Founded by Karl-Heinz Huba in 1968, sport intern is the longest serving news bulletin providing dependable news on and around the Olympic Movement. In the sport intern special, editor Ashish Sharma speaks to the news makers and influencers from the Olympic Movement and international sport to get their views and opinions on the major happenings in the world of sport.
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Welcome to my podcast! Located in Schenectady, New York. The broadcast capital of the world! This is the birthplace of Radio and Television! This is a general entertainment podcast. A wide variety of unique topics and ideas in every episode. My storytelling abilities, creativity and broadcasting experience allows me to record podcasts without a script. Sit back, relax and listen.
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Grizzly Kiki began in April 2014 as a pop culture and drag-centric podcast hosted by Robert & Daniel. The podcast is equal parts oral history and good old-fashioned kiki. We’ve found that there were few platforms where queer artists could talk about their work and themselves in an open and honest way. Our mission is to create a comfortable and safe environment, where these artists can share their histories and experiences. Ours is an intersectional podcast that is meant to serve the queer co ...
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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.…
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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.…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 E…
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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.…
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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
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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
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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. Spo…
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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.…
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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 hig…
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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 cont…
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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…
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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 o…
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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.…
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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.
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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
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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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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
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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
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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.
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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!)
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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…
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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 Medi…
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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 an…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.…
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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
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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
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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.…
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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 Ga…
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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
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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 FIS…
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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.
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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, th…
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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.…
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In this episode, Ashish Sharma speaks to Juan Martorell, the Deputy Director of the High Council for Sport in Spain. Martorell has been busy organinsing Spain´s build up to the European Week of Sport. (EWoS). This European Commission initiative is aimed at trying to make people more active and incorporate sport as part of their lifestyle. The EWoS …
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In this episode of the Sport Intern Special, Ashish Sharma speaks to Christophe Dubi. In recent weeks the states of Victoria in Australia and Alberta in Canada withdrew from hosting forthcoming editions of the Commonwealth Games. Dubi, the International Olympic Committee´s Executive Director, shares his thoughts on the importance of this for the fu…
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In this edition we hear from Chris Canetti, the President of the Houston 2026 World Cup Bid Committee. His city hosted Manchester United and Real Madrid in pre season friendlies, allowing them a chance to showcase their facilities.
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In this, the second part of our interview, Sport Intern continues its chat with the CEO of US Track and Field Max Siegel. Max talks about building up to the LA Games via the Paris Olympics. He also talks about the legacy he wants to establish, being one of just a few African American administrators working at the highest levels within sport in the …
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In this the latest episode of the sport intern special podcast, Ashish Sharma speaks to the CEO of US Track and Field, Max Siegel. Siegel has been at the head of the federation for 12 years and in that time US Track and Field has been one of the most successful, with US athletes topping the medals table at the Olympics and World Championships.…
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The sport intern special is a podcast produced and presented by Ashish Sharma, the editor of the Sport Intern newsletter. In this edition, Ashish talks to David Crocker, the Executive Director of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup. The event is taking place later on this year and e will be hosted by three countries, Japan, Ind…
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In this edition of the Sport Intern Special podcast, Ashish Sharma, continues his conversation with Richard Pound. The Canadian official was one of the longest serving members of the International Olympic Committee, (IOC) before stepping down. He is now an honorary IOC member and was also the first ever president of the World Anti Doping Agency, WA…
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In this episode of the Sport Intern Special, editor Ashish Sharma is in conversation with Dick Pound. The 81 year old Canadian, one of the longest serving members of the International Olympic Committee, (IOC) was recently made an Honorary Member of the IOC. He was also its Vice President between 1996 - 2000 and was the first ever President of the W…
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In this episode of the Sport Intern Special podcast we speak to the British athlete Holly Bradshaw. The pole vaulter made history by becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in pole valuting, after she took Bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, the climb to the top has not been easy for Holly, who sufferred horrendous online abuse wh…
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