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Sport is not a matter of life and death.... it’s more important than that! Tony Grundy and Andy Callaghan are Null & Void hosts of the 4TheNow sports podcast.
At the Women’s Cricket World Cup, play was bizarrely haltedduring the India vs Pakistan match—not for rain, but for a bug invasion! A swarm of insects forced players off the pitch and brought out the fumigation squad in one of the strangest stoppages we’ve seen.
In golf, Gavin Bourne hit two holes in one in the first round of a competition in Droitwich. The odds of this happening are over 67 million to one, and we’ve brought you two in one year!!
It was a golden week for Team GB at the World Para AthleticsChampionships in New Delhi. Hannah Cockroft led the charge with a triple gold, while Aled Davies and Dan Pembroke defended their titles in style.
And in rugby league, Hull Kingston Rovers are still on trackfor the treble after a gritty semi-final win over St Helens in the Super League Play-Offs. We preview their final – a rematch of last year’s game against Wigan.
We also have football, rugby union, tennis and a new recordat the Cardiff Half Marathon.
Welcome to Episode 217 of Null & Void, where sport delivers drama across every discipline.
The Red Roses lifted the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham,powering past Canada in front of a record 81,885 crowd.
We are joined by golf expert Andy Wild to take us through how Europe silenced a hostile New York crowd to win the Ryder Cup, with nerves of steel and a touch of class.
Crystal Palace stunned Liverpool with a 97th-minute winner,ending their perfect start and climbing to third in the Premier League.
And in Rwanda, Tadej Pogačar conquered brutal climbs to win his second straight world title at the Cycling World Championships—held on African soil for the first time ever.
We have lots more including Rugby League, Tennis, Cricket and more. A truly World Champion episode!
This week on the Null & Void Sports Podcast:
The Red Roses storm into the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final, we preview the drama and rivalries of the Ryder Cup, and pay tribute to legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird.
Plus, medal winning performances at the World AthleticsChampionships as Georgia Hunter-Bell claims silver whilst Keeley Hodgkinson and Katerina Johnson-Thompson take bronze.
First up this week, we cover the Women’s Rugby WorldCup Quarter Finals, where the top four teams—England, France, New Zealand, and Canada—powered through to the semis.
France edged past Ireland in a bruising battle, but the headlines were stolen by flanker Axelle Berthoumieu, whoapparently mistook Aoife Wafer’s arm for a baguette! The bite went unnoticed during the match, but World Rugby sank its teeth into the incident afterwards, handing Berthoumieu a 9-match ban.
Then, to cycling in Spain, where the final stage of La Vuelta a España was abandoned in extraordinary scenes. Pro-Palestinian protesters brought the peloton to a halt in Madrid, forcing organisers to cancel the stage and podium ceremony. Jonas Vingegaard was crowned champion,but not in the way anyone expected.
We also pay tribute to a true warrior of the ring. Theboxing world is mourning the tragic passing of Ricky Hatton, aged just 46. We reflect on his legacy and memories of him as a youngster.
And finally, a moment of pure golfing chaos at the BMWPGA Championship—Adrien Saddier’s ball took a detour into a spectator’s hood, saving him from a watery hazard. We’ll talk about the bizarre, the lucky, and the laughter that followed.
We also have all the latest from tennis, cricket, rugby league and the Athletics World Championships.
All that and more, right here on Null & Void.
This week we start with the US Open Tennis Finals,where Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka etched their names deeper into tennis history. Alcaraz claimed his second US Open title and Aryna Sabalenka went back-to-back
Then it’s over to the Women’s Rugby World Cup where England, Canada, New Zealand, and France all won their final games to top their pools with perfect records, the stage is now set for quarter finals full of promise and powerhouse clashes.
From the pitch and track we finish with the pebbles—as wehead to Easdale Island for the wonderfully quirky World Stone Skimming Championships, where technique, flair, and a bit of luck decide who skips to glory.
And finally, our Football Correspondent Billy Carr returnsto share his thoughts on England’s new era under Thomas Tuchel, and previewing the Premier League season—from tactical shifts to title predictions.
We also have all the latest from England’s cricket seriesagainst South Africa, the start of football’s WSL, Formula 1 from Monza and cycling’s tours.
So whether you're here for the finesse of tennis, the ferocity of rugby, or the fun of stone skimming, or any of our other sports - Episode 214 has something for every fan.
This week on Null & Void, we’re serving up a massive dose of sporting excitement!
Cricket’s Hundred Finals delivered fireworks at Lord’s, as the Oval Invincibles clinched their third consecutive title in style, defeating the Trent Rockets by 26 runs. Will Jacks smashed a blistering 72, while Nathan Sowter spun his way to Player of the Match with 3 crucial wickets. And in the women’s final, the Northern Superchargers claimed their first title, with Annabel Sutherland sealing the win with a six in front of aroaring crowd of over 22,000.
In the Women’s Rugby World Cup, seven of the eight quarter-final spots are locked in. England, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and France are through, with the final spot hanging in the balance between Australia and the USA after a thrilling 31-31 draw. It all comes down to this weekend’s pool deciders.
At Flushing Meadows, the second week of the US Tennis Open is serving up serious drama. Novak Djokovic is into the semis after a hard-fought win over Taylor Fritz, setting up a blockbuster clash with Carlos Alcaraz. On the women’s side, Naomi Osaka is back in form, Jessica Pegula is through, andAryna Sabalenka advances after Marketa Vondrousova’s injury withdrawal.
We also have the latest from the Premier League football,the Grand Final of Athletics’ Diamond League, the Dutch F1 Grand Prix and Cycling’s Vuelta Espana.
This episode has something for every sports lover. Tune in and get your weekly fix.
We begin in Sunderland, where the 2025 Women’sRugby World Cup roared into life at the Stadium of Light. A record crowd of 42,723 witnessed hosts England deliver a commanding performance in the tournament’s opening match against the USA. The other home nations were in action, with Scotland winning their vital pool game against Wales, and Ireland opening with a win over Japan.
Over in Atlanta, Tommy Fleetwood finally claimed his first PGA Tour victory-after 164 PGA Tour starts, 44 top-10 finishes, and six runner-up heartbreaks. And what a way to do it. Atthe Tour Championship, Fleetwood delivered a composed and clinical performance to finish 18-under par, winning by three stroke
In cricket, the race for the Hundred play-offs is into the final week – we’ll break down the key fixtures, latest results, and what each team needs to do to stay in contention.
And with the US Open now underway, we’re joined bytennis coaches Justin Cook and his daughter Libby, who bring their expert analysis on the early games, British prospects, and who they think could go all the way in Flushing Meadows.
So whether you’re courtside, pitchside, or tuning in from home – this is your all-access pass to another great week in sport!
We bring you another great helping of all the top sports- and a load more beyond.
First up, the Premier League season kicked off this weekend, with big wins for Man City, Spurs, Forest and newcomers Sunderland shocking West Ham.
In Rugby Union we preview the Women's World Cup, which starts on Friday evening with England v USA. We run the rule over the teams and also highlight players and teams to look out for.
Keeley Hodgkinson won her first 800m track race since her Olympic final success - recording a season's world best time. At the other end of the age spectrum, runners are setting records and still clocking the 5kms at the ages of 97 and 101!
In tennis, Jannik Sinner faces a race to be fit and well enough to play in the US Open, starting this weekend, following his withdrawal due to sickness from the Cincinnati Open that handed the men's final to Carlos Alcaraz. In the women's event, Iga Swiatek finally overcame a gutsy performance by Italian Jasmine Paolini to won the final.
We also have the latest from cricket's 100; golf's BMW Championship, rugby league and the latest issues to befall Salford, and cycling world record being broken twice in a record.
We start this week’s episode with a look back as CrystalPalace added the Community Shield to their recent FA Cup win, following a penalty shootout win over Liverpool.
In rugby union, England’s women crushed France 40-6 in aWorld Cup warm-up. Six tries, total control, and a statement win from the Red Roses, just two weeks out from the start of the tournament.
In golf, Justin Rose overcame the horrendous conditions andhaving to double up on his final rounds, to beat Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff thriller at the St. Jude Championship. The win gives the 45 year old veteran automatic qualification to this year’s Ryder Cup squad.
NASCAR’s rising star Connor Zilisch broke his collarbone falling off his car in Victory Lane while celebrating his Xfinity Series win.
We also have the latest in rugby league, where Salford Reds’players met on the bus before a record defeat, as the chaos continues at the club.
Meanwhile we have all the drama from cricket’s Hundred and One-Day Cups, and the amazing story of Victoria Mboko delighting home fans as the teenager won the Canadian Tennis Open, beating her childhood hero Naomi Osaka.
Another brilliant episode!
The fifth and final cricket test between England and India finished in excitement as India edged England by just 6 runs at The Oval, to level the series 2–2. The final twist? Injured bowler Chris Woakes, arm in a sling, walked out to bat in a last-ditch effort. It was cricket at its cruel and glorious best.
In Sydney the British & Irish Lions’ dream of a historicclean sweep in Australia was washed away—literally. A lightning storm halted play mid-match, and when it resumed, the Wallabies surged to a 22–12 victory in the final Test.
Meanwhile Mimi Rhodes stole the show at the Women’s Open with one of the most bizarre aces in golf history. Her tee shot on the par-3 fifth ricocheted off Stephanie Kyriacou’s ball—already inches from the hole—and dropped in for a freak hole-in-one in a snooker style rebound.
We also have the latest from tennis, rugby league, women’s Tour de France and athletics’ British Championships – whilst in a departure from our usual “Get a Grip” format, we ponder where it’s all gone wrong for Newcastle United this summer with players leaving, wanting to leave and even being left behind!
In this episode, we celebrate a weekend of sporting glory!The Lionesses made history by winning the UEFA Women’s EUROs, for the second successive time.
Meanwhile, the Lionsroared to victory in a gripping second test against Australia, sealing series in the most dramatic manner.
And on two wheels, Tadej Pogačar didn’t let a herdof diseased cattle derail a masterclass performance in winning the Tour de France for the fourth time!
We also have the latest from cricket, Formula 1, Golf,Tennis, Rugby League and even Gaelic Football!
Our guest this week is the creator of the “Lioness Fanzone”social media site, and England super fan Zoe Bond – who joins us after a 57 hour round trip back to Basel to be there for the final AND make it home in time for the Lionesses’ victory parade in London.
Zoe chats us through the big moments of the tournament- both on and off the field - and what this victory means for the women’s game in England.
Another fantastic episode. Grab a brew and join us for theusual analysis, banter and bold opinions!
We kick off with a look back at the British and Irish Lions' powerful win over Australia in the first test, and look forward to their second game in front of a 95,000 packed MCG.
In football England's Lionesses are now just one win away from defending their title, after a late equaliser in normal time and a late penalty rebound in extra time saw them overcome Italy. They now go on to play Spain in Sunday's final
As the Tour de France enters its final few days we marvel at the stage wins of Tadej Pogacar and the resilience on Mont Ventoux that are moving him towards his fourth tour title.
We have Tennis from Washington, where Venus Williams not only returned to playing after a 16 month break from the sport, but also became - at 45- the second oldest player to win a Women's tour title.
From triathlon we have a world record - with the longest ever single effort triathlon that went for 515km around Northamptonshire!
And an update from regular contributor Mike Dinsdale shows that Henley (and Mike!) don't need the regatta for more riverside escapades!
We start with Tennis, and a look back at the fantastic Wimbledon finals weekend – where Iga Swiatek swept to a 6-0, 6-0 win in the women’s final, and Jannik Sinner won anexciting men’s final against Carlos Alcaraz.
England’s Lionesses turned round their poor start in the Women’s Football Euros, answering their critics (Andy included) with resounding 4-0 and 6-1 wins over Netherlands and Wales. This sets up a cracking quarter final with the yetunbeaten Sweden.
The Cricket Test Series between England and India is turning into one of the all time greats. The third test at Lord’s had both sides wrestling the advantage across all five days, before England finally secured a 22 run victory. It was a welcome return for fast bowler Jofra Archer, playing his first test for four years due to injury.
The Lions continued their build up to Saturday’s First Rugby Test against Australia with a 48-0 win over an Australian/New Zealand invitational team. Scottish winger Duhan Van Der Merwe pushed his case for a place in the match day 23 with a well taken hat trick of tries.
We also have the latest from golf, as players build up to this weekend’s Open at Portrush; a new rider in the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France; Rugby League and changes in Formula 1 at Red Bull after the shock sacking of Christian Horner.
We start episode 205 with the Women’s Euros football, and the England Lionesses’ 2-1 opening loss to France, that leaves the reigning champions in danger of going out at the group stages after just one game.
The Lions continued their rugby tour of Australia continued,with the tourists clocking up a big win over Queensland Reds and a laboured win over New South Wales as they build up to the first test against the Wallabies on 19th July.
We bring you the results from the Netball Super League Finalas London Pulse prevented Loughborough Lightning winning 3 consecutive titles with a 53-45 win at the O2 arena – we also look back at the success that revamping the league has brought to the game in terms of interest, support and finances.
The Tour de France kicked off in Lille, and we have all thelatest as pre-tour favourites Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and reigning champion Tadej Pogacar battle out for an early advantage.
With Henley Royal Rowing Regatta having taken place lastweek, we have an update from Mike Dinsdale. Mike usually does a lot for the show behind the scenes, but this time he has shared with us his thoughts from the week, and what makes Henley such a great, quintessentially English tradition.
And on the theme of great English traditions, with Wimbledon underway it is only right that we are joined by guest, pro tennis coach Justin Cook. Justin looks back over the first week, and the effect that the heat has had n some players, as well as picking out highlights from the early rounds and sharing his predictions for the title contenders.
We start Episode 204 with the news that England’s youngLions have won the Under-21 Euros in Slovakia, with an extra-time win over Germany. Meanwhile the Lionesses signed off their Euro 2025 preparations with a 7-0 friendly win over Jamaica in Leicester.
In Rugby Union the Lions had their first game on Australiansoil, overcoming a shaky start to run out 54-7 winners over Western Force. Their happiness was tempered by loss of scrum half Tomos Willima , the Welshman being ruled out by a hamstring injury. Ben White of Scotland now steps up toreplace him.
Wimbledon has started this week, so Tony runs the rule overthe hopes of the British contenders and picks out the ones to watch.
In cricket it was a record defeat for England’s Women intheir T20 match against India – meanwhile in the County Championship it was records of another kind at Surrey – not just for the most expensive pint of beer (£8.50!!) but also in scoring 820/9 after being put into bat by Durham.
And in netball we had the Super League semi-final, withLoughborough Lightning keeping alive their hopes of a third consecutive title with a 69-57 win over Manchester Thunder. Lightning will not play London Pulse in the final at the O2.
We also have the latest from golf, athletics, rowing, Formula 1 and rugby league. And in “Get a Grip” Andy talks Lions eligibility and Australian Commentary!
We kick off this week with Rugby Union, as the British andIrish Lions head off to Perth to start their tour of Australia. They arrive after an opening defeat against Argentina in Dublin in a game that was a superb performance by Los Pumas, and will have given the Lions coaches some challenges to ponder.
In Tennis it was Queens Club where Tatjania Maria fromGermany shocked fans, as the qualifier became the first women’s winner at Queens for 52 years, as well as becoming the oldest female player to win a WTA tour event at 37 years of age. In the men’s event, Carlos Alcaraz again playedbrilliantly to add another title to his collection.
In Cricket, England chased down 371 to win an enthrallingfirst test against India at Headingley. After India had dominated with the bat on day one it had seemed unlikely, but with Josh Tongue bowling through the Indian lower order in both innings and centuries for Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett,England stayed in the fight before the final day’s excitement. We also pay tribute to former England and Gloucester fast bowler David “Syd” Lawrence, who passed away from Motor Neurone Disease aged just 61.
Our guest this week is golf pro and regular contributor, AndyWild. He joins us to look back at the exciting US open on a very tough Oakmont Country Club course, where winner JJ Spaun from the USA was the only player to score under par for the week. Andy also casts his eye forward to next month’sOpen Championship from Portrush, as well as offering some tips on playing well in the heat (including his own, unique hydration tips!).
Another fantastic episode.
We start this week with a look back at the fantastic finalsof the French Tennis Open – with Carlos Alcaraz coming back from two sets down to retain his crown in the men’s singles, whilst Coco Gauff won just her second ever Grand Slam title in beating Aryna Sabalenka.
In testing condition at Wembley, Hull Kingston Rovers wonthe Rugby League Challenge Cup Final – a dramatic late winner gave them an 8-6 lead over Warrington, meaning that their treble chase is still on. It was a much more one-sided affair in the women’s final as Wigan beat holders St Helens42-6.
In Rugby Union we have the play off semi-finals, with Bath getting a cracking win over West Country rivals Bristol, whilst Leicester held on bravely against Sale to qualify for Saturday’s final at Twickenham.
We also have updates from netball, as the top four teams viefor final rankings in the play offs, the men’s and women’s international cricket and football, golf from Canada-(including Rory McIlroy’s driver challenges) and finally an exciting finale to the Women’s Tour of Britain incycling.
Another cracking episode!
We kick off Episode 201 with a review of the exciting final3-days of cycling’s Giro D’Italia where Simon Yates managed to take the crown in dramatic fashion and lay to rest the ghosts from 2018.
After he crashed into George Russell in the Spanish GrandPrix, reigning champion Max Verstappen now stands just one penalty point away from receiving a one race ban, and now sits 39 points behind race winner Oscar Piastri in the drivers’ championship.
In men’s and women’s cricket England have taken on the West Indies, with both beating their Caribbean opponents, with Joe Root becoming England’s highest ever One-Day run scorer.
We also have the latest from tennis’ French Open, as thatmoves into the business part of the tournament, whilst in the European Rowing Championship Great Britain topped the medal table with 6 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze.
With just one round left of the regular season, Netball’s playoff top 4 is already decided, but they will be playing for semi-final rankings this weekend – whilst in Rugby Union the final round saw the top 4 finalised, with a West Country derby between Bath and Bristol to look forward to.
Our Football Correspondent Billy Carr joins us for an expertlook back over the season in both the Premier League and Europe, as well as his hopes and very early predictions for next season.
As we celebrate our 200th episode we are joined by tennis coach Justin Cook, from the JC Tennis Centre – to discuss the French Tennis Open that’s currently underway in Paris. Justin casts his expert eye over the prospects for both the men’s and women’s tournaments.
As well as tennis, we have the latest from the final weekendin football’s Premier League and the race for European places, and also the great win by Arsenal in the women’s Champions League final.
From Cardiff we have rugby’s European finals, whilst inMonaco it was the F1 Gran Prix, and from Italy the latest from Cycling’s Giro D’Italia.
Outside Europe we have two amazing running achievements –“Hardest Geezer” Russ Cook finishing his run across New Zealand, whilst Will Goodge set a new record, running the 3860 km from Perth to Sydney in just 35 days.
We also have golf, rugby league, cricket, netball and lots lots more.
A great way to celebrate our double century!
We kick off Episode 199 looking back at the Null & Voidroad trip as Andy & Tony spent Sunday at Wembley, watching Chelsea play Manchester United in the women’s FA Cup final. Despite Chelsea winning, the boys had a great day.
It was also the men’s Cup final on Saturday, with CrystalPalace upsetting the odds in beating Manchester City 1-0 to win their first ever major trophy.
We have the latest from Netball’s Super League, whereLoughborough won a tense game against leaders London Pulse, to go level with them on points – whilst in Rugby League, leaders Hull KR kept ahead of Wigan with a 34-0 win over Huddersfield.
In Rugby Union we talk about Danny Care’s retirement after19 years at Quins – as well as who needs what in the final game to make the play offs.
We also have the latest from the Giro D’Italia and the F1Grand Prix from Imola, where an audacious overtake by Max Verstappen on the first lap set him up for victory.
Our regular guest and golf expert Andy Wild returns to talkabout Scott Scheffler’s fantastic win in the 2nd major of the season – the US PGA Championship, as well as sharing the difference that the recent dry conditions in the UK make to how courses are playing at the moment.
Another great episode.
We’re joined this week by Rick Weatherall who chats to usabout starting playing squash as a youngster and how that led to international honours, a career in coaching and how it paved the way to his current career as a successful osteopath.
We also have previews of the Men’s and Women’s FA Cup finals this weekend, the announcement of the British & Irish Lions rugby tour squad for Australia, and off-field appeals in netball over controversial on-field calls.
On top of this we have a range of different sports as wellas our regular features including your contacts and our “Get a Grip”.
We kick off Episode 197 with a look at football-with Arsenal,Manchester United, Spurs and Chelsea all in European action this week. Meanwhile in women’s football we are off to Wembley for the upcoming Women’s FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea.
In rugby it was a European Semi-final weekend – whereNorthampton Saints upset the odds by beating Leinster in the Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin, whilst Bordeaux beat tournament favourites Toulouse, to set up the final in Cardiff on 24th May. The night before, the Challenge Cup final will take place between Bath and Lyon after they downed Edinburgh and Racing Paris.
Oscar Piastri won another thrilling Formula 1 Grand Prix inMiami, taking him to an early season16 point lead over nearest rival, team mate Lando Norris. And in our “Get a Grip” feature we fire a broadside at the ridiculous food and drink process charged at the Grand Prix and other sporting events.
We also have all the latest from tennis, golf, rugby league, tennis, cricket, cycling and the final of snooker’s World Championships.
It’s always the start of summer when the London Marathoncomes around – and we have the highlights from the race here. A world record number of finishers, a women’s only world record for Tigst Assefa and a Scottish women’s record for Eilish McColgan, whilst Catherine Debrunner set a course record in the women’s wheelchair race and fellow Swiss Marcel Hug won his fifth consecutive men’s wheelchair race.
England won their 4th Women’s 6 Nations Grand Slam in a row, but were pushed all the way in a nail-biting finish, beating France 43-42 to take the title. Scotland surprised Ireland with a magnificent last minute win to finish their season well, whilst Wales take the wooden spoon after a disappointing 44-12 defeat to Italy in Parma.
In football it was FA Cup Semi-Finals weekend, where our “Road to Wembley” sides went head to head – with Tony’s Crystal Palace winning out over Andy’s Aston Villa. We’ll now both be supporting Palace as they take on Manchester City (who beat Nottingham Forest in their semi). And in the Women’s Champion’s League, Arsenal beat Lyon 4-1 in their semi-final second leg, putting them into their first final for 18 years, where they will take on a Barcelona who will be buoyant after their 8-2 aggregate win over Chelsea.
In netball there were some tight, high-scoring games as Loughborough Lightning beat Birmingham Panthers 72-68 and Manchester thunder beat London Mavericks 59-54. London Pulse stay top, and unbeaten, following a 67-52 win over Cardiff Dragons.
We also have updates from golf, cricket, tennis, rugbyleague, boxing and cycling – before our “Get A Grip” section turns our ire to the Beeb’s coverage of the London Marathon!
We have an update on Andy’s trip to Leicester to watchEngland’s Red Roses win a rugby triple crown against Scotland. With France beating Italy, it sets up a Grand Slam decider between the two sides at Twickenham this weekend.
In the European football tournaments, Aston Villa’s amazingcomeback win against PSG wasn’t quite enough to make the Champions League semi-finals, but Arsenal had a memorable away win over Real Madrid that now sees them play PSG in he semis. In the Europa League Manchester United’s 3 goals in extra time cancelled out Lyon’s 2 extra time goals to give them an unbelievable 7-6 win. Spurs also made it into the semi finals with a 1-0 win. And whilst Chelsea lost the second leg of their Europa Conference tie, they went through to the last 4 thanks to a 4-2 aggregate score against Legia Warsaw.
League leaders Hull Kingston Rovers won the derby againstsecond placed Hull FC in the “Rivals Round” of Rugby League’s Super League, whilst Leigh moved 3rd with a win over Warrington, and Wigan beat local rivals St Helens to go 4th. Meanwhile in Netball it was a top of the table clash, with London Pulse beating Manchester Thunder 61-56 to extend their unbeaten start to the season to 5 games.
In cricket’s Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals openerVaibhan Suryavanshi set a record as the youngest ever IPL player. The 14-year old seemed unfazed as he hit his first ball for 6 on his way to 34. And West Indies Women’s team missed out on qualification for October’s World Cup by just 0.01 runs on net run rate – the first time in over 20-years that they’ve not qualified.
We also have the latest in Formula 1, Golf, Tennis and apreview of this weekend’s London Marathon.
Our guest slot this week sees the return of HarryBrightmore, who won gold as cox of the GB 8 at the Paris Olympics. Harry joins us to let us know what’s been happening since Paris-including his role as a coach at Oxford University. He shares with us what it was like to be working with the squad as they prepared for the Boat Race, as well as what’s next in terms of launching his own business.
Yet another brilliant episode.
Following Rory McIlroy’s thrilling US Masters win, thatgives him the career grand slam of all four major titles, we’re joined by golf professional (and regular guest) Andy Wild to give us his expert insights into a fantastic and popular win for the Northern Irishman.
In football Liverpool took another step to the PremierLeague title after their close win, whilst title rivals Arsenal were held to a draw. Newcastle strengthened their push for a Champions League spot, as well as giving Andy Null & Void bragging rights with a 4-1 win over Tony’s Manchester United.
In the Women’s 6 Nations England made it 23 games unbeaten with a tough win over Ireland, France kept up their grand slam quest with a win over Wales and Scotland let slip a 12-10 lead in a home defeat to Italy. And in the European Champions Cup, Leinster and Toulouse marched into the semi-finals where they will face Northampton and Bordeaux with the winners progressing to the final in Cardiff.
In Formula 1 it was the Bahrain Grand Prix, McLaren’s OscarPiastri won, whilst George Russell’s Mercedes held onto second despite being challenged all the way by Piastri’s team mate Lando Norris.
And in Curling, Scotland’s Bruce Mouat’s rink became thefirst team ever to win four grand slam titles in one season as they beat Swiss Team Schwaller in a repeat of the World Championship final.
We also have all the latest from netball, rugby league,tennis and a close finish in this year’s Marathon Des Sables. Another fantastic episode!
It’s another fully packed episode this week with 12different sports for us to discuss.
Football had a dull 0-0 derby day bore draw betweenManchester City and United, and whilst holders Liverpool’s slip at Fulham doesn’t seem to have dented their title aspirations, Southampton’s loss to Spurs givesthem the unwanted record of the earliest ever relegation from the Premier League. And in the lower leagues we have a fantastic feel good story after a lost American tourist was adopted by Southend fans and became a keen “Shrimper”.
In the Rugby League Road to Wembley, Tony’s Hull KingstonRovers made it to the semi-finals, but Andy’s allegiance now shifts to Catalans Dragons after they beat Salford. Bragging rights will be at stake in the semi-final as our teams play each other on 10th May as they vie for a place in the showpiece final at Wembley.
Golf’s US Masters takes place this weekend – the first majorof the year, so we have a preview despite the first day of practice being washed out by rain.
In Athletics it was the first event of Michael Johnson’sGrand Slam Track competition, where Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith took the $100,000 Long-Sprint purse for his 1st & 2nd places in the 200m and 400m respectively.
We have an update from our previous guest, Olympic RowingGold medallist Harry Brightmore, as he shares insights from his work as a coach with Oxford University Boat Club as they build up to this weekend’s Boat Race.
And it was Gold in Moose Jaw, Canada for Scotland’s men’scurling team. Having struggled through the pool stages, Bruce Mouat’s team beat Sweden, Canada and Switzerland in the knock out stages to take the World Championship title.
Another amazing episode.
It was FA Cup Quarter Final weekend, so we start Episode 192with an update on how our “Road to Wembley” teams got on, and what that means for who we follow in the Semi Finals.
The Women’s 6 Nations Rugby had another 3 cracking games. We look back on the action as well as the inspirational story of Abi Burton – who scored twice on her Red Roses debut just 3 years after having to re-learn to walk and talk after being put into an induced coma for treatment for auto-immune encephalitis.
In Tennis, Novak Djokovic’s defeat to 19-year old JakobMensik in the final of the Miami Open leaves the Serb on 99 career ATP titles, whilst Mensik’s first comes just a couple of week’s after he nearly withdrew from the first round with injury!
And in Winter Sports, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson wonBritain’s first World Championship Ice Skating medal since 1984 by taking bronze in the Ice Dancing in Boston.
Another fantastic episode!
We start Episode 191 with all the news from the opening weekend of rugby’s women’s 6 nations championship with wins for France and England and a very close victory for Scotland.
Thomas Tuchel started his reign as England’s football manager with two wins from two, whilst Arsenal Women seem to have it all to do in the 2nd leg of their Champions League Quarter Final, after they lost 2-0 in Spain.
We have all the latest from the World Indoor Athletics Championships, with golds for GB’s Jeremiah Azu and Amber Anning and the 1500m and 3,000m double for Jakob Ingebrigtsen; meanwhile it was the Reading Half Marathon this weekend and former guests of ours Sir John Madejski and Phil Wortley were both involved.
There was drama in the first Formula 1 race of the season with Ferrari’s drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeClerc both disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix.
Our guest this week is a regular on the pod-normally Andy McMenemy is telling us about his endurance challenge or taking up paddle boarding, as well as sharing the linkages how his professional expertise as a psychotherapist and peak performance coach applies in sport.
However Andy’s story this week is very different as he tells us about the horrific injuries he sustained in a skiing accident that left him with multiple fractures of his pelvis. As well as talking us through the incident, Andy also shares with us his plans for recovery and how he is applying the mental skills he normally shares with clients to his own mindset as he sets about tackling his rehabilitation.
Another fantastic episode.
With our Football Correspondent Billy Carr as guest thisweek, we kick off Episode 190 discussing Newcastle’s League Cup win, giving the Magpies their first domestic trophy since 1955, thanks to their fantastic 2-1 win over Liverpool at Wembley.
Rugby’s Six Nations had a fantastic finale with Italyrunning Ireland close, England putting 68 points on Wales and France securing the title with a win over Scotland in Paris.
The reformatted Netball Super League got underway, with new sides Birmingham Panthers and Nottingham Forest in action – and it was Panthers’ Betsy Creak who made history with the Super League’s first ever two goal supershot after that was introduced for this season.
In The Players’ Golf Championship at Sawgrass, Rory McIlroyovercame terrible weather and fading light as well as the rest of the field to secure the title – as play continued into Monday and St Patrick’s Day to give the Northern Irish man the win. Meanwhile Britain’s Jack Draper won his first ATP Tennis Masters Trophy, beating Holger Rune in the Indian Wells final – a result that takes him into the World Top 10 for the first time in his career.
Billy Carr then looks back at the League Cup Final, as wellas taking us through what could come in the final 9 games of the Premier League season, the hopes of the remaining English sides in the final stages of European competition, and answers -and asks – questions about Thomas Tuchel’s first squad as the new England manager.
A great episode.
This week we bring you a sporting first for Null & Void as we cover the Rodeo for thefirst time, following Andy’s visit alongside 70,000 other fans in Houston, watching bareback riding, bucking broncos, barrel racing and steer wrestling!
We kick off with football, as Liverpool tighten their grip on the men’s Premier League,whilst Manchester City go into the women’s League Cup Final and FA CupSemi-Final despite having sacked manager Gareth Taylor for “not beingsuccessful enough”.
In the 6 Nations Rugby France’s victory over Ireland means that they go into the finalweekend as favourites for the title – with England and Ireland still incontention. Scotland’s win in the Doddie Weir Cup extended Wales’ losing run to16 games, whilst England overcame early injury and a spirited Italy side to runin 7 tries and give fans a glimpse of the running rugby they’ve been crying outfor.
We have previews of both the Formula 1 and netball Super League seasons, with themkicking off in Australia and England respectively this weekend.
We also have the latest from Cricket’s Champions Trophy Final, Golf from Orlando,Tennis from Indian Wells and multiple medals in Winter Sports from Lake Placid.
This week’s “Get A Grip” looks at the BBC reneging on its coverage commitments and askswhat is the licence fee for?
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With Andy working in the USA we have a man on the ground to report on the Rugby League extravaganza from Las Vegas, with sell out stadia and 10,000 fans attending the opening party on Freemont Street.
It was FA Cup 5th round weekend, and whilstManchester United and Newcastle both crashed out, we move one step forwards with our “Road to Wembley” teams.
England’s pitiful dismissal from Cricket’s Champions Trophywas all too predictable, also bringing the end of Jos Buttler’s time as captain after he resigned following defeat to Afghanistan.
Whilst some golfers may be lucky enough to hit a hole in oneduring their lives, in the South African Open Dale Whitnell managed to hit TWO in the same round, a feat that is reported to have odds of 64 million to one against happening.
In the Tokyo Marathon, British great Paula Radcliffe had afantastic finish to her first marathon in 10 years as she ran a time of 2 hrs 57 mins. And whilst Radcliffe has won many major titles, men’s winner Tadese Takele celebrated his first ever major marathon win as the Ethiopian finished in 2 hrs 3 min 51 secs.
Finally in our “Get a Grip” section we look at cycling andhow race organisers and the governing body are risking riders’ lives with some of the finishes, as well as the unreasonable attitude to cyclists from other road users in the UK.
We start Epiosde 187 with the question “was this the momentLiverpool won the league?” after their 2-0 win away at Manchester City.
We have all the updates from the weekend’s 6 Nations rugby,including Ireland’s Triple Crown win, England’s first Calcutta Cup victory in 5 years and France’s high-scoring win in Rome (although not as high-scoring as some media outlets first reported!).
This is followed by the amazingly inspirational story ofRichard Morgan, who won a World Championship Indoor Rowing Gold aged 92, having only taken up the sport when he was 72!
We have all the action from Cricket’s Champions Trophy,where after just one game England’s chances are already in the balance. And we bring you the latest from golf, tennis, rugby league and cycling – where former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has announced his retirement at the end of this season.
Finally this week’s Get a Grip involves the booing crowd atthe Formula 1 season launch event – as ever we offer some forthright barbs to those that, we believe, fully deserve it!
We kick off this week with the latest from football’s Premier League, with Liverpool strengthening their title bid, whilst Spurs & Manchester United fought out a scrappy match.
In winter sports there were titles and medals galore as CorieMapp took a para-bobsleigh world title, Zoe Atkins sharing the freeski halfpipe World Cup Series title and Britain’s 4-man bob missing out on World Cup Series silver by just 0.04 seconds. Charlotte Bankes also moved top of the snowboard cross world cup standings with her 3rd win of the season.
Rugby League’s season kicked off with Super League’s veryfirst 0-0 draw, with champions Wigan finally losing to a Leigh golden point drop goal, giving Leigh a 1-0 win. At the other end of the scale, a severely weakened Salford were beaten 82-0 by St Helens in their opening game.
We preview the start of Cricket’s Champions Trophy whilstalso asking some tough questions about the ownership of the Hundred franchises after the sale of the 8 teams raised £975 million for English cricket.
And in Get a Grip we fire a broadside at Jannick Sinner andthe tennis authorities after a “settlement agreement” meant his lenient 3 month ban for a failed drugs test was also allowed to be taken at a time of his choosing, thus ensuring he avoids missing any Grand Slam events. Madness!
We kick off this week with a look back at the Super Bowl andthe brilliant performance of the Philadelphia Eagles in Denying the Kansas City Chiefs a 3rd consecutive title with a 40-22 win in the showpiece in New Orleans.
It was FA Cup 4th round, and whilst Tony and Andy’s“Road to Wembley” teams progressed, Plymouth caused the biggest upset with the Championship’s strugglers beating the Premier League leaders Liverpool 1-0.
The Vitality Nations Netball Cup concluded in London withEngland winning their first title thanks to a 61-55 final win against South Africa, whilst Uganda won the 3rd place final, beating Malawi 50-45.
It was medals and world titles galore in the Winter Sportsthis week, with Matt Weston and Mia Brookes each winning back to back world titles in skeleton bob and big air snowboarding respectively. Meanwhile there were European Championship bronze medals for both the 2-man and 4-man British bobsleigh crews.
Our guest this week is former UK & World Championpowerlifter John Carney. Having retired last year John shares with us some highlights from his outstanding career and how he is now enjoying training for fun without the pressure of competing. John shares with us his post-retirement plans regarding coaching, and as John was someone who played American Football to a high level in the UK, he gives us his thoughts on Sunday’s Super Bowl.
With the start of Rugby’s Six Nations Championship thisweekend, that’s where we kick off this week’s episode. France were led by the imperious Antoine Dupont in their win over Wales, Scotland and Italy offered an intriguing tussle which was closer than the final scoreline might show, whilst England were probably flattered by a 5 point loss in Dublin.
After their winter Break, Netball’s stars are back in actionas England host a quad series with South Africa, Malawi and Uganda. Following a convincing win over Malawi the Red Roses were then just edged out by South Africa.
They face the final group game against Uganda on Saturday, before themedal placing round on Sunday in London.
Australia completed their humiliation of England in theWomen’s Ashes Cricket - a resounding innings defeat condemning the tourists to a 16-0 whitewash defeat. England’s male counterparts also slid to their worst ever T20 defeat, being all out for just 97 and losing by 150 runs.
We also have a Super Bowl preview, the latest in our “Rugby League Challenge Cup road to Wembley” status, and updates from the worlds of Tennis, Golf and Winter Sports.
Finally Tony fires a broadside, this time at the TV companies trying to drum up excitement about the dead parrot non-event that transfer deadline day has become.
After Burns’ night chat we start this week with coverage of allthe title winners from the Australian Tennis Open, with Madison Keys taking the women’s title-her first Grand Slam title – whist Jannik Sinner won the men’s.
We start another “Road To Wembley” with Rugby League’sChallenge Cup. Tony has gone for Oldham, whilst Andy goes to the other side of the Pennines to Siddal, as both sides try to make it to the next round, where the Super League teams join the fray. Whilst in Rugby Union, Gloucester and Leicester were raising funds for MND with the Ed Slater Cup – in support of the second rower who played for both sides before retiring due to MND. Gloucester took the spoils 38-31.
In NFL we had the Conference Championship games.Philadelphia Eagles beat Washington Commanders to win the NFC title, and in the AFC game Kansas City Chiefs kept up their chase to become the first team to win 3 consecutive Super Bowls by beating the Buffalo Bills. So it will be the Chiefs against the Eagles in New Orleans for the Super Bowl on February 9th.
And in a new sport for Null & Void we have had the IceSwimming World Championships from Italy, where the water temperature gets so low (-10 c) that organisers have to break the ice with heavy axes before racing starts each day!
We also have football, golf, England’s disastrous Washestour, your contacts and a very worthy “Get a Grip”!
We start Episode 182 with a tribute to Denis Law after the sad news that the King of the Stretford End had passed away this week. A true great of the British game, and a favourite of Manchester United fans. RIP Denis.
With the Australian Tennis Open moving into its second week we bring you all the latest, with men’s favourites Djokovic and Sinner, and women’s favourites Swiatek and Sabalenka all progressing to the last eight. We also have news on the progress that British prospects made, before being knocked out by the big guns.
Staying in Australia, just one week after announcing that the Women’s Ashes (Washes) had started, Australia have already secured the urn. A 3-0 whitewash in the one-day series, and a win in the first of three T20 matches means that Australia have an unassailable 8-0 lead. England have, so far, been comprehensively beaten by the hosts and will have to step up to hope to avoid a 16-0 whitewash.
On top of all this we have all the news from Rugby’s European Cup, Golf from Dubai, the drama of the NFL play offs, a star-studded line up announced for the London Marathon – AND enjoying some marmalade sandwiches with an unusual lunch partner!
Despite the snow and freezing conditions, we are here with your weekly helping of sports news and chat.
We kick off with the latest from the FA Cup 3rd round, as well as the mid-week League Cup results that see Newcastle on the verge of making a Wembley final.
In Cricket it was the start of the Washes- the women’s Ashes. In the first one-day international, England were disappointing as they slipped to 204 all out, which Australia saw off with relative ease, to win by 4 wickets and take a 2-point lead in the series (needing only 8-points to retain the Ashes). Meanwhile the arguments rage on whether England Men’s team should play Afghanistan in the Champion’s Trophy.
We have the latest from Golf’s Team Cup, where the Britain & Ireland team beat the Continental Europe team in Abu Dhabi, in what Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald said was “very valuable” preparation for this year’s Ryder Cup.
And in NFL we bring you all the updates from the Wild Card Play Off round, including a last second win for the Washington Commanders as teams now move on to within two games of the Superbowl.
With the Australian Tennis Open having kicked off this weekend we call on tennis expert Justin Cook from the JC Tennis Coaching Centre. Juston runs the rule over the key favourites in the men’s and women’s event, as well as his thoughts on the hopes of the British contingent. We also chat about how things might play out in the new coaching partnership between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic.
Justin also shares how he and his coaching groups have adapted their training to compensate for, and include, the snowy and wintery conditions!
We have another international episode with Andy out inMalaysia this week.
Appropriately, with it being our 180th episode, we cover darts for the first time with Luke Littler becoming, at 17, the youngest player to ever win the PDC World Darts Championship.
We have all the latest from football’s Premier League, withForest continuing their great form, as well as a preview of the FA Cup 3rd Round, with an update on how our “Road to Wembley” teams are looking.
In Test Cricket it was the 5th and final test in the series between Australia and India, and it served up as much drama as the previous matches in the series. And in Women’s Cricket, we look forward to the start of the Women’s Ashes- the Washes – that kicks off this weekend with the one-day part of the multi-format series.
Staying in Australia, we preview the Australian Tennis Open that starts this weekend, with us running the rule over some of the main contenders.
In NFL, we now have the play off places finalised, with Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs earning byes for topping their conferences, as teams look to progress through the knock out rounds to the Super Bowl final on February 9th.
And we have the latest from our Doddie Aid efforts, withupdates not just from the Null and Void league, but also across the four national teams.
Happy New Year to all our listeners! We kick off with a quick reflection on the festive season and a review of excellent cheese boards!
We get into cricket with the 2 tantalising test matches, between Australia & India and South Africa & Pakistan proving that test cricket still has plenty of excitement to offer fans. And in Get a Grip we have a swipe at Indian poster boy Virat Kohli after his unnecessary barging into Australian debutant Sam Konstas.
In Rugby Union we bring you the latest from a full, high-scoring premiership schedule, and a world record crowd for a women’s club game between Harlequins &Leicester in the Big Game at Twickenham.
In Tennis the build up has started for the Australian Open, with qualifying underway and Nick Kyrgios speaking out about the doping charges facing both the men’s and women’s world number ones.
In NFL there’s just a handful of play off spots left after the penultimate round of the regular season – so we run the rile over the teams that are already into the Superbowl play offs and those chasing the final spot in each division.
Finally we give a plug to Doddie Aid that takes place each January. Listeners can sign up via www.doddieaid.com and not only get active in January, but also raise funds and support for the MND community. If you want to take on Tony and Andy, then once signed up in the App, join the Null & Void league to see who wins bragging rights this January!
Our first guest of 2025 is our Football Correspondent, Billy Carr. Billy joins us at the halfway point of the Premier League season to look at what’s happening at the top and bottom of the table, where the surprises have come from and what impact the multitude of games over the festive season has had on the table as we reach the turn.
A fantastic episode to kick off 2025!
We have a new sport to cover in Episode 178, as Andy brings a report from the Muay Thai kickboxing he watched on holiday. We then have the latest from the Premier League and WSL, as Pep Guardiola’s Man City continue to struggle.
In cricket we have coverage of England men’s 3rd testshambles in New Zealand, where they went down to a 423 run defeat in Hamilton, whilst the Women’s team won their solitary test against South Africa convincingly after the Proteas were all out for just 64 on day 3 of the 4-day test.
In Rugby Union we bring you news of the early leaders ineach of the European Champions Cup groups – with Northampton breaking up the French dominance from Toulouse, Toulon and La Rochelle. And in Netball it’s been announced that when the 2025 season gets underway there will be a “Golden Shot” allowe3d in the last 5 minutes of each quarter that will be worth two points. This looks like being an exciting development.
In Get A Grip, it’s a familiar foe as we take FIFA PresidentGianni Infantino to task for handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, with no voting allowed on the country’s bid.
And our guest slot sees a returning favourite as formerinternational skier Konrad Bartelski joins us, to look back on his career in downhill racing, as well as his time as a presenter and broadcaster (including the early days of Ski Sunday) as well as chatting to us about his current profession as a successful photographer, with recent exhibitions in Wimbledon and Mayfair. You can see some of his collections at We have a new sport to cover in Episode 178, as Andy brings a report from the Muay Thai kickboxing he watched on holiday. We then have the latest from the Premier League and WSL, as Pep Guardiola’s Man City continue to struggle.
In cricket we have coverage of England men’s 3rd test shambles in New Zealand, where they went down to a 423 run defeat in Hamilton, whilst the Women’s team won their solitary test against South Africa convincingly after the Proteas were all out for just 64 on day 3 of the 4-day test.
In Rugby Union we bring you news of the early leaders in each of the European Champions Cup groups – with Northampton breaking up the French dominance from Toulouse, Toulon and La Rochelle. And in Netball it’s been announced that when the 2025 season gets underway there will be a “Golden Shot” allowe3d in the last 5 minutes of each quarter that will be worth two points. This looks like being an exciting development.
In Get A Grip, it’s a familiar foe as we take FIFA President Gianni Infantino to task for handing the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia, with no voting allowed on the country’s bid.
And our guest slot sees a returning favourite as former international skier Konrad Bartelski joins us, to look back on his career in downhill racing, as well as his time as a presenter and broadcaster (including the early days of Ski Sunday) as well as chatting to us about his current profession as a successful photographer, with recent exhibitions in Wimbledon and Mayfair. You can see some of his collections at https://www.konradbartelski.photography
We start with rugby – as England signed off the autumn with a win over Japan, Scotland had a superb win over Australia and Ireland a big win over Fiji. Meanwhile Wales made it 12 losses in a row with their 45-12 loss to South Africa.
Talking of losing streaks, Manchester City’s 4-0 home defeat to Spurs was their 5th defeat in a row. Leaders Liverpool beat Southampton 3-2 to go 8 points clear of City at the top.
In Cricket, England’s women won their first T20 in South Africa, whilst their male counterparts are facing a wicket keeper shortage after Jordan Cox – who was due to make his debut in New Zealand – has had to fly home with a broken thumb. And India have started their tour of Australia in scintillating form, beating the hosts by 295 runs in the first test in Perth.
We celebrate the career of double Olympic Gold medallist Alistair Brownlee, who announced his retirement this week.
Our guest is tennis expert Justin Cook, from the JC Tennis Centre, to talk about the retirement of Rafal Nadal, the surprise announcement that Andy Murray is joining Novak Djokovic’s coaching team. Justin also shares his thoughts on the recent excitement in the Davis Cup and Billie-Jean King Cup.
And finally just a quick announcement that we’ll be taking a 2-week winter break, so give your ears a rest and we’ll be back with you on 19th December!
We open this week’s episode with a look back at the latest round of autumn rugby internationals with England’s loss to South Africa, Wales’ record 11th consecutive defeat, Ireland’s narrow win over Argentina and France’s electric win against the All Blacks. We also cover the cross-code game from Headingley where former Rugby League and Rugby Union stars pulled their boots on for a hybrid game to raise important funds for Motor Neurone Disease.
It was (yet) another Nations League break in men’s football, with England’s wins over Greece and Ireland securing their return to the top tier of international football. It was also promotion for Wales as their run under new manager Craig Bellamy continues. Meanwhile in the Women’s Super League and Championship it was a first, as all fixtures were played at each home club’s main stadia. League leaders Chelsea continued their 100% start to the season, inflicting a first defeat of the season on second placed Manchester City, whilst Arsenal had a convincing win away to Tottenham.
In tennis Jannik Sinner wrapped up another title with his win in Turin, whilst in the women’s Billie Jean King Cup, Great Britain were led to a quarter final victory over Canada thanks to singles wins by Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter – meaning they progress to take on Slovakia for a place in the final.
We also have the latest from cricket, golf, NFL, netball and cycling before issuing a Get a Grip haymaker to everyone involved in the utterly farcical boxing bout between 27 year old Youtuber Jake Paul and 58 year old retired heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
Another great show from your favourite duo.
It was a tough weekend for the norther hemisphere home nations in Rugby Union, as Ireland lost to New Zealand, Scotland lost to South Africa, Wales had a record equalling 10th straight loss at home to Fiji and England yet again missed out in a close game, losing 42-37 to Australia.
In Rugby League we preview this Sunday's hybrid game for MND. A mix of former rugby union and rugby league greats will play in a cross-code game to raise funds for MND. The game was the brain child of former Rhinos player, Rob Burrow (who passed away from the disease last year) and former Leicester lock Ed Slater. The game is called the 745 game as a tribute to the shirt numbers worn by Burrow, Slater and Scotland's Doddie Weir, who have all done so much to raise awareness and vital funds.
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City slumped to their fourth consecutive defeat means that Liverpool go into the international break 5 points clear at the top, whilst in the Women's Super League, big wins for Chelsea and City mean they maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
In Tennis, Cameron Norrie made the final of the Moselle Open. Still working his way back from a 3 month injury lay off, Norrie played well to get to the final, but was then beaten by Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi.
And in Cycling, Sir Mark Cavendish brought the curtain down on a 19 year career, winning a sprint finish in the Tour de France Criterium in Singapore. Sir Cav was saluted with an emotional "Wheel of Honour" from other riders before the start.
We also have the latest from golf, athletics, netball and cricket-including a worthy Get a Grip regarding the hosting of the Champions Trophy in February!
First up in Episode 174 is Rugby Union, following England's agonising 24-22 defeat at home to New Zealand, whilst Scotland kicked off their Autumn series with a fantastic 57-17 win over Fiji.
In Football, Arsenal's title hopes seemed to take a dent in their loss at Newcastle, until City lost at Bournemouth and Chelsea drew with Manchester United. In the FA Cup, Tony and Andy have nailed their colours to the mast as to which minnows they will start with in following a path from the second round to May's final at Wembley.
The Formula 1 in Sao Paolo was a fantastic display of wet weather driving, as Max Verstappen went from 17th on the grid to winning the race- putting him within touching distance of the title with just 3 races left.
We also bring you the latest in Cricket, Rugby League, Golf, Tennis and NFL - before we give a Get a Grip to New Zealand's All Blacks (and their fans) over being too sensitive over the Haka and how other teams respond.
Our guest slot sees the return of local triathlete Tom Mayor. In January we interviewed Tom as he shared his story of being diagnosed with a brain tumour whilst coaching football in America, and how he intended to run or cycle 10k a day for 10 months to raise awareness and funds for Brain Tumour Research to mark 10 years since his diagnosis. Well 10 months on and Tom rejoins us to update on how the challenge went, and some of the highs and lows that went with it.
If anyone wants to donate to this amazing cause, there is still time. Just donate via:
http://www.justgiving.com/page/tom-mayor-10k-a-day
In Episode 173 we are excited to welcome as out guestOlympic Gold medal winning rower Tim Foster. Tim joins us to reminisce about his time in the GB coxless four that won gold in Sydney, as well as his role coaching in Switzerland. He also shares insights into his current work in the world of football, supporting manager development as Head of Performance for the League Managers Association (LMA) and some of the cycling challenges Tim and his daughter have undertaken.
In football we have the news of Erik Ten Hag’s departurefrom Manchester United and England Lionesses’ setback at home to Germany. Meanwhile we have all the latest from Rugby Union’s Premiership, and a preview of this weekend’s Autumn internationals.
From Valenica we have a new half marathon world record after Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha ran 57 mins 30 secs on his way to victory in Spain. And in NFL, Chiefs remain unbeaten, whilst Washington’s rookie quarterback threw a 52-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to steal a last minute victory over the Bears.
We also have updates from the Rugby League series between England and Samoa, Cricket from Rawalpindi, Formula One, Golf and Tennis – as well as your contacts and another spicy Get a Grip!
In Episode 172 we bring you another great selection ofsports and a fantastic guest.
We begin with Football and updates from the Premier League and Women’s Super League action. Meanwhile in Rugby’s Premiership there were a host of nail-biting finishes – Saracens beat Bristol with the last kick of the game, Bath edged out Quins with just 90 seconds left on the clock, and Leicester held on to beat Gloucester in the Ed Slater Cup – named after a lock who played for both sides and is now fighting with MND.
In Formula 1, Lando Norris was unhappy at the controversial decision to penalise him 5 seconds for his passing of title rival Max Verstappen. This dropped him to 4th and moved Verstappen up to 3rd. Meanwhile Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz took 1st and 2nd place.
It was the finale of the America’s Cup races this weekend.Team Emirates New Zealand’s 7-2 win over Team Ineos Britannia secured them a third consecutive title, and extended Britain’s 173 years of hurt in pursuit of lifting the Auld Mug trophy for the first time.
This week’s guest is Dorothy Hathaway, who recently won an U23 Tug of War World Championship silver medal. Dorothy joins us to give an insight into how she got involved in the sport, the time commitment involved in training, as well as her excitement at competing in the World Championship event. She also shares some of the intricacies and details of the sport for us and our listeners. An absolutely brilliant guest, and another from the South Stoke production line of sportsmen and sportswomen achieving amazing sporting feats!
Episode 171 starts with an update from Rugby League’s Grand Final, where Wigan’s 9-2 win over Hull Kingston Rovers secured the first ever quadruple in the Super League era.
In Football it was an international break, so Nations League matches. England’s winning start under interim boss Lee Carsley came to a juddering halt with a 2-1 home loss to Greece in a very confused performance, whilst Wales’ great start under new boss Craig Bellamy continues.
In Rugby Union, England’s Red Roses won the WXV title with a hard fought 21-12 win over hosts Canada-and in the Premiership there were “Derby Weekend” wins for Sale, Bath, Bristol, Leicester and Quins.
Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich set a new women’s world record in the Chicago Marathon with her time of 2 hours 9 minutes and 57 seconds taking nearly 2 minutes off the previous record. Meanwhile there were records galore in England Men’s team’s first test in Pakistan as England racked up 823, to win by an innings and 47 runs in Multan. Joe Root’s 262 helped him overtake Sir Alastair Cook as England’s highest ever test run scorer.
We have a Get A Grip covering Wimbledon’s decision to axe line judges for Artificial Intelligence from next summer, and, in a Null & Void first, we have a report from the World Conkers Championships – where the tournament has been rocked by allegations of metal nuts and marked strings cheating!
Have no fear though dear listener, whilst Wimbledon arerelying on Artificial Intelligence, Null and Void will continue to bring you our Natural Stupidity!
We kick off this week with Rugby League. In the men’s Super League semi-finals, holders Wigan had a 38-0 win over Leigh, whilst Hull Kingston Rovers qualified for their first Grand Final with a close win over Warrington. In the women’s Super League York Valkyrie became the first side to win back to back Grand Finals when they beat treble chasing St Helens 18-8.
We then move to England Men’s Cricket tour of Pakistan, with the hosts racking up an impressive 556 in the first innings of the 3 match series. In the women’s T20 World Cup, England are sitting pretty with 2 wins from 2 games as Heather Knight’s side seek to top the group for the next stage, whilst Scotland have had two tough games, losing both – and they will be looking forward to facing the Auld enemy at the weekend.
In Rugby Union, England’s Red Roses went 2 from 2 in anentertaining win over New Zealand. They will now play hosts Canada for a winner takes all game in the final round of the Women’s WXV Division One. Meanwhile in New Zealand, England’s Vitality Roses signed off their tour down under with a 2-1 series win over New Zealand’s Silver Ferns.
And in a Null & Void first we have an update from theWorld Tug-of-War Championships in Germany – including another sporting result from Tony’s village. Local lass Dorothy Hathaway was part of England’s U23 500kg team that took Silver against a very tough opponent from Chinese Taipei. Yet another sporting great from South Stoke!
We start Episode 169 with a look back at the weekend’sfootball – with big wins for Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs in the men’s Premier League and tight wins for Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City in the Women’s Super League.
We bring you all the dram from the Rugby League play-offs “eliminators”, as well as late drama in Rugby Union’s WXV Division 1, where Ireland tore up the form book and beat reigning world champions New Zealand.
In Cricket, England had both sides of the Duckworth LewisSystem (DLS) in their rain affected matches with Australia. Firstly it calculated a win for the hosts that kept the series alive, but then in the decider at Bristol, rain meant DLS was in use again with Australia winning to take the series 3-2. In the domestic game, rain relegated Lancashire from Division 1 in the County Championship, whilst rivals Yorkshire celebrated promotion by posting 726 against Northants.
England’s Netball tour of the Antipodes had a narrow 2-1series defeat for the Red Roses as they lost the decider 61-59 to Australia. They moved on to New Zealand, where they won the series opener 59-58 against the Sliver Ferns.
Our guest this week is Joy Foster, who chats with us abouther journey from a young ballerina to a USA International – and Olympic hopeful- archer (via swimming and rowing).
Joy also shares an insight into how the lessons she learnedas an international athlete help her now in her business life, coaching and supporting women who are returning from career breaks through the work of her company Tech Pixies.
We also have all the latest from golf, NFL and tennis – as well as Tadej Pogacar becoming only the 3rd ever male cyclist to win the Tour De France, Giro D’Italia and World Championship “triple crown” in the same year.
We kick off this week with Cricket – with updates from England’s series with Australia, Afghanistan beating South Africa and Surrey winning their third consecutive County Championship.
In Formula 1 it was a frustrating weekend for MaxVerstappen-he finished the Singapore Grand Prix behind title rival Lando Norris and was also handed a punishment by the governing body for swearing in a press conference, with the order to “accomplish some work of public interest”.
Football saw the return of the Women’s Super League, whilst in Rugby Union the Premiership kicked off with a re-run of last season’s final –with Bath this time beating title holders Northampton.
Our guest this week is triathlete Phil Wortley, who returnsto the show to share his story of his first full distance Ironman where, having run a PB marathon time, as he finished Ironman Copenhagen in an awesome 11hours 31 minutes. As a proud Dad, Phil also shares with us the brilliant progress his two daughters have made in archery – with both finishing in the top 10 at the National Championships-despite both having to compete 3 age groups up from their ages.
This week we kick off by looking back at Team USA’s Solheim Cup win in Virginia, as Stacy Lewis’ team took the trophy for the first time in 7 years.
Whilst Tony was “unwilding” in the garden, Andy was one of 41,000 in the crowd cheering on England’s Red Roses as they beat current World Cup holders New Zealand. Both sides head off to Canada for the WXV Division 1 tournament, and Scotland and Ireland also warmed up for their games with big wins.
In Cricket, rain robbed fans of the final T20 betweenEngland and Australia, leaving the series tied at 1-1, whilst Ireland’s Women bounced back from a heavy defeat in the first game in Dublin to draw the series against England’s Women – thanks to a 5-wicket win on Sunday.
In Formula 1 Lando Norris was able to narrow the gap to Max Verstappen with a 4th place finish in Azerbaijan as McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri driving well to win.
And finally we have the results in from the World StoneSkimming Championships in Easdale-where the final “Toss Off” went to a sudden death shoot out before Simon Power was crowned Open champion for 2024.
Another action-packed episode!
With the Paralympics having closed this weekend in Paris, we kick off the episode with a look back at some of the highlights as Team GB finished with 49 golds and 124 medals.
It was contrasting end of term fortunes for England’s cricketers as the men’s team lost the final test against Sri Lanka, whilst the women’s team won their series against Ireland in Belfast. There was also success in Ireland for England’s footballers as they kicked off Lee Carsley’s reign with a 2-0 win in Dublin.
Wigan beat top of the table rivals Hull Kingston Rovers, and with just 2 games left this makes them favourites to take the League Leaders’ Shield, whilst St Helens’ defeat leaves them in danger of missing out on the play offs for the first time since 1997.
In the US Tennis Open it was wins for Jannik Sinner andAryna Sabalenka, whilst Britain’s Jack Draper reached his first ever Grand Slam semi-final.
We also have the latest from Rugby Union, the final week of La Vuelta, the first weekend of the new NFL season and also an amazing paddleboarding world record.
As summer turns to autmn, snuggle up in the warm and listen to another great episode!
We kick off Episode 165 with the latest news from the Paralympic Games in Paris, with Andy & Tony sharing some of the amazing events that have caught their eye – as well as celebrating the IPC taking heed of last week’s “Get a Grip”.
Tennis expert Justin Cook, from JC Tennis Coaching joins us at the mid-point of the US Tennis Open and ask him if, with Djokovic and Alcazar out, this could be the opportunity for Britain’s Jack Draper?
Justin also shares some great tips for amateur players for some off court practices now that the nights are drawing in.
In other sports we cover England’s success in the second cricket test at Lord’s – where Joe Root broke more records and Gus Atkinson hit his first ever first class century, as England beat Sri Lanka by 109 runs.
We also have updates from Formula 1, Ultra Marathon Running, Cycling’s La Vuelta, all the Premier League Football as well as a rare win in Rugby Union for Australia’s Wallabies.
We kick off Episode 164 with a look back at the enthrallingfirst Cricket test between England and Sri Lanka, that looked to be in the balance until Joe Root’s unbeaten 62 secured the win for England. This was after wicket keeper Jamie Smith had hit his maiden test century in the first innings
At St Andrew’s it was the Women’s Open Golf, where New Zealand’s Lydia Ko triumphed in a very close final round, not only beating rivals Lilia Vu and Ruoning Yin but also gale force winds to win by 2 strokes to add the Open title to the Olympic Gold she won just two weeks earlier.
Olympic champions were also in action in Athletics’ Diamond League events-with Jakob Ingebritsen getting revenge on Olympic gold medal winner Cole Hocker in the 1500m in Lausanne, before going on to beat the men’s 3,000m record in Silesia. This record had stood for 26 years. Meanwhile the pole vault record of Armand DuPlantis had not even stood for 26 days before he broke it again, adding another centimetre to take the record now to 6.26 metres.
In football we pay tribute to former England manager SvenGoran Erikkson, who sadly passed away aged 76, after a long battle with pamcreatic cancer. We also have then surprise news of England winning a football World Cup on penalties, after the Men’s Over 75 team beat hosts Wales on spot kicks. However Wales were triumphant later in the day as their over 70’s team won their tournament, with a shoot out win over a team from the USA.
And this week’s Get a Grip pours scorn over theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) after they doubled down on a ruling that means if Paralympians could face disqualification from events and annulment of medal results if they have a tattoo of the Olympic Rings showing. The ruling basically bans the Olympic logo at the Olympics. Madness!
We start by looking back at the finals weekend in Cricket's Hundred. London Spirit won the Women's title, whilst Oval Invincibles became the first men's team to retain their crown after beating Southern Brave- who's Eliminator game on Saturday was the first to be decided by a "Super 5".
With the US Tennis Open fast approaching, players geared up with the Cincinnati Open. Anya Sabalenka won the women's final for her first title since January, whilst Jannik Sinner became the youngest winner of the men's title since Andy Murray in 2008.
We also have updates from Rugby League's "Magic Weekend", the final stage of the Women's Tour de France, and the Scottish Women's Golf Open.
It may feel like only 5 minutes since the end of last season's Premier League, but we are back on the merry go round again as this season kicked off at the weekend. We are joined by football expert Billy Carr to run the rule over the possible winners and losers, as well as asking if anyone can challenge Erling Haaland for the Golden Boot.
Billy also talks about the blog he has started for the international weekends, with the first instalment being an excellent summary at the end of Gareth Southgate's reign at the Euros.
You can read it via:
https://open.substack.com/pub/billycarr13/p/starting-at-an-end?r=475n0o&utm_medium=ios
So the Olympics is over for another 4 years (but don't panic - it's only 2 weeks until the Paralympics start!).
We kick off by looking back at some of our highlights from the final week, including a Gold for climber Toby Roberts and a 1500m bronze for Georgia Bell that finishes her remarkable comeback story.
The football season is back, and we review the Manchester derby in the Community Shield, and the news of a sacking after just one game!
As we come into the last week of Cricket's Hundred, we look at who needs what to qualify for finals weekend-however Northern Superchargers will be without England test captain Ben Stokes, as his hamstring injury rules him out of not only their final games, but also England’s test series against Sri Lanka
We also have the amazing story of Fran Hurndall, who will be attempting a record for running across Australia-running 110km per day as she tries to go from Perth to Sydney in 34 days to raise funds and awareness for domestic violence.
Finally we have your contacts and one last Olympics Get A Grip!
In a first for Null & Void we are joined this week by Harry Brightmore, just over 72 hours after he coxed the GB Rowing Men’s 8 to golden glory in Paris.
Harry gives us a real insight into not just the race itself, but also what life was like in camp, and just how it feels to stand on the podium at the Olympics.
We also bring you some of the highlights from week 2 at the games, including an iconic gold for Remco Evenepoel in the road cycling and a silver for Tommy Fleetwood in the golf, whilst we marvel at the chaotic brilliance of the Canoe Slalom Kayak Cross.
There’s also the latest from Rugby League Superleague, anupdate from cricket’s Hundred and we also pay tribute to former England batter Graham Thorpe, who sadly passed away this week.
A champion podcast, joined by an Olympic champion!
This week we bring you an Olympic special. With the games fully underway, we have all the latest from the range of amazing sports at Paris 2024. Andy gives first hand reports from the Rugby 7’s, the Rowing-where former guest and friend of the show Harry Brightmore was in action with the Men’s 8 – and, of course, a review of the great French food and wine!
Tony has the updates from the great coverage back home-with a mix of sports we all know and love, as well as those that have drawn him in for the first time.
We also have the latest from test cricket, close finishes inThe Hundred, as well as disqualifications in the Belgian Grand Prix and massive changes at the top of Rugby League’s Superleague table.
A truly gold medal worthy performance!
A great episode this week as we kick off looking at thefinal stage of the Tour de France, and Tadej Pogacar’s success in doing the Giro D’Italia and Tour de France double I the same year.
At Trent Bridge England and the West Indies were closelymatched for 3.5 days, before a West Indies collapse handed England a 241 run win and helped bowler Shoaib Bashir take a first home 5-wicket haul in a home test. Meanwhile in Rugby Union it was also a chance for youth to shine as England’s Under 20’s side won the World Championship, beating France in Cape Town.
We have an update from inside Team GB’s Rowing training camp as they head off to Paris, as previous guest Harry Brightmore (Cox of the Men’s 8) sends us a final note from their Caversham base before they take the Eurostar over to the holding camp. And it’s an Olympic Get a Grip as Andy bemoans the lack of beer at the games!
Our guest is Golf Professional Andy Wild, who joins us toshare his expert insights into an exciting, but very wet, Open Championship from Troon. He chats about the win for Xander Schauffele and how a tricky course and weather conditions put paid to the hopes of some of the big names. Andy also gives some pointers on what warmer conditions mean for those at more amateur levels as they plat through the summer.
We kick off this week by looking back at the European Championships Final and England’s defeat by Spain, leading Gareth Southgate to stand down after 8 years in charge.
Wee bring you a roundup of the winner from Wimbledon’s finals weekend, where Carlos Alcaraz won the Men’s, Barbara Krejcikova the Women’s and Britain’s Alfie Hewitt took both the Men’s and Doubles Wheelchair titles.
From Rugby Union we have all the latest from the summertours, meanwhile in Rugby League it was a top of the table derby clash between Wigan and Saint Helens – with Wigan looking to extend their lead at the top and Saints looking to avoid a third consecutive defeat.
As athletes fine tune their preparation for the Olympicsnext week, it was the Monaco Diamond League event-where there was a men’s 1500m European record for Jakob Ingebrigtsen whilst Australia’s Jess Hill set a new world record in the rarely raced 2000m.
Our first guest is Simon Cowlard who returns to share thestory of his fundraising walk between the football stadia in London, to raise funds for Myeloma UK. Simon tells us about the efforts of him and his team mates, including unexpected miles, shortbread biscuits and impromptu street football en route to raising thousands of pounds for the charity.
We are then joined by triathletes Andrew Harden-Sweetnam and Harriet Hardy who recently completed the Ironman 70.3 Bolton event as a relay team. They share their experiences of the race-but if that wasn’t enough, they spent the following weekend participating in a “Backyard Ultra”. This was organised from Andrew’s garden in support of previous pod guest Tom Mayor’s fundraising efforts for Brain Tumour Research. Andrew and Harriet share how a 12-hour, 60-kilometre event boiled down to a final loop sprint!
We also have the usual round up of sports stories that youlove, a worthy Get a Grip target and your contacts in another fantastic episode.
Our guest this week is our Football Correspondent BillyCarr, who joins us ahead of the Euro Semi-Finals to chat through his predictions for the final week, and whether Gareth Southgate’s men can reach their second successive final, as well as taking a look back across the whole tournament.
We kick off the coverage celebrating Sir Mark Cavendishtaking the record for the most Tour De France stage wins as he secured his 35th stage. We also have new men’s and women’s records for long distance triathlons from the Challenge Roth event, where regular listener Lee Spoor was competing.
We have the latest from all of the Northern Hemisphere teams’ summer rugby tours -with England & Ireland losing close games with New Zealand & South Africa, Wales well beaten by Australia, and good wins for Scotland & France. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton’s win in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone not only gives him his first win in 2.5 years, but also the record for the most wins at a single track.
After Novak Djokovic clashed with Wimbledon fans, saying that their cheering for Holgar Rune in their 3rd round game sounded like booing, we put him in the dock for Get a Grip. In better tennis news, we bring you the latest from SW1.
We also have all the news from athletics, cricket, rowingand rugby league that you all expect from your favourite sports podcast.
As the country heads to the polls, we bring you your number one candidate in your weekly sports podcasts!
We kick off with a review of the Netball Super League Final, with a triumph for Lightning over Thunder to take the title.
We have the latest from the Euros and England’s progressthanks to a late, late equalizer from Jude Bellingham that means they will play Switzerland in the last 8. And with the senior teams preparing for this week’s test matched, our rugby update focuses on the Under 20 World Championships and the opening games for England’s & Wales’s youngsters.
In rowing we have a story of 3 brothers who will be rowingthe pacific, with their musical instruments! Whilst in the more sedate setting of Henley-on-Thames, the storms are about the alleged pollution and E-Coli levels in the River Thames ahead of this week’s Royal Regatta.
With Wimbledon underway this week, our guest is tennisprofessional and coach Justin Cook, who runs JC Tennis. Justin chats us through his predictions for the 2 weeks in SW1, along with some names to look out for. Justin also talks about coaching at grass roots level and dealing with pushy parents.
Regardless of the General Election result, we know that we are still your podcast premier!
We kick off Episode 155 with a look at the latest from theEuros-looking at England’s progress to the knockout stages whilst Scotland and their Tartan Army fell at the first hurdle. We also call out the negativity from the TV and press pundits, and the character assassination of Southgate and the team by people who should know better.
In Netball’s play-offs we now know who will be playing inthis weekend’s final after wins for Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning-yet again a very, very frightening line up!
Meanwhile, in Rugby Union there were big wins for England and South Africa, whilst Glasgow Warriors pulled another shock out of the bag to beat the Bulls and win the URC title in Pretoria. Sadly the GB Men’s 7’s team were beaten by South Africa in the Olympic Qualifying Repechage tournament, meaning the Blitzbokke take the final place in Paris.
The T20 Cricket World Cup in Cricket has also thrown up some great surprises-England turned round a poor start to the tournament, and big wins over West Indies and USA mean they are into the semi-finals, whilst Afghanistan’s giant killing of Australia means they progress to their first semi-final at the expense of the Baggy Greens!
As ever we also bring you the latest and best from a host of other sports, including F1, Athletics, Rugby League, Mountain Biking, Cycling and Swimming – along with your contacts.
After our brief break, we are back with Episode 154 of Null& Void.
We kick off with the US Open Golf and the thrilling finalebetween Brydon DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy, before moving onto football’s Euros and the opening win for England and defeat for Scotland against hosts Germany.
In rugby union we look back at the Premiership Final as well as the latest round of rugby league’s super league. Meanwhile it was the final round of the regular seasons in the netball super league, as we now head into the play off finals.
In cricket’s T20 World Cup the USA and Afghanistan have been the surprise packages into the Super 8 stage, whilst England were given a scare by rain in their game against Namibia and had to rely on a favour from old foes Australia to make it through to the next stage at Scotland’s expense.
Our guest this week is Ken Carter, who joins us to talk about his lifelong involvement in sport, including playing rugby for Blackheath, London Irish, the Royal Marines as well as the brave decision to play for BOTH Cornwall AND Devon! Ken also chats about his involvement in establishing Deaf Sport First – an organisation that supports deaf people in maximising their sporting potential – and how their remit is evolving with innovation in sports science and artificial intelligence.
A fantastic guest and a great show.
Having brought you an episode from Singapore earlier thisyear, we’re again going international with this week’s episode coming all the way from San Francisco.
Andy is there to take part in the Escape from Alcatraztriathlon, so gives us an update on how his preparation is going and just how cold the water is!
We bring you the latest from your favourite sports- NovakDjokovic withdrawing from the French Open Tennis, another Champions League title for Real Madrid, Rugby’s Premiership play offs and the controversial changes planned for next year’s Netball Super League – and much, much more.
We also pay our own tribute to MND campaigner and former Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrow, who sadly passed away from the cruel illness on Sunday.
We have a record breaking 13 sports for you to enjoy in this week’s episode. Tony revels in Man United’s FA Cup win, which also secures European Football for he Red Devils next season.
Tottenham Hotspur hosted rugby’s two European finals , with Natal Sharks winning the Challenge Cup before Toulouse triumphed over Leinster in the battle of potentially the two best club sides in the world. Meanwhile, in Super League, we are now down to 3 teams tied at the top of the table.
The World Para-Athletics championships finished in Kobe with Hannah Cockroft securing her 16th World Championship gold medal- and in the Eugene Diamond League meet, Keely Hodgkinson and Jake Kerr both had statement wins just 2 months out from the Olympics., with Kerr also breaking the British Mile record in the process.
Our guest this week is Harry Brightmore, who joins us fresh from coxing the GB Men’s Rowing 8 to a gold medal in the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne. Harry talks us through how he got into rowing, and his history in the sport right up to the weekend’s gold. As well as looking back at Lucerne, Harry also shares the gruelling timetable between now and Paris, as well as the aspirations he and the crew have for Olympic gold.
An amazing guest to cap off a fantastic episode!
We have another fantastic episode for you this week, bringing you the latest from 10 sports. We kick off with a wrap up of the final day in both the Premier League and Women’s Super League football-with Manchester City winning a fourth successive title in the men’s, and Chelsea securing their fifth successive crown in the women’s.
In Rugby League it was the Challenge Cup semi-finals, with Wigan & Warrington booking their places in the men’s final, and in the women’s final Leeds & St Helens will do battle for the third final in a row – with both games taking place at Wembley on 8th June. Meanwhile Rugby Union’s final round in the Premiership saw Northampton, Bath, Sale and Saracens secure their places in the play-off semi-finals.
It was a gold rush for British athletes at the World ParaAthletic Championships in Kobe, with Hannah Cockroft winning her 7th 100m world title, and Hollie Arnold her 6th in the javelin. But special mention needs to go to Sabrina Fortune, who broke the world record twice on her way to shot putt gold.
We follow your contacts with Get a Grip, where we aim abroadside at the lunacy of Newcastle, Spurs and the Arsenal women’s sides in flying out to Melbourne to play a set of meaningless end of season friendlies immediately after a gruelling domestic campaign-showing a complete disregard for both player welfare and their carbon footprint.
Another cracking episode from the Null & Void team.
This week marks a special milestone as it’s our 150thepisode – and to celebrate we’re bringing you the regular smorgasbord of sports that you all love.
We start with football, where a fantastic Ella Toone goal kick started Manchester United in winning their first Women’s FA Cup. For their male counterparts a 1-0 loss to Arsenal amidst the Old Trafford floods means it’s advantage Man City over the Gunners in the final week of the Premier League.
In Rugby Union the play off chase also goes to the finalweek, although Northampton not only had a league record 90-0 win over Gloucester, but secured their place with a week to spare. Play off places were also up for grabs in Netball’s Super League; Manchester Thunder secured their spot with a 63-44 win over Cardiff Dragons, whilst wins for Loughborough Lightning and London Pulse all but guaranteed them semi-final spots.
In Tennis, Novak Djokovic managed to get knocked out twice- firstly from a metal water bottle and secondly from 29th seed Alejandro Tabilo!
Our guest this week is Simon Cowlard, who has raised over £26,000 for Multiple Myeloma since being diagnosed with the blood cancer in early 2022. Simon returns to give us an update on his journey, as well as share his latest fundraising effort, which will see him and a team of friends walking between the grounds of all London’s Premier League and Football League clubs.
A brilliant story to cap off our milestone episode!
We have a 10 sport bonanza for you this week, as well as the return of our football correspondent to give us his thoughts ahead of the final furlong of the football season.
We start with a fantastic first ever F1 win for McLaren’sLando Norris, after he beat Max Verstappen in Miami. A great win for a popular racer.
It was the European Cup semi-finals in Rugby. Leinster held on for a 20-17 win over Northampton Saints in front of a record 82,500 crowd at Croke Park, whilst Harlequins went down 38-25 to five times champions Toulouse.
In Netball, it was a top of the table clash betweenManchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning, with the Mancunians winning 61-57 to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 3 points. As the Madrid Tennis open come to a conclusion, World number 1 Iga Swiatekt beat World number 2 Anya Sabalenka in the women’s final, whilst Andrey Rublev won out over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the men’s.
We have an amusing update on contacts, before giving RFU CEO Bill Sweeney the Get a Grip treatment for putting greed over growth when talking ticket prices for Red Roses matches at Twickenham.
With the Champions League at semi-final stage and thePremier League with just 12-days to go, we bring back football correspondent Billy Carr to give us his thoughts on how these final games could pan out and who he sees as the potential winners and losers at the end of the season.
We kick off this week’s episode with England’s grand slam victory in the Women’s 6 Nations Rugby in Bordeaux, and also Ireland’s 3rd place finish that guarantees them a place at next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.
We look back at Chelsea’s defeat in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals, as well as wins for Arsenal and Manchester City that push them further ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League. Tony adds to Liverpool’s woes in Get a Grip, flagging how we warned manager Jurgen Klopp that the early announcement he’d be leaving at the end of the season could come back to bite him…..
It was a successful weekend for GB’s boats at the European Rowing Championships in Hungary with 8 gold medals, adding to the 9 medals they won at the World Cup earlier in April.
We have an amazing story from the NFL, where Basingstoke rugby player Travis Clayton has gone from amateur rugby, and never having played a competitive game of American Football to the NFL after being recruited by the Buffalo Bills in the 2024 draft.
Our guest this week is John Carney, who returns to talk to us about his build up to the British Powerlifting Championships, where he is looking to set a new European record. As well as talkingpowerlifting, John tells us about some of the people he has trained and worked with in his career, including the part he might have (inadvertently) played inEngland’s Rugby World Cup success in 2003.
We also have a brand new email address to make it easier for listeners to contact us. If you want to drop us a line you can now do so using the email address Nullandvoidsports@gmail.comso feel free to get in touch with us!
Another great episode from the Null & Void team!
It was the London Marathon this weekend, so we start Episode 147 with a look back at this fantastic event - including a women's world record for Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir and a record £67 million raised for charity.
In the FA Cup semi finals, Manchester City defeated Chelsea, whilst their local rivals Manchester United had a late scare when Coventry had a potential winner chalked off in the final minute of extra time. Having thrown away a 3-0 lead, United finally scraped through on penalties and will face City in a repeat of last year's final.
In Rugby Union, England's Red Roses secured the triple crown in a 14-try win over Ireland in the Women's 6 Nations. France beat wales 40-0, to set up a grand slam showdown with England in Bordeaux - whilst Scotland rounded out the weekend with a first win in Italy since 1999.
We also bring you the latest from Netball, Rugby League, Formula 1 and a Pole Vault world record in China - whilst Andy again tries, unsuccessfully, to explain the intricacies of reading the scores in Hurling and Gaelic Football!
This week's Get a Grip puts the FA and Premier League sides in the dock following their disgraceful decision to abandon FA Cup replays without any consultation of lower league clubs. A betrayal of them and of the history of the game.
And we round out with an update from Simon Cowlard on his latest fundraising efforts for Multiple Myeloma- where he and a group of friends will be walking between all the London football league clubs.
Another great episode from our team!
Our guest for Episode 146 is Golf Professional and regularcontributor Andy Wild, who joins us to review a fantastic US Masters weekend and a great win for America’s Scottie Scheffler.
In football’s Premier League there were surprise defeats for Arsenal and Liverpool, meaning Man City went back to the top of the table in what promises to be a very close final 6 games. In the Women’s FA Cup SemiFinals, Spurs beat Leicester and Man Utd beat Chelsea to secure their places in the Wembley Final on 12th May.
It was Rugby’s European Champions Cup Quarter Finals. Quins played out another nail biter, beating Bordeaux to make the Semi Finals for the first time. They are joined by Toulouse, Leinster and Northampton Saints. And in Rugby League’s Challenge Cup wins for Wigan, Huddersfield, Warrington and Hull KR meant that they all progress to next month’s Semi Finals.
There was a world first in the Manchester Marathon, where Yahya Pandor became the first blind runner to participate in a marathon without being attached to a guide. He finished in an amazing time of 4 hours 22 minutes.
And in Get A Grip we take a swipe at the Paris Olympicsorganising committee, who despite having had 7 years to identify a solution, are now proposing cancelling the swim leg of the triathlon and the 10km open water swim due to dangerous E-Coli levels in the River Seine. We send them a well-deserved “Prendre Une Prise!”
We kick off Episode 145 chatting about the amazingachievement of Russ Cook – known as the Hardest Geezer – who this week finished running the length of Africa. Taking 352 days he ran the 16,000 km from South Africa to Tunisia overcoming armed robbery, serious illness and visa challenges on his way to raising over £500,000 for charity.
Cricket’s County Championship started this week – hence all the rain! But Glamorgan’s Captain Sam Northeast set a new record for the highest individual score at Lord’s with his 335 not out. Meanwhile England’s Women’s team finished their tour of New Zealand with a defeat, but still won the one-day series 2-1 to round out a successful winter.
We have updates from the British Swimming Championships at the London Aquatic Centre, where swimmers such as Adam Peaty, Ollie Morgan, Dan Scott and Freya Colbert all secured their spots for the Paris Olympics.
Get a Grip this week aims a broadside at the various committees in Irish basketball, who have decided that the last 0.3 seconds of the Portlaoise Panthers- Limerick Sport Eagles cup quarter final must be replayed due to a controversial call by the umpires at the end of the original game. Utter madness!
Our guest this week is a returning listener favourite - the fantastic Viki Monk, captain of the There She Rows team that became the fastest ever British female crew to row the Atlantic. Viki gives us a brilliant insight into what the race was like, from dealing with 30-foot waves and sea-sickness to watching sunsets and pods of whales. Viki and her teammates undertook this challenge to try and turn the tide for women’s sport, inspiring girls and women everywhere to be involved with their own sporting endeavours. They have achieved that and so, so much more. A truly inspirational listen.
We kick off this week with the Boat Race, where Cambridge overcame long odds, a collapsed stroke, finish line appeals and unsafe E-Coli levels to triumph over Oxford in both the men’s and women’s races.
In the Women’s 6 Nations there were wins for England, France and Italy – whilst in the Premiership there were timekeeping errors at Quins, Saints went top against Sarries and Newcastle were confirmed as this year’s wooden spoon winners.
It was the Women’s League Cup Final in football, whereArsenal beat Chelsea 1-0, but the game was overshadowed by the on field collapse of Arsenal’s Frida Maanum – thankfully she was cleared later by medics.In Miami, Jannik Sinner’s triumph meant he becomes the first Italian to be in the top two of tennis’ world rankings, whilst in the women’s event it was a home win for Florida’s Danielle Collins.
We then have a new variant of a sport-Indoor Triathlon – as well as bringing you all the latest from golf, rugby league, cricket and netball.
Our guest this week is Doug Haggart – a true local hero.Doug shares his lifelong passion for rugby, from starting as a youngster to the multiple hats he has worn as a volunteer at Wallingford RFC. He also talks through the great work Wallingford are doing in growing the game at all levels-including being one of the first four teams in the county to spearhead SEND rugby-as well as the fantastic support the club give for Doddie Aid and other local charities and events. A great guest to chat with.
We start this week with the amazing story of Jasmin Paris,who became the first ever woman to complete the exceedingly tough 100km Barkley Marathon, finishing just 99 seconds ahead of the 60 hour cut off time.
In Formula 1 the drama was, for once, on the track in Australia as Carlos Sainz won for Ferrari just 2 weeks after having his appendix removed, whilst Max Verstappen had to retire for the first time in 2 years after a fire in his brakes.
In netball it was a top of the table clash between reigningchampions Loughborough Lightning beating Manchester Thunder 64-52. Meanwhile in winter sports Charlotte Bankes finished 2nd in the overall standings for the Snowboard Cross World Cup series, whilst Corrie Mapp secured his second crystal globe trophy as he topped the standings in the Para Bobsleigh World Cup series, 6 years after winning his first title.
We also have updates from football, the Women’s 6 Nations rugby, golf, tennis, rugby league and the latest problems besetting the Commonwealth Games – before issuing a get a grip to the fans moaning about the new logo on England football shirts and also to manufacturers Nike for the eye watering price they are charging fans for the new jerseys.
It’s a special episode of Null & Void this week, as despitehaving listeners in 44 countries, this is the firsttime we’ve done an episode outside the UK. With Andy being in Singapore for work, it’s not only the sporting stories that are worldwide but our team as well!
We start by looking back at the final weekend of the Men’s 6 Nations rugby. Ireland secured the title, France beat England in an exciting match that shows how much both sides have improved over the tournament, whilst Italy’s brilliant win in Cardiff condemned Wales to the Wooden Spoon.
In football ‘a FA Cup quarter finals, Man Utd beat rivalsLiverpool right at the end of extra time, whilst Man City booked aplace in next month’s semis with a win over lacklustre Newcastle. In Europe Arsenal and City both progressed to the Champions League quarter finals, with City trying to become the first ever English club to win back to back trebles.
After last week’s mishaps, Tony finally got to watch the Goring 10k, so gives us some of the top results from a great event.
In the Tennis a swarm of bees that stopped play in Indian Wells wasn’t enough to stop Carlos Alcaraz winning the title, despite getting stung on the forehead by one of the bugs.
We have the latest from England Women’s cricket tour of New Zealand as well as a first title for RCB in the Indian Women’s Premier League. Meanwhile in Winter Sports we have the excitement of the penultimate weekend in the Snowboard Cross World Cup from Austria and Scotland’’s tough start to the Women’s Hurling World Championships in Canada.
A truly world-class episode!
We start Episode 141 looking back at England's last minute rugby win against Ireland, Italy just holding off Scotland and France running rampant in the final 20 mins v Wales.
In women's football it was cup action, with Chelsea and Arsenal progressing to the league cup final, whilst in the Women's FA Cup Spurs and Leicester have made the semi-finals for the first time, and in the other tie Manchester United will play quadruple chasing Chelsea.
Tony is a regular supporter of the local Goring 10k run, spending time walking between the bridges on the course cheering on the runners. He tells how a mishap led to him clocking up a few extra kms!
We also have updates from the Premier League, Formula 1, Superleague and Netball.
Our fantastic guest is NLP Master Coach, Timeline Therapist and best-selling author Tracey Cole. She shares with us how she got into horse riding and then, to conquer competition nerves, how she found Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). This led Tracey to a career change, to working with other riders, as well as athletes in a multitude of sports, to help them with their mindset and performance. Tracey is now a Master Coach and also shares her expertise with other trainers and coaches (www.traceycolenlp.com) and also chats to us about how those interested in horse riding can find different ways into the sport.
We kick off Episode 140 with a look back at a fantasticWorld Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, with British athletes finishing with four medals, including golds for pole-vaulter Molly Caudery and 3,000 metre runner Josh Kerr, 800 metre silver for Gemma Reekie and bronze for the 4x400 metre women’s relay team.
In football, bottom of the table Sheffield United were the latestteam to get hit for six by Arsenal, whilst the Forest coach and even Chairman were given red cards after a controversial late winner for Liverpool. The 1-0 in puts the reds back at the top of the Premier League table – 2 points ahead of Manchester City (who beat 3-1 in the Manchester derby).
In Rugby League Saints stay top after a 12-4 win over Leighin a game that saw a yellow card after just 40 seconds! In the basement battle, Hull FC got their first win of the season with a late 28-24 win over bottom side London Broncos. In the Union code it was double delight for Cambridge University in the Varsity Match, with the women’s team beating Oxford 10-5 and the men running away with a 56-11 win to retain the cup from last year.
The Formula One season started in Bahrain and Red Bull’s MaxVerstappen picked up where he left off last season, beating team mate Sergio Perez into 2nd place, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in 3rd. But off the track there is big controversy surrounding FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem and allegations of inappropriate Whatsapps sent by Red Bull Principal Christian Horner.
And finally in Tennis it was a first ever WTA win for BritKatie Boulter in San Diego, whilst in Snowboard Cross, Charlotte Bankes claimed her 2nd successive gold in the World Cup in Sierra Nevada.
We are joined this week by Paddy Mullarkey to review round 3of Rugby’s 6 Nations Championship. He talks through Scotland’s win over a hapless England, Ireland’s continuing success and the last minute missed penalty drama in Italy’s draw with France. He also looks ahead to the final weeks of the tournament and shares predictions of how teams could fare.
In football we cover the Lionesses’ wins over Austria and Italy, Arsenal’s big win over Newcastle and Liverpool going against theperceived wisdom of “you’ll never win anything with kids” as their youngsters beat Chelsea to lift the League Cup at Wembley.
We have an update on the thrilling Rugby League World ClubChampionship between Wigan and Penrith that went right down to the final play, and in cricket it was more of the same from Ranchi as England were comprehensively beaten by India to confirm Ben Stokes’ first series defeat as skipper.
It was cycling’s British Track Championships – so we bring you the key stories from the week, as well as the scandal engulfing road racing team Cynisca Cycling after they were found guilty of having a team mechanic impersonate a rider to avoid disqualification from a race in Belgium (believing that a face mask would be an effective disguise!).
And in this week’s get a grip, we debate the current trend of top flight footballers cutting holes in their socks, asking whether there are physiological benefits to doing this or whether they are mindlessly following the crowd, as well as what the knock on costs might be if young players follow suit.
Another great episode.
We kick off episode 138 by reliving the pain of England's record 434-run defeat by India in the 3rd cricket test.
In football's Women's Super League (WSL), Manchester City drew level at the top of the table with reigning champions Chelsea, after City won 1-0 in the clash between the two.
It was the start of Rugby League's Super League season, with the unveiling of exciting new laws - whilst we also fire a deserved "Get a Grip" broadside at the Rugby Football League and their marketing consultants for their ridiculous plans to have Super League places decided by spreadsheets. It was also the start of the Netball Super League season, with champions Loughborough Lightning starting with a win, but Manchester Thunder showing that they will be right in the mix.
With the final week of the World Aquatic Championships in Doha there was double gold in the 800m & 1500m for Ireland's Daniel Wiffen, whilst in the UK Indoor Athletics Championships Gemma Reekie set a new 800m championship record, Laura Muir was dominant in the 3000m and Molly Caudery booked her place in the GB squad for next month's World Championships in Glasgow with a season leading result in the pole vault.
Another cracker of an episode!
We have 10 different sports for you in this week’s episode, as well as a fantastic guest.
We kick off with the Superbowl, where late drama meant theKansas City Chiefs retained their title, and the presence of a certain pop star boosted audiences to the most watched broadcast in America since the moon landings.
In rubgy, England spluttered to a dreary win over Wales,Ireland kept up their winning ways and Scotland were cruelly denied when a would be last minute winning try was chalked off by the video ref. And in cricket there are injury worries for both England and India ahead of the 3rd test in Rajkot.
It was the Women’s FA cup 5th round this weekend andManchester City, Liverpool, United and Chelsea all went through to the quarter finals, with the stand out fixture in next month’s games being holders Chelsea away at London rivals Spurs.
In athletics we have the sad news of the death of marathonworld record holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash aged just 24 –a real loss to the distance running world. In New York Josh Kerr and Laura Muir were both breaking records winning the indoor 2-mile event, whilst Gemma Reekie won in France, meaning all 3 are building nicely towards next month’s indoor world championships in Glasgow.
Our guest this week is Colin Wood, a local triathlete whoqualified for last year’s Ironman World Championships in Nice. Colin shares with us his story- how he got into triathlon, how just 6 weeks before his first Ironman he could only swim a couple of lengths of the pool and how he manages to fit his training around his roles in the police and as a single father to 3 children. A truly amazing guy with a great story.
Another brilliant episode!
We kick off Episode 136 talking rugby after Andy's visit to Rome to watch Italy v England in the first weekend of the 6 Nations, with a win for the visitors going alongside victories for Scotland and Ireland.
India's 106-run win in the 2nd Cricket test means the series is now 1-1 - however, despite the hosts' big win, England's Baz-Ball approach seems to have India rattled as both team's have a week's break before the 3rd test in Rajkot.
In football, Arsenal and Manchester City both closed the gap on leaders Liverpool, whilst in the Women's Super League, Manchester City extended their unbeaten run to 7 games to keep the pressure on leaders Chelsea.
In Formula 1, with just 4 weeks to go until the start of this season, Lewis Hamilton announced that he will be leaving McLaren at the end of the year and will be joining Italian giants Ferrari.
This weekend sees the San Francisco 49ers take on reigning champions Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. It'll be a late start with a UK time of 1130pm for kick off, and we run the rule over the hopes of both teams.
Friend of the show and regular, coach & clinical hypnotherapist Andy McMenemy drops in to talk about mindset & motivation, whilst also demonstrating he is someone who walks his talk in telling us about his latest challenge of learning to paddleboard before undertaking a 12-hour race in April!
We start with the amazing turn around by England's cricketers in India after Ollie Pope’s 196 helped them to a surprise win in the first test. And whilst England were winning in Ahmedabad the West Indies eked out a nerve-shredding 8-run win in Brisbane, to record their first test victory on Australian soil since 1997.
Staying in Australia, it was the final weekend of the Australian tennis open. Janick Sinner came back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev, which gives the 22 year old Italian his first Grand Slam event. In the women's final Aryna Sabalenka beat Zheng Qinwen in straight sets, whilst in the wheelchair men's final it was defeat for Britain’s Alfie Hewitt as he lostto Japanese teen to Quito Oda..
With the Six Nations rugby kicking off this weekend we bring you a preview of the first round of games and predictions for the tournament.
In football it was the FA Cup 4th round and Manchester United held off a spirited fight back from Newport to make it through alongside Newcastle, Manchester City and Liverpool. Meanwhile Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp shocked the football world announcing he will step down at the end of the season.
In NFL we have the two teams confirmed for Super Bowl LVIII.Kansas City Chiefs beat the Ravens 17-10 to keep their hopes of back-to-back titles alive, whilst the San Francisco 49ers came from behind for the second week running to beat the Detroit Lions and book their place in Las Vegas for the 11th of February.
Another great week with more fantastic sports stories.
As Storms Isha and Jocelyn have rocked the UK, we are blownaway by this week’s guest, as former professional footballer and triathlete Tom Mayor joins us to talk about the brain tumour diagnosis 10 years ago that has led to him undertaking a massive physical challenge to raise funds for Brain Tumour Research. Tom is cycling, running or swimming 10km every day for 10 months,and join us to share his story and how he is tackling the challenge.
You can follow Tom’s story and support his fundraising onIG:@10kadaytom on Twitter:@tommayor8 or www.justgiving.com/page/tom-mayor-10k-a-day
In other sport we have the latest from the Australian TennisOpen, where Cameron Norrie was the last of the British contingent in week 2. We have all the latest from Rugby’s European Cup, with the final weekend of the pool stages determining who progressed to the next round-whilst in NFL we are down to the final 4 in the play offs on the road to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
In Netball we bring you the latest as England take on Australia, Uganda and New Zealand from Wembley Arena.
In Athletics Emma Maria Mazzera became the first female runner to go under 1 minute for 200 metres in the over 90’s category and Britain has won its first Bobsleigh gold medal as Adele Nicoll and Kya Placide took first place in the Europa Cup at St Moritz. Finally we have great news from Antigua, where the There She Rows team have safely completed their inspirational 3,000 mile row across the Atlantic.
This week we have a great range of sports, a visit from our Football Correspondent Billy Carr and an unusual good cop/bad cop “Get a Grip”.
We start with the latest from the first few days of the Australian Tennis Open, with Djokovic having his longest ever first round game before going through, whilst former winner Naomi Osaka lost out on her comeback from maternity leave.
In Rugby Union we chat through the appointment of Andy Farrell as Head Coach of the British & Irish Lions for their tour of Australia in 2025, whilst in Rugby League Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield received their CBEs from the Prince of Wales; and it was an Armed Forces “derby” in the first round of the Challenge Cup as the Navy knocked out the RAF.
In Cricket we look at the return of Colin Graves to crisis-stricken Yorkshire and ask is the same man who was at the helm when theCounty got into strife is the man to lead them out? Whilst in cycling it was a record haul of medals for the GB riders at the European Track Championships, and in Athletics Agnes Ngetich became the first women to run under 29 minutes for 10km as she won the Valencia Road Race.
Andy & Tony play good cop/bad cop with their two football stories in Get a Grip, before our regular Football Correspondent Billy Carr joins us to chat through the big happenings in football’s Premier League at the halfway point of the season.
After a brief festive break, we are back and kicking off2024 in style.
In Rugby we pay tribute to Wales and Lions great JPR Williamswho sadly passed away this week. We also discuss the changes in the England coaching set up and whether Owen Farell might be off to Paris.
In Football it’s the magic of the cup as we look back overthe 3rd round of the FA Cup, whilst in WSL the Australia and Chelsea forward Sam Kerr becomes the latest player to succumb to an ACL injury.
It was Test Cricket in Australia and South Africa, with theAussies wrapping up a 3-0 series win over Pakistan, whilst India completely rolled South Africa in Cape Town, winning in a record 1.5 days to square the series. We also have a Get a Grip for the Cricket South Africa hierarchy.
The final weekend of the regular season in NFL saw 19 of the 32 games having implications on Play Off places – we bring you the run down of which teams are still on the road to the Superbowl in Las Vegas.
Our guest this week is tennis coach and Null & Voidregular, Justin Cook. He joins us to look ahead to the start of the Australian Tennis Open this weekend, and shares his thoughts on whether anyone can stop Novak Djokovic claiming his 11th Australian crown.
This week we have a Christmas cracker for you!
Our guest is Sam Wallis-Robinson, the Chair of Reading Abbey Rugby Club. Sam talks to us about how she got involved with the club, and the challenges that face the community game-along with some of the fantastic steps Reading Abbey are taking to keep existing members and gain new members in both the men's and women's sections.
In football we discuss the worrying collapse of Luton captain Tom Lockyer, with suspected cardiac arrest. We are happy to report that he is out of hospital and starting rehab.
We examine the need for more women's test cricket after the 347 run defeat for England in Mumbai, whilst the men's T20 team had a win to keep their series against the West Indies alive.
In Rugby we have a roundup of the European Cup games at the weekend, as well as the news that Eddie Jones is back in coaching after being named as head coach of the Japan team.
In Winter Sports there were World Cup medals and series wins for GB athletes in skiing, snowboarding, para-skiing and skeleton bob.
We have the latest from the There She Rows team in their Atlantic rowing challenge, whilst we set a challenge for listeners to join up with DoddieAid.com to get fit in January and raise funds for fighting MND.
And after the BBC has axed former favourite show, A Question of Sport, two angry license fee payers tell them to get a grip!
We wish all of our listeners a very Happy Christmas and we will be back with you all in early January 2024!
We kick off Episode 130 with a look back at England’s Lionesses just falling short of keeping their Olympic dream alive, despite beating Scotland 6-0. There was, however, great news for England keeper Mary Earps as the replica shirts of her goalie kit sold out in less than 5 minutes.
We discuss Jon Rahm being the latest golfer to move across to the Saudi sponsored LIV tournaments in a deal reputedly worth £450 million-and ask what this means for the game going forwards.
We have updates from Rugby’s European Cup, as well as a tribute to Ulster, Ireland and Lions great Syd Millar, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
And we also bring you the latest from cricket in India & West Indies, American Football, Cross-Country Running from Belgium and international Hockey from Buenos Aires.
A truly global episode!
We’re joined this week by Tennis Coach and friend of the show, Justin Cook, to review Italy’s Davis Cup win- their first title for 47 years. Justin also shares some top tips for players on things they can do through the winter months to work on their game.
In Football we look at the ridiculous situation in the Women’sNations League where Scottish players need to lose significantly to England’s Lionesses to have any hope of playing in next year’s Paris Olympics. We also review the FA Cup 3rd round draw and latest scores from the Premier League (including between Newcastle and Manchester United!)
In Rugby we talk about the shock news that England captain Owen Farrell is taking a break from international rugby in the 2024 6 Nations to protect his and his family’s mental wellbeing. We also have the latest from the Premiership, where there were wins for Quins, Tigers, Saints, Bath and Bristol.
In the NFL we pick out the game of the weekend – 49ers v Eagles – and ask if San Francisco’s dominant win is them putting down a marker towards a run at the Superbowl. And from Cricket we have England’s first game in an ODI & T20 tour of West Indies.
We bring you updates from Sir Kevin Sinfield’s 7 in 7 in 7 challenge for MND and also the latest preparations by the There She Rows team as they are in the final week before the start of their Atlantic rowing challenge.
And in Get a Grip we look at the ridiculousness of the Euro 24 draw – and how one comedian decided to spice up proceedings…….
As we start episode 128 we’re probably closer to M&M’s than Eminem, but we welcome Tony back following his trip out to the colonies –and in keeping with the Australia theme we start with covering their 6 wicket win over hosts India in the Cricket World Cup Final.
We follow updates from football’s WSL with a detailed look at the 10 point penalty imposed on Everton for a breach of the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, and ask what the repercussions of this could be for Manchester City?
In rugby we have updates from the Premiership and the new Premiership Women’s Rugby, before discussing the latest regarding the head injuries situation and some of the legal and financial ramifications of the class action being lodged by former professional and amateur players.
Formula 1’s long awaited return to Las Vegas initially lasted just 9 minutes, due to loose manhole covers- but once everything finally got underway it was business as usual for Max Verstappen, racking up another win in Nevada.
We also have lost clubs in golf, a ban for driving a car in anultramarathon and Andy has surprising news from an American ballot! We wrap up with Tony’s final update as The Wizard of Aus, with his musings on the sporting landscape in Australia (including him trying his hand at a new sport!).
In this week’s episode we welcome back Victoria Monk, skipper of the There She Rows crew – four women who are set to row the Atlantic to raise awareness, support and funds for getting girls and women back into sport. Victoria talks us through the last 6 months of training and how the team have prepared – mentally and physically – for spending over 40-days rowing at sea – as well as the final logistics with less than four weeks until departure.
Patrick is back for his last stint as co-host, standing in for our Wizard of Aus, as we discuss the knock out stages of Cricket’s World Cup, look at the new boss for the USA National Women’s football team, preview the Las Vegas Formula 1 grand prix and also share our thoughts on the announcement of “Sir” Kevin Sinfield’s latest ultramarathon challenge in support of MND.
On top of that we have round ups from Rugby Union’s Premiership and Football’s Premier League, your contacts and the final Australia update from Tony as he gets ready to return from the Perth spring to the UK winter!
We kick off this week’s episode of Null & Void looking back at the heated reaction to the Newcastle v Arsenal game, as well as the frenetic happenings in Spurs v Chelsea.
England’s defence of the Cricket World Cup is now, officially, over – being ended by old foes Australia in Ahmedabad. The chase for the last remaining semi-final spot comes into the last round of games with India, South Africa and Australia all through to the next stage. And it’s a cricket Get a Grip this week after Sri Lanka batter Angelo Matthews was the first international player to be “timed out”.
In Rugby League England’s men secured a series whitewash over Tonga, and in Rugby Union the Red Roses beat hosts New Zealand to secure the Division 1 title of the first ever Women’s XV tournament. Meanwhile, in Formula 1 Max Verstappen kept up winning ways with first place in the Sao Paolo Grand Prix.
Our guest this week is Harry Marffy, who shares with us the story of how him and 5 friends undertook a 1,000 mile cycle ride from Oxfordshire to Barcelona, raising over £7,000 for The Cornermen (www.thecornermen.org) -a local community charity that runs from South Moreton Boxing Club and provides vital support for men’s mental health. Harry talks about the charity and why its work is so important, as well as the adventure the team went on in trainingfor and completing the journey.
Definitely an episode to warm you up as the weather getscooler!
With Tony enjoying valuable family time in Australia, we have Paddy Mullarkey stepping into his shoes as co-host for a couple of weeks.
We start with a look back at the final weekend of the RugbyWorld Cup, with South Africa beating New Zealand 12-11 in the final, and England taking the bronze medal after a 26-23 win over Argentina. As well as discussing the key moments in both games, Andy & Paddy share their highlights from the last 7 weeks.
We bring you the latest from India and England’s ever worsening performances in the Cricket World Cup as they sit firmly rooted to the bottom of the group table, and an admission by the Head Coach that they did not realise qualification for the 2025 Champions Trophy depended on them finishing in the top 8 of this tournament.
With a fully packed Premier League football weekend, we havea round up of the key results, and ask if Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of local rivals Manchester City mounts further pressure on Erik ten Hag’s tenure as manager at Old Trafford?
We also bring updates from Rugby League internationals, the Mexico Formula 1 Grand Prix and cycling’s Tour de France, where sprinter Mark Cavendish has described the newly unveiled route for 2024 as “perhaps the most difficult course I’ve ever seen for a Tour”.
Despite being on holiday, Tony has still been a man at work down under, and we have his first missive on sporting life in Australia, as well as his efforts to damage Anglo-Aussie relations by mentioning Eddie Jones every chance he gets!
We round off with a review of the heavyweight boxing bout between Fury and Ngannou, with Paddy urging boxing authorities to Get a Grip to improve the sport.
This week we are joined by British, European and WorldChampion powerlifter John Carney as he prepares for next week’s World Championships in Manchester. John also shares his story with us of competing in boxing, judo, starting up his own gym and founding an American Football team, as well as winning the powerlifting World Championships just 2-years after having surgery for bowel cancer.
We also bring you the latest from the Rugby World Cup, whereEngland came heartbreakingly close to a semi-final win over holders South Africa. The Boks will play New Zealand in the final after the All Blacks’ convincing win over Argentina. Meanwhile in Cricket’s World Cup, England are on the verge of elimination after defeat by Afghanistan and a humbling by South Africa. We look deeper into what seems to have gone wrong for Jos Buttler’s teamin India.
We also have the latest in Premier League and WSL Football,England’s Rugby League series against Tonga and yet more controversy in Formula 1 following disqualifications for technical infringements.
On top of all this we have an update on last week’s guest Smurph Murphy and how he got on with his 75 mile paddleboard challenge to raise £1000 for the Ronald McDonald House charity.
In this week’s episode we are joined by Stand Up Paddleboarder Peter “Smurph” Murphy, who talks us through the mammoth charity challenge he is undertaking – paddling 75 miles non-stop along the River Wye, to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House. For anyone wanting to support Smurph in his efforts, you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/peter-murphy-1694338198349?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fpeter-murphy-1694338198349&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
We also have the latest from the Rugby World Cup, withEngland being the only Northern Hemisphere into the semi finals after four amazing games in the quarter finals that sees South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina also into the last four.
In Cricket’s World Cup the smaller teams have been causingupsets, with England being beaten by a great performance by Afghanistan, which leaves Jos Buttler’s side in danger of not making the knock out stages, whilst the Netherlands shocked South Africa with a win.
Brit Lucy Charles Barclay broke her Kona jinx, winning theIronman World Championships for the first time after four runners up finishes –and in Mexico Dr Stuart Gillett won an international DecaIronman, swimming 24 miles, cycling 1120 miles and running 262 miles on his way to raising £22,000 for Bristol Hospital.
And finally, the NFL was in town again this week, with the Titans playing the Ravens at Tottenham Hotspur. Andy was one of the 61,000 crowd and brings us updates on the game, the cheerleaders and the match daycuisine!
In Episode 122 we kick off with the latest from the RugbyWorld Cup, with the quarter-final line up being confirmed, and a surprise win for Portugal over Fiji in the final group games. As the tournament progresses, Andy waves goodbye to his trips to France.
Keeping with World Cups we have the latest from the Cricket World Cup in India, where New Zealand and the hosts have made good starts, whilst England bounced back from an opening defeat with a convincing win over Bangladesh.
We also have an update from the Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, where Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast ever with her 23rd world title. There were also golds for Britain’s Jake Jarman in the vault and Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan in the pommel horse.
In Rugby League, York Valkyrie made it 3rd time lucky in winning the Women’s Grand Final, whilst in the men’s play offs Catalans ended St Helens’ attempt to win 5 titles in a row, and will play Wigan in the Grand Final at Old Trafford. Meanwhile, more marathon records tumbled in Chicago, as the footwear arms race hots up.
Our guest this week is Bob Grantham, a Corporal in the RAF. Bobshares with us how an injury he sustained completing an Ironman triathlon led to him representing Team UK in the Invictus Games in Germany in September, where he came home with a bronze and silver medal in the cycling. A truly fantastic achievement.
Another superb episode.
We’re joined again this week by Golf Professional Andy Wild to look back over the dramatic finale to a fantastic Ryder Cup weekend, with Europe beating USA 16.5-11.5. We discuss the atmosphere and all of the action as Luke Donald’s team regained the trophy in Rome.
Scotland kept their Rugby World Cup Quarter Final hopes alive with an 82-0 win over Romania, and New Zealand crushed Italy 96-17 to ensure nobody is writing them off yet.
In football we cover the Lionesses’ winning start to the Nations League, and we also discuss the controversial VAR decision in the Liverpool v Spurs game.
We have the latest from the Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, where US start Simone Biles marked her return to international competition after a 2-year mental health break by being the first woman to successfully land the Yurchenko double-pike, the hardest move in the women’s scoring book.
Another brilliant episode!
With the Ryder Cup kicking off in Rome this weekend, Golf Professional Andy Wild returns to the show to share his thoughts on how the two teams are shaping up. He also looks back at an amazing final day in the Solheim Cup, where Europe’s women managed to fight back to a 14-14 tie, and retain the trophy.
We have the latest from the Rugby World Cup, where there were some significant wins for all four of the home nations.
In Triathlon, Beth Potter’s win in Pontevedra also secured her the World Series title and puts her on the cusp of qualification for next year’s Olympics; meanwhile Wigan’s win at Leigh secured the Rugby League league leaders’ shield and gives the Pie Men a bye to the play off semi finals.
And lastly we bring you, as promised, the results from the World Stone Skimming Championships in Easdale-where a new champion was crowned.
Another great selection of sports updates!
In Episode 119 we start off with a review of the weekend’s rugby,with England labouring to a win over Japan’s Brave Blossoms and Wales beating Portugal in Nice (as well as the usual review of the dining delights on the Cote D’Azur!), whilst Fiji’s win against Australia puts Eddie Jones’ team at risk of not making the quarter finals.
In Tennis it was a win for GB against France that now setsthe team up for a tie against Serbia in the Quarter Finals, and in football we look ahead to this week’s European competitions, as well as the continuing form of Manchester City in the Premier League.
We bring you the results from the Athletics Diamond League Finale in Eugene – with double wins for Jakob Ingebritsen and Shericka Jackson, world records in the Men’s Pole Vault and Women’s 5,000m and another silver (and another 800m British record) in Keely Hodgkinson’s ever growing collection.
In Singapore Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz led from start to finishon the Marina Bay street course to end Max Verstappen’s winning run – although the Dutch driver is still 139 points clear in the driver’s championship standings.
Following our speculation as to whether Wakefield couldspring a surprise relegation escape in Rugby League, their demise was confirmed with one game to go, after a golden point extra-time defeat to Leigh, whilst at the top the battle between Saints, Catalan and Wigan for the league leaders’ trophy goes to the final week.
And in NFL we had the first Irishman in 38 years playing, as Punter Dan Whelan made his debut for the Green Bay Packers.
Another episode packed full of sporting delight.
With the Rugby World Cup getting underway, we are joined by Ireland fan Patrick Mullarkey to look at some of the highlights from an excellent opening weekend, including a big win for hosts France and Ireland, England and Wales all opening their accounts. He also shares his thoughts on how the next stages of the tournament could play out.
We discuss Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff’s wins in the US Open Tennis, as well as another title for Britain’s Alfie Hewitt, who beat his doubles partner Gordon Reid in the men’s wheelchair singles. And as the Rugby League season moves into it’s final fortnight we look at the 3 teams tied at the top of the table, as well as the race for play off places and the relegation battle between the bottom two.
The Great North Run saw the final professional race in the career of Sir Mo Farah, whilst in Mexico 11,000 of the 30,000 field were disqualified amidst accusations of people taking short cuts or riding bikes, cars and public transport to get to the finish. We really don’t make this up!
Following the flurry of cards and varying refereeing decisions in the first games of the World Cup, we encourage the match officials and World Rugby to get a grip and get more consistency in their decisions.
In Episode 117 we are joined by two professional tennis coaches, Justin Cook and his daughter Libby , as they share their thoughts on some of the standout performances from week one at the US Open and their predictions for the finals this weekend. Libby also gives some insights into what the atmosphere is like at the event, and how it differs from some of the other majors around the globe.
Whilst it was business as usual for Max Verstappen as he won the Formula 1 Italian Grand prix at Monza, this win was special as it gave him a record 10th consecutive win, leaving him on the cusp of winning the driver’s championship.
It’s finely balanced in both the men’s and women’s T20 cricket internationals. England’s men dominated New Zealand in the first two matches, but the Black Caps hit back to trail the series 2-1 with one game to play. Meanwhile in the women’s matches, England beat Sri Lanka in a rain affected first game, but Sri Lanka levelled the series in convincing style to leave everything to play for in Wednesday’s decider.
In Rugby League, Wigan’s win over Salford meant they overtook Catalans at the top of the table, whilst at the bottom defeats for Castleford and Wakefield mean that there are still only 2 points between them in the relegation fight, with just 3 games left. Leigh and Huddersfield could possibly hold the record for the longest ever game – after the lights failed at Leigh on Friday night, they came back and finished the final 38 minutes of the game on Sunday afternoon! And in rugby union, all of the teams have headed off to France ahead of the tournament starting this weekend, when the hosts take on New Zealand on Friday night.
We also bring you, for the first time, news from the World Stone Skimming Championships – where the participation of current holder Christina Bowen-Bravery is in doubt after she suffered a freak injury.
Another smorgasbord of sport for you to enjoy!
We kick off Episode 116 with a look back at a fantastic week of the World Athletic Championships in Budapest, including gold medals for 2 British athletes and some unexpected buggy crashes!
The final round of Rugby World Cup warm up games brought a first ever win for Fiji over England, whilst South Africa recorded their biggest win over old rivals New Zealand.
It was silver for England’s men in the Euro Hockey championships as the Netherlands took both the men’s and women’s gold medals.
We celebrate the finals of Cricket’s The Hundred with Oval Invincibles taking the men’s title and Southern Brave taking the women’s in a great day of cricket at Lords’.
And in this week’s Get a Grip we add our thoughts to the ongoing Luis Rubiales saga, and the inquisition into the future of the Spanish Football Federation President that everybody expected.
Another great episode.
Whilst it was disappointment for England’s Lionesses withsilver in the final, we look back on what has been a fantastic Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.
We are joined by Victoria Monk from the There She Rows team.They are rowing the Atlantic to inspire more women to take up and participate in sport. Victoria discusses with us the impact that this World Cup has had and the legacy it can create for women’s sport – as well as bringing us up to date with the latest in her team’s preparation for their mammoth challenge in December.
Listeners can follow the team’s progress, and get involved with sponsorship or messages of support on Instagram (@theresherows) or https://theresherows.my.canva.site/there-she-rows
We have an update from the World Athletics Championships,including a Heptahlon gold for British athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, as well as England and Wales’ further woes in another weekend of Rugby World Cup warm up games.
In an emotional contacts section, tony pays tribute to family friend and broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson, who sadly passed away thisweek.
We start Episode 114 with a review of the fantastic news that England’s Lionesses are into the football World Cup Final after a 3-1 win over co-hosts Australia in Sydney. They will take on Spain on Sunday, who beat Sweden 2-1 in their semi-final.
We then look back over the weekend’s Rugby Union internationals and the bemusing decision by the disciplinary panel to downgrade Owen Farrell’s red card in England’s win over Wales. This leaves Farrell clear to play in all of England’s World Cup games. Scotland came close to a second successive win over France, being cruelly denied by a last-minute penalty.
Leigh Leopards won their first Rugby League Challenge Cup Final in 52 years against Hull KR, and Saints won the first ever women’s final to be held at Wembley. We also have the latest from Cricket’s Hundred – including Tammy Beaumont getting the highest individual score by a batter, as well as a dramatic finish in the London derby at The Oval. We then bring you the highlights from the final week of the UCI Cycling World Championships in Scotland, where Dame Sarah Storey won her 36th career gold.
Our guest this week is our resident football correspondent Billy Carr, who joins us at the start of the Premier League season to give his insights on life for Spurs after Harry Kane, as well as his predictions at both ends of the table for the coming season.
Another fantastic episode for you to enjoy!
In Episode 113 of your weekly sports podcast, we bring you updates and new across 10 different sports, and 3 World Cups.
We start with England’s Red Roses winning silver in the Netball World Cup in South Africa-their best ever showing in a World Cup. We then move on to New Zealand and Australia and the Women’s Football World Cup, with the quarter-final line up being confirmed. England’s Lionesses will play Colombia for a place in the semi-finals after a hard fought win on penalties over Nigeria.
In Cricket, Manchester Originals’ Fi Morris took a record –in both the men’s and women’s Hundred-snaring 5 wickets for only 7 runs, as opponents Birmingham Phoenix were skittled for just 87. Meanwhile in Scotland, Britain’s cyclists and para-cyclists sit top of the medal table with a combined haul of 32 golds, 16 silvers and 18 bronzes.
With teams finalising their line ups for the Rugby World Cup next month, we had a host of warm up games. England were dire losing to Wales, Eddie Jones still believes Australia can win after their 4th consecutive defeat since he took over, and Zander Fagerson became the first player to be sent off “from the bunker” in Scotland’s win over France.
And finally, we talk about “Shi**y Sunderland” after 57 triathletes were struck with illness after high E.coli and sewage levels were reported in the water after last weekend’s World Triathlon Series event off the coast at Roker!
World Cup fever grips Episode 112 of Null & Void this week, as we also welcome Iraq and Singapore into the Null & Void family as they become countries 40 & 41 to join our listenership.
We have the latest from the Women’s Football World Cup, with the Lionesses topping the group in dominant fashion, as well as the latest progress of the Red Roses in Netball’s World Cup in South Africa, as they try to secure a first world title.
It was also the World Swimming Championships, where 19-year old Mollie O’Callaghan (no relation!) secured a great haul of 5 gold medals and 1 silver. We have the results from the World Triathlon Series in Sunderland, as well as looking forward to the World Cycling Championships starting in Scotland this week.
The summer’s Ashes Cricket came to a dramatic conclusion with England winning the fifth test on the last afternoon to draw the series 2-2.Bowler Stuart Broad announced his retirement during the week and signed off in style, hitting the last ball he faced as a batter for 6, and taking the last Australian wicket and winning the game with the final ball he bowled.
Amongst the other 6 sports we cover this week are Formula 1, Rugby Union and Rugby League, Athletics, Gaelic Football and Hurling.
A truly World Champion episode!
With this being Episode 111 we explain why this is called a Nelson in cricket.
We start by looking back at the rain affected cricket test at Old Trafford – with 2 days of downpours causing the draw that was enough for Australia to retain the ashes.
The Women’s Football World Cup has kicked off in Australia and New Zealand, with both hosts recording opening day wins. England opened with a win over Haiti-but Serena Wiegman’s side looked rusty and will be wanting to improve in this week’s game against Denmark.
At the British Open Golf America’s Brian Harman had a convincing 6 shot win in the wind and rain in Liverpool to take an unexpected first major title.
Jonas Vingegaard secured his second successive Tour de France title, proving dominant in the final week to beat Tadej Pogacar. British twins Adam and Simon Yates had a great tour, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively.
We discuss the London Diamond League Athletics meet, where Zharnel Hughes broke John Regis’ 30 year old 200 metres British record.
We also have a preview of the Netball World Cup and Rugby Union summer internationals, as well as covering Leigh and Hull Kingston Rovers making it to Wembley for Rugby League’s Challenge Cup Final.
It may be summer holiday season, but the sporting drama doesn’t take a break!
We start with Tony & Andy’s thoughts on their Washes road trip. Despite Australia retaining the urn it was a superb game and atmosphere, fitting of a series where the best two teams in the world have gone toe to toe.
It was Wimbledon finals weekend, with new names added to both the men’s and women’s singles trophies. Brits Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid won their fifth wheelchair doubles title, Neil Skupski won the men’s doubles and teenager Henry Searle claimed the men’s junior title.
We have a preview of the Women’s Football World Cup that starts in New Zealand and Australia this week, with Tony highlighting some of the teams and players to look out for.
We have our usual summary of Rugby League and Rugby Union- including the ridiculously lenient suspension for Ireland’s Jonny Sexton- updates from the Tour de France, where a fan taking a selfie caused a 20-rider pile up, and a brilliant haul of medals for British athletes at the World Para-Athletics Championships.
With the British Open Golf starting at Royal Liverpool this week, our guest is golf professional and friend of the show Andy wild. Andy shares with us his predictions for the tournament, as well as some of the great features of the course which competitors will need to conquer if they want to get their hands on the Claret Jug on Sunday.
We start this episode with the wins for England’s men in the Mashes test at Headingley and the women’s team winning the Washes T20 game to keep the series alive in front of a record crowd at Lord’s.
The England Under 21 men’s football team followed the example of the Lionesses in winning the European Championships, beating Spain 1-0 in dramatic fashion as goalkeeper James Trafford saved a last-minute penalty to secure the trophy.
In Wimbledon updates we look at the seemingly unstoppable progress of Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles, the surprise defeat of world number one Iga Swiatek in the women’s singles, and an unusual retirement due to blisters.
It was a disappointing end to the Tour de France for Mark Cavendish. The Manxman was denied a record 35th career stage win on Thursday and then crashed on Saturday and had to pull out of the tour with a broken collarbone.
We also bring you all the latest from Rugby (League and Union), Formula 1, Golf, the Athletics British Championships (And Andy’s 17th consecutive annual rejection from the London Marathon) as well as a report on the extortionate prices for a 99 ice cream at Lord’s!
Did you miss us?! After a short summer break we’re back- and our guest this week is tennis coach Justin Cook (Director of www.jctennis.co.Uk). Justin joins us as the first week of Wimbledon gets under way, sharing his thoughts on players to look out for and whether anyone can beat Djokovic.
In cricket we start with the controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow in the Mashes 2nd test, as well as reviewing the Washes test & an ex i ting finish to the first T20 match at Edgbaston. Andy, knives freshly sharpened after a week off, also has a cricket related Get a Grip.
We have a first-hand account from the Henley Regatta from Mike Dinsdale (who usually works behind the scenes in securing fantastic guests for us) giving us insight into what the event is really like.
We have the usual updates from Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League and Formula 1 as well as a review of the first week of the Tour de France, with the Yates twins currently 1st & 3rd. And in athletics, as well as updates from the Diamond League meets in Oslo and Lausanne, Tony has a bizarre world record that is literally on fire!
Another great episode!
In this week’s episode we kick off with a look back at the US Open Golf and an unexpected win for Wyndham Clark on a really exciting final day. Also hats off to Andy Wild, who’s predictions last week all finished in the top 20 (with 3 out of 4 in the top 10).
We have to talk about the first men’s Cricket Test between England and Australia from Edgbaston – where England lost by just 2 wickets in a fantastic advert for the red ball game, where advantage switched constantly between the 2 sides before Australia got across the line in the final afternoon. We also look forward to the Women’s Test at Nottingham, with England giving a debut to fast bowler Lauren Filer, whilst batter Danni Wyatt gets her first test start after 247 white ball caps.
With so much other sport happening, the euro football qualifiers come later in the show, as we discuss England’s 2 wins. Scotland also made it 2 from 2, but their game against Georgia was held up when stadium staff were required to brush the rainwater from the pitch.
In a strange story for us, Daniel Connolly won the man v horse race – an event in Wales where 4-legged and 2-legged entrants compete across a 22-mile course. Connolly came in 10 minutes ahead of first horse home, DNS Ronaldo.
And we finish off with not 1, but 2 Get a Grips! Tony vents his ire at Uefa’s minimal punishment of Jose Mourinho and Andy looks at New Zealand’s game against Qatar being called off at Half-Time due to racism.
A fantastic episode that will keep you going whilst we take a one-week summer break next week! See you all on 6th July!
In Episode 106 we kick off with Andy trying (unsuccessfully) to get tony to talk about Manchester City’s Champions League win to secure the treble. He is, however, more willing to talk about West Ham’s win in the Europa Conference final.
Our Golf expert Andy Wild has sent in a preview of this weekend’s US Open tournament in Los Angeles, along with his tips for the title and some scurrilous allegations about Tony & Andy's past!
The Netball Super League finals took place at London’s Copper Box, with Loughborough Lightning beating London Pulse 57-48, to go one better than their runners up spot last year.
In Tennis, the French Open saw wins for Iga Swiatek in the women’s final, and Novak Djokovic securing a record 23rd grand slam title in the men’s. British pair Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid won the men’s wheelchair doubles title.
Our guest this week is friend of the show Andy McMenemy- who always brings great positivity and inspiration to the show. Andy talks about how he has had superb results in shifting weight he had gained, and shares the tactics he has used that don’t require any fancy gym equipment or radical diets-but instead require a shift in mindset and just putting one foot in front of the other!
A really inspirational discussion that all Null & Void listeners can take motivation from. Andy can be contacted on: https://www.facebook.com/AndyMcMenemyPeakPersonalPerformance/
We kick off Episode 105 with the surprise news of the truce called between the PGA tour, the DP World Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV tour that brings the previously warring factions together under one roof.
With the French Tennis Open well into its second week we discuss the quarter-finals and semi-finals and who the favourites are for both the men’s and women’s finals.
In Rugby Union London Irish have become the third premiership club this season to be suspended from the league due to financial issues, whilst in Rugby League we look back on the fantastic round of games with the “Magic Weekend” in Newcastle.
The final regular seasons games of Netball’s Super League have decided the line ups in the play off semi-finals, with London Pulse due to play Surrey Storm and Loughborough Lightning playing Manchester Thunder as the teams vie for a place in the final on 11th June. And in cricket, England warmed up for the first Ashes test with a 3-day win over a battling Ireland side at Lord’s.
Following the conclusion of the Premier League and the FA cup final we bring in our Football Correspondent Billy Carr to talk us through the key points of the season, as well as a look forward to the weekend’s European Champions League Final and the final leg of a possible treble for Manchester City.
In Episode 104 we bring you updates from 13 different sports and a fantastic guest from the world of rowing.
Patrick Lockley has experienced many different roles in rowing-a rower, a coach and a race umpire. He shares with us his insights into each of these roles, as well as explaining what the role of the umpire is in racing, and some of his highlights and favourite venues from his time umpiring and coaching.
In other sports we look back at the last day drama in the Premier League and Women’s Super League-with relegation and titles being decided in the final games.
In Rugby Union it was the Premiership final, with Saracens returning to the top of the pile, and we also discuss England World Cup winner Vicky Fleetwood announcing her retirement.
We have another world record – in Ultramarathon- as Candice Burt smashed the previous women’s record of 22 ultramarathons in 22 consecutive days by running 200 ultras in 200 days!
Cycling’s Giro D’Italia finished in drama, with Primoz Roglic snatching the title from Geraint Thomas in the final time trial, and Mark Cavendish capping the week where he announced his retirement by winning the final sprint in Rome.
And in another Null & Void first, we cover the latest round of the International Hockey Pro-Leagues, with Great Britain, India, Belgium and China all in action in the Men’s & Women’s leagues at the Lee Valley Stadium in London.
Another great episode- as Tony sings, it’s “Simply the best”!
We’ve another cracker this week as we bring you Episode 103.
We start with Manchester City winning the Premier League with a week to spare, and Newcastle securing a Champions League place next season – whilst at the bottom the fight for survival goes right to the final weekend. In the WSL the title chase also goes to the final weekend, with Chelsea in the box seat over Manchester United.
We bring you the latest from the final week of cycling’s Giro D’Italia, with Geraint Thomas in the leader’s Maglia Rosa as they head towards Rome; and we discuss the announcement by the “Manx Missile” Mark Cavendish that he will be retiring at the end of this season.
In Tennis, Tony looks at the news that Andy Murray, Rafal Nadal, Nick Kyrgios and Matteo Berretini will all miss the French Open.
It was Rugby’s European Champions Cup Final, with holders La Rochelle fought back from 17-0 down to beat home side Leinster 27-26 in an enthralling final. This weekend also saw Ospreys, Wales and Lions greats Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric announcing their retirement, ruling them out of Wales’ plans for the upcoming World Cup in the autumn.
In a first for Null & Void we look at Wheelchair Basketball, following the British Premier League final where Manchester Revolution just edged out London Titans 63-61.
And for the second week running we set the sights of Get a Grip towards Twickenham, this week telling the Rugby Football Union’s Chief Executive Bill Sweeney to get a grip on the financials as the governing body in England face a financial black hole of between £50-70 million over the next 18 months.
This week we have 12 different sports and a fantastic guest. Eliot Simons is not only the treasurer of Wallingford Triathlon Club, but has also successfully completed the Austrian Extreme Triathlon – an event that involves swimming, cycling and running over 230km as well as ascending over 6,000 metres across the mountains! Eliot tells us how he got into triathlon and the training required to undertake such a challenge.
In other sports we look back at Chelsea’s win in the Women’s FA Cup Final, in front of a world record crowd of 77,000 at Wembley – and in the men’s Premier League we look at Manchester City now being one win away from being crowned champions.
Rugby League’s Super League had several close finishes or astonishing comebacks – and Leeds’ ground Headingley had watchers holding back tears as Kevin Sinfield carried his old teammate Rob Burrow over the finish line of the first Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon, that raised over £1 million for MND charities.
Rugby Union’s premiership finalists were decided, with Sale facing Saracens in the final at Twickenham on 27th May. And Ireland’s Women finished a tough year by qualifying for the first time for the 7’s tournament in next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris.
The Giro D’Italia cycling race has had a hectic week. It started with a loose dog causing a big pile up of the leaders and ended with Britain’s Geraint Thomas in the pink jersey, after the previous race leader Remco Evenepeol had to withdraw after a positive Covid test.
And in this week’s Get a Grip we take aim at the RFU and Premier Rugby following their disgraceful decision to deny Championship winners Jersey Reds from being promoted to next season’s top flight.
Following the Coronation we serve up an episode fit for a King, covering 10 sports, all your contacts and Tony’s controversial Get a Grip!
We start with Tennis and the good news of Andy Murray winning his first tournament since 2019, as well as discussing the GB Men’s & Junior’s wheelchair tennis teams being crowned world champions in Portugal.
We have all the latest from the Premier League and WSL as the title race, chase for Europe and relegation battles all seem set to go to the wire.
In Cycling we have the latest from the men’s Giro D’Italia, whilst in Spain’s La Vuelta Femenina it was the narrowest of victories for Dutch rider Annamiek Van Vleuten as she won the 7-day race by just 9-seconds, to secure her third La Vuelta title.
England fast bowler Katherine Sciver-Brunt announced her retirement from the international game. After 19-years, 267-caps and 335 wickets the treble Ashes, double ODI World Cup and T20 World Cup winner hangs up her spikes as one of the greats of English cricket.
It was the final regular season weekend in Rugby Union’s Premiership, with European places still up for grabs, and in Rugby League the Catalans’ pre-match entertainment of a parade of prize winning cattle went wrong with one of the bulls breaking loose and chasing round the startled players.
All this and so much more- a truly regal episode!
In our 100th episode we have an excellent range of sports and a fantastic guest.
Victoria Monk is part of the team “There She Rows” – these four women not only broke a record for carrying a rowing boat 100-miles over the South Downs but are also rowing 3,000-miles across the Atlantic to raise awareness of the number of girls and women who drop out of sport each year, and to try and inspire them back in (as well as raising funds for 3 great charities).
Victoria joins us to share the team’s experience whilst undertaking the 100-mile walk, as well as discussing how preparations are going for the cross-Atlantic rowing challenge. Listeners can follow their progress athttps://theresherows.my.canva.site/there-she-rows
In our sports round up, Andy was part of a world record crowd of 58,498 in the Women’s 6 Nations at Twickenham as England secured the Grand Slam with a 38-31 win over France. In the Premier League, Manchester City have overtaken Arsenal in their chase for a treble, whilst Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp injured his hamstring while celebrating his team’s late winner over Tottenham.
In Athletics we have a new, bizarre world record from the London Marathon, and we also cover the controversy in the Marathon Des Sables as the leader and local favourite, Rachid El Morabity, withdrew from the race after receiving a time penalty for allegations of receiving outside help.
And in Netball’s Super League the race for the title is hotting up with London Pulse defeating Manchester Thunder and Surrey Storm to go top of the table moving towards the play offs.
We also share some of your kind messages and congratulations that mark our 100th episode as we now shift our sights to recording the next 100 episodes!
In Episode 99 we bring you three amazing guests. Phil Wortley, Andrew Harden-Sweetnam and Karl Offord share their story of running the London Marathon dressed as Batman, Robin and The Riddler to raise finds for Children with Cancer as part of Team Robin (listeners can get more information and donate via www.TeamRobin.UK). The race organisers even played the Batman theme tune as our terrific-trio approached the finish line!
In a marathon special we also look at some of the records set at the elite end of the race, with wins for Kelvin Kiptum and Sifan Hassan in the men’s & women’s elite race, and Marcel Hug and Madison De Rosario in the elite wheelchair races. Meanwhile, in the Manchester to Liverpool ultra-distance run, there is the story of the 3rd placed finisher being disqualified for getting a lift in a car!
In the Women’s 6 Nations rugby, England’s win over Ireland and France’s win over Wales sets them up for a Grand Slam decider this weekend, in front of a world record crowd with 53,000 tickets already sold. And in the Men’s Premiership the final 4 teams were confirmed in the play offs. Meanwhile in Rugby League, Warrington’s 9 week run at the top of the table was ended as their loss to St Helens and Wigan’s win over Wakefield means the “Piemen” now leapfrog to the top of the table. In the Challenge Cup Halifax’s 28-0 win over Bradford Bulls has been rewarded with a home tie against St Helens in the last 16, whilst York City Knights being drawn against London Broncos means that we are guaranteed a Championship side in the last 8.
We bring you the latest twists and turns in the Premier League and the Women’s Super League, as well as a look back at the FA Cup Semi-Finals which means that Manchester United and Manchester City will play each other in a major final for the first time. We also have the sad news that England Lioness’s Captain, Leah Williamson, will miss the World Cup this summer due to a ruptured ACL.
Having shared our ire regarding the Grand National protesters in last week’s Get A Grip, this week we bring their colleagues in Stop Oil to book, following their protests disrupted the early rounds of snooker’s World Championships in Sheffield.
Listen in for fantastic episode 99 – without a Red Balloon in sight!
In the latest episode of your favourite sports podcast, we bring you 10 different sports, your contacts and a passionate get a grip.
We kick off with an update on the “There She Rows” rowing team, who were carrying their boat for 100 miles over the Easter weekend.
In football we cover the key games in the Premier League, and the semi finals in the Women’s FA Cup – where Manchester United Ladies and Chelsea Ladies booked their places in the Wembley final.
We have updates from the Women’s 6 Nations Rugby, with a record attendance in a sold-out Wales v England, as well as wins for France and Italy. In Rugby League, Warrington’s unbeaten start to the season has come to an end, losing to second placed Wigan Warriors 13-6.
Broadening our range of sports, we bring you the results from the British Open Squash Championships, and a Curling gold medal for Scotland at the Men’s World Championships in Ottawa.
We have a preview of this weekend’s London Marathon, with a special mention for 3 local runners- Andrew, Phil and Carl – who are running in fancy dress to raise funds for Children With Cancer. Good luck to them and everyone taking part on Sunday.
From 2-legged runners to 4-legged – Scottish horse Corach Rambler won the Grand National, but following the disruption caused to the Aintree race and the distress caused to the horses by protests in the name of animal welfare, we tell the protesters to get a grip.
In Episode 97 we bring you 12 different sports and a fantastic Golf guest, as Andrew Wild joins us to give his expert opinion on a cracking weekend at Augusta and Jon Rahm’s win in the US Masters Golf.
In Football we discuss the incident involving Liverpool’s John Robertson and the elbow of an assistant referee (linesman in Andy & Tony’s era!) as the FA investigates following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Premier League leaders Arsenal. In better football news we celebrate England’s Lionesses beating Brazil on penalties to win the Finalissima game between the European and South American champions.
Any discussion of Horse Racing comes with a health warning given Andy’s track record of predictions at Aintree, but we look towards this weekend’s Grand National, and share a couple of tips that you can back (or, more sensibly, avoid!).
In rowing we cover the women’s crew who walked 100 km with their boat. This wasn’t a mistake, it was a great feat to encourage more women and girls to get involved in sport as well as being part of the crew’s build up to their “There She Rows Atlantic Challenge” of rowing 3,000 km across the Atlantic later this year.
And finally, in this week’s Get A Grip, we talk about the opening round of Cricket’s County Championship – where, in the Hampshire v Nottinghamshire match, the umpires decided to break for tea with the hosts only needing 1 run to win. So tea stopped play-quintessentially English, and equally ridiculous!
This week we bring you 12 different sports, and our guest-Graham Ledger- chats about how he got involved in cricket through the ECB’s All Stars coaching programme, as well as the commitment of the on and off-field teams at his local club, Ashford.
Andy has bragging rights this week as Newcastle avenged their League Cup Final defeat by Manchester United with a 2-0 league win over Tony’s Red Devils at St James’ Park. This puts the Toon back in the top four. Meanwhile with Brendan Rodgers and Graham Potter getting axed this week, Tony looks over the 12 Premier League management casualties so far this season.
The US Master Golf kicks off this weekend, so we have a preview – including the retirement of former winner Sandy Lyle and the stunning scenery of the famous Augusta course.
In Rugby Union we discuss England’s dominant display over Italy in the Women’s 6 Nations and France’s big win over Ireland – that keeps the two teams on course for a Grand Slam finale at Twickenham at the end of April. And in Rugby League it was the 4th round of the Challenge Cup, where the teams outside the Super League are competing for the final 4 places with the top teams in the 6th Round.
We also have a slew of records in Athletics and Cricket, and in Horse Racing Doddie’s Impact – named after Scotland rugby player and Motor Neurone Disease campaigner Doddie Weir – won in the first weekend of the flat season, with his owners making a significant donation from the prize money to the MND charity that Doddie set up.
Yet another cracking episode from the team!
In Episode 95 we start by looking back at the weekend’s Boat Race, with Cambridge University taking a clean sweep in all four races on the River Thames.
With the Reading Half-Marathon coming up this week, Tony talks about the part he played in the race having an iconic finish in the football stadium. And whilst he isn’t training for a race this year, we also celebrate Tony’s consistency with this week marking 3 years of him setting himself the challenge of training two times every day.
The Women’s Six Nations Rugby kicked off with three great games – convincing wins for England and Wales, and a hard-fought win for France. England captain Sarah Hunter signed off a wonderful career at her home club Newcastle. Meanwhile at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium, Andy & Billy Carr (our Football Correspondent) were watching Saracens v Harlequins and trying to deal with leaky pint pots!
In our “Get a Grip” feature we call out the hypocrisy of Premier League football clubs, with many of them holding “green football days” and preaching to fans about carbon neutral, whilst themselves flying to over 80% of away games.
In Episode 94 we kick off looking at the FA Cup quarter-finals, and the madness at Old Trafford that saw Fulham have two players and their manager sent off as they lost 3-1 to Manchester United.
Continuing with red cards, in Rugby, England’s Freddie Steward was sent off in their defeat by Ireland. This win meant the men in green sealed the 6 Nations title and Grand Slam, whilst France sealed runner up spot by beating Wales and Scotland finished a good season with a close fought win over Italy.
Two legends of women’s sport announced their retirements this week. England Rugby captain Sarah Hunter plays her last game on Saturday against Scotland, after a 16-year career that has included winning the World Cup and multiple Grand Slams, as well as being England’s most ever capped player – both women’s and men’s. Maddie Hinch has been England and Great Britain goalkeeper for 15 years, winning gold at both the Olympics and Commonwealth Games during her 186 caps. Two greats, who have both done so much for women’s sport.
This week’s guest is Darryl Saunders, Chairman of Langley FC. He joins us to chat through how he got involved with the club, as well as the great plans for making the club a key asset in the local community by developing the off-field facilities to match the ambitious aspirations on the field. A club that is definitely going places.
In Episode 93 we discuss the fallout from the Gary Lineker and BBC situation, and ask whether both sides could have handled things differently?
Getting back on the field – where we much prefer to be – we look back at the weekend’s 6 Nations Rugby and England’s humbling at the hands of France, Ireland’s next step towards a Grand Slam in Edinburgh and a Welsh win in Rome. In the Northern variant of Rugby (League) we run through the results from the weekend, with Warrington and Catalans continuing their unbeaten starts to the season.
In Cricket, Bangladesh completed a 3-0 series win over England in the T20 series, but there is a silver lining for the Three Lions team with the appointment of Australian bowling coach David Saker ahead of this year’s Ashes and World Cup.
Hurling gets a first ever appearance on our show, with Andy having been hooked by coverage of the bottom of the table battle between Antrim and Laois with Antrim’s win condemning the visitors to having to play off for their Division One future.
In Athletics we mourn the sad passing of Dick Fosbury- the man who revolutionised the high jump with his “flop” jumping style.
We’re joined by our football correspondent Billy Carr, to give us the latest at both the top and bottom of the Premier League as well as how he sees things playing out as the title and relegations races enter their final lap.
Yet again another fantastic episode.
In Episode 92 we say a big “Shalom” to Israel as they become country number 38 to join the Null & Void family.
We open by looking at the success for Great Britain’s athletes in the European Indoor Athletics Championships, with Laura Muir, Keely Hodgkinson and Jazmin Sawyers all taking gold in Istanbul. Meanwhile in the Women’s Pentathlon event, one competitor broke the world record only for it to be broken 6 seconds later!
As you’d expect we do a post-mortem on Manchester United’s 7-0 defeat to bitter North-West rivals Liverpool. Andy takes great delight in Tony’s discomfort-although United’s women’s team going top of the Women’s Soccer League (WSL) does provide some silver lining for Mr Grundy!
In Rugby Union, Marcus Smith shone in Harlequins’ win over Exeter at Twickenham in what some were billing as an audition for the England 10 jersey against France this week. And in the women’s game earlier in the afternoon, Quins and Exeter set a UK domestic women’s attendance record, pulling in 15,420 to watch the Chiefs win.
Our Get a Grip section this week features Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club for their seeming to confuse the Thames Valley with the Rhondda Valley in proposing to merge with the Ospreys in South Wales so that they can access top flight rugby by the back door.
Another magnificent episode.
To use a cricketing term, we’re into the nervous 90’s with episode 91 – although we’re still going from strength to strength.
We look back over the weekend’s 6 Nations Rugby, with two cracking games in Rome and Paris, and a close, edgy affair which England won in Cardiff.
Tony has Null & Void bragging rights after his United (Manchester) beat Andy’s United (Newcastle) in the League Cup Final at Wembley-despite Andy’s effort at dirty tricks to derail the Red Devils.
In Athletics there were indoor national records for 3 British athletes, whilst one long jumper choosing to compete in a bucket hat and balaclava! And staying with the cold theme, there was a first World Championships Gold in Snowboard Slopestyle for 16-yearold Mia Brookes.
And finally, we pay tribute to the “Voice of Football” after legendary commentator John Motson passed away last week.
This week we preview the League Cup Final between Tony’s Manchester United and Andy’s Newcastle United – with Andy unleashing an underhand secret weapon to try and help the less fancied Magpies!
We look back on an amazing win for St Helens in Sydney, taking Rugby League’s World Club Challenge Cup with an extra time golden point score, in a game that more than equalled international level intensity.
In Cricket, England’s men’s test team put in a dominant display under lights, beating New Zealand in just over 3 days to take a 1-0 lead in the series, whilst England’s women secured their place in the T20 World Cup Semi-Finals, against hosts South Africa. And there was drama in the final 300 metres of the Women's World Cross-Country Athletics championships in Bathurst, Australia.
Our guest this week is Golf professional Andy Wild, who joins us to update on how things are panning out in the contest between the PGA Tour and the breakaway LIV event, as well as the effect the improving weather conditions and lighter nights have for the amateur player.
Another great episode!
Episode 89 is another cracker as we cast our eagle eyes over 9 different sports!
We start with a review of the NFL Superbowl, with Patrick Mahomes showing why he was this season’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) as he led the Kansas City Chiefs to a final win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
We then tackle rugby union and discuss home wins for Ireland, Scotland and England-with the Murrayfield game marking the culmination of the Doddie Aid 555 charity cycle ride as they delivered the match ball, and Scotland’s captain being given the Doddie Weir Cup by Doddie’s wife.
IN skateboarding we celebrate a first World Championship Gold for Britain’s Sky Brown, with the 14 year old adding the gold in Sharjah to the Olympic bronze she won in Tokyo.
We also have updates from Athletics, the Premier League and Women’s Super League, Golf, the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup and the start of a new Rugby League Super League season (with Andy applying the kiss of death with his predictions!).
A true cornucopia of sports for you to enjoy!
We start episode 88 looking back at the weekend’s 6 Nations Rugby games – with Scotland winning in London, Ireland winning in Cardiff and a narrow win for France in Rome. We look forwards to this weekend’s fixtures and wonder if it could be a first win in 30 for Italy against England.
With the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup starting this weekend we chat about England’s warm up wins over South Africa & New Zealand, as well as Ireland beating Australia.
In football the big talking point is Manchester City being charged by the Premier League with over 100 alleged breaches of the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules – and the possible sanctions that could be meted out if they are found guilty.
With the Superbowl coming up on Sunday, our guest is regular listener, Ironman and someone who has cycled across America. As well as all of those, Lee Spoor is a long-suffering 49ers fan. He joins us to run the rule over this year’s finalists – Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles- and all the razzmatazz that attracts an audience of over 100 million every year. He also explains how someone from the North West of England first got attracted to the game, and ended up supporting a team from the West Coast of the USA.
And finally, we say a big “Buna Ziua” (Hello) to Romania, as they become the 37th country to join the Null & Void family.
This week we are joined by guest (and sometimes co-host) Paddy Mullarkey as he and Andy preview the 6 Nations Rugby, discussing their predictions for the tournament (sorry Ireland fans!)
Novak Djokovic responded to last year’s expulsion from Australia in convincing fashion, winning the Australian Open men’s singles tennis title – and British wheelchair athlete Alfie Hewitt won the men’s singles title to add to the doubles title he retained with Gordon Reid.
In NFL we have the Superbowl finalists after the Chiefs beat the Bengals in the dying seconds of the game, whilst the Eagles beat an injury affected 49ers. They now compete in the Superbowl on 12th February.
Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed seemed to continue their feud in golf’s Dubai Desert Classic. There were tees flicked as the Ulsterman beat his rival by one shot to win the £1.2 million prize money, whilst the American courted controversy over a ball that got stuck in the top of a palm tree.
And in Rugby we look at the crises enveloping both the English and Welsh Unions, as well as looking back at a weekend of domestic rugby-including the much-vaunted Chicken Balti Pies at London Irish!
It’s two grumpy old men on this week’s episode!
Tony has got his voice back and puts it to good use to talk about the farce at Chelsea, after their Women’s Super League game against Arsenal was called off after just 6 minutes due to a frozen pitch.
Meanwhile, Andy looks at the potentially damaging impact that the RFU’s new tackling laws could have on rugby’s amateur game and asks if this change has any benefits in improving safety?
We also bring you the latest from the Australian Tennis Open, England’s Netball series against Australia, Canada and South Africa, build up to the One Day Cricket series and an amazing Park Run feat, with Holly Ranson becoming the first Australian woman to run 24 Park Runs in 24 hours.
Definitely an awesome listen as you clock up your Doddie Aid Miles!!
With Tony having lost his voice due to the winter lurgy, Andy is left flying solo for the updates this week. He is, however, joined by a fantastic guest. Clinical Hypnotherapist, Motivational Speaker and Ultramarathoner Andy McMenemy comes in to look at how listeners can keep their motivation for their New Year’s resolutions, as well as some of the psychology around extreme sports challenges and what leads to top level performance in elite teams.
We update on the latest from the Australian Tennis Open, including players talking about the “Netflix Curse”. We then discuss the Manchester and North London football derbies and the top of the table clash in the Women’s Super League. Staying with women’s sport we cover England’s netball series against Jamaica as they prepare for this year’s World Cup.
In Rugby the coaching changes continue and just 6 weeks after being sacked by England, Eddie Jones has been named as Australia’s Head Coach-potentially setting up a mouth-watering clash with England in the World Cup in the autumn.
Lastly we have a Doddie Aid update, with more of the Null & Void listeners joining up. There is still time to get involved and help raise funds & awareness for Motor Neurone Disease – just go to www.DoddieAid.com and sign up.
Tennis coach Justin Cook joins us this week ahead of the Australian Tennis Open to give his thoughts on the players to look out for in the tournament, as well as sharing an honest outline of the challenges facing coaches in the current economic climate.
We give an update on how people are getting on in the Null & Void Doddie Aid league. There is still time to sign up at www.doddieaid.com and support MND (as well as knocking Tony down the table!).
The 3rd Round of the FA Cup is always a magical time, with the big guns joining those teams that have made it through this far – and we look at some of the giant killings where the lower league teams have beaten Premier League teams.
A cracker of an episode.
We’re back after a short festive break, and wishing all of our listeners a Happy New Year!
Tony talks about the sad passing of World Cup winners George Cohen and shares his personal experience of meeting Pele, who also passed away at the end of 2022.
We cast an eye back over some of the great memories from 2022 – the Lionesses winning the Euro’s, a fantastic victory for England’s Rugby League Wheelchair team, and the remarkable turnaround in England’s cricket fortunes – with the test team setting records under Stokes & McCullum and the T20 World Cup win in Australia.
We then look forwards to some of the upcoming events in 2023 – Women’s T20 and Men’s 50 Over World Cups on top of Ashes series for both sides, football’s Lionesses trying to add a World Cup to their European crown, all the home nations competing in Rugby’s World Cup in France, and Golf’s Ryder Cup in the autumn – all just some of the highlights we’re looking forward to.
January is a time for resolutions, with many people getting more active to shift the mince pies. At Null & Void we have the perfect challenge for YOU, our listeners. We’re supporting Doddie Aid and you can get involved too. Sign up at www.doddieaid.com– your £20 goes to supporting people with MND and finding a cure for this terrible illness. Once signed up you can then join the Null and Void league in the app. Track your activity – walking, running, swimming, cycling, rowing – they all count. We’ll be tracking the league and sharing people’s progress. There might even be a few N&V goodies for those that go the furthest or raise the most! So come and get involved!!
It’s a real Christmas cracker that we have for our listeners in this week’s show.
N&V Football Correspondent Billy Carr joins is to look back at Argentina’s win in a classic World Cup Final, as well as seeing how our predictions played out over the last month.
With the temperatures in the UK being so low, it’s apt that we discuss some record breaking times in the Antarctic Ice Marathon, with the men’s winner- Irishman Sean Tobin – taking first place in 2 hours 53 minutes.
Leg spinner Rehan Ahmed became the youngest England Men’s Test Cricketer, taking seven wickets and putting England on the verge of a whitewash series win in Pakistan, and we also look back at England’s women winning both their 50-over and 20-over series in the West Indies.
In rugby we discuss the announcement of Steve Borthwick as England’s new coach, as well as asking why Wasps and Worcester appear to have been treated very differently by the RFU in their ongoing efforts to keep the clubs playing whilst facing big financial challenges.
We wish all of our listeners a very Happy Christmas and we’ll be back with all again from 5th January!
After a week off, we’re back with Episode 81. With the World Cup into its final week, we look back over some of the highs & lows of the knockout stages, and see how Tony, Andy & Billy’s predictions have fared.
We discuss the fantastic Test Cricket series between Pakistan and England. This is the first series between the 2 sides in Pakistan for 17 years – whilst England have won the series with a game to spare, both games have ended in tense and close finales.
Picking up on a previous topic, we cover the fiasco of a 100-mile ultramarathon being mis-measured by 218 metres, possibly costing Camille Herron her World Record 8 months after the race, and in rugby we look at the changes in leadership in both Twickenham and Cardiff, with Warren Gatland replacing Wayne Pivac as Coach of Wales, and Eddie Jones being sacked as England coach 9 months before the World Cup begins.
Our Guest is friend of the show and fitness expert, Sarah Kirkham. Sarah joins us to talk about how her “medal a month” challenge has gone, what her highlights were, and her plans for future challenges in 2023. Sarah also shares some great points on how people can stay on top of their fitness goals during the celebrations of the festive season.
A fantastic return!
In this week’s Null & Void Podcast we bring you our reflections on the 2nd batch of Football World Cup pool games in Qatar, and what teams need to do to make the knockout stages.
We also look at the thrilling finale to the World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi, with Frenchman Leo Bergere just edging out Britain’s Alex Yee in the final standings.
With England and Wales both enduring woeful weekends in their Rugby Union internationals, we ponder the implications for coaches Wayne Pivac and Eddie Jones, whilst in more positive news we look forward to England’s first Cricket Test Match in Pakistan for 15 years and the announcement of the Vitality Roses warm up series in preparations for next year’s Netball World Cup in South Africa.
Given the disappointing performances of England’s football and rugby teams over the weekend, we wrap up by sharing our thoughts on fans who boo their team, wondering what benefits it actually offers and suggesting that they may like to get a grip!
We're taking a week off after this week, but we promise we'll be back on the 15th December to bring you more great sports stories!
We kick off Episode 79 with the news that Cristiano Ronaldo has left Manchester United after his explosive interview. We then move on to talk about the first 3 days of the Qatar World Cup, with England starting with a convincing 6-2 win over Iran, Wales drawing with USA and Saudi Arabia causing a shock with a 2-1 win over Tony & Andy’s tip to win the cup, Argentina.
In Rugby League Andy talks about the men’s and women’s World Cup finals at Old Trafford. Australia dominated both games to make it a World Cup double – with Andy stating the performances made up for an untoasted toastie! Kevin Sinfield finished his amazing feat of running 7 ultramarathons in 7 days at half-time in the men’s final, having raised over £1.6 million for MND charities. And we celebrate England’s Wheelchair Rugby League team winning the World Cup, beating France in a fiercely contested final.
We wrap up with a review of the ATP Tennis Finals, with Novak Djokovic matching Roger Federer’s number of ATP titles, and netting a cool £3.9 million for his win in Turin, as well as looking back at the weekend’s Rugby Union internationals, with Ireland continuing their great autumn with a close win over Australia, England stealing a late draw with New Zealand and Georgia adding fuel to their claims for a 6 Nations place with an historic win over Wales!
Episode 78 is another episode of nail-biting World Cup updates!
We celebrate England’s T20 Cricket win over Pakistan to become the first men’s team to hold the 50 over and T20 titles at the same time. Andy talks about his trips to Elland Road and the Emirate for the Rugby League World Cup Semi-Finals. Both close games, with England losing to Samoa in extra-time.
It was also disappointment for England fans in the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup Final as the Red Roses’ 30 gam winning streak was ended by hosts New Zealand in front of a record crowd.
With the Qatar football World Cup getting under way on Sunday, our Football Correspondent Billy Carr joins us to share his thoughts on the potential winners and dark horses, what England and Wales’ chances are, and who are the key players to watch out for.
All in all, a World Champion Episode!
In Episode 77 we start with the T20 Cricket World Cup and England’s narrow win over Sri Lanka putting them into the Semi-Finals at the expense of hosts Australia.
Andy reflects on his visit to Twickenham to see an abject performance by England in losing their Rugby Union test to Argentina, whilst in the Women’s World Cup the Red Roses booked their place in the final against hosts New Zealand. We also discuss the Rugby League World Cup, with England beating Papa New Guinea to secure a place in the semi-finals, as well as the “Great Wigan Pie Shortage of 2022”.
In football we tell FIFA to get a grip as controversy continues to dog the build up to Qatar’s World Cup. We also discuss the weekend’s Premier League results, including a win for new Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, and Tony talks about finding a new way of venting his anger with his new punchbag that looks like Jurgen Klopp!
This week we start with a look back at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships from St George, Utah – with a good showing for the British Women. We follow this with an update on the T20 Cricket World Cup, where England kept their slim chances alive with a win over New Zealand.
Staying in the Antipodes we cover the knock-out stages of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, looking back at the quarter finals and looking forward to England v Canada and New Zealand v France in the semi-finals, before bringing the rugby chat closer to home and discussing Harlequins’ trademark last play Premiership win over local rivals London Irish.
We discuss the brave move by the Australian football team in releasing a video that is critical of key issues with Qatar 2022 and wonder if other teams will follow suit.
Our guest this week is recent co-host Paddy Mullarkey, who joins us on the other side of the microphone to talk about Arsenal’s fantastic start to the season, and what he thinks has culturally changed at the club this season to have them topping the table.
We welcome Tony back from his travels down under, before Andy updates on his visits to Coventry & Bolton for the Rugby League World Cup and runs through how things are shaping up with the final round of group games left.
With the T20 Cricket World Cup under way, we discuss the early games, including South Africa again ending up in a bizarre rain affected result in their draw with Zimbabwe.
Looking forwards, we discuss the upcoming quarter finals in the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup, with Wales set to play hosts New Zealand and England set to play old foes Australia.
In Athletics we tell the organisers of the Great Scottish Run to “Get a Grip” after Eilish McColgan’s 10,000m record was knocked out of the books due to the course being measured short, whilst Andy laments a 14thconsecutive unsuccessful application for a ballot place in the London Marathon.
Building on some of the great contributions by recent guests, we discuss mental health in sports, as well as some of the benefits many people find that sport has for their mental health.
In the guest co-host seat this week is our Football Correspondent Billy Carr. He helps me review England’s hard fought win over France in the Women’s World Cup and we recognise the amazing achievement of captain Sarah Hunter equalling the record caps for England with her 137th appearance.
We look back at the weekend’s Premier League football and ask how more can be done to protect referees from the appalling abuse by players and managers, as well as neither Tony nor I getting bragging rights after Manchester United and Newcastle played out a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
The Rugby League World Cup kicked off in Newcastle, with Andy (way, way) up in the stands. Despite some PA problems off the pitch, England performed on it, with a 60-6 win over Samoa, whilst Ireland opened with a win over Jamaica and Scotland were beaten by Italy.
Billy reviews two big upsets in Cricket’s T20 World Cup, with Scotland beating West Indies and Namibia turning over Sri Lanka, whilst our “Roving Australian Sports Reporter” goes into a bit of the background of Australian Cricket.
Another great episode!
This week we have a focus on the different World Cup events taking place across the globe. England’s Red Roses opened the Women’s Rugby Union World Cup in New Zealand with an emphatic win over Fiji, whilst the Rugby League World Cup (Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair events) kicks off in Newcastle this coming weekend.
England’s men continued their build up to cricket’s T20 World Cup with a series win over Australia, and Ireland’s women beat Scotland in a play-off to qualify for next year’s football World Cup Down Under.
In the midst of all this it was a double blow for domestic men’s rugby, with Wasps following Worcester into administration, and whilst Max Verstappen secured the 2022 Formula 1 Driver’s Championship with a win in Japan – questions now hang over whether he’ll be able to keep his 2021 title after Red Bull were found guilty of breaching the budget cap rules last season.
This week was World Mental Health Awareness Day, so Clinical Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist and Peak Performance Coach Andy McMenemy joins us, from his holiday in Cyprus, to chat about ways that sports & exercise can help manage mental wellbeing, as well as offering some great techniques that listeners can quickly & easily incorporate into their day to help manage their stress levels.
Another amazing show!
It’s another amazing episode we have for you this week.
With Tony being on holiday in Australia, I’m joined in the co-host’s seat by my friend and former colleague Paddy Mullarkey.
We review Arsenal’s derby win over North London rivals Spurs and Paddy taking on a former professional poker player in a bet on the game. We discuss Worcester’s plight in rugby union and ask if the game’s governing bodies should have done more to prevent this sooner, and the risks to the other Premiership clubs with them carrying a combined £500m worth of debt between them.
NFL came to town with the first of 3 games in London this month, bringing final minute drama with a “double doink”, and staying in London we look back at the amazing stories from the London Marathon as it was back to full numbers for the first time since 2019.
With the Women’s Rugby World Cup starting in New Zealand on Saturday, our guest this week is women’s rugby player Emily Bambridge. Emily talks about how she got into the game, playing alongside internationals at Medway Ladies, as well as looking at the Red Roses’ chances in New Zealand, and what success could mean in further growing the women’s game back home.
This week we bring you another smorgasbord of sporting updates!
We discuss the fantastic record crowd for a Women's Super League game, with Arsenal getting 47,000 for their game at The Emirates. And in other records, runner Eliud Kipchoge broke his own marathon world record, winning the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 1 minute and 9 seconds.
In Rugby League's Grand Final at Old Trafford Saint Helens made it 4 Super League titles in a row with their win over Leeds, whilst in Union we have the latest on Worcester's suspension from all competitions, Quins and Exeter serving up a 75 point classic and New Zealand winning the Southern Hemisphere Championship with a convincing win over Australia.
Andy asks whether the "Mankad" is a fair way to win a match or whether it is just not cricket?
Our guest this week is our Football Correspondent Billy Carr. Billy joins us to look at the issues facing Gareth Southgate's England after a 1-0 defeat to Italy left them at four games without a win and relegated from their Nations League group, with just 58 days to go until the World Cup kicks off in Qatar.
In Episode 70 we discuss England Women’s Rugby Red Roses extending their winning run to a record 25 games with a 73-7 win over Wales before heading off to New Zealand for the Women’s World Cup.
We have a round up of the weekend’s Premier League football action, with both North London clubs going well, and Arsenal fielding the youngest ever Premier League player.
St Helens held off a resilient Salford to make the Super League Grand Final where they will face Leeds, who capped an unbelievable turnaround to their season by beating Wigan.
Our guest is a regular friend of the show. Tennis coach Justin Cook run JC Tennis, and he joins us to look back on the careers of two tennis greats after Serena Williams and Roger Federer announced their retirement from the game- the end of a tennis epoch!
Whilst the UK is in a period of mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we still bring you the latest happenings from the world of sport, as well as an amazing guest.
Andy gives an update on how his Thames Path Challenge 100 km walk went, then we look back at the men’s and women’s US Open Tennis Finals, and discuss Test Cricket on “fast forward” following England’s win over South Africa in 2.5 days to seal a series victory.
The Rugby League play off semi-final pairings have been decided after wins for Leeds and Salford in the eliminator round, whilst in the first weekend of the new Rugby Union season reigning champions Leicester were beaten by former champions Exeter, and in the opening NFL weekend it was a winning return for Tom Brady in his comeback, whilst Superbowl champions the LA Rams suffered an opening day loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Our guest this week is Andy McMenemy. Andy talks to us about his journey from a successful corporate career to becoming an award-winning inspirational speaker, psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist. Andy also shares the story of his record-breaking endeavours in Challenge 66 – where he ran 66 ultra-marathons in 66 cities in 66 days to support the ABF Soldiers’ Charity – all whist having seriously injured his Achilles tendon on day 2!
In Episode 68 we give the latest updates in Week 2 of the US Open tennis, and we also review the General Classification standings in the last week of cycling’s La Vuelta Espana, and the one=week Tour of Britain race.
With the final cricket test v South Africa and the T20 World Cup coming up, we wonder how Jonny Bairstow’s bizarre golfing injury will impact the England team, whilst in Rugby League we confirm the teams that have made the play offs after last minute drama in the final regular league games of the season.
Our guest this week is Dr Peter Swoboda, a consultant cardiologist who is also conducting research at Leeds University into cardiac health in endurance athletes, with the aim of making the sports safer. Peter shares with us the drivers behind his choosing this specialist area of research and how it links to his enjoyment of distance running, as a marathon competitor himself.
This week we discuss yet another turnaround in the England Test team’s cricket fortunes after their innings win over South Africa as well as a particularly bad day for Derbyshire league local side Elvaston after they were all out for just 9 runs!
We look back at the weekend’s Premier League football, with Liverpool’s 9-0 win over Bournemouth leading to Scott Parker being the first top flight manager sacked this season after just 4 games. We also pay tribute to two retiring Lionesses, Ellen White and Jill Scott, who have brought the curtain down on fantastic careers with that Euros win at Wembley.
In Rugby Union, Argentina’s win in New Zealand continues an annus horribilis for the All Blacks and in Rugby League’s Super League, Saint Helens have sealed the League Leaders shield and we preview the play offs with 3 of the 6 teams now having confirmed their places.
Our guest this week is Simon Cowlard. He joins us to give an update on his treatment for Multiple Myeloma, as well as outlining how final preparations are going for the fantastic Youth Football Tournament he is organising this weekend (Saturday 3rd September) at Benson United to raise funds and awareness for Multiple Myeloma, and gives details of how listeners can either come along to support or purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win some of the amazing prizes that have been donated.
This week we wrap up the European Championships from Munich at the end of a festival of multisport events across the summer. We pull out highlights from athletics, gymnastics, triathlon, para-canoeing and cross-country cycling.
We cover the weekend Premier League football and Newcastle’s draw with champions Manchester City and Leeds’s comprehensive 3-0 win over Chelsea. And in cricket we review England’s innings defeat to South Africa in the first test and some of the high-scoring affairs in The Hundred.
With the news that HMRC having discussions with Worcester and Wasps over unpaid tax bills, with Worcester seemingly on the edge of going into administration, we discuss the parlous state of rugby union’s finances and the implications for these two particular clubs.
The US Tennis Open starts on Monday, so tennis coach Justin Coach returns to preview the tournament and see if he can follow up some excellent predictions for Wimbledon with similar success at Flushing Meadows (hopefully they will be better than his prediction on the Man Utd v Liverpool result!).
Another great episode.
Regular listeners will be glad to hear that this week’s episode doesn’t contain any of Tony’s melodic efforts-after we received numerous contacts and complaints after his opening to last week’s show!
This week we discuss the drama on the field, and utter nonsense off it, from the weekend’s Premier League football matches, and then look back on a fantastic start to an 11-day feast of sport with the European Championships, and the 10 different sports involved.
We also review the closing stages of Rugby’s Super League season, with Saint Helens having secured a semi final play off place with 4 games to go, and Wakefield boosting their hopes of avoiding relegation with a vital win over Wigan.
Our first guest is Swinda Falkena. When Swinda is not studying atmospheric circulation regimes as part of her PhD research she can be found playing football for Wokingham Ladies FC and competing in marathon and ultramarathon running races. Swinda chats with us about completing the South Downs 100km race this summer, as well as getting around the country to watch a number of the women’s European Championship football matches.
Friend of the show and regular guest John Peacock returns – but rather than wearing his pilates instructor hat, John joins us to talk about his beloved Brentford, as we make Tony relive Manchester United’s 4-0 hammering at the hands of “The Bees”!
With Commonwealth Games having closed this week we look back on a fantastic 2 weeks and pull out some of our highlights from Birmingham.
We are joined by England international Squash player, Tony Wheeler, who shares his experience of watching the men's & women's squash finals - as well as other members of his family seeing English success in Hockey and Gymnastics (we believe that Team England should fly the Wheeler's out to Adelaide in 4 years' time as gold medal good luck charms!).
As football's Premier League season gets under way our Football Correspondent Billy Carr offers his predictions for the season - Top 4, Bottom 3, Golden Boot and Manager Sack Race are amongst Billy's tips- always a perilous pastime given this show's extremely mixed track record with previous predictions!
We can’t start Episode 63 with anything other than the fantastic achievements of England’s footballers in the Women’s European Championship final at Wembley. We look back over a great tournament as well as looking forwards to how the success of Sarina Wiegman’s team can hopefully create a lasting legacy for future women’s football players.
Our focus then moves to Birmingham and the Commonwealth Games. Tony & Andy share their highlights so far, including Andy’s trip to days 1 & 2 of the Rugby 7’s, and we are joined LIVE from the athletics by Ben Crabb, as he takes a well deserved break from his role managing the health & safety aspects for the whole games and shares the fruits of his labours with his family.
Our second guest is Null & Void regular, fitness and wellness expert Sarah Kirkham, fresh from completing her first ultramarathon. Sarah shares with us how she bounced back from her half-ironman disappointment to complete this 50km run – as well as recounting her unorthodox coffee stop part way round!
Yet again, a great episode from this global sports podcast!
This week we bring you a tantalising smorgasbord of sports. We celebrate the fantastic progress of England’s Lionesses to the Euros Semi-Finals (with Tony feeling pleased that his prediction of an England v Germany final is still on). Andy has been working on his pronunciation of the Tour de France riders’ names, as we look back at the finale of the men’s race and the start of the women’s race.
In cricket whilst the men’s 50-over series v South Africa finished in a washout, whilst there were records for Sophie Ecclestone and Katherine Brunt in the women’s T20 series against South Arica’s women. And in rugby we discuss two serious topics – the RFU decision regarding Trans players in the Women’s game and the start of legal action by 185 former players suffering from a range of brain injuries.
With the Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham on Thursday, Tony gives a rundown of the key statistics and numbers around the event as many thousands of athletes, fans and volunteers head to Birmingham over the next 2 weeks.
Definitely a show that is well worthy of being listened to in 29 countries!
This week on the Null & Void Sports Podcast we bring you a double episode special.
Our Football Correspondent Billy Carr demonstrates another string to his bow of expertise as he joins us to review Cameron Smith’s win at St Andrew’s in the 150th Open Championship.
We look back at the final tests in the rugby summer tours, with Ireland’s first ever series win in New Zealand, England’s win in Australia and defeats for Scotland and Wales.
In the Women’s Euros we celebrate England making the Quarter-Finals after huge wins over Norway and Northern Ireland, whilst in the Tour de France we preview where any big changes could potentially happen as they head into the final week.
As the UK swelters in record temperatures, hopefully our second guest can help cool things down. James Gambrill is the General Manager of Ski Club UK. James chats about how he first started skiing, and his career in a number of different roles in the industry as well as his responsibility for shaping the strategy for Ski Club UK as well as some of the exciting changes and opportunities the 18,000 members can look forward to seeing in the next couple of years.
Another fantastic melange of sports!
In this week’s episode we discuss a great weekend of finals at Wimbledon, with Novak Djokovic taking the men’s crown and Elena Rybakina taking the women’s title.
Rugby saw a complete turnaround from last week, with wins for Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts- setting up winner takes all matches this weekend. In beating Japan, France also secured the world number 1 ranking for the first time.
In cricket, India had convincing wins over England in both formats of white ball cricket, whilst Emma Lamb scored a maiden 50-overs century as England’s women beat South Africa.
We look back at a fantastic start to the Women’s Euros football, including England’s 8-0 win over Norway – and Tony issues a “Get a Grip” to a famous Peer!
We have three guests this week – Andrew Harden-Sweetnam, Phil Wortley and Chris Heemskerk talk about their experiences participating in recent the Ironman 70.3 in West Friesland, as well as some of the other phenomenal challenges that they all blame each other for dragging them into!
On the show this week we reflect on England’s highest ever run chase in the Test Cricket win over India, that keeps the Bazball success rolling, and we look back on defeats for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the first test matches in their Southern Hemisphere rugby tours.
In Wimbledon news we celebrate Cameron Norrie making the men’s semi-finals, as well as running the rule over the other predictions from last week’s guest, tennis coach Justin Cook (spoiler alert – he’s done pretty well!). We also look forward to the Women’s Football European Championships that kick off this week with England and Northern Ireland both in action.
This week our guest is from the world of Pilates and Yoga. Lindsey Jackson tells us about her early days teaching what was then a new phenomenon, to how Pilates has become so widely understood and recognised today. She also outlines how she uses NLP to not only enhance her teaching, but also support the mental approach of the sportspeople she works with.
In this week’s episode we marvel at the turn round in fortunes of the England men’s cricket team after they completed a 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand, successfully implementing the “Bazball” style, and we discuss the strong start by the women’s team in Taunton in their one-off test against South Africa.
In women’s football we look at how England are continuing to prepare for the upcoming Euros with a convincing 5-1 win over current holders Netherlands, and Scotland’s 4-0 win over Ukraine keeps them on track for a World Cup Play Off place.
With the start of Wimbledon upon us we welcome back tennis coach Justin Cook to give us his expertise on what to look out for and his picks for silverware in this year’s tournament.
Another fantastic episode!
In this week’s episode we look back at Leicester Tigers’ last minute win to become this season's Rugby Premiership Champions, as well as a youthful England team’s comprehensive defeat to the touring Barbarians.
In golf we discuss the US Open and Matt Fitzpatrick’s amazing win at Brookline, whilst in cricket the feelgood factor in the new set up has carried over from the test team to the white ball set up, with the one-day side scoring a record 498 in their win over the Netherlands.
In our guest section we bring you not one, but two triathletes. Regular friend of the show, Sarah Kirkham, joins us to tell us how she got on in her Half-Ironman Challenge in Wales – including being confronted with cross-channel ferries – and Matt Turnbull shares his amazing story of completing 7 iron distance triathlons in 7-days, along with how completing multiple triathlon challenges now runs in the family!
In Episode 56 of the Null & Void Podcast Andy recounts his weekend watching the Rugby Premiership Semi Finals and the wins for Saracens & Leicester Tigers. We also remember Llanelli, Wales and Lions great Phil Bennett who sadly passed away this week.
We discuss the latest controversy to grip the LIV Golf Event, as their first tournament took place in the UK this week, and look at how it already seems to have created a chasm in the sport.
With the Isle of Man TT event having just finished, it’s great to have George Ferguson as our guest. George is from the Isle of Man and as well as a lifetime of watching the racing, was also key in the growth of TT Radio in his role as a broadcaster. George shares his memories of the event- the festival atmosphere as well as the racing – and also offers his insights into the way the riders approach the racing, as well as some of his highlights from many years of following the event.
In this Platinum Jubilee episode we discuss England’s winning start for the new captain and coach in the first cricket test at Lord’s.
We look back at the French Open tennis with victory for Iga Swiatek in the women’s and a record 14th men’s title for Rafael Nadal, and also review amazing feats of endurance and technology as Norwegian triathlete Kristian Blumemenfelt becomes the first man to go sub 7-hours for an iron distance triathlon, and British competitor Katrina Matthews becomes the first woman to go sub 8.
This week’s guest is internationally renowned snow and avalanche expert Henry Shcniewind. He shares his story from his early years as a ski racer in the USA to his career delivering “Henry’s Avalanche Talk”, teaching skiers how to safely enjoy off-piste skiing - and how he has used the principles developed in his “Accident Reduction Framework” with other high-risk professions like surgeons, airline pilots and financial services.
It's a European start to this week's episode, with us looking back at Liverpool's defeat to Real Madrid in football's Champions League Final and La Rochelle beating Leinster to win rugby's Champions Cup.
We cover the French Open ion tennis as some of the top men's seeds are knocked out, and we issue a Get A Grip to the International Gymnastics Federation.
With 7 fast bowlers injured for England's first cricket test under Brendon McCullum, our guest Jim Adkins offers his thoughts on fast bowling injuries. Jim is the founder and Medical Director at Berkshire Physiotherapy, and as well as sharing stories of some of his career highlights (including treating athletes at the Commonwealth Games) he also applies his expertise in biomechanics to explaining some of the injury challenges fast bowlers face.
Another great episode brought to you by two sports nuts!
In Episode 53 we chat about our road trip to the Diamond League Athletics - that was also a successful test event for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
We also discuss the shocking price of ice cream at the women's rugby semi-finals, before reviewing the drama on the Premier League's final day. Manchester City came from behind to win the title and Leeds held on to secure their top flight survival.
Our guest this week is Kevin Francis. He shares with us the challenges of completing ultra distance walks whilst having to use crutches, and also gives us an insight into how his training is going as he prepares to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for Parkinson's. A truly amazing story
Episode 52 is another fantastic episode with two amazing guests.
We look back at Liverpool’s penalty shoot out win in the FA Cup final, as well as rugby’s European semi-finals and the appointment of Kiwi Brendan McCullum as the new red ball coach for the England cricket team.
Our first guest is GB Duathlete Mike Butterworth, who talks about his journey from having to learn to swim before doing an Ironman, to then getting into the GB Duathlon team and now starting the business First Tri, providing training plans and coaching support for triathletes at all levels.
Adventurer and rowing record holder Jason McKinlay returns to chat about how him and his four crew mates in Team Sea Legs are finalising preparations for the GB Row Challenge- a 2,000 mile sea row around the coast of Great Britain.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we look at the links between sport and mental health, and the effect they can have on each other.
Our first guest is Null & Void regular Sarah Kirkham, who joins us to share what she and the team at The Club, Mapledurham are doing to help members connect and to support their mental wellbeing. Sarah also talks about the importance of having ongoing activities linked to mental health, rather than just one week per year.
Our Football Correspondent Billy Carr is back as the seasons enters its final furlong, and we ask whether Manchester City have now scuppered Liverpool’s chances of a historic quadruple, preview the FA Cup and Champions League finals and look at what the takeover at Chelsea means for the club.
In other sport we look back on rugby’s European Champions Cup quarter-finals, the ongoing controversy surrounding golf’s LIV tour, the Rugby League Challenge Cup men’s semi-finals and women’s final, and the title winners of the Ironman World Championship in the scorching Utah heat.
This week Andy talks about the highs and lows of his 106km ultra walk around the Isle of Wight.
Our first guest is Mark Dickson, General Manager of The Club Mapledurham. He joins us to talk about the wide-range of activities and events the golf & leisure club are laying on now that Covid restrictions have been lifted, as part of their commitment to being “better than normal”.
We are also joined by Greg Brown, one of the organisers of the reunion to celebrate the anniversary of Chichester City winning the Sussex league in 1980 – a side that included Null & Void’s very own Tony Grundy! Tony & Greg take us through title season, that went down to the very last game, as well as an outline of the celebrations planned for the reunion.
As ever this is all combined with the latest news and updates from the biggest (and not so big) sporting events from throughout the week.
This week we talk about England Rugby’s Red Roses completing a Triple Crown win over Ireland, that now sets them up for a Grand Slam decider against France in Bayonne, and we wonder what’s happened to Exeter this season after Saracens beat them to secure their place in the play-off semi-finals.
In football, Burnley have shown their response to Tony criticism in Get a Grip, taking 4 points in their next two games and overtaken Everton to move out of the relegation zone.
We also have plenty of chat on hill walking, Rugby League, Athletics and Wimbledon's decision to ban tennis players from Russia and Belarus from competing in this year's tournament.
Our guest is golf professional Andy Wild who joins us to look back over some of the highlights of the US Masters, to discuss what could be Tiger’s last Open at St Andrew’s, and to share some key tips for keen golfers now the weather is heading to summer.
In Episode 48 we bring you the second of our Easter specials. Andy gives an update on his final training walk ahead of the Isle of Wight, whilst Tony had a very different approach to working out in the sunshine.
In the more important matters of sport, we discuss head injuries in rugby and what the game needs to do to better protect current players and support former players now struggling with brain injuries. We also ask, in light of the weekend’s European Cup game, whether an orange card is something worth further trials.
In football we review the men’s and women’s FA Cup semi-finals, Derby’s relegation from the Championship, and how the “Canaries Curse” has claimed another Premier League manager.
We also celebrate the achievements of competitors in the Invictus Games in The Hague, and having recently asked what’s next for Ash Barty we marvel at her golfing ability and wonder if this could be her third top-flight sporting career?
With many of our listeners busy tucking into chocolate eggs and hot cross buns this week, we’ve a slightly shorter Easter Special for you.
We apply hindsight to Andy’s tips for the Grand National (spoiler alert- they didn’t win!) and celebrate the fairy tale ending for amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen in winning his final race before retirement.
Andy talks through his 50km walk in Windsor and Tony shares the physical and mental benefits to the regime he’s been following for the past 2 years.
In amongst all this we talk Premier League football, women’s World Cup qualifiers, golf’s US Masters, Rugby’s European Cup and much, much more!
In this week's episode we reflect on a dominant display by Australia in the Women's Cricket World Cup, and talk Varsity Blues with Oxford and Cambridge facing each other in both rowing and rugby.
We also look at the draw for the Qatar World Cup 2022, discussing England's group as well as sharing Andy's predictions for Aintree and the Grand National.
With the nights getting lighter, it's a good point to check-in with guest and tennis coach Justin Cook. He gives us an update on the exciting things happening with his coaching, as well as chatting about some of the top stories (like Ash Barty's retirement at the age of 25) at the elite end of the sport.
We start this week’s episode discussing women’s sports – with a look back at the start of the women’s 6 Nations Rugby, a look forward to Women’s Cricket World Cup Final, and discussing the first ever Women’s Super League Football game at Old Trafford getting a record 26,000 crowd.
We review the impact the law changes have had in the first couple of F1 races this season, and also marvel at North Macedonia causing a World Cup upset as they beat Euros champions Italy, meaning the Azzurri will not be at the finals in Qatar this winter.
Our guest is Simon Cowlard – a local football coach. He takes us through the last couple of months after finding he has Multiple Myeloma, his treatment regime and how he is using his amazing positive mindset and love of football to help organise both a Youth Football tournament in September and a celebrity charity football match, each to raise funds for research into and treatment for this rare cancer.
Following another great weekend of sport, we look back at Italy getting their first 6 Nations win in 7 years against Wales, and ask where England's defeat to Grand Slam winning France leaves Eddie Jones.
We've an update on the Women's Cricket World Cup, with England starting to come good in the group stages, and Andy is particularly smug after his tip for Cheltenham, A Plus Tarde, won the Gold Cup.
Our first guest is Dave Tridgell - he joins us to talk about his first season captaining Didcot Rugby Club 2nd XV, and recounts some of the highlights of the season on the way to leading them to the title in their league.
Null & Void's Football Correspondent Billy Carr pops in to give us a great update on where things stand in the Premier League title race and relegation battle, as well as highlighting the exciting potential of the current crop of England players.
Another fantastic episode that we have lined up for you!
In this week’s show we look back over the 6 Nations Rugby games and the red card in the England v Ireland game. We discuss the Premier League football and the ongoing chaos at Chelsea, whilst looking forward we preview the Cheltenham Festival and we wonder if Andy has set a new London Marathon record?
Our first guest is Sohail Rashid, powerlifter and founder of Brawn – creating a fantastic online technology that seeks to socialise the powerlifting sport, and build communities in a sport that has often been seen as individual.
Friend of the show Sarah Kirkham returns to give us an update on her progress in her Half Ironman journey, outline her new “medal a month” challenge and also share some exciting news about her work in the fitness and wellness industry.
In this week’s episode we pay tribute to Shane Warne and remember some of his amazing feats with the Australian Cricket team. We also discuss the exciting start to the Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, and Tony laments Manchester United’s derby defeat to local rivals City. Our guest this week is Phil Kite. He tells us about taking up rowing later in life and progressing from rowing along the River Tyne to setting a world record in crossing the Atlantic, and the planning of his latest adventure as part of the team attempting to be the first to row the 3,700km North West Passage from Canada to Alaska through the Arctic Ocean.
This week we look back over the weekend’s 6 Nations Rugby action and discuss the implications of the law that left Italy playing most of the game 2 players short, and then look at the shock news regarding Roman Abramovich handing Chelsea over the trustees as he plans to sell his stake in the club. Our first guest is Tim Law who talks about how his lifelong passion for sailing has taken him to the verge of Olympic qualification, a win in the Fastnet Challenge race and competing in the World Masters Games in New Zealand. Stephen Purnell is our second guest, and he joins us to talk non-league football, and his involvement in Goring United and Didcot Town as a player, manager, committee member and most of all, as a fan.
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We celebrate Team GB’s two late medals in the Winter Olympic Curling, whilst Andy recounts the effects of Storm Eunice on his latest training walk. Our guest this week is NBA fan Connor Wakefield, who shares his love of the sport as well as giving us a better understanding of this game of giants! And we have a new inductee into our “Local Heroes”, recognising the great work Tony’s friend Harry Robinson has done for Ice Hockey club Basingstoke Bisons.
This week’s episode is slightly different as it’s spread over two days. We are able to see if Andy’s prediction for the Superbowl was right, as well as reviewing the weekend’s Premier League football and 6 Nations rugby. We discuss the Winter Olympics with guest Konrad Bartelski and he explains that he remains confident Team GB can pick up medals in the final week. We then shift seasons as Ben Crabb gives us an update on how preparations are going for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, describing how the excitement is building up as the clock counts down!
On this week's show we look back over the first weekend of the 6 Nations rugby, and discuss the drama of the FA Cup 4th round. We also talk about the swathe of changes in English cricket and who might be the next Head Coach. Our first guest, Bob Cotell, runs the Coastal Rowing Centre in Studland and tells us about his time in the sport, coaching & developing rowers, and the sport's aims to be in the Olympics by 2028. Our 2nd guest is Mark Dickson, the General Manager of The Club at Mapledurham and he shares his insights into his role, and how he works with his team to provide the best experience for their health and fitness members.
This week we look back at Tom Brady’s NFL career following his retirement and talk about the Bengals and Rams making the Superbowl. We review the Australian Tennis Open finals and also in Australia, the knife edge finish to the Women’s cricket test. Our first guest is Bruce Strachan, who previews this weekend’s Calcutta Cup game between Scotland and England, outlines of this year’s 6 Nations Rugby and talks about his role as an SRU coach, developing the next generation. Football Correspondent Billy Carr returns, to look back at the January transfer window and to ask whether Roy Hodgson has taken on an impossible job at Watford.
This week we review the last-minute drama in all four NFL playoff games and are finally able to celebrate an English win over Australia this winter after the Rugby 7’s team beat them in Malaga. Our first guest is Nigel Rayner who shares with us his vast knowledge of rock climbing ad how the sport has changed over the years. Our second guest is tennis coach Justin Cook, who gives us an expert update on the Australian Open and also talks about dealing with tornado warnings on his recent coaching trip to the USA.
This week we’re focusing on the build-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, with two great guests from the Alpine world. Olympic skier Konrad Bartelski joins us to share his memories of competing and to discuss some of Team GB’s medal hopes. Paul Garner is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching, but also has a background in teaching skiing. He shares his story from how he first took up skiing as a schoolboy to now running his own ski development centre and also developing coaches in his University work.
This week we talk about the magic of the FA Cup 3rd round and some of the giantkillings that took place, and ahead of the Australian Tennis Open we look at the controversy surrounding Novak Djokovic’s visa. Adventurer Jason McKinlay joins us to share some of his amazing feats, including rowing across the Atlantic and ultramarathons in the jungle and desert. Regular guest Barry Wood also joins us to talk about the possible takeover at Derby County that could save them from their financial plight.
In this week's episode we look back over the array of sport from the festive period, including England's 3rd test cricket defeat that ensured Australia retained the Ashes and Andy tries to explain NFL's play off system to Tony as the regular season comes to an end. Our guest this week is the fantastic Sarah Kirkham, who not only gives us an update on her progress in her Half Ironman challenge but also gives some great tips and motivation for those looking to kickstart their New Year with fitness goals and resolutions.
In the final episode of 2021 we bring you 2 wise men (plus Tony and Andy!) We discuss the Premier League and EFL football clubs following the Null & Void advice on vaccines and take a detailed look at England’s second test capitulation in the Ashes. Josh Tarr joins us to talk about his adventure challenges – cycling the length of Britain, a world record row around the coast and kite skiing across the Greenland ice cap. Author Roger Titford then takes us through highlights of Reading FC’s 150 year history, as well as sharing some of the events the club have planned to celebrate this milestone.
On this week’s show we look back at the dramatic finale to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix-with views from both Red Bull and Mercedes supporters. We suggest UEFA get a grip after their mix up with the Champions League draw and we lament England’s all too predictable defeat in the first Ashes Test. Our guest, Masoud Golshani-Shirazi, shares his love of archery-including horseback archery! He explains how the lessons and zen like mindset gained from archery has benefits in so many other areas of life.
This week we’re doing a special episode, focusing on head injuries in sport and their increasing impact on players at both professional and grass roots levels of the game. We are joined by Luke Griggs, Deputy Chief Executive of Headway – the UK’s leading brain injury charity – as well as having input from professional and amateur sports people. We discuss the causes and long term effects of brain injuries in sport, the advice for sports people in Headway’s “Concussion Awareness” campaign and we ask whether we need an evolution of attitude towards head injuries in sport.
This week on the Null & Void Sports Podcast Tony looks back at how he was involved in beating Manchester United’s new manager to a league title in 1980. We also discuss the impact the new variant of Covid has had on sports with rugby teams stuck in South Africa and games called off. Our first guest is sports agent Brendan Taylor – he gives us an insight into his work with golf stars, as well as talking about his early career in rugby and having a Snooker World Champion in the family. Pilates and Yoga teacher John Peacock returns and puts Andy through a few simple (and some not so simple!) stretches.
This week Tony and Andy share their marathon misadventures after Andy accidentally ended up in part of the Gran Canaria marathon whilst on holiday. We discuss England Women equalling the rugby record for most unbeaten test matches and Kevin Sinfield’s remarkable achievement running 101 miles in 24 hours to raise funds for MND. Our first guest is a household name-broadcaster David Hamilton joins us to talk about his career in radio and television, as well as a lifetime supporting Fulham FC and some amazing teammates and opponents in charity football matches. Football Correspondent Billy Carr joins us to try and make sense of a chaotic few weeks in the Premier League, looking at managerial changes and the challengers and strugglers at either end of the table.
In this week’s episode we discuss the rugby internationals and Andy’s visits to watch England men’s and women’s teams at Twickenham as well as his run in with 2 stags on the pitch! We also look back at Lewis Hamilton’s win in the Formula 1 and Australia taking the T20 Cricket World Cup Crown. Neil Humphries joins us to talk about his work on the Big Match Charity and how they have raised over £500,000 for local charities as well as the work they are doing to get more defibrillators into public places. Fitness coach Jack Williams returns to give listeners some motivation and inspiration for continuing to train through the winter months despite longer nights and the colder weather.
We're joined by two very special guests this week. Sir John Madejski talks about his amazing life journey, including being the owner and Chairman of Reading Football Club as they climbed from near bankruptcy to playing in the Premier League. Paul Allen was the matchday announcer for the club for 14 years and Reading fans will recognise his voice from across the PA in those glory days. We also look at England Women’s rugby team being the first team ever to score 50 points past New Zealand’s Black Ferns and discuss the ongoing turmoil at Yorkshire County Cricket as the club tries to address the racism scandal that has rocked the game.
This week we discuss the change in management at Spurs with returning guest Brian McDermott, who also talks to us about his excitement at being appointed the new Head Coach of Featherstone Rovers rugby league club and his plans for the new season. Our very first Local Hero is Tony Wheeler, who has not only played and coached in a number of sports, but also became an England Squash International at the age of 65.
In Episode 24 of Null & Void we discuss, much to Tony’s displeasure, Manchester United’s 5-0 defeat at home to Liverpool and Andy takes a break from trying to be James Bond to look at the T20 Cricket World Cup and England’s fantastic start. Our guest section reunited Tony and Andy with their former sports co-presenters Peter Wilkinson and Suzanne Turner, who were both present when Null & Void first began!
In this week’s episode, we look at Newcastle’s first game under their new owners and the challenges they still face. Derby County fan Barry Wood joins us to talk about the possibilities of points deductions, takeovers or a Great Escape, as well as sharing his thoughts on the T20 Cricket World Cup. We launch a new segment to our show – Local Heroes – a chance to recognise those volunteers who give so much time and support to local sports clubs.
In this week’s episode we discuss the Saudi Arabian backed purchase of Newcastle United and Andy gives an idea of how some of the club’s long-suffering supporters feel. Health & Safety expert Ben Crabb joins us to give us a behind the curtain insight to the work he and his colleagues are doing in the preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Fitness instructor Sarah Kirkham returns to update us on her progress in her inspirational Half Ironman challenge and talks about how she has found introducing running into her programme and changing to pool swimming for the winter!
We review the fantastic races in the London Marathon and also discuss Lizzie Deignan becoming the winner of the very first women’s Paris-Roubaix cycle race. Our first guest is Max Fenton, Key Account Manager at Ascot Racecourse. He talks about founding the Be A Good Sport network to support and mentor sports events professionals in what has been a tough 18 months. Our second guest is women’s footballer and primary school teacher Naomi Loveless. She shares her passion for football - from working in the community game and for the FA, and how all of the skills she learned there are now being put to use in her new career, managing and coaching a classroom full of 7 year olds!
In this week’s show, we talk about Sara Cox becoming the rugby premiership’s first-ever female referee, and we look back on the thrilling finale to cricket’s County Championship. We welcome back golf professional and coach Andy Wild to pick through the ruins of Europe’s record defeat to the USA in Golf’s Ryder Cup, and Dr Andrew Butterworth joins us to give an amazing insight into his work as a performance analyst, and how he provides high quality data to players and coaches in sports like netball and badminton.
This week we celebrate the return of Premiership Rugby and run the rule over the first round of games, as well as reviewing some close finishes in the latest round of NFL fixtures. We look ahead to the final round of Cricket’s County Championship, and we ask if Europe can once again upset the odds to beat the USA in golf’s Ryder Cup. Our first guest is Darren Cunningham, a highly qualified rugby coach who talks us through his work with teams in the North East and Scottish Borders, and then our football correspondent Billy Carr joins us to see how his predictions for the season are panning out.
This week our guest is Gintas Dauksa, someone who has competed internationally in wrestling as well as being a bodybuilder, powerlifter and even spending time as Tony Blair's bodyguard! Andy talks about his 50 km walk in the Thames Path Challenge and we join the rest of the nation in celebrating Emma Raducanu's success in the US Open Tennis
This week we chat about the England Test Match against India, the European Solheim Golf Tournament and the finale of the Paralympics. Jayne Storey Movement and Performance Coach is our guest and talks about using the principles of Tai Chi and Zen arts to help golfers and athletes. A fun-packed sports show!
In this episode our guest is rugby league coach Brian McDermott. We take a look at the first week at the Paralympics for Team GB. And Tony is ecstatic that Cristiano Ronaldo has signed at Old Trafford.
This week we chat about the contrasting fortunes of West Ham, Arsenal and Newcastle in the premier league. The Paralympics 2020 has begun and Steve Hardy is our guest who is a coach for young people competing in the Futures Cup for Hockey.
In this episode, we look at kick-off for the premier league, England losing the cricket to India and our guests are James Gough who lost his Olympic rowing dreams but has grown a fitness business and John Peacock returns to talk about Brentford's victory at the weekend.
In this Episode we chat about the Lions defeat in South Africa, The Olympic Medals and the Paralympics. Our Guests this week are James Ellwood who is involved with the NFL and the growing international game and Billy Carr returns to talk about the new season.
In this week's episode, we talk about The Lions disappointment in their second rugby test against South Africa. Our guests this week are John McSwiney an osteopath who treats athletes and was at the 2012 Olympics and Sarah Kirkham is back by popular demand to talk about the mindset for her up and coming triathlon.
This week we cover the Olympic golds this Monday, the Lions winning in South Africa and the new Hundred in cricket.
This week is packed as usual with many different British sporting events and the Tokyo Olympics that starts this Friday morning. So we catch up with ex Olympic Ski Champion Konrad Bartelski who gives us an insight into competing.
This week we chat about the disappointment at the Euro's but nevertheless a huge achievement by the England squad. We also look at the Men's And Women's finals at Wimbledon. Chat to guests tennis coach Justin Cook and Andrew Harden Sweetnam who completed under health restrictions the 100km race along the Ridgeway.
This week we take a look at the British rising star of Tennis Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon. Guest Dylan Kerr who played for Sheffield Wednesday chats about his football career and Billy Carr returns to give us some insights from the Euro's.
This week we chat about the Harlequins Premiership game, England getting down to the last eight at the Euro's and have two guests. Golf Pro Andy Wild chats about how he went from caddying for his Dad to playing and coaching, And Lee Spoor chats about cycling 3,000 miles across the US.
This week we have three guests; Mark Roach whose Dad helped stop Robert Maxwell's attempt to merge 2 local clubs. Sarah Kirkham is back to give some fitness tips focusing on Spin classes and Billy Carr gives his view on the Euro's so far!
Episode 5 is jam-packed with sports news and Andy relives his recent visit to the England cricket match at Edgbaston. And what happened to Danish player Christian Eriksen at the Euros over the weekend?! We also have two guests with the same surname but not related Jack Williams chats about fitness and Steph Williams chats about swimming.
Episode 4 is packed with two guests Craig Gillies who talks about his 20-year top-flight Rugby career and Billie Carr a football fan who is champing at the bit for the Euro's Kick off this week.
In this episode we cover Long distancing walks, European football, title win harlequins women and guests this week include Liz Ferioli- Brown champion Kickboxer
This week we look back at the football playoffs and Phil Mickelson becoming the oldest winner of the US Open PGA golf championship! We also have two guests John Peacock pilates teacher and Brentford fan and Sarah Kirkham fitness trainer and nutritionist.
Welcome to the first-ever episode with Null and Void aka Tony Grundy and Andy Callaghan. This week they chat about having fans back at Wembley for the FA Cup and head injuries from contact sports. Their guest is Barry Wood, a lifelong Derby County fan and Tony throws in some fitness tips for good measure. Off to a sporting start!