Welcome to Spoil Sport - a podcast about all things sport. Just three guys, talking about global sport (or the little they think they know) and having fun along the way. If you are a sports fan and want a quick catch up on current sporting events - have a listen and a laugh with us. Hosted by Ed Jardim, Denis Peche and Wes Brown.

In this episode we chat about:

Sport Recap

• Wimbledon
• Marketa Vondrousova Wins Wimbledon Ladies' Single Title and Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon Singles Title. 

• Tour de France
• Jonas Vingegaard won his second (and consecutive) Tour de France title, beating Tadej Pogacar by 7 minutes and 29 seconds. Vingegaard won the Tour de France's time trial by 98 seconds!

• Ashes
• The fourth Ashes test was drawn and Australia retained the Ashes after the fourth test at Old Trafford was drawn with no play possible on day five due to rain. England won the fifth test. 

• Formula 1
• Verstappen has the championship all but locked up at 314 points. Perez holding on in 2nd with 189 points and Fernando Alonso in 3rd at 149 points, 1 point ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

• MotoGP
• Bagnaia is in a commanding position at the top of the standings with 214 points. Brad Binder had a great weekend in Austria finishing 2nd in the sprint and main race. Binder is 4th on the standings. 

• British Open
• Brian Harman won the 151st Open Championship sealing the first major of his career.

• Football
• Arsenal beat Manchester City to win the Charity Shield and the Premier League has kicked off. 

• FIFA Women’s World Cup Football
• Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history with skipper Olga Carmona, beating England

World Cup Sport in 2023

Rugby

• World Cup in France - September to October
• World Cup Prep - How are the teams looking - Ireland top ranked

Cricket

• World Cup In India - October to November
• Teams - Australia top ranked in ODi

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Lawnmower racing

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Welcome to Spoil Sport - a podcast about all things sport. Just three guys, talking about global sport (or the little they think they know) and having fun along the way. If you are a sports fan and want a quick catch up on current sporting events - have a listen and a laugh with us. Hosted by Ed Jardim, Denis Peche and Wes Brown.

Special Guest - Lindsey Parry

He has a passion for high-performance sport and is one of South Africa’s most widely recognised coaches. He is a Runners World Columnist and has led teams to the London and Rio Olympic Games, as well as the Edinburgh and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

He has coached both triathletes and runners onto podiums of some of the world’s most illustrious races, and thrives on coaching, motivating and inspiring others to do the same – whether it’s on the track, on stage or behind a mic. He is a 2:45 marathoner and a New Balance brand ambassador. He is the official Comrades Marathon Coach.

In this episode we chat about:

Rugby

• 2023 Rugby Championship
• New Zealand v South Africa and Australia v Argentina

Cycling

• Tour de France
• Monday is a rest day and Tuesday an Individual TT

Tennis

• Wimbledon
• Marketa Vondrousova Wins Wimbledon Ladies' Single Title and defeats Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-4; 6-4
• Men’s final taking place today - Djoko vs Alcaraz

Cricket

• Ashes! Australia leads the series 2-1. England with a 3 wicket win on the 3rd Test
• Johhny Bairstow runout - in the spirit of the game?
• Next test - 19-23 July - could be the decider
• Ashes trivia

Formula One

• British GP (Silverstone) - Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton (Piastri a surprising 4th) 
• Standings

Golf

• The U.S. Justice Department will review the PGA Tour's plan to merge with Saudi-backed LIV Golf to determine if it violates antitrust law
• Rory McIlroy says he'd rather retire than play for LIV Golf
• Steph Currie is an NBA legend - but can he play golf?

Moto GP

• Summer Break - some stats from the first 8 GPs

Football

• Summer transfer madness 

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Telephone booth boxing

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In this episode we chat about:

Special Mentions

• Madi Peche in Malta! 
• Murray & Roberts Running Club

Cricket

• Ashes! Australia leads the series 1-0. Stars of the 1st test?
• Second test, Day 5 underway 
• Mitchell Starc's catch - out or not?

Cycling

• Tour de France has begun! Stage 1 - Bilbao. 
• General Classification
• Tour de France Did you know?

Formula One

• Austrian GP - Sprint race won by Verstappen/ Perez 2nd and Sainz 3rd.
• Starting grid for the main race
• Standings

Running & Athletics

• Akani Simbine powered to victory in the men's 100m race at the Golden Spike World Athletics Continental Tour meet in Ostrava in 9.98 
• Tshepo Tshite and Ryan Mphahlele have set their sights on breaking the 1500m SA record (3:31:91) set by Johan Cronje back in 2013. 

Golf

• Wyndham Clark won the US Open holding off Rory McIlroy and outclassing Rickie Fowler while winning his first major championship.
• Rory McIlroy major drought - its been nine years now?

Moto GP

• Dutch GP - Binder double trouble! Bagnaia catchable?
• Standings

Football

• Transfer window madness has begun

Tennis

• Wimbledon starts 3 July. Who are the top seeds?
• Who are the South Africans at Wimbledon?

 Rugby

• Crusaders win the 2023 Super Rugby 
• Super Rugby Did You Know?
• Cheetahs are the 2023 Currie Cup champions after defeating the Pumas 25-17

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Shin Kicking

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In this episode we chat about:

Running & Athletics

• 96th Running of the Comrades - Both male and female records fall
• Diamond League in Oslo - Records

Golf

• Who would have believed it - A PGA/LIV Golf Merger?
• US Open at the Los Angeles Country Club - Who is on the lead and what's the secrecy with the LACC?

Formula One

• Spanish GP - Mercedes 2 & 3 - has the modifications helped?
• Canadian GP - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Mercedes 1 & 2 in FP2
• Standings

Moto GP

• Italian GP at Mugello - Bagnaia with fractured ankle - how did he do?
• Fastest speed at a MotoGP event ever - who did it and what was the speed?
• Next up German GP at Sachsenring and standings

Football

• Man City - Treble Winners - Enough said

Cricket

• IPL Final - Chennai Super Kings beat defending champs Gujarat Titans - Big drama for the final two balls!
• Who is the most decorated IPL team?
• Ashes has started - Test 1 underway

Tennis

• French Open - Swiatek wins the ladies and Djokovic is now the most decorated male tennis player in the world, but not the most decorated tennis player…yet.
• French open history and stats

 Rugby

• Super Rugby – Who is in the final?

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Shovel Racing

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A Pre-Comrades Special Edition

With Comrades a week away, Spoil Sport presents a special podcast with legendary Comrades runner, sports commentator, television anchor and radio presenter - Arnie Geerdts.

Arnie shares the history, heritage, special moments, technical insights and all the 'feels' of Comrades - like only he can. He has run more than 160 marathons and ultra marathons, has a 42.2-kilometer marathon best of 2 hours and 29 minutes (which ranked him in the top 100 in SA) and has completed 11 Comrades Marathons.

Whether you are lining up for your 10th or 1st Comrades, or whether you are seconding family/friends on the day, or even just thinking about running a Comrades one day - this one is for you!

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In this episode we chat about:

Running

• Comrades in two weeks - good luck to all the runners (and supporters)! 
• Results of the MUT by UTMB in George, on South Africa’s east coast. Ryan Sandes showing he still has what it takes!
• Shoutout to Nikki “Goggins” Caromba on winning the Mac Mac 100 miler! 

Formula One

• Monaco baby! Verstappen on pole after an incredible final sector at qualifying. 
• Hamilton ‘to’ Ferrari - could it be?

Moto GP

• After the French Race – Bagnaia with a small fracture on right ankle after the crash. Will be racing in a home race at Mugello (11 June).
• MotoGP standings update.

Football

• Premier League - ManCity are 22/23 Champions
• Women’s Super League - Chelsea are champions! 
• Relegation battle looming for Leeds and Leicester - maybe Everton. 
• Brighton to Europa League - 1st season in charge for Roberto de Zerbi. 

Cricket

• IPL Final today - Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans. 
• The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is scheduled to take place in June and July 2023 in Zimbabwe.

Tennis

• French Open starts today - update on men’s and ladies seeds
• Simona Halep, Former No. 1 women's tennis player in world accused of doping

 Rugby

• United Rugby Championship – Munster beat Stormers at Cape Town Stadium 
• Super Rugby – Chiefs still leading  with Crusaders catching fast!
• Sevens Rugby – New Zealand leading with 200 points - South Africa in 7th with 120 points.
• Rugby World Cup - Kolisi on track to make it RWC 2023 

Golf



• 2023 PGA Championship - Michael Block - what sporting dreams are made of!

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Cheese Rolling - around for over 200 years!

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In this episode we chat about:

Boxing

• Kevin Lerena defeats Riyad Merhy for the WBC bridgerweight silver title fight - can now challenge for the bridgerweight world title

Formula One

• Race 5 – Miami - Miami International Autodrome – second race at this venue
• Perez was on pole, Alonso second. Both Leclerc and Verstappen struggled and ended on 7th and 9th respectively
• Red Bulls are quick – but Verstappen was quickest – wins from 9th – managed tyres well

Moto GP

• French Race – Bagnaia on pole, Marques 2nd, Miller in 4th and Binder in 10th
• French Race results discussed!

Football

• Premier League - Arsenal still hanging in at 2nd – Manchester City continues to win, even with Champion League games mid-week. Looks like regulation for either (in ascending order), Southampton, Leicester (2015/16 Champions), Leeds or Everton
• Haaland now has 36 Premier League Goals in 33 games – also 7 assists
• Women’s UEFA Champions League – Final is on 3 June between Barcelona (2021) and Wolfsburg (2013/14 Champions)

Cricket

• Proteas are in the World Cup as Ireland loses an ODI to Bangladesh. Teams already qualified are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa
• IPL – with 6 games to go, pressure on the Gujarat Titans as they lose their last game. 

Tennis

• Madrid Open – female doubles finalists speeches canceled
• Madrid Open - #cakegate Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz
• Rome Open – Not many fans in the stands apparently. Djokovic and Alacaraz top seeds and Swiatek and Sabalenka
• French Open – 22 May - will Rafa play?

 Rugby

• Sevens Rugby – France tournament - Blitzboks' chances of automatic Olympic qualification after loss to Argentina. 
• United Rugby Championship – Stormers to host final against Munster on 27 May. 
• Super Rugby – Chiefs still at the top with Brumbies chasing five points back. 
• Rugby World Cup in France later this year – what sports betting is telling us about the favourites. 
• Springbok bosses yet to rule Kolisi out for the World Cup 

Golf

• LIV Disputes PGA of America CEO's Claims About World Ranking Application. 

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Toe Wrestling - The World Toe Wrestling Championships and a very dedicated World Champion

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In this episode we chat about:

Formula One

• Race 4 (after a month break) - Azerbaijan - Baku City Circuit
• Ferrari on pole, but Red Bulls too strong
• Perez title contender?

Moto GP

• Binder does it again - wins the sprint race from 4th
• Second for the main race behind Bagnaia (Ducati)
• Could this be Binder’s best season yet?

Football

• Premier League - Arsenal throws the league lead away and Manchester City just too strong and classy!
• Haaland has equalled the record for the most goals in a single Premier League season following his first-half penalty at Fulham. His 34th goal of the campaign moved Haaland level with the totals of Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole, set across a 42-match season, in 1993/94 and 1994/95 respectively
• Women’s UEFA Champions League - semi-final 2nd leg (Arsenal/Wolfsburg)(2-2 on aggregate) at Emirates. First time Emirates has been sold out for a Arsenal Ladies game. Barcelona is already in the final. 
• Wrexham Association Football Club - Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Oldest club in Wales - 5th division - now promoted to EFL League 1. 

Cricket

• IPL in full swing - Gujarat Titans on top with Lucknow Super Giants chasing in second - midway mark
• Ashes coming up in June/July - insults have already begun. England's Stuart Broad says Australia's last Ashes victory shouldn't count because of COVID restrictions 
• Proteas beat the Dutch 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup - or have they?

Tennis

• French Open - May 2023  - will Nadal make it? His uncle has the answer
• Novak is also injured - elbow injury at the Monte-Carlo Masters

Golf

• Masters - Jon Rahm stages final day comeback to win at -12. His first Masters win. 
• LIV golfers 2nd and 3rd - Koepka and Mickelson (what a tournament for him)

Rugby

• Kolisi risky knee surgery ahead of the World Cup - will he make it in time?
• United Rugby Championship - Bulls smash Leinster at Loftus (62-7). Stormers sharing second place with Ulster at the moment - 11 points behind. Bulls and Sharks 6th and 8th - Lions 9th - made it into the top 10. 
• Super Rugby - Chiefs (still unbeaten) on top after 9 games played (12 teams). Crusaders who (6th place currently -  end of the Crusaders dynasty)? Brumbies and Hurricanes in 2nd and 3rd at the moment. 
• Eddie Jones says Aussies want to be the best team in the world again - that’s his goal
• Springboks v Australia - Loftus Test - July

Road Running

• Boston Marathon - shoutout to our runners and Jaco’s sub-3 with 4 seconds to spare. 
• Evans Chebet in 2:05:54 and Hellen Obiri in 2:21:38
• London Marathon - Kelvin Kiptum in 2:01:25. Smashes Kipchoge’s course record and comes within 18 seconds of Kipchoge’s world record time. Sifan Hassan wins the women’s race in 2:18:33 after stopping to stretch her hip. This was her marathon debut. 

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Chess-Boxing - It's a thing…

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In this episode we chat about:

Cricket

• SA vs West Indies and the T20 World Record runs chase
• SA vs Netherlands 

Football

• International break - taking a look at the results 
• Women’s UEFA Champions League - semi-final (Arsenal/Wolfsburg & Chelsea/Barcelona)
• Premier league is back - results

Formula One

• Race 3 - Melbourne - Albert Park
• Aston Martins are strong - Mercedes on a comeback - Ferraris struggling? 

Tennis

• Wimbledon lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian players - compete as 'neutral athletes'
• US will end public health emergency on 11 May - Djokovic can play US Open now

Golf

• Masters - first time this season players from LIV and PGA will face each other. 17 LIV golfers have been invited
• Some players who have won the Masters before secure a lifetime invitation and other who win different majors also secure an invitation under current criteria
• Already competed at US and British Opens last year

Rugby

• Rassie to the Crusaders?
• United Rugby Championship - Leinster (still unbeaten after 16 matches played - 16 teams) still on top but Stormers looking good 13 points behind in second. Bulls and Sharks 7th and 8th - Lions 11th. 
• Super Rugby - Chiefs (unbeaten) on top after 6 games played (12 teams)
• Is the Currie Cup still relevant in a crowded rugby calendar? Amateur rugby tournament? 

Moto GP

• Portugal first race - Francesco Bagnaia won - Ducati 1 and 3. Binder 6th from 14th 
• Argentine race is next

Crazy Sport Nomination

• Balloon Battle and the Balloon World Cup - Peru beat Germany in the final

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*Spoiler alert - we did not prepare properly - this episode contains even less talk about sport and more bad jokes and laughing*

In this episode we chat about:

A shout out to our followers and few other people

Football

• Liverpool slams United, but loses to relegation bound Bournemouth
• Arsenal continues title ambitions with last second winners

Cricket

• SA seems to getting their mojo back
• Australia vs West Indies Test Update

Formula One

• Its the first race and Den is bored already
• Saudi is the next race and can Ferrari get their act together on their car this season

Tennis

• A brief mention on Djokovic being blocked from playing at Indian Wells
• Nadal planning his comeback but drops out of the Top 10 world rankings

Golf

• The Players Championship update and how the SA players are doing
• Who’s who in the world rankings and can you only be in the world rankings if you play for the PGA?

Rugby

• England loses at Twickenham and Eddie Jones is the new Australian coach
• A brief update (I think) on the Currie Cup

UFC

• A shout out to SA fighter Dricus du Plesis 

Craziest Sport You’ve Never Heard of

• Combat Juggling

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In this episode we chat about:

Football

• Professional Game Match Officials Limited
• Manchester City has been accused of breaking financial fair play rules

Formula One

• Starts in two weeks - Bahrain - 5 March
• Drive to Survive Season 5 - 24 February
• The FIA clarifies free speech rule 

Cricket

• SA20 Final
• India vs Australia Test
• New Zealand vs England Test 
• Women’s T20 World Cup
• New Test Cricket Record
• New South Africa Test captain

Rugby

• Six Nations
• United Rugby Championship 

Superbowl LVII (57) Wrap Up

Tennis

• Nadal’s crazy and unknown 18 year long record

What’s the craziest sport you’ve heard of?

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In this episode we chat about:

Cricket

1. SA20

• Betway SA20 Tournament – update on the tournament and its response to date
• 6 teams participating - Pretoria Capitals leading the standings by 8 points with a game in hand

• Proteas
• England became the first team to hold both World Cups in white-ball cricket - Proteas beat them. If they can do this - why are they in danger of not even qualifying for the next World Cup?

Football

1. Premier League January Transfer Window

• Chelsea FC spent €328 million - just by comparison (2nd highest) - Southampton spent €65.25 million
• The new UEFA Fair Paly rules dictate that, from next season, the amount a club spends on net player acquisitions (spending minus income), plus wages, plus agents fees, must not exceed 90 per cent of any club’s income
• What is happening at Liverpool?
• Arsenal records only second loss for the season against Everton

1. Topic debate: The R1 billion SA Tourism wants to spend on sponsoring Tottenham Hotspur?

Tennis

1. Australian Open

• Novak Djokovic - wins 10th Australian Open - emotional win and he proves his point
• Aryna Sabalenka - first grand slam trophy - dropped one set all tournament - she was the 5th seed

1. Topic debate: Pay equality in tennis and other sport disciplines

Rugby

1. Six Nations started yesterday

• Ireland beat Wales and Scotland with a win over England?
• Italy vs France today
• France won the Championship and the Grand Slam in 2022

1. United Rugby Championship 

• The United Rugby Championship is a global club rugby league where 16 teams from five powerhouse nations compete across two hemispheres to become the URC champion. The URC is made up of four teams from Ireland, four from South Africa, four from Wales, two from Italy and two from Scotland.

Superbowl LVII (57)

• Super Bowl LVII is the upcoming American football championship game of the National Football League for the 2022 NFL season. It will be played between the American Football Conference champion Kansas City Chiefs and the National Football Conference champion Philadelphia Eagles. Will be played in Glendale Arizona - Monday, 13 February
• Some Superbowl stats

General

• Views on gambling companies as sponsors for sport everywhere?

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In this episode we chat about:

Football

1. Premier League Updates and Transfers

Tennis

1. Australian Open

• Nadal (2) and Murray (66) out
• Iga Swiatek (1) out and Coco Gauff (7) also out
• Netflix Series – The Break Point Show

Cricket

1. SA20 Tournament – what is it?
2. Hashim Amla retired at 39 years. Scored 34 104 runs across all professional formats which included 9 282 Test runs — and a record 311 not out at The Oval.

Formula 1

1. Race calendar

• 23 races with Chinese GP not being replaced – Bahrain on 5 March
• Three-week gap between races in Australia and Azerbaijan in April

1. Toto Wolff interview with The Times

• Says he lives in Christian Horner’s mind rent free
• Red Bull title defense in 2023 – team orders in the final lap of the Brazil F1 – has it strained the driver’s relationship?
• Driver line-up

Golf

1. PGA Majors for the year
2. LIV Golf tournaments – compared to the prestige of the Majors - is it worth it?

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In this episode we chat about:

• Soccer icon Pele's death and his legend status
• World Cup 2022 - Qatar - Controversial tournament and Argentina as champions. Is Messi the true GOAT now?
• Ronaldo moving to Al Nassr for €200 million - what does it mean for him and the fees paid for football players in different leagues going forward
• The state of Proteas cricket and the recent Australian Cricket Tour. What’s the impact of of big payouts in T20 tournaments vs. national pride
• South African Springbok Rugby captain Siya Kolisi's departure to France after the World Cup this year
• Australian Open kicking off soon and Navratilova cancer announcement
• LIV golf vs PGA - Another big money spin-off of doing it for the good of the game
• F1 kicks off in March. New races on the calendar including Las Vegas. FIA announces the possibility of new teams to join the grid
• Rally racing and driving icon Ken Block’s death
• Italian and Chelsea football legend Gianluca Vialli’s death
• World Darts Final 9-darter
• Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia - Stages, total kms and weather conditions

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