F1, Cricket & Football: Red Bull Chaos, The IPL vs. The NFL & Indonesia's World Cup Dream

Welcome to This Sporting Planet, your definitive source for 'The World's View of Sport'. 🌍🎙️ In this episode, our hosts are Todd Harris (USA), Edward Russell (Singapore), and new host, Suhail Chandhok (India). They bring you the biggest sports stories from their respective regions and then, after the regional round-ups, they dive into these main topics: F1's Red Bull Chaos: Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok tells us what's going on at Red Bull Racing and critiques their "brutal" decision to drop Liam Lawson after just two races. Cricket: The IPL Behemoth - Suhail and the team dive into the Indian Premier League, debating whether it has become as big as the NFL or NBA, and discuss the teams and players to watch this season. Football: Indonesia's World Cup Dream - We hear from journalist Tio Otomo about Indonesia's quest to qualify for their first World Cup and the debate surrounding naturalising foreign-born players. Baseball: MLB Predictions: Former MLB pitcher Jay Jackson gives his insider's take on the new season and if Shohei Ohtani and the LA Dodgers can repeat their championship. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro & What's Coming Up 03:04 - Americas Sport Round-up 09:55 - India Sport Round-up 13:04 - IPL vs. The Big Leagues 23:50 - Southeast Asia & Europe Sport Round-up 25:20 - Red Bull F1 Drama with Karun Chandhok 36:47 - Indonesia's World Cup Dream 48:06 - Jay Jackson's MLB Predictions 57:58 - AOB 61:10 - Coming up next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices