Anything but Footy: We’re with the world’s best cyclists in Yorkshire once again as GB Boxing celebrates further global success

Yorkshire has taken over from London and Cambridge as the capital of cycling in Great Britain and for the first time in 37 years the UCI World Road Race Championships are taking place in the county all week. The first ever mixed relay Team Time Trial took place on a drizzly Sunday but British cyclists won a brilliant bronze behind the Netherlands and Germany - we hear from British cyclist John Archibald. Dame Sarah Storey had previously set the tone winning the Para-cycling International in brilliant sunshine on Saturday. Michael's been on the course in Harrogate and also looks ahead to the big week of racing still to come! Great British Men’s boxing team came away from Russia pleased but frustrated after a silver ad two bronzes at the World Boxing Championships - Frazer Clarke particularly hard done by, by a judge who overturned his semi-final result to a Russian boxer and without having to give away reason. We also hear from British boxer Rosie Eccles about the risks of the sport but why she’s not concerned about the recent concussion controversy. Captain Kilty has a certain ring to it - the Teeside Tornado is the British captain for the World Athletics Championships in Doha - as Britain name a 43 strong team for the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai in November - we hear from 100m Paralympic champion Sophie Hahn ... There’s also updates on Rugby, Diving, Swimming, Shooting and even the Beach Games - and we now know when the first British competitor for next year’s Olympic Games will be announced! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices