The Players' Podcast
Alasdair Hooper hosts this SportSpiel feature interview with Middlesex and Scotland cricketer Olivia Rae. Life in coronavirus lockdown has had an impact on everyone, but what happens when you’ve put … Continue Reading Olivia Rae: Building your mental health support network
Will Moulton hosts this SportSpiel feature interview with former British athlete Jenny Meadows. In the first episode recorded since the UK-wide lockdown was imposed the World and European 800m medalist … Continue Reading Jenny Meadows: ‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it’
Alasdair Hooper hosts this SportSpiel feature interview with basketball player, poet and campaigner Asma Elbadawi. From a very young age, Asma has always been someone to highlight any inequalities she … Continue Reading Asma Elbadawi: Challenging inequalities and ending the hijab ban
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’
Will Moulton hosts the latest SportSpiel feature interview with Middlesex County Cricket batsman Stevie Eskinazi. For Mintridge Foundation ambassador Stevie, one thing that has proved vital in his career is … Continue Reading Stevie Eskinazi: The impact of momentum – and a crossbow arrow
“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
Will Moulton presents this SportSpiel feature interview with rising British Taekwondo star Rebecca McGowan. There has been a consistent stream of talent coming through the ranks of the sport in … Continue Reading Rebecca McGowan: The rising star of British Taekwondo
Team GB trampolinist Laura Gallagher presents a special SportSpiel episode as she interviews her teammates Bryony Page, Kat Driscoll and Izzy Songhurst. On this edition of the show Laura helps … Continue Reading Laura Gallagher meets: Bryony Page, Kat Driscoll and Izzy Songhurst
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
Alasdair Hooper and Will Moulton are joined by Goalball UK star Sarah Leiter on episode 40 of SportSpiel. FEATURE INTERVIEW On our feature interview section (2:42) Alasdair speaks to Sarah … Continue Reading Sarah Leiter: Goalball and hospital shifts – life with 10 per cent of your vision