The Sportageous Cast

Limor is a former professional basketball player has over 15 years of experience playing in the Israeli League.   Currently the CEO of STRIV3, a Sport-Tech Startup. Striv3 is a digital platform that connects coaches and athletes globally for remote personalized basketball training.

Carly Post is a communications expert and the founder of The Digital Athlete, a consultancy which aims to educate and empower athletes in harnessing social media to build a resilient online profile, manage reputation and protect mental health.

Today we had a pleasure to chat with Australia's former Off Spinner, Nathan Hauritz. Nathan shares his best memories and his experience throughout his career.  Nathan also shares information about his 1st Class Cricket Academy, on how the coaches there have been working on the young talent coming into Cricket.

Shahid Zaman Khan is a professional squash coach and former pro player. Reaching a World ranking of #14, Shahid has spent the last two decades training some of the world’s best players, including World #7 Amanda Sobhy and World #20 Sabrina Sobhy.

Over the last 10 years, Shahid has headed up the squash program atThe Tennis & Racquet Club in downtown Boston. He has also traveled the world as a visiting squash coach for thePakistan Squash Federation and the Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia.

Heidi is an Associate in the Regulatory and Investigations team within the litigation and dispute resolution practice at Clifford Chance. Heidi is also a two-time Olympian in the sport of open water swimming and a decorated sportsperson.

Barry Coffey

In this podcast we have Lucky Mlilo, President of Squash Federation Africa

Daniel Dawood & Josef Badro, founders of Padel Mates join us on The Sportageous Cast to talk about their new padel matchmaking app and how it's making waves in Sweden!

Campbell Harrison is a 23 year old Sport Climber from Melbourne, Australia. Since beginning his international career in 2012, he's been National Champion, a World Cup semi-finalist, and this year will be heading over to Europe for the first time since the pandemic began to compete on the World Cup Circuit!

Michael Woods is the founder of Inclusive Sport Design, an organisation that helps sports organisation make inclusion happen! Michael shares his insights into Australian sport including diversity in sports, inclusive sports marketing & promotion, clothing for all Swimming Australia and more.

Sian Kelly is the Women and Girl's Development Officer and National Coach at Cricket Argentina. Sian shares her insights into:

Women's cricket in Argentina, 

The passion for the sport in Argentina, 

The challenges of coaching during the pandemic and;

The future of the game in the region.

Prefer watching this conversation? Head on over to our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/C2Dc1ewP2A8

In this episode of Sportageous Podcast, we bring you our conversation with none other than the President-elect of Cricket Scotland, Sue Strachan.

Sue Strachan is a kidney doctor by-day, a masters squash champion, and now the president of Cricket Scotland. 

In this episode, she shares her story of everything from mental health and wellbeing in sports, gender pay parity in squash versus cricket, and joining the leadership team at Cricket Scotland.

In this episode of Sportageous Podcast, we bring you a conversation with none other than cricket coach extraordinaire, Richard Pybus.  He has coached international teams such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and the West Indies, he was formerly the director of the West Indies Cricket Board and arguably one of the most influential coaches in South African domestic cricket.

Marcus Dunn is a research fellow of Sports Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University. He has worked with various organisations to develop and grow movement analysis in sports. His groundbreaking research has enabled the growth of the VAR and Goal-line technologies in FIFA. He is also one of the Directors of the International Sports Engineering Association. In this episode, we caught up with him to talk about his work in human movement analysis, his travels around the world testing Goal-line technology with FIFA, working with the ITF and engaging women in sports engineering. 

Drew Lilley is a sports journalist with years of experience in  broadcasting and commentary. Currently working with Tennis Australia,  Drew has a breadth of knowledge on the sport. In this episode we caught  up to talk about  tennis in the UK, gender pay parity, the role of  commentary in sport, mental health and much more

Tom Scollay is a professional cricketer and the Founder of Cricket Mentoring, a coaching platform that is taking social media by storm and helping develop young cricketers across Australia and beyond. In this episode, Tom shares his motivations on developing Cricket Mentoring, their rapid growth on social media, his own journey in cricket and sport, as an athlete and what he aspires to achieve moving forward with Cricket Mentoring.

We catch up with one South East Asia's finest climbers. Liting Xu is a bouldering fanatic, and one of the veterans of the climbing scene in Singapore. In this episode, she shares her personal climbing story, how and why she prefers bouldering over other disciplines, what goes into her sport and passion and much more!

Kaveh Arya may be known as the Unlikely Poet, after this conversation, we learn why this name makes so much sense. Kaveh, is anything but ordinary, a former pro-kickboxer, martial arts coach, academic, cafe owner, refugee, mental health advocate and poet, Kaveh is many things, but over the course of this podcast, you learn, he is a passionate individual who has spent a lot of time working with the youth and marginalised. He shares his insights into the toll that it takes to be a sports coach, the flaws and misgivings of the fitness industry in Australia, and his life as a man of many talents and passions.

Bhavi Devhchand moved to Australia from Zimbabwe when she was 8 years old. She hails from an Indian background so cricket has always been a part of her childhood. In this episode, she talks about her career as a cricketer, her journey in coaching, playing for the Perth Scorchers in the WBBL, women's cricket and being a woman in the sport. One, not to be missed by cricket lovers worldwide!

Jennifer Madu is an American-Nigerian sprinter, who has represented Nigeria at Rio 2016 in the 100m sprint and the 4x100m relay. She grew up in the US, where her immigrant family instilled values into her life that has enabled her to achieve her dreams. Jennifer shares insights into her career from College track at Texas A&M to picking a country to represent all the way to preparing for Tokyo 2020. Her story as a woman of colour who has excelled at her sport is intriguing, exciting and fascinating. She also talks about the evening she hung out with Usain Bolt, and her experiences meeting a range of other athletes. Definitely one not to be missed!

Genevieve Gregson holds the Australian record in the women's steeplechase and has represented her country in London and Rio. In this episode, she talks to us about overcoming injuries and getting ready for Tokyo 2020. She goes into detail about how she started running, and what it was like to study for college in the US, where all her sports needs were taken care of. Not to mention, her final race at University was days before qualifying for London, which almost didn't happen. Her story is one not to miss, and her story of persistence and dedication is as inspiring as you could imagine!

Mary Konstantopoulos may be a lawyer by day, but she has made it her mission to support, grow and enable women in sports across Australia. Having launched Ladies who League, Mary now runs more passion projects that have become far more than just a passion, including Ladies who Legspin, Ladies Who Lineout and Ladies who Leap! In this episode, Mary chats to us about how women’s sport has changed in Australia, what needs to be done for it to grow further and how she is doing her [BIG] part in making all of this happen!

Shehzar Mohammed is leading the trend of fitness in Pakistan. Coming from a rich cricketing background, being the grandson of Hanif Mohammad and son of Shoaib Mohammad, Shehzar is carrying the torch of cricket development in Pakistan. Shehzar also plays cricket himself, he is a batsman and 3rd generation cricketer from his family to score a double century in first-class cricket. He attributes his resurgence in the form to his newfound approach and fitness, of course. Shehzar is currently playing for Sindh under the revamped structure of Pakistan first class. He is the man behind the fitness transformations of Sarfraz Ahmad, Asad Shafiq, Shan Masood Anwar Ali, and Azam Khan.

Geoff Wilson talks about and discusses sports strategy. What it is, what goes on behind the scenes to engage fans and what is done to make their experience better.  He also expands on how digital growth is changing fan experience and the need of the hour is to develop new strategies to engage fans. Geoff expands upon his own sports consultancy firm and how he has had the opportunity to devise sports strategies for a range of sports including football, basketball and MMA. He also shares his experience on the social impacts of sports and how it can help the youth on the streets to stay away from crime. 

Former English cricket international and recently the coach of the Rajshahi Royals, who were successful in winning the Bangladesh Premier League, Owais Shah features on this episode of the Sportageous Podcast. Owais tells us about his journey from being a kid who played on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, to showing his prowess to, and playing for, Middlesex, and eventually representing England in every single format from his youth to taking up a stint as the coach for the Rajshahi Royals. He covers a range of topics, such as being a British Asian in English cricket to the differences in playing the 3 formats of cricket and the advice given to him by Australian head coach, Justin Langer, in their early days as players.

In this episode of the Sportageous Podcast, Andre Duarte, founder of AirCourts, chats with us about how his sports booking platform has made life easy for anybody and everybody interested in booking a court, field or pitch for numerous sports in Portugal. He tells us about his journey as a SportsTech founder, how his business requires two completely different streams to be functioning successfully at the same time, and what could happen if Cristiano Ronaldo got onboard for AirCourts.

We cover everything in this incredible story about how technology can build bridges and enable professional and amateur athletes, along with local sporting clubs, to easily provide and find a means to easily book their evening football, tennis or padel game. And also chat about the European SportsTech market.

In this episode of the Sportageous Podcast, we chat with Tanzim Alam of Knightwatchmen Sports and the Boys in the Cave Podcast about a range of things cricket; cricket in Australia, Bangladesh Cricket (both domestic and international), domestic Bangladeshi-Australian cricketers, Shakib Al Hasan and his ban, and spirituality and sports, amongst several other things! Don't miss this episode if you like anything cricket, and in particular, Bangladesh cricket.

Mickey Malhotra has played senior-level cricket around the world, in places like Oman, India, Australia, New Zealand and of course, his home country, Canada. Despite the lack of opportunities, funding and support in Canada, Mickey's love, passion and dedication for the game led to the foundation of the Brampton Premier League. An Indoor tournament in the winter months in Canada that brings across the summer teams to play on astroturf and keep the game of cricket alive! Mickey chats to us about cricket around the world, how his experiences in playing the great game have enabled him to set up the Brampton Premier League, and the young talents that are found in the sport in Canada. This is a story of grit, determination and sheer passion for the sport!

Edward Van Gils is the man who took street football to the mainstream.  A tattooed street footballer, with a Hip-hop swagger about him, whose love for the game saved him from a life of crime. You can be forgiven for considering him to be an enigma. However, he is anything but! In this episode of the Sportageous Podcast, we chat to Edward about his street footballing career, his experiences working with the likes of Ronaldinho, Gilberto Silva, Kevin Kuranyi and Juan Pablo, and what it's been like for him to feature in FIFA 2020s Volta.

Edward Van Gils has dedicated his life to two things: street football, and empowering the marginalised youth. Streetkings was founded by Edward in 2010 and now consists of clinics in over 25 locations across the world. This candid discussion with Edward covers everything from street football, 11-a-side football, American hip-hop culture, critiques of the media industry, working with the youth, football skills and techniques and of course Edward's life from the streets to the mainstage.

Artificial intelligence and sports analysis? Machine learning is changing how we do medicine, art, and media. Sports is no exception to this rule. GAMEFACE.AI is bringing analytics to sport, as we’ve never seen it before! In this episode of the Sportageous Podcast, Jalal Shaik, founder of GAMEFACE.AI, talks about how his exciting and innovative startup is bringing accurate and efficient analysis to sports such as football and cricket. Next year, they will be announcing collaborations with several big sporting teams and clubs. However, you too can access GAMEFACE.AI And all you need is the software and a standard camera to solve all your sporting analytics.

This episode of the Sportageous Podcast features Fox Sports Australia commentator, Simon Hill. If you want to hear about football (soccer) in all its glory from a man who has spent his life in the game, this is the podcast for you! Simon is a Brit, who has lived in Australia for 16 years. He has covered football for the BBC and Fox Sports. With this, come many fascinating perspectives of Simon’s career as a sports presenter and commentator. A life-long Manchester City supporter and a huge advocate for the league that he loves, the A-League, Simon talks to us about the differences in footballing culture in Australia and the UK, the Socceroos rising stars, how the A-league needs more investment, and of course, various topics on the English Premier League (this podcast was recorded prior to the sacking of Unai Emery, from Arsenal, and only two games after Jose Mourinho took charge at Tottenham, but there are some fascinating insights into Emery’s potential successor and the Spurs under Mourinho).

Founder of Wylas Timing, William Ferguson sat down with us to talk about running a SportsTech business, the Sports industry in Australia and how his product has radically changed swimming around the world. He talks about the successes and struggles of running a start-up that now sells in 13 different countries on 4 different continents, and shares some of his personal experiences as a software engineer who ended up in the SportTech space.

Pro-climber, Kyra Condie features in this episode of the  Sportageous Podcast, with host, Zushan Hashmi. Kyra is often called 'Reckless Abandon' by sport climbing commentators for her willingness to take risks while climbing. In this episode, Kyra talks about how she started her climbing journey in Minnesota, what her career has on the horizon, and how she is preparing to qualify for the Olympics. Kyra also tells us about her favourite Netflix show, and what she enjoys watching.

Pro-climber, Sierra Blair-Coyle features in this episode of the Sportageous Podcast, with host, Zushan Hashmi. Sierra is a professional climber, who has represented the USA in various climbing tournaments, across the three competitive climbing disciplines of bouldering, lead climbing and speed climbing! Sierra tells us about her journey as a climber, how the sport has changed in the last few years, and what she has coming up on her climbing calendar.