The Players' Podcast
Former gymnast Grace Harrison and journalist Jordan Jarrett-Bryan go up against each other in our fourth Mastermind quarter-final. Brought to you in association with our charity partners The Mintridge Foundation, … Continue Reading Mastermind quarter-final: Grace Harrison v Jordan Jarrett-Bryan
Middlesex cricketer Olivia Rae and Paralympic champion Danielle Brown go up against each other in our third Mastermind quarter-final. Brought to you in association with our charity partners The Mintridge … Continue Reading Mastermind quarter-final: Olivia Rae v Danielle Brown
British Olympic Trap shooter Georgina Roberts and British Judo athlete Dan Powell go up against each other in our second Mastermind quarter-final. Brought to you in association with our charity … Continue Reading Mastermind quarter-final: Georgina Roberts v Dan Powell
England international rugby players Zoe Harrison and George Furbank go head to head in the first quarter-final of the SportSpiel Mastermind tournament. Brought to you in association with our charity … Continue Reading Mastermind quarter-final: Zoe Harrison v George Furbank
“It’s not just me she’s had a massive effect on. It’s women everywhere. “And it’s not even women – it’s just people in sport. She’s set the bar so high … Continue Reading Gráinne Walsh: How Katie Taylor changed her dreams
Depression, anxiety, stress and self-doubt – these are just some of your mind’s monsters. It’s something Hazel Gale is all too familiar with, having been plagued by her doubting voice … Continue Reading Hazel Gale: Taming your mind monster
Sport is so much more than entertainment. For every titanic tussle, last-minute goal or nerve-wracking finish it brings thrills unlike anything else. But what makes it truly special is the … Continue Reading The coronavirus lockdown has proved how important sport is
Fulfilling the Olympic dream has pushed Eilidh McIntyre in ways she could never have imagined. The Team GB sailor will be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo, but it’s been … Continue Reading Eilidh McIntyre: ‘I was broken, that’s the only way I can describe it’
“I am Georgina Roberts; I shoot Olympic Trap and I am going to take over the world.” It’s taken a lot for Georgina Roberts to get to this point. This … Continue Reading Georgina Roberts: Cancer and transforming a ‘neglected’ sport
“It felt like the end of the world stopping gymnastics but actually I realised there are so many people that go through so much more outside of the sporting world.” … Continue Reading Grace Harrison: ‘It felt like the end of the world stopping gymnastics’
How many times have you heard the story of an athlete who never achieved what they wanted because someone or something held them back? It’s a tale told far too … Continue Reading Marilyn Okoro and Laura Sugar: The power of no
There has been no shortage of shocks in Dartford, home of the London City Lionesses. The brand-new FA Women’s Championship side are currently second in the league – with five … Continue Reading Ellie Mason: ‘We’re going to keep shocking people’
Great Britain’s women’s basketball team are ‘on the cusp of something special’. They are the words of Basketball England CEO Stewart Kellett. And he’s not wrong. In 2017, they failed … Continue Reading The ambitious GB basketball team changing the face of the sport
Jamaican diver Yona Knight-Wisdom is something of an anomaly in his sport. As the Leeds-born athlete says himself, he is almost two metres tall, is a ‘heavy diver’ and he’s … Continue Reading Yona Knight-Wisdom: Writing history and breaking stereotypes
“I developed a self-limiting belief that my worth as a person was correlated to my performance in the pool.” Lizzie Simmonds is one of Britain’s most successful swimmers. She is … Continue Reading Lizzie Simmonds: ‘Who am I and what is my purpose?’
When we first invited Laura Gallagher onto SportSpiel even she had no idea that she was going to share her incredible story for the first time. Having never publicly spoken … Continue Reading Laura Gallagher: Moving on to the next chapter