A smaller games than recent editions. 4 key venues all within an 8-mile radius. Athletics would be held at Scotstoun Stadium with swimming back at Tollcross, as it was in 2014. The Emirates Arena is able to host track cycling as well as the capability to stage another sport or two using its other multi-purpose sports halls, whilst the SECC along with the Armadillo and Hydro arenas would be able to stage a further 6 or 7 sports.

The stats around the number of Long Jump fouls during the World Championships in Budapest are pretty damning with a third NO jumps “that doesn’t work, that’s a waste of time.” So what is being trialled is a new ‘jump zone’, no board, no light, no plasticine, with the length of the jump being measured from where you take off, effectively ensuring no fouls, longer jumps and presumably hopes of more interest in the event.

We’ll continue to work hard to tell the stories of our Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes because we think they’ve all got a story really worth hearing – and by using our network of contacts in the radio industry, we know we can help them to reach huge audiences.

Six months to go to the Olympic Games and the World Aquatics Championships gets underway this week. Diving starts us off on Friday February 2nd with the Women’s 1m springboard and Mixed 3m and 10m Team.

Fri 26th Jul – Sun 11th Aug

Olympics (Paris)

Wed 28th Aug – Sun 8th Sep

Paralympics (Paris)

Chemmy Alcott was a guest talking about the need for sustainability in winter sports and her fears about how climate change is affecting some of the more traditional destinations for snow sports. It was a passionate response and one Chemmy feels strongly about. Should Chemmy just stick to skiing?

Here it is! The torch that will carry the flame from Greece and light up another Olympic Games in a years time!

It's always a challenge to make the Olympic Torch Relay different and develop it, but to be fair to Paris 2024 organisers, who've had a tough week following the French prosecutors raid over finances on Tuesday, they've pulled a few tricks out of the bag to achieve their aim of allowing most French people to see the flame.

The men’s game isn’t, and should not be, the blueprint, the women’s game has the opportunity to do things differently and strike out on its own.

I felt pretty privileged to be standing in one of the first buildings to open, the London College of Fashion, with it's incredible design inside and outside - just look at that staircase!

The podcast was recorded and all put together and was available to listen on the same day. Our background in broadcast news and current affairs means we are very experienced in quick turnaround production – an important skill when events are time sensitive, like a team announcement.

London didn’t invent legacy. Barcelona in 1992 did an amazing job in ensuring lasting benefits of its games, but what has happened in London had already happened in Atlanta. It was a blueprint if you like.

Come on Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Sunderland, Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham, get your leaders and your CEOs round the table and demonstrate how with your imagination, some compromises and plenty of goodwill, that the north of England can save the Commonwealth Games in 2026.

Get rid of this NEUTRAL branding, they're individuals with no attachments. If they win a gold or a medal leave the flagpole empty. Ban them from all team events - because they're individuals. They could stay in individual rooms in athletes village or in hotels like any other sporting event. Don't group them all together in one area of the Athletes Village, where in effect they become a de facto Russia/Belarus team.

if you wanted to hear interviews with the likes of Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes, I was the only broadcaster on site doing this for national television or radio!

Maybe it’s time we should all listen to him, and his views on the future of the sport he, and I, still love.

The interview also showcased how much the brand of Team GB resonates with the general public as there was much interest in the team announcement and our interview. I was able to broadcast some of the key headlines on Times Radio as soon as the full team line up was known and the interview with Charlotte was also broadcast on radio station XS Manchester

The full Team GB squad for the European Games, Poland 2023

It's lucky Michael's up north so he's doing the trials for the Budapest World Championships for talkSPORT on July 8/9 weekend in Manchester - and for the first time since 2019 I'm back at SW19 and back on the radio reporting on a sport I've loved since John McEnroe wasn't a grumpy old man but a young grumpy one!