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Join Mike, Ross and the chief sportswriter at The Guardian, Sean Ingle, as we look ahead to the biggest events in 2026. From the Winter Olympics to the World Cup in football, 2026 will be packed with plenty of drama and, no doubt, controversy. The team discusses the inclusion of ...  Show more

Sir Chris Hoy is an eleven-times world champion and six-times an Olympic champion in cycling! He's got an MBE and is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor ...  Show more

Athletes and social media. It's a combination giving sports fans increasingly more access to - and information about - the world's best sports people. It's also a combination that comes with pitfalls - as England cricketer Ollie Robinson has very acutely discovered. Robinson has ...  Show more

The International Olympic Committee says it’s moving towards a complete ban on transgender women in female categories, ending years of dithering and delay. Initial findings from a science-based review indicate that athletes born male retain obvious physical advantages, even after ...  Show more

Nigel Martyn is with us for the second episode of series 18, talking through his rise from a Cornish plastic factory to Premier League football. Including misdirection at Everton, Gardening duty at Leeds, fallouts with Terry Venables and World Cup private jets. Learn more about ...  Show more