sport intern special

In the latest episode of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Vitali Klitschko. The Mayor of Ukraine's capital city Kyiv, Vitali was also a world champion boxer, and told Ashish that defending his city from Russian attacks has been his biggest challenge.

In this edition introduced by Ashish Sharma, sport intern's reporter Jeremy Inson has a chat with Amanda Hudson.Amanda is the Director of Education at the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA)

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma catches up with the leaders of the Indian Olympic Association. President PT Usha and her CEO Raghu Iyer, told the sport intern special podcast that India has ambitions to host a future Olympic Games.

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma chats with James Macleod, who is the Director of Olympic Solidarity and National Olympic Committee (NOC) Relations at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) . James explained to Ashish the main role of Olympic Solidarity

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats with Oybek Kasimov. The General Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan shared his vision for the recently opened Olympic City in the capital Tashkent.It's the largest sporting venue in Central Asia. Kasimov says that his country wants not only to be a nation of sporting excellence but a hub for future international sporting events.

In this episode of the sport inten special, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Louise Bawden. The former Australian beach volleyball Olympian, was recently elected as the president of the Athlete's Commision of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Louise spoke about her plans in her four year cycle as president, which culminates with the LA28 Olympic Games.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Michael Payne, the former Director of Marketing for the International Olympic Committee (IOC)Michael has just released his latest book called Fast Tracks and Dark Deals. In it he recounts his experiences of negotiations for the IOCs´ TOP programme of sponsors, and and offers a sharp, insider's look at the commercial side of sport, for investors, sponsors, marketers, and fans.

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to the president of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Pierre Trochet. IFAF recently moved its headquarters from Paris to Lausanne, and flag football will make its debut in the LA28 summer Olympics

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to the four time winter Olympian speed skater Catherine Raney -Norman.She is the Vice President of Development and Athlete Relations for the 2034 Salt Lake City and Utah Winter Games and has led the Podium34 initiative.

At a recent press briefing in London, the president of the World Anti Doping Agency ( WADA) took time out to speak to Jeremy Inson in the latest edition of the sport intern special podcast.Witold touched on the ongoing difficult relationship between his organisation and USADA the US Anti Doping Agency.

In this edition of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma continues his chat with one of India´s greatest Olympians, Abhinav Bindra.Bindra is one of nine mental health ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee, and tells Ashish about some of the practices which were introduced at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to India´s Abhinav Bindra.Bindra won Olympic gold in 10m air rifle at the 2008 Olympics. He was recently named as one of nine International Olympic Committee mental health ambassadors.

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma continues his chat with Sunil Sabharwal.The President of the International Fair Play Committee, who was recently elected, laid out his vision for his term in charge.

In this episode of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Sunil Sabharwal.Sunil was recently elected as the new president of the International Fair Play Committe, and he told Ashish about the history of the organisation.

The world anti doping agency WADA has set up a taskforce which is investigating unintentional doping offences in sport. WADA invited athletes, coaches , doctors and support personnel to take part by sending through their experiences In this epìsode of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Amanda Hudson. She is the Director of Education at WADA and the person behind the study, called the Unintentional Doping Research Project 

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Gustavo Harada.He is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Relation Director for the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)Harada talks about how the relationship between NOC´s and ANOC has changed in recent years.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma is in conversation with Joachim Gossow.The CEO of the International World Games Association, (IWGA) talks about the exciting build up to The World Games, taking place in Chengdu, China later on this year

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma is in conversation with the sports director of the International Olympic Committee, (IOC) Kit McConnell.Kit talks about the achievements of the IOC president Thomas Bach, and the qualities of his successor Kirsty Coventry

In this edition of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma reflects on what was a historic IOC Session in Greece. For the first time in its 131 year history, the Olympic body elected a female president. Kirsty Coventry, who is also the first African to take charge, will take over from Thomas Bach, whose 12 year reign will end in June. Sport intern was in Greece for the historic occasion.

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. The son of the former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr is an IOC member and one of seven candidates vying to become the next IOC President.

In this edition, presented by Ashish Sharma, sport intern speaks to Johan Eliasch. The dual British Swedish national is the president of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) , but also one of seven candidates vying for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Dealing with climate impact and sustainability are high up on Eliasch´s manifesto.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to one of the seven candidates vying to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.Japan´s Morinari Watanabe is the president of the International Gymnastics Federation. One of Watanabe´s proposals is to hold the Olympic Games on all five continents at the same time

Sport intern special presenter Ashish Sharma continues his conversation with the President of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Robert Stull.In this second part, Robert talks about his key pillars to becoming a successful president as well as reminiscing on the last time Los Angeles hosted the Olympics back in 1984

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Robert Stull. He is the new president of the Modern International Pentathlon Union (UIPM). Stull was voted in last November and kicks off a four year term which will take him through to the LA 2028 Olympics. Despite having spent many years on the Executive Board of the UIPM, Stull admitted becoming president is a steep learning curve.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma is in conversation with Alex Sanchez He is the managing Director of 3x3 basketball at FIBA, the International Basketball Federation. 3x3 was one of the most watched events at the Paris Olympics and Sanchez explained why this urban sport has become so popular.

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats with Kit McConnell. Kit is the Sports Director at the International Olympic Committee. Naturally, the starting point of the conversation was reflecting on the success of the Paris Summer Olympics.

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma, is in conversation with Gunilla Lindberg, the Secretary General of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). Lindberg began the conversation by talking about the preparations for the Youth Olympic Games which will take place in Senegal in 2026

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, we continue our chat with Kirsty Burrows. She is the head of the International Olympic Committee´s Safe Sport Unit. Amongst the things Kirsty discussed with presenter Ashish Sharma was the use of AI in filtering out abusive messages many athletes receive

Kirsty Burrows is the head of the Safe Sport Unit at the International Olympic Committee. The month of October has been dedicated to mental health issues for athletes worldwide. In this edition, Kirsty tells presenter Ashish Sharma what this means and how mental health was addressed during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

In this episode presenter Ashish Sharma continues his chat with Michael Payne. A veteran with 17 years of experience at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Michael knows the organisation better than most. In this second part, he elaborates on some of Bach's significant achievements during his presidency.

In this latest episode, sport intern special presenter Ashish Sharma chats with Michael Payne, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Director of Marketing. Payne talks about the legacy of IOC President Thomas Bach

In this episode presenter Ashish Sharma has a sit down chat with the former squash number one Nicole David. The Malaysian star won every title in her sport and since retiring has set up her own foundation, to help young people get into the sport

In this episode presenter Ashish Sharma looks ahead to the Paris Olympics. We hear from Tony Estanguet, the President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee; the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach as well as former Kenyan long distance runner Tegla Loroupe.

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma continues his conversation with Jason Siegel. Jason is the CEO and the President of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission ( GO Sports!)

In this episode, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Jason Siegel, who is the President and the CEO of the Gretaer Orlando Sports Commission. In the last few years Orlando has put itself on the sporting map in terms of hosting high profile events, as well as boasting some of the best facilities in the USA

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Edwin Moses. The legendary US 400m hurdler won two Olympic gold medals and broke the world record four times in his own event in an illustrious career. Moses was also part of the International Olympic Committee´s Athlete´s Commission, as well as being on the Medical Commission and the Ethics Commission

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma chats to Francesco Ricci Bitti. The President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is in the final few months of his tenure as president of the organisation. Ricci Bitti tells sport intern about his excitement for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

At the recent SportAccord event in Birmingham, UK, one of the most important decisions was voting in a new president for ASOIF, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations. Ingmar de Vos, who is also president of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) was the sole candidate and was voted in unanimously. In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma caught up with Ingmar de Vos

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast presented by Ashish Sharma, we speak to Amanda Hudson. The Director of Education at the World Anti Doping Agency, (WADA) was at the heart of their recent Global Education Conference in France. Amanda explained the growing importance education is playing in anti doping strategies

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, Emma Terho continues her chat with presenter Ashish Sharma. The Chair of the International Olympic Committee´s Athletes Commission, gives more details about Russian and Belarus athletes, who will compete in the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes.

Emma Terho is the Chair of the Athlete´s Commission (AC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The AC had a high profile at the recent Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon. In this episode, Emma talks about the impact on young athletes who got to meet some of their Olympic idols who were there representing the AC.

The sport intern special presenter Ashish Sharma continues his conversation with Jill Geer, head of Communications and Marketing at USA Gymnastics. With all eyes on Paris 2024, Jill told Ashish that now is when all the hard work begins for the Olympic Games

In this episode, of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma catches up with Jill Geer. Jill is the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer of USA Gymnastics. When you talk gymnastics, the only place you can start is with the phenomenal talent that is Simone Biles

In this second part of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma continues with his conversation with Günther Younger. He is the Director of Intelligence and Investigation at the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) With the Paris Olympics just round the corner, the aim of a clean Games is high on Younger´s agenda.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast Ashish Sharma chats with Günter Younger. He is the director of Intelligence and Investigation at the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Younger came from Interpol to lead WADA´s fight against doping and was part of the team that investigated doping abuses by Russian athletes after the Sochi Winter Games in 2014

In this episode of the sport intern special we hear the second part of Ashish Sharma´s conversation with Leonz Eder. The president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) spoke about the recovery university sports were making from the Covid pandemic

In this episode of the sport intern special, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Leonz Eder. He was recently elected as the president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Eder had been in charge on an the interim basis, but having won the election, told sport intern that he could now put into action his long term ambitions for FISU.

In this episode, Ashish Sharma continues his conversation with Florian Sperl, the president of the German weightlifting federation. Florian gives us an update on the current status of the sport within Germany.

In this edition of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Florian Sperl, president of the German Weightlifting Federation. Sperl, who is also on the executive board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), set up the IWF Refugee team. The team made history participating for the first time in an IWF event, the recent World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was also an Olympic qualifier event.

In this episode of the sport intern special podcast, presenter Ashish Sharma speaks to Finn Taylor, CEO of Volleyball World. The company runs the commercial side of volleyball worldwide. It was set up from the partnership between the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and CVC Capital Partners, back in 2021.