner.
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Episode80Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on August 26, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and Graham Dunbar.
- 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.
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Episode 79 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues.
On the agenda on August 19, 2022 with Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja:
- Future of Glazers & Man United investment; English refereeing row; Boxing in Saudi Arabia; When should Russians return to sport?
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Episode 78 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on August 12, 2022:
- Qatar World Cup starting earlier; Barcelona's financial turmoil; LIV Golf's legal defeat; Serena Williams retiring
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Episode 77 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on July 22, 2022:
- Heatwave safety; Brain injuries in rugby; Football cuts headings; World athletics champs; LIV Golf; Unjabbed Djokovic missing US Open; Pulisic sidesteps gun control question; TV channels combine; Euros audience high
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Episode 76 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on July 15, 2022:
- Football's Super League battle reaches European court
- LIV Golf: Now US investigates PGA for alleged anticompetitive conduct
- Russia's war: Football ban appeals lost; Cycling backs oligarch
- Platini & Blatter cleared in court
- Naming of suspects in UK
- Jim Thorpe: 1912 Olympic gold reinstated
- Europe's heatwave concerns for sport
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Episode 75 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on July 1 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
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Episode 74 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 24, 2022:
- Transgender swimmers banned from women's competitions; Premier League club finances analysed; Cricket racism investigation latest from Martyn at Yorkshire; Chelsea chiefs exit; PSG's leadership; Saudi Arabia - boxing & golf updates.
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Episode 73 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 17, 2022:
- The suffering of young gymnasts in Britain. We're joined by Nicole Pavier, one of the athletes who sparked the review that has now set out the culture of physical and emotional abuse by coaches in British gymnastics.
- 2026 World Cup host cities selected. FIFA President Gianni Infantino on heat challenges.
- MLS & IPL TV rights deals
- Barcelona finances
- UCI transgender policy
- Russians allowed at US Open tennis
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Episode 72 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 10, 2022: Inside the inaugural Saudi golf series event - questioning the LIV's breakaway players & analysing the criticism; French admissions over Champions League final failures; Blatter & Platini on trial; Ecuador keeps World Cup spot.
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Episode 71 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja, joined by Ronan Evain, executive director of Football Supporters Europe.
On the agenda on June 2, 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.
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Episode 70 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on May 28, 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
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Episode 69 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja, joined by FIFPRO's Sarah Gregorius, a 100-cap star of New Zealand's football team.
On the agenda on May 20, 2022:Pitch invasion unrest in England
- Equal pay for US national soccer teams
- Trailblazing announcement from gay English player Jake Daniels
- Men's WC first: Female refs
- Amnesty & Infantino on Qatar
- Pitch invasion unrest in England
- Everton's financial losses scrutinised by rivals
- Wimbledon stripped of ranking points for banning Russians
- The Russian hack on ex-WADA chief Craig Reedie
- Saudi-backed golf series: Commercial chief quits
- Should reporters applaud a manager?
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Episode 68 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on May 13, 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
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Episode 67 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on April 30, 2022:
- Mino Raiola's death: The agent's impact and exploring the initial premature reporting of his death
- Champions League backlash: Will the new format change?
- Football regulator for England?
- Latest on Saudi-funded golf series
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Episode 66 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on April 22, 2022:
- Should Wimbledon have banned Russians?; Furious reaction for questioning Fury on accused gang boss; Audio leaks embroil Spanish FA chief Rubiales & Pique in Saudi controversy; 1 year since the Super League attempt & UEFA receives favourable ruling in Spain; Newcastle & Saudi ownership celebrate; Wagatha Christie update
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Episode 65 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on April 15, 2022:
- Organised crime gangs and sport - boxing promoter Daniel Kinahan is sanctioned. We hear rom authorities and what happened when Tyson fury faced the media.
- Update on the sale of Chelsea and interest in buying AC Milan emerges.
- FIFA: Date set for the trial of Blatter and Platini; a top current FIFA executive departs and the governing body launches a streaming platform.
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Episode 64 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on April 8, 2022:
- New claims about Manchester City's sponsorship deals from Der Spiegel and the Premier League investigation; Analysing the overhaul of FFP and the new UEFA financial rules; Playing during Ramadan with Premier League doctors' chief - Zafar Iqbal of Crystal Palace; More Qatar worker abuses uncovered by Amnesty; Transgender policies in cycling under scrutiny as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks out; Boxing & Russia
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Episode 63 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja in Qatar for the World Cup draw.
On the agenda on April 1, 2022:
- Politically-charged draw with the United States to face Iran.
- What has the draw & FIFA Congress week told us about Qatar's readiness to welcome fans for the World Cup?
- Scrutiny of rights for workers and gay fans coming to Qatar - with contrasting views from the Norwegian FA president & a Qatari security chief.
- Gianni Infantino now distancing himself from the opposed biennial World Cup plans.
- In-depth interview with FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani on that biennial campaign, the shape of the 2026 World Cup, 2030 bidding, the future of football and assessing Infantino's presidency.
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Episode 62 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja, joined by Sharron Davies and Tim Sparv.
On the agenda on March 25, 2022:
- Gulf issues come to the door of sport with attack from Yemen near the Saudi GP circuit
- Russia launches shock bid for Euros. What will UEFA do and what does it mean for the anticipated winners (UK-Ireland 2028 and Italy 2032)? There's also the Turkish bid to consider.
- Interview with ex-Finland captain Tim Sparv on why footballers should speak out on human rights abusing nations - from Qatar to Russia - why boycotts should be considered over racism and what's wrong with the game's leadership.
- Does trans swimmer Lia Thomas have an unfair advantage? Ex-Olympic medalist Sharron Davies debates the issue challenging sport.
- FIFA's first crypto sponsor
- Changes to UEFA financial rules for clubs as FFP is overhauled
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Episode 61 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on March 18, 2022 including the latest sporting impact of Russia's war on Ukraine:
Latest on the Chelsea takeover bids; Saudi questions from Tariq & Rob uneasy for Newcastle manager Eddie Howe; Saudi golf league update; Wimbledon ban for Russians not denouncing Putin?; CAS football rulings against Russia; Barcelona's Spotify sponsorship deals; Rachel Blackmore's landmark racing win at Cheltenham Gold Cup; Rugby & F1 rule changes.
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Episode 60 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Sports Journalism Association Awards 2021 podcast of the year - bronze winner.
On the agenda on March 11, 2022 including the latest sporting impact of Russia's war on Ukraine:
What's the future for Chelsea & Roman Abramovich after being sanctioned by the UK government?; Gianni Infantino silent on Russia but visits Saudi crown prince; UEFA disciplinary case into PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
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Episode 59 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on March 4, 2022 including the latest sporting impact of Russia's war on Ukraine:
Roman Abramovich's Chelsea exit assessed; Premier League CEO Richard Masters & Newcastle's Amanda Staveley on the CFC sale; Paralympics U-turn to ban Russians. Also how the Super League row resurfaced between Aleksander Ceferin & Andrea Agnelli at Financial Times Business of Football Summit. Thanks to the FT for the audio clips
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Episode 58 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on February 28, 2022 with a special edition with the latest sporting impact of Russia's war on Ukraine:
- Why FIFA and UEFA suspended Russia and what it means for world football.
- UEFA drops Gazprom as sponsor.
- The International Olympic Committee gets tough on Russia and strips award from Putin.
- Analysing Roman Abramovich's plans for control of Chelsea & peacemaker claims.
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Episode 57 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on February 25, 2022 - the sporting implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as events are moved & sponsors cut. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is challenged on cozying up to Vladimir Putin. We'll analyse how Russia corrupted sport and how sport stayed in the embrace of Russia even after the doping scandal and the initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014 by pro-Moscow forces.
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Episode 56 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on February 18, 2022:
- Doping verdicts from Tokyo Olympics; 15-year-old Russian's doping case at Beijing Olympics; UEFA's crypto fan tokens; Rugby investment and the future of the Six Nations; Novak Djokovic breaks silence but still questions; F1 leadership change in the fallout from last season's finale.
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Episode 55 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on February 10, 2022:
- Russian doping scandal at Beijing Olympics; Premier League overseas cash surpasses domestic TV; World Cup & Euros bidding; Barcelona resignation; Zouma-West Ham cat controversy; the Rooneys - Wayne's film and Coleen's legal battle over leaks; F1 sponsorship
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Episode 54 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on February 4, 2022:
- Champions League pizza banned lifted
- Freezing football: Why did the US play a World Cup qualifier in -15C?
- Missed opportunity: English football's lower leagues don't take advantage of rare January international break
- BT Sports-Discovery set for UK broadcasting joint venture as DAZN lose out
- UEFA's TV rights sale updaate
- NFL controversies - were bonuses paid to lose games?
- Barcelona financial investigation
- Saudi investment splitting golf
- Beijing Winter Olympics - human rights, FIFA dispute, sports at risk of losing Olympic spots & could padel join the programme?
- Transgender rule changes in American swimming
- New contracts for female players in England and the US
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Episode 53 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja joined by Juliet Bawuah from the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on January 28, 2022:
African Cup of Nations - investigation into deadly stadium crush; Gianni Infantino offends linking his push for biennial World Cups with preventing African migrants risking their lives.
29' FIFA sexual harassment case;
36' English county cricket chief offends with racial stereotyping in parliamentary hearing on racism.
41' Why Australian Open organisers initially banned "Where is Peng Shuai?" t-shirts; Unease about COVID test transparency at Beijing Olympics.
46' Amanda Staveley’s claim she was wealthy enough to buy Newcastle shares is being tested in court by Mike Ashley who says she wasn’t. Hear what she had to say
50' Premier League's NFTs imagery clampdown & new Japanese TV deal
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Episode 52 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on January 14, 2022:
- Newcastle heads to Saudi Arabia for training camp
- How Martyn voted in the FIFA awards and the curious players' teams of the year
- Gianni Infantino meets players in England on player welfare and stalling biennial World Cups' plan
- Qatar World Cup tickets' sale launched with little fanfare
- Beijing Olympics rights concerns & media withdrawing over COVID
- UEFA's annual €5bn Champions League rights tender
- Premier League postponements rules changes & vaccination issues loom for teams in Europe
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Episode 51 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on January 14, 2022:
The Novak Djokovic deportation latest. Andy Murray's agent, Matt Gentry, joins us from Melbourne ahead of the Australia Open on the damage caused to tennis by Djokovic and the Covid visa exemption status saga. Gentry also discusses Murray's future after returning from injury - after many expected the 3-time Grand Slam winner to retire - and why the Scot won't accept lucrative Saudi offers to play exhibition matches in the kingdom.
Also on the pod: Analysis on the African Cup of Nations week one and the refereeing mess-up, Manchester City's annual financial report, the Olympics doping case being prosecuted by American authorities and remembering investigative journalist Andrew Jennings, who died this week.
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Episode 50 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja, joined by Jacquelin Magnay. Vote for us in the Sports Podcast Awards via https://www.sportspodcastawards.com/categories/10
On the agenda on January 7, 2022:
The Novak Djokovic saga. The first 25 minutes of the pod discuss whether he should be allowed to stay in Melbourne or be deported before The Australian Open. The inside track comes from Jacquelin Magnay of The Australian newspaper who talks about the pandemic experience there and quarantine hotels. Plus hear from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Rafael Nadal on Djokovic.
In the second half of the pod: The Manchester United leadership change and the reign of Ed Woodward analysed as he is replaced by new CEO Richard Arnold; Barcelona finances; UK-Ireland look to be out of 2030 World Cup bidding; $550M takeover by NYT of The Athletic; Another breach of English rugby's salary cap?
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Episode 49 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on December 31, 2021:
The first 30 minutes is this week's sports news analysed: Chelsea financial results released; Qatar World Cup hotel shortage revealed; Chinese footballers face tattoo ban; NFL great John Madden dies; No NHL players at Olympics.
Then there's half hour looking back analysing 2021, including the Super League debacle, Gianni Infantino's FIFA woes over biennial World Cups plans, the soulless Tokyo Olympics and human rights issues, from Saudi Arabia to China.
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Episode 48 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on December 24, 2021:
African Cup of Nations: CAF President Patrice Motsepe insists AFCON will start as planned in January and he's been hitting back at critics, particularly in Europe, trying to thwart the tournament in Cameroon.
Biennial World Cups: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been making the financial case with FAs told this week that an extra $4 billion could be generated every four years. One man who works with sponsors isn't convinced - Steve Martin the Global CEO M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment tells us why not.
Cryptocurrency: Arsenal are rebuked by Britain's advertising watchdog over its partnership with Socios. Tim Payton of the Arsenal Supporters' Trust tells us of their concerns about the fan tokens.
Inter Milan raided: Latest on the financial investigations into the transfer dealings of Italian clubs.
Pandemic: More coronavirus postponements in the Premier League as the scale of the challenge getting players jabbed becomes clearer.
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Episode 47 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on December 17, 2021:
F1 season-ending chaos - hear from new world champion Max Verstappen.
Omicron disruption - hear from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin urging players to get jabbed.
UEFA - Ceferin on the Champions League draw debacle. And there's news of bidding for Euros 28 & 32.
Plus: LaLiga bumper TV rights; FIFA changes women's football sales; Investment in Australian leagues; New policies for transgender swimmers.
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Episode 46 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on December 11, 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
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Episode 45 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on December 3, 2021:
- Euro 2020 final violence review is published: England fans' shame & security failings at Wembley but no one is blamed. Hear from the police, the report author and the FA.
- Latest on biennial World Cups: Is Saudi Arabia cooling on the idea after proposing it? We analyse from the World Leagues' Forum meeting where their opposition to the FIFA plans has been discussed.
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Peng Shuai: Leadership by the WTA in suspending events in China but inaction by other sports organisations.
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LGBTQ+ rights: beIN pundit's homophobia over the Premier League's rainbow laces & Lewis Hamilton talks about his unease racing in Saudi Arabia.
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In-depth interview with Moya Dodd on women's football leagues. Former Australia player and FIFA executive committee member talks about her research for the World Leagues' Forum & disparities in the game.
- Former world athletics chief Lamine Diack dies: Few tributes as the scale of his corruption is assessed.
- La Liga funding: Barcelona & Real Madrid propose rival investment to CVC's offer
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Episode 44 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on November 26, 2021:
- English football governance: Hear from Premier League CEO Richard Masters being open to a regulator
- 1 year to World Cup: Qatar's grapples with scrutiny. Hear from FIFA President Gianni Infantino
- Peng Shuai: Concerns about the Chinese tennis star despite IOC call.
- Automated offside: Football's lawmakers pursue new technology and reject longer halftimes.
- Cryptocurrency: Sponsorship concerns & fan tokens that offer limited engagement.
- Vote buying for Rio 2016 Olympics: Former Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman sentenced. Robin Williams vindicated?
- New IOC transgender guidelines: The views of Dr Emma Hilton, a developmental biologist at the University of Manchester.
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Episode 43 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on November 14, 2021:
- Player welfare in football: An inquest has ruled on the suicide of Jeremy Wisten after he was released from Manchester City as a teenager. How does it feel being let go by a leading academy? Sebastian Bassong tells us about his experience after leaving Clairefontaine before going on to play at the World cup with Cameroon and in the Premier League with Tottenham and Norwich. International helplines can be found at https://www.befrienders.org/ if you need anyone to talk to.
- Premier League's new financial rules: Clubs to introduce new restrictions on sponsorships and payments to players from companies linked to the ownership. We hear from new Newcastle director Amanda Staveley.
- Vaccines: The reigning MVP in NFL - Aaron Rodgers - in the midst of a storm after misleading on his vaccination status and then testing positive for the coronavirus, leading to punishments.
- English cricket racism scandal: Update on the latest on the fallout from the investigations into the abuse of Azeem Rafiq.
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Episode 42 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on November 6, 2021:
- English cricket racism scandal: Analysis on the failures of accountability at Yorkshire & how Azeem Rafiq was let down. Tariq relates his own experiences of facing racist abuse in sport. We interview the journalist Tusdiq Din and Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth.
- There's also news on the Premier League's sale of American TV rights and changes to modern pentathlon at the Olympics
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Episode 41 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on October 29, 2021:
- Competitive balance in women's football. We'll hear from Nadine Kessler on UEFA's planned qualification changes.
- 2030 World Cup bidding latest.
- IFAB decisions on 5 substitutes becoming permanent, rejecting longer halftime & automated offside calls.
- Cricket: Taking a knee controversy in South Africa's T20 World Cup squad; Yorkshire racism case update; $1.6bn IPL franchise auction.
- Plus there's news on Roger Goodell's $128 million pay being revealed, an update on Saudi Arabia & golf investment, a setback for rugby 12s and China's hockey woes ahead of the Olympics.
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Episode 40 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. Joined also by Ghana-based journalist and broadcaster Gary Al-Smith.
On the agenda on October 22, 2021:
- 1-16 - Newcastle Saudi ownership latest: New Premier League rules target sponsorship linked to state. Hear from the Saudi finance minister on the investment and from a Saudi fan at St. James' Park about the Jamal Khashoggi billboard outside the stadium.
- 16-49 - Is this the week FIFA's biennial World Cup plans died? We take you inside the private UEFA meeting with Gianni Infantino. Then we hear from FIFA president and CAF president Patrice Motsepe on the footballing revolution. We also discuss Motsepe's first six months as leader of African football and the game across the continent.
- 49-53 - NBA star, Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics, criticises China's treatment of Tibet.
- 53-54 - UK Athletics leadership exits
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Episode 39 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on October 15, 2021:
- A week of the Saudi control of Newcastle: Fans' song of Amanada Staveley, questions over the financing, Jurgen Klopp wanting to hear more from the Premier League on why the takeover was approved and Steve Bruce on the media.
- FIFA: Is the EA video game about to lose the FIFA name? Where Gianni Infantino now thinks should host the World Cup.
- Medals for Olympians who were cheated by dopers in 1970s & 80s scandals? Analysing the plans in the swimming.
- Commonwealth Games: News on the only two sports now required. What's the future of the games?
- Vaccine mandates in US sports: Should they test instead?
- From 34 minutes in, interview with English FA director of international and diversity Edleen John on the fight against racism online and in stadiums.
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Episode 38 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on October 9, 2021:
- Why did Rob spot Number 10's chief of staff, who was embroiled in intrigue over the Super League launch, at Old Trafford?
- Saudi Arabia now owns Newcastle. But why is the club and Premier League insisting against reality that the Magpies aren't controlled by the kingdom? Analysis on the completion of the protracted and controversial takeover.
- This week's big interview is with the NFL's exec vice president Chris Halpin on plans for more games overseas as the the London series returns, the challenge back in the US from the Premier League and the impact on sport from FIFA's biennial World Cup plans.
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Episode 37 of Sport Unlocked - a special edition of the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues recorded live in front of an audience at the Leaders Week sport business conference at Twickenham Stadium.
Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler were joined by a series of guests on October 7, 2021:
- Saudis buy Newcastle: As the takeover was going through, former Premier League general secretary Nic Coward and Lee Wellings, a broadcaster and author, dissected the governance, moral and sporting implications of another state-funded buyout of a Premier League club.
- Olympic champion Angela Ruggiero came on stage to be questioned on serving on the IOC's ethics board, human rights concerns about Beijing 2022 Games, impact of FIFA's World Cup plans on the Olympics, technological changes in sport
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Episode 36 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on October 1, 2021:
- Boxing scandal: Interview with investigator Richard McLaren on the fixing at the Olympics and how power corrupts governing bodies.
- Women's football abuse: American women's legal in turmoil over sexual coercion and harassment allegations - and why action is only being taken now against the coach.
- Europe unites with South America: Continental champions to meet in matches while UEFA & CONMEBOL plan London office.
- FIFA move to US: Commercial staff could move Stateside from Zurich.
- Biennial World Cups: FIFA finally holds a summit for members as Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher question why retired players like them are being so heavily pushed in the campaign.
- Super League fallout: Speedy analysis on what a Spanish court ruling means for UEFA's hopes of punishing rebel clubs.
- Europa League racism: More abuse in Prague - why wasn’t the stadium fully closed?
- Formula One: Qatar gets a race for the first time.
- Beijing Olympics: Heavy restrictions with coronavirus rules for 2022 Winter Games.
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Episode 35 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on September 24, 2021:
- Behind origins of FIFA-UEFA spat. How should world football be regulated?
- Insight from the first in-person Premier League owners' meeting in London in 18 months.
- Juventus turmoil on the pitch and financially. We cross to Milan and hear from Fabio Licari from Gazzetta dello Sport.
- Super League fallout. New court battles.
- Derby administration.
- DAZN's pursuit of BT and the future of streaming sport worldwide.
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Episode 34 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on September 17, 2021:
- Emma Raducanu's US Open title and where it ranks in improbable sporting successes. Martha Kelner tells us what it was like reporting from Flushing Meadows.
- Martha also joins us from Washington to discuss Simone Biles' harrowing abuse testimony on the sexual abuse suffered by gymnasts & the FBI's failings.
In the second half of the pod after 29 minutes, the sports agent Jo Tongue is interviewed on:
- how Raducanu handles the media spotlight, media relations in light of Naomi Osaka's concerns
- the new Women in Football #GetOnside Campaign
- growing TV coverage of the Women's Super League and why she's pleased broadcasters aren't resorting to using influencers.
- pay disparities in the WSL and how she's secured equal pay for broadcasters
- missed opportunities by clubs to boost WSL crowds
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Episode 33 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on September 10, 2021:
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Inside FIFA's biennial World Cup plan: Hear from the insiders on the battle splitting football. Hear from Arsene Wenger making FIFA's case, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin on Europe's opposition, Wales captain Gareth Bale on his concerns about FIFA's plans and Jill Ellis on working for FIFA on women's plans.
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Brazil-Argentina COVID chaos at World Cup qualifier
- Afghanistan women's sport ban
- Cricket racism & COVID row. Elizabeth Ammon from The Times provides the insight.
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Episode 32 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on September 3, 2021:
- Hungary racism - why fans should have been banned for England game and governing body failings. We'll hear from Piara Powar, executive director of the FARE network.
- Summer Transfer window - where's the money and who holds the power?
- Biennial World Cups - FIFA steps up the PR push and it's denounced by UEFA.
- Player release row - will FIFA punish the clubs?
- Vaccines - what happens when players reject them?
- Burrito doping case - we'll tell you all about Shelby Houlihan's implausible tainted meat claim.
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Episode 31 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on August 27, 2021:
- FIFA is defied by clubs over leagues in Europe over the mandatory release of players for World Cup qualifiers
- It comes as Gianni Infanatino says FIFA is now a trusted governing body as they receive cash forfeited in the corruption cases. Is the FIFA president right? There's particular concerns about the PR-led campaign for World Cups every two years.
- There's a Qatar focus on Paris Saint-Germain's latest transfer dealings and fresh questions about migrant worker deaths in the Gulf nation - as England manager Gareth Southgate discusses the issue.
- Plus the Paralympics are underway in Tokyo with coronavirus concerns just like the Olympics.
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Episode 30 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on August 20, 2021:
First half of the pod
- Barcelona's growing debt
- Curious & creative transfers of the summer window
- Concerns grow for Afghanistan's female footballers with evacuation flights sought by FIFPRO
- Cricket racism report
Second half of the pod after 27 minutes
- Interview with Paraag Marathe. In the Premier League he's vice chairman of Leeds United. In the NFL, he's president of 49ers Enterprises & executive vice president of football operations at the San Francisco franchise. And he's chairman of USA Cricket - pushing to get cricket into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
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Episode 29 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on August 14, 2021:
- Tokyo doping case breaks after the Olympics: British sprint relay silver medalist CJ Ujah tests positive. We'll tell you about the substances & what happens next.
- Lionel Messi completes his move to Paris Saint-Germain: What it means for Qatar, PSG's finances, French football and the wider game.
- Future of Financial Fair Play revealed: Can salary caps and a luxury tax work? Does PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi have too many roles in football?
- Interview: Alberto Colombo, European Leagues general secretary, on the new season challenges from the pandemic to the Super League fallout and ongoing threat, and competitive balance in leagues - particularly France with PSG now even stronger. Interview edited for brevity.
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From the Tokyo Olympics, it's episode 28 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on August 6, 2021:
- There's our wrap-up from the Olympics. Life at the pandemic Games, the sprinting surprise, Laurel Hubbard's milestone moment, the blocking of social media clips of the clips from venues.
- in the world of football - Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain? How that can comply with Financial Fair Play? We also discuss the impact on La Liga of losing Messi - particularly as it tries to sell commercial rights to private equity firm CVC.
- Plus should footballers have to be vaccinated?
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From the Tokyo Olympics, it's episode 27 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. We're also joined by Mike Keegan.
On the agenda on July 23, 2021:
- What life is like at the pandemic Olympics and the challenges facing the delayed 2020 Games.
- The latest organising committee scandal leading to a resignation ahead of the opening ceremony.
- The controversy over the awarding of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics to Brisbane and the conduct of Australian Olympic chief John Coates.
- Away from Japan, there's turmoil facing the Rugby League World Cup after Australia and New Zealand withdraw from the event England is due to host in October over coronavirus concerns.
- An update on the Premier League's court action against Manchester City in the Football Leaks fallout
- And cricket debuts a new format - it's the Hundred.
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Episode 26 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on July 13, 2021:
- We take you inside the European Championship final unrest at Wembley, speaking to the fans and stewards amid concerning scenes after ticketless supporters charged into the stadium.
- What's the impact on the British Isles bid to host the 2030 World Cup?
- We have the latest on the UEFA investigation into the English Football Association
- The government condemns racist abuse of England players while standing accused of hypocrisy by Tyrone Mings.
- Plus why the Euros could expand to 32 teams
- Celebrating Italy's triumph
- And in South America, Argentina's 28-year title drought ends at Copa America.
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Episode 25 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on July 2, 2021:
- A top American sprinter is banned after testing positive following marijuana use. Sha'Carri Richardson apologised and accepted a one month ban ahead of the Tokyo Games and could still get to race in an Olympic relay. But should marijuana use lead to such a punishment?
- Plus the latest on the fraught buildup to the Olympics and new rules on when athletes can protest.
- And on European football matters, we take you inside the Euro 2020 issues, how UEFA's financial fair play panel has been overhauled and the influence of Jorge Mendes.
- There's also news of world cricket moving its T20 World Cup and an update on its suspended CEO.
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Episode 24 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 25, 2021:
- New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard becomes the first transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics. We'll speak to Kristen Worley, the transgender cyclist who advises Olympics chiefs after suing them alleging agender verification policies were discriminatory. There's also insight from sports scientist Ross Tucker
- UEFA: Away-goals rule is scrapped but far more controversial decisions this week were to block the rainbow colours appearing on the Munich Euro 2020 stadium and pushing for foreign visitors to be allowed to watch games at Wembley.
- The three-time Olympic champion banned from the Olympics as Sun Yang loses her doping ban case
- Weightlifting doping scandal
- Latest on crowd limits at the Tokyo Olympics
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Episode 23 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 18, 2021:
- Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. We interview Dr. Zafar Iqbal, head of sports medicine at Crystal Palace, who is chairman of the Premier League doctors' group, on Eriksen's collapse, his recovery and the heart checks in football. He also discusses coronavirus restrictions ongoing into next season and vaccines for players.
- England players have been criticised for taking a knee by Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel. Former sports minister Tracey Crouch does not like what she's hearing from her fellow Conservative Party MPs. She also updates us on the fan-led review of football governance she is overseeing after the collapse of the Super League.
- Euro 2020 and sponsor protests by players. Should Cristiano Ronaldo have removed the Coca-Cola bottle.
- And inside the doping case involving American runner Shelby Houlihan and why she's blaming burritos for a positive test that could end her Olympic hopes.
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Episode 22 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues with interviews and insight from Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 12, 2021:
- A look at the start to the European Championship, includes Rob's experiences in the England camp with seeing players face-to-face a rarity in the pandemic
- Footballers continued to be booed taking a knee. We'll talk to Piara Powar of the anti-discrimination Fare network about racism concerns at the Euros as fans return to stadiums.
- We also interview FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann about that jeering of players performing the anti-racism gesture and discuss the fatigue facing players with non-stop football, why substitutions could be allowed permanently and the action needed to reduce heading to limit the risk of footballers developing neurological diseases.
- There's also the latest fallout from the Super League collapse with fines for Premier League clubs that aren't called fines.
- Plus how the FIFA bribery case links to the new boss of world swimming's governing body.
- And we respond to your feedback on Naomi Osaka's decision not to attend press conferences.
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Episode 21 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the week's sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on June 4, 2021:
- Footballers booed taking a knee. There are pleas for the anti-racism gesture to be respected with the Euros about to start.
- There's late hosting turmoil for Copa America.
- In cricket, an England test debutant apologises as old racist and sexist tweets are uncovered. Why didn't cricket bosses spot the tweets before selecting Ollie Robinson?
- Plus we'll explore the fallout from Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from the French Open and discuss the future of press conferences.
- And 30 minutes into the episode, we interview sports news great Charlie Sale about his new cricket book and listen to career memories, including life with the England team's families at the 2006 World Cup
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Episode 20 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris and Tariq Panja at the Champions League Final in Portugal and Martyn Ziegler in England. On the agenda on May 28, 2021:
- The future of the Champions League with a Final 4 in one city being considered.
- Nike cutting ties with Neymar over sexual assault allegation
- Sports events taken out of Belarus over the actions of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
- Naomi Osaka deciding not to do press conferences at the French Open.
- Transfer news as Sky's Bryan Swanson joins FIFA as a new comms chief
- 2030 World Cup bidding update
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Episode 19 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on May 21, 2021, we go in depth on Gianni Infantino and his presidency of FIFA:
- Why is he now eyeing World Cups every two years?
- Why did he evade questions on his links to the Super League for so long to us? He now denies colluding with the breakaway while acknowledging talks. We'll analyse what he told a virtual news conference.
- Why is he filming promotional videos for celebrity chef Salt Bae and the Saudi government?
- And why can't FIFA find a chief communications officer?
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Plus new questions over human rights in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
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Also an update on UEFA's plans for changes to Financial Fair Play.
- And there's an update on the coronavirus concerns and the Tokyo Games.
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Episode 18 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on May 14, 2021:
- Bumper La Liga TV rights deal in the United States - what does it mean for the Premier League's sale? Was the PL right to extend its current British contracts on the same terms?
- Anti-Olympics protester gate-crashes the IOC press conference as opposition grows in Tokyo
- Super League update as three rebel clubs face sanctions
- Details on the Champions League final being switched to Portugal and the latest on Euro 2020 song is the official tournament song being released
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Episode 17 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on May 7, 2021:
- Super League fallout: UEFA begins handing out punishments, with 9 of the rebel clubs accepting fines. But could Barcelona, Real Madrid & Juventus now be banned from the Champions League for not agreeing to UEFA's settlement?
- Violence at Old Trafford: Rob recounts encountering the unrest in protests against the Glazers that forced Manchester United's game against Liverpool to be postponed.
- All-English Champions League final: Istanbul's hosting in jeopardy after England puts Turkey on the red-list of countries with coronavirus concerns.
- Olympics & Paralympics: Tokyo's coronavirus emergency extended but a deal's done to get all athletes vaccines.
- And the other Super League: Row over the Saudi-backed golf project.
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Episode 16 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
On the agenda on April 30, 2021:
- Football's social media boycott: We take you inside the meetings with social media companies with PFA head of equalities Simone Pound who tells us this could be the first boycott of many if action isn't taken to stop racism.
- Super League fallout: The curious case of the Spanish media, powerful football elites & unbridled support for the disastrous Super League. Plus what happens next with changes to the Champions League and what did Ed Woodward discuss in Downing Street?
- Premier League TV rights: An extension of the existing deals in Britain is on the cards as BT Sport is considered for sale.
- Arsenal takeover: What's the prospect of a takeover by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek?
- Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: Updated coronavirus controls.
- Indian Premier League: Players withdraw over COVID concerns.
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Episode 15 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja.
There's only one main talking point on the agenda on April 23, 2021 - the collapse of the Super League. The sports news insiders have the inside track on the implosion of the breakaway, what happens next for European football and the futures of the rebels who tried to split from UEFA's open Champions League system.
Plus UEFA also had to resolve the Euro 2020 hosting. Hear which cities got cut from the hosting because they couldn't offer grantees about having fans in stadiums.
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Episode 14 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast analysing the sports news issues with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on April 19, 2021 for a midweek special on the Super League:
- Why are the 12 rebel clubs splitting from UEFA?
- What's the prospect of the Super League launching?
- Why haven't German and French clubs signed up?
- Would players from the Super League clubs actually be banned from World Cups?
- Why are the plans for a women's competition minimal?
- Hear from UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp & British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Episode 13 of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda on April 16, 2021:
- Steve Cockburn from Amnesty, a Newcastle fan, joins the pod to talk through the human rights issues in Saudi Arabia, why they aren't calling for boycotts of the Beijing Olympics or Qatar World Cup - and how players should handle scrutiny about playing next year in the Gulf nation.
- The Champions League semifinal lineup is complete and PSG against Manchester City means it's Qatar against Abu Dhabi. We'll assess how the richest clubs have reached the last-four with Chelsea also taking on Real Madrid. Plus the latest on the talks on the new format for the competition.
- A 10-game ban has been handed out by UEFA for racism but why was the victim Glen Kamara of Rangers also punished? Hear from Clarence Seedorf on booking players who cover their mouths.
- In Olympic news, new coronavirus concerns about the Tokyo Games.
- Why Christian Coleman won't be competing at the Games after the world's current fastest man lost his appeal over missed drugs tests
- And how Russia's uniforms in Tokyo will still look very Russian despite the country's doping punishment.
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Episode 12 of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler. On the agenda on April 9, 2021:
- How sport responded to the death of Prince Philip with tributes and lengthened silences at British sport.
- Interview with Sir Craig Reedie, member of the International Olympic Committee and former boss of the World Anti-Doping Agency & British Olympic Association, on pursuing cases against Russia, British cycling's scandals, Tokyo Games issues and the future of the Olympics.
- Social media boycotts by British football clubs over racism. Why the inaction by the online networks?
- New details of how the European Championship will be staged, which stadiums are allowing fans and which cities can't guarantee crowds and could be cut by UEFA after the extended deadline to submit plans.
- How Manchester City now has English football's highest wage bill
- And why UEFA isn't happy with refereeing teams seeking autographs from players.
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Episode 11 of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on April 2, 2021:
- Champions League disarray: A grab for power and money by elite clubs has delays the new format being approved.
- In the money are agents despite the pandemic with them receiving £272 million from Premier League clubs over the last year.
- So much of sport is funded by the commercial backers. We'll talk to Ricardo Fort, the recently-departed sports sponsorship chief from Cola-Cola on the pandemic challenges, morality issues with event host nations and increasing investment in women's sport.
- We'll also tell you about the highest paid company boss in Britain as Bet 365 chief executive Denise Coates, whose family owns Stoke City, earns £469m in a year.
- If you're a foreign fan now barred from going to the Tokyo Olympics, there's now a challenge getting all your cash back.
- There's another scandal in British cycling with the World Anti-Doping Agency investigating and concerns for future Olympic medal prospects.
- And the diplomatic dispute behind Spanish TV not recognising Kosovo as a country in their World Cup qualifier.
- Plus FIFA has revealed the cities being used at the Women's World Cup in 2023 across Australia and New Zealand.
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Episode 10 of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on March 27, 2021:
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Formula One's director of commercial partnerships joins us from the season-opening Bahrain GP to discuss competitiveness, ethics, environmentalism and diversity in the sport.
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Human rights protests at World Cup qualifiers in Europe. We'll analyse what the teams and players are saying and changes in Qatar.
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FIFA's annual finances are out revealing Gianni Infantino's salary & former president Sepp Blatter has received a new ban over his excessive pay while running world football.
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A transformative TV rights deal has been clinched in the Women's Super League & Serie A is going heavily in on streaming with DAZN.
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Plus a combative British parliamentary hearing on concussion sees a MP challenging the English FA's medical chief.
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Episode nine of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on March 19, 2021:
An interview with survivors' solicitor Dino Nocivelli on the fallout from English football's sex abuse inquiry report.
We also speak to Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch on sex abuse in global football and FIFA's shortcomings plus the latest resignation from the Tokyo Olympics organising committee for sexism.
A third interview is with Belgian Pro league CEO Pierere Francois on a potential merger between the men's leagues in Belgium and the Netherlands.
And there's analysis of the NFL's new $113 billion TV rights deals
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Episode eight of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on March 12, 2021:
Doping scandal in British sport: How damaging is cycling doctor Richard Freeman's guilt in a drug case and what happens next?
Manchester United's $100M share sale. What does it tell us about the Glazers' future?
A radical idea to transform transfers is floated as the new Champions League format is being finalised. We hear from Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli.
Vaccines are secured from China for the Tokyo Olympics as IOC President Thomas Bach is lavished with praise on re-election. We hear from him.
Plus Premier League chief executive Richard Masters on the financial impact of the pandemic and the return of fans.
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It's episode seven of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on March 5, 2021:
- Hear from football lawmakers IFAB - with Gianni Infantino defending VAR, Pierluigi Collina on new offside technology and David Elleray on handball changes.
- African football expert Osasu Obayiuwana on Infantino meddling in the continent as a new CAF president is election.
- Boris Johnson's World Cup bidding intervention. What prospect of success is there for the British and Irish for the 2030 tournament?
- Why three cities could be cut from the European Championship hosting this year.
- Barcelona crisis intensifies with arrests.
- Inter Milan uncertainty as the ownership halts operations as their Chinese club.
- New row over 2032 Olympics being effectively awarded to Brisbane with Germany and Qatar speaking out.
- Investigation into the conduct of a top football agent.
- And a scandal in British horse racing with a trainer banned for being pictured sitting on a horse
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It's episode six of the podcast digesting and analysing the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on February 26, 2021:
- Why were the 2032 Olympics were effectively awarded to Australia this week without the unusual IOC fanfare? And what does the behind-the-scenes decision tells us about IOC President Thomas Bach?
- How are President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson differing on calls to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics?
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And could London host the 2040 Olympics?
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Why has FIFA dropped the bribery investigation into Franz Beckenbauer over the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany?
- What's the earliest fans could return to English stadiums?
- What's the latest UEFA thinking on plans for the rescheduled European Championship this year?
- And should Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have got the world's biggest cricket stadium named after him?
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The big sports news issues of the week with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler, joined by Tariq Panja. On the agenda this week:
- How should horse racing respond to the Sheikh Mohammed scandal?
- Why should we be concerned about yet another attempted Russian doping cover-up?
- And what are challenges facing the new boss of the Tokyo Olympics?
- Plus hear key moment from the FT Business of Football Summit, including on the future of the Champions League, the future of football TV rights sales and Arsenal's CEO is questioned on Ozil.
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The big sports news issues of the week analysed by Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. This week they are joined by Piara Powar, executive direct of FARE - football's main anti-discrimination group.
The show's talking points include:
- Demands by English football leaders for tougher action from social media networks on racist abuse.
- The fallout from the resignation of the president of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics over sexist comments.
- UEFA's latest Chinese sponsor of the Euros: TikTok.
- Coronavirus disruption for Champions & Europa League fixtures.
- A look at other main headlines including salary caps being scrapped in the EFL and the impact of England's big cricketing win in India.
- And did many notice the Club World Cup going on?
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The big sports news issues of the week analysed by Rob Harris,Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda:
- The collapse in transfer window spending.
- TV rights turmoil in the French league but cricket returns to Channel 4 in Britain.
- Concerns over the leveraged takeover over Burnley
- The latest Tokyo Olympics rules and the athlete village sex ban
- An update on the new format for the expanded Champions League.
- The fallout from the Panorama boxing investigation.
- And we'll speak to Laura McAllister about why she's campaigning to join the FIFA Council.
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The big sports news issues of the week analysed by Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja. On the agenda:
- We have more details from the IOC about how they think the Olympics can be staged this year, but what are the lingering issues facing Tokyo? Hear from the IOC President Thomas Bach, who was also questioned on human rights in China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
- UEFA also met this week and expressed confidence in the Euros going ahead in 12 cities. But could venues still be removed and what's the latest on fans getting into stadiums?
- We got a bleak financial forecast about the pandemic's impact on European football but will clubs really collectively lose 8.5 billion euros across two seasons as European Club Association chairman Andrea Agnelli claims?
- Leeds United has new investment from the San Francisco 49ers. How will it transform Leeds?
- We discuss corruption in a sport that isn't always in the global headlines as a new investigation reveals how the boss of biathlon accepted gifts from Russians and repaid the favors by doing the country’s bidding by covering up doping.
- And the shows concludes with the latest on TV rights talks in cricket and French football.
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Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler are joined by Tariq Panja to talk through the big issues facing sports leaders in 2021 on this episode.
- Plans are being made to reshape the Champions League from 2024 but will elite clubs manage to launch the breakaway Super League?
- UEFA is also grappling with uncertainty surrounding the European Championship it has already had to postpone once. Will it go ahead this year and will all 12 venues in 12 countries still be used?
- Can the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics still open in July and in what form as the pandemic persists?
Unlocking the sports news issues as sport grapples with so much of the world still being in lockdown.