The Sports Agents

The fan phenomenon of ‘Ultras’ has taken Scotland by storm… TIFO’s, flares and drums - like we’re used to seeing in Europe - popping up everywhere from the Old Firm right down to the 4th division.
So can this sub-culture be a force for good in an online sphere dominated by the ‘manosphere’ or is it actually just another mask for something more sinister?
Gabby & Mark are joined by Andy Hughes, host of The Crime Agents - who has spent time undercover reporting on football hooliganism in England, and Blair McNally - who has amassed millions of views online documenting Scottish ultras.
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Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides
Producers: Sophie Penney & George Sexton-Kerr
Video Producer: Sam Trudgill
Social Media Editor: Jasmine Wissart
Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network
Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global
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Mo Salah reveals he’ll be leaving Liverpool at the end of this season, Erling Haaland buys one of the last remaining Viking texts in existence & Ben White is back in the England squad for the first time since 2022.
And following a Gold rush for Team GB at a sensational World Indoor Championships, 3000m winner Josh Kerr joins us in studio to talk about regaining his title a year after injury, the money he still owed from Michael Johnson's 'Grand Slam Track' and that 'night night' celebration to his rival.
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Video Producer: Sam Trudgill
Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network
Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global
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Gabby goes down to the England Rugby training ground ahead of the Women's Six Nations to meet former World Player of the Year Ellie Kildunne and her fellow World Cup winner Jess Breach.
The duo scored 11 tries between them at the World Cup before England lifted the trophy at Twickenham in front of the second biggest crowd ever for a World Cup final, men's or women. Ellie was named runner-up at SPOTY, and even tattooed head coach John Mitchell! Now they go again in the Six Nations, with a new captain, fresh faces and a target on their back.
How do they get themselves motivated to go again at the Six Nations after that World Cup high? How is Meg Jones settling in as captain? Do they get recognised way more after the summer's success? And has Ellie tattooed any of her team mates?
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Producer: Sophie Penney
Producer: George Sexton-Kerr
Video Producer: Sam Trudgill
Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network
Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global
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It has been like the longest VAR ruling in history… the match finished two months ago, the Africa Cup of Nations trophy was presented, the considerable celebrations and recriminations were complete.
And then, just as some last-16 Champions League fixtures were finishing on Tuesday night, a communication dropped from CAF.
Senegal had actually forfeited the match by staging their now infamous walk-off and Morocco are AFCON champions via a technicality.
But why has this taken so long? Can you really strip a country of a title? And what happens next?
Former Sierra Leone captain Steven Caulker and Co Host of the ‘On The Whistle’ podcast, Zayn Naabi both join Gabby and Mark.
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Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides
Producer: Sophie Penney
Producer: George Sexton-Kerr
Video Producer: Sam Trudgill
Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland
Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network
Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global
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Weeks ago we were talking about English dominance in Europe, now just Liverpool and Arsenal make it to the quarter finals of the Champions League.
Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs were dumped out, conceding 28 goals between them in the round of 16… so what happened? Liam Rosenior said his players were tired… but was that ‘dominance’ even there in the first place? Or is the scheduling of English football harming clubs performances in Europe.
Meanwhile, Bodo/Glimt were on the verge of a historic Champions League quarter final, with a capitulation in Lisbon seeing their fairytale journey come to an end…Or has it?
How did a town with a population that could fit inside the Etihad stadium make it this far? Can other smaller clubs follow suit? And how is this season’s success all Spurs’s fault?
Norwegian football expert Lars Sivertsen joins Gabby and Mark.
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Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides
Producer: Sophie Penney
Producer: George Sexton-Kerr
Video Producer: Sam Trudgill
Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland
Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network
Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global
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