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After our brief break, we are back with Episode 154 of Null
& Void.

We kick off with the US Open Golf and the thrilling finale
between Brydon DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy, before moving onto football’s Euros and the opening win for England and defeat for Scotland against hosts Germany.

In rugby union we look back at the Premiership Final as well as the latest round of rugby league’s super league. Meanwhile it was the final round of the regular seasons in the netball super league, as we now head into the play off finals.

In cricket’s T20 World Cup the USA and Afghanistan have been the surprise packages into the Super 8 stage, whilst England  were given a scare by rain in their game against Namibia and had to rely on a favour from old foes Australia to make it through to the next stage at Scotland’s expense.

Our guest this week is Ken Carter, who joins us to talk about his lifelong involvement in sport, including playing rugby for Blackheath, London Irish, the Royal Marines as well as the brave decision to play for BOTH Cornwall AND Devon! Ken also chats about his involvement in establishing Deaf Sport First – an organisation that supports deaf people in maximising their sporting potential – and how their remit is evolving with innovation in sports science and artificial intelligence.

A fantastic guest and a great show.

Having brought you an episode from Singapore earlier this
year, we’re again going international with this week’s episode coming all the way from San Francisco.

Andy is there to take part in the Escape from Alcatraz
triathlon, so gives us an update on how his preparation is going and just how cold the water is!

We bring you the latest from your favourite sports- Novak
Djokovic withdrawing from the French Open Tennis, another Champions League title for Real Madrid, Rugby’s Premiership play offs and the controversial changes planned for next year’s Netball Super League – and much, much more.

We also pay our own tribute to MND campaigner and former Leeds Rhinos star Rob Burrow, who sadly passed away from the cruel illness on Sunday.

We have a record breaking 13 sports for you to enjoy in this week’s episode. Tony revels in Man United’s FA Cup win, which also secures European Football for he Red Devils next season.

Tottenham Hotspur hosted rugby’s two European finals , with Natal Sharks winning the Challenge Cup before Toulouse triumphed over Leinster in the battle of potentially the two best club sides in the world. Meanwhile, in Super League, we are now down to 3 teams tied at the top of the table.

The World Para-Athletics championships finished in Kobe with Hannah Cockroft securing her 16th World Championship gold medal- and in the Eugene Diamond League meet, Keely Hodgkinson and Jake Kerr both had statement wins just 2 months out from the Olympics., with Kerr also breaking the British Mile record in the process.

Our guest this week is Harry Brightmore, who joins us fresh from coxing the GB Men’s Rowing 8 to a gold medal in the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne. Harry talks us through how he got into rowing, and his history in the sport right up to the weekend’s gold. As well as looking back at Lucerne, Harry also shares the gruelling timetable between now and Paris, as well as the aspirations he and the crew have for Olympic gold.

An amazing guest to cap off a fantastic episode!

We have another fantastic episode for you this week, bringing you the latest from 10 sports. We kick off with a wrap up of the final day in both the Premier League and Women’s Super League football-with Manchester City winning a fourth successive title in the men’s, and Chelsea securing their fifth successive crown in the women’s.

In Rugby League it was the Challenge Cup semi-finals, with Wigan & Warrington booking their places in the men’s final, and in the women’s final Leeds & St Helens will do battle for the third final in a row – with both games taking place at Wembley on 8th June. Meanwhile Rugby Union’s final round in the Premiership saw Northampton, Bath, Sale and Saracens secure their places in the play-off semi-finals.

It was a gold rush for British athletes at the World Para
Athletic Championships in Kobe, with Hannah Cockroft winning her 7th 100m world title, and Hollie Arnold her 6th in the javelin. But special mention needs to go to Sabrina Fortune, who broke the world record twice on her way to shot putt gold.

We follow your contacts with Get a Grip, where we aim a
broadside at the lunacy of Newcastle, Spurs and the Arsenal women’s sides in flying out to Melbourne to play a set of meaningless end of season friendlies immediately after a gruelling domestic campaign-showing a complete disregard for both player welfare and their carbon footprint.

Another cracking episode from the Null & Void team.

This week marks a special milestone as it’s our 150th
episode – and to celebrate we’re bringing you the regular smorgasbord of sports that you all love.

We start with football, where a fantastic Ella Toone goal kick started Manchester United in winning their first Women’s FA Cup. For their male counterparts a 1-0 loss to Arsenal amidst the Old Trafford floods means it’s advantage Man City over the Gunners in the final week of the Premier League.

In Rugby Union the play off chase also goes to the final
week, although Northampton not only had a league record 90-0 win over Gloucester, but secured their place with a week to spare. Play off places were also up for grabs in Netball’s Super League; Manchester Thunder secured their spot with a 63-44 win over Cardiff Dragons, whilst wins for Loughborough Lightning and London Pulse all but guaranteed them semi-final spots.

In Tennis, Novak Djokovic managed to get knocked out twice- firstly from a metal water bottle and secondly from 29th seed Alejandro Tabilo!

Our guest this week is Simon Cowlard, who has raised over £26,000 for Multiple Myeloma since being diagnosed with the blood cancer in early 2022. Simon returns to give us an update on his journey, as well as share his latest fundraising effort, which will see him and a team of friends walking between the grounds of all London’s Premier League and Football League clubs.

A brilliant story to cap off our milestone episode!

We have a 10 sport bonanza for you this week, as well as the return of our football correspondent to give us his thoughts ahead of the final furlong of the football season.

We start with a fantastic first ever F1 win for McLaren’s
Lando Norris, after he beat Max Verstappen in Miami. A great win for a popular racer.

It was the European Cup semi-finals in Rugby. Leinster held on for a 20-17 win over Northampton Saints in front of a record 82,500 crowd at Croke Park, whilst Harlequins went down 38-25 to five times champions Toulouse.

In Netball, it was a top of the table clash between
Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning, with the Mancunians winning 61-57 to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 3 points. As the Madrid Tennis open come to a conclusion, World number 1 Iga Swiatekt beat World number 2 Anya Sabalenka in the women’s final, whilst Andrey Rublev won out over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the men’s.

We have an amusing update on contacts, before giving RFU CEO Bill Sweeney the Get a Grip treatment for putting greed over growth when talking ticket prices for Red Roses matches at Twickenham.

With the Champions League at semi-final stage and the
Premier League with just 12-days to go, we bring back football correspondent Billy Carr to give us his thoughts on how these final games could pan out and who he sees as the potential winners and losers at the end of the season.