Time for another update from Tokyo to let those who are interested know how things are panning out for one individual. Ashley has now been in Tokyo for over a week and has commentated on four different sports so far

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Arrived in Tokyo and time to share the impressions of the first two days. The sport is now underway but the local interest is no where near what people would have expected. Maybe the people will be swayed, but let

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The Games of the 32nd Olympiad are going ahead. Some are in favour of this some are not.For those invited to work at the Games it was not as straightforward as it may have been in the past. Once they

Ready Steady Tokyo! (Part 1)

Despite so little international sport there is still plenty to discuss, especially with the Olympic Games just around the corner. Following on from one of our topics under discussion (Podcast #96)in this show we catch up with former Springbok Media

Podcast #97 – The Role of the Media Manager, Sha’Carri Richardson’s Spot of Bother, and A Missed Opportunity.

It is not often you have a tie in any sporting Championships. Usually there is some way of separating those tied for first. That was not the case in the Australian Boomerang Championships and we catch up with one of

Podcast #96 – The Australian Boomerang Championships, The World Test Cricket Championship and Attending Press Conferences Are All Under Discussion

Time for another show, and there is plenty to discuss in the world of sport! Our special guest on this show is a hockey player from the Golden Era of Australian hockey, a man regarded by many as one of

Podcast #95 – Australian Hockey Olympian Don Smart, Why Tokyo Can’t Cancel the Olympics and Why “Sandpaper Gate” Will Never Go Away. NTFS Podcast #95

This show sees the interviewee take centre stage as we talk at length to former Belgian Hockey International Marc Coudron who has decided to run for the Presidency of the International Hockey Federation on May 22nd. Mr Coudron is one

Podcast #94 – The Man Who Would Be President Of The FIH, Marc Coudron, and The Olympic Dilemma, Should Athletes Stay or Should They Go?

Another podcast and some interesting topics under discussion. Our special guest is former Matilda turned football pundit Alicia Ferguson who looks at the recent disappointing results for the Matildas against Germany and the Netherlands and says that there is no

Podcast #93 – Do The Matildas Fans Need to Worry, Are Board Members Bullet-proof, And Will The Super League Re-Surface But Possibly Not In Europe?

This show has a strong focus on the upcoming delayed Tokyo Olympic Games. The South African Hockey team qualified for the RIO Olympic Games but failed to compete due to an agreement that had been reached between their own Hockey

Podcast #92 – An Olympic Focus: Having Qualified for Tokyo Will South Africa’s Hockey Team Have The Money to Attend? Why Are The Games Going Ahead, and What Will The Sporting World Look Like After The Pandemic And After Tokyo 2021?

Was it really the pitch? After England’s humiliating defeat at the hands of India in the third Test Match, and subsequently the fourth, there were many complaining about the standard of the wicket in Ahmedabad, but was it all to

Podcast #91 – Brad Hogg Talks About That Wicket in India, also Coaching Comes under the Microscope, As Well As The Restrictions on Bowlers in Limited Overs Games.

The second show of 2021 is here and as usual some interesting topics under the microscope and with our special guest we look at an area of the sports industry that many have forgotten, but one in which the experts

Podcast #90 – The World of Sports Photography, How Good Is Tom Brady And Will Our Sporting Apps Reduce The Sponsorship Of Our Favourite Teams And Sports?

Happy New Year! We hope that wherever you are you have a good break and that 2021 is a far better year for you than 2020 probably was. There is no doubt that 2020 was challenging on many levels for

Podcast #89 – Why Do We Need Sports Psychologists And What Are The Positives We Can Take From Covid 19, Also Is The Border-Gavaskar Trophy Really On Par With The Ashes, And Will The Olympics Go Ahead?

We are back with the final podcast of 2020, and a longer than normal show as in this show the Ladies take centre stage. Our guest on this show Emily Mountford who noticing how few women were involved in Mountain

Podcast #88 – The Ladies take Centre Stage with Women’s MTB, The Hockeyroos Along With New FFA Cup Format.

We are back with another show and as usual some interesting topics under discussion. Our guest on this show is former international water polo goalkeeper Tomaz Lasic who has just published his first book, “The Love of Goalkeeping.” The book

Podcast #87 – The Love of Goalkeeping, Maradona and Do You Have To Be A Certain Height To Be An Elite Athlete?

There are any number of “Days” created across a number of sports dedicated to try and raise awareness of social issues. Yet are they working? In this show, after having many organisations whose role is to help integration or to

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