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Casey Lake on amateur climbing & how she fell in love with the sport

The Sportageous CastMay 20, 2021

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Luis Ferreira on Portugal Squash, his European Squash Federation bid and sports marketing

Luis Ferreira on Portugal Squash, his European Squash Federation bid and sports marketing

Luis Ferreira the President of the National Squash Federation - Portugal, catches up with Zushan on growing the game, the work federations need to do to enhance the game's reputation, his candidacy for the European Squash Federation and the opportunities for marketing in squash.
Oct 28, 202133:32
Paraclimbing and the Special Olympics: Anita Aggarwal

Paraclimbing and the Special Olympics: Anita Aggarwal

Anita Aggarwal is a Paraclimber from the UK living with Multiple Sclerosis (meaning Multiple Scars) since 2009. She recently won her first ever competition which led her to being asked to climb for Great Britain.
She now focuses on coaching youngsters on the spectrum or with down syndrome, and other ailments. Anita is focused on bringing paraclimbing to the next level.
Oct 21, 202147:15
Markos Kern, Founder: Fun With Balls

Markos Kern, Founder: Fun With Balls

The Founder of Fun With Balls, Markos Kern shares his insights into the gamification of sport, the successes of their products, including the new Limbic Active, Multiball and of course, InteractiveSquash, which he will be talking about at TheSquashSummit.
Oct 14, 202126:15
Sarah-Jane Perry: Women's squash and her journey

Sarah-Jane Perry: Women's squash and her journey

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the Professional Squash player, Sarah-Jane Perry.
Oct 07, 202134:59
Ally Salama: Sports & mental health in the Middle East

Ally Salama: Sports & mental health in the Middle East

The founder of SportsMENTA Conference, the first sports and mental health conference in the Middle East and North Africa region, Ally Salama, features on the Sportageous Videocast to talk about mental health awareness in sports and its future in the MENA region.

Sep 30, 202119:11
Clint Vojdinoski, Founder of Bullpen

Clint Vojdinoski, Founder of Bullpen

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the Founder of Bullpen, Clint Vojdinoski.
Bullpen is a sports technology publisher that dives deep into sports business, startups, technology, data and intelligence. The mission is to spotlight who and what is shaping the future of the sporting industry.
In this quick cast, Clint takes a look back at Sports Tech in 2020, the future of Sports Tech, the Bullpen - Sportageous partnership and more.
Sep 23, 202119:10
Rahmat Khan talks Pakistan squash, Jahangir Khan & being the best

Rahmat Khan talks Pakistan squash, Jahangir Khan & being the best

Our guest on The Sportageous Cast is none other than the legendary squash coach and arguably one of the most successful coaches in any sport globally, Rahmat Khan!
Hailing from the legendary Pakistani squash family, upon his cousin, Torsam Khan's sudden passing during a tournament match in Australia, Rehmat, himself a top-level squash player, decided to coach Torsam's younger brother and his cousin, Jahangir Khan.
The. Rest. Is. History.
Hear Rahmat Khan's insights into the winning mentality, the future of Squash in Pakistan and coaching Jahangir Khan.
Sep 23, 202135:42
Sa'ad Mohamed: Climbing the Mount Everest

Sa'ad Mohamed: Climbing the Mount Everest

Sa’ad Mohamed is an explorer by passion, a trainer by profession and a content creator by accident with an MBA-Marketing degree from GC University and dabbles into photography and film making. He not only climbs mountains but documents his expeditions and has Reached Camp III (7,080m) of Mt. Everest in 2017, up to 6,100m on Gasherbrum II in 2019 and Reached 6,630m on Gasherbrum I in 2018.
Sep 16, 202139:43
Dutch Cricket's rising star - Sterre Kalis

Dutch Cricket's rising star - Sterre Kalis

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with rising start from Dutch Cricket, Sterre Kalis.
Being just 21 years old she already has a T20 century and is aiming to be a professional cricketer by improving her skills. Sterre has been nominated for ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.
Sep 09, 202117:43
Where XR meets sports and events: Better Events

Where XR meets sports and events: Better Events

Better Events VR is an Australia-based event management company that specialises in extended reality (XR) applications such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), 3D and 4D design for the events, sporting and tourism industries.
Here, their three founders, Dan Barr, Ingrid Arkessteijn and Ingrid Proud catch up with Sportageous to share their insights into sports, events, XR, VR and the future of the industry.
Sep 02, 202146:05
Limor Pelleg on an App that connects coaches and athletes globally.

Limor Pelleg on an App that connects coaches and athletes globally.

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.

Sep 02, 202117:18
Carly Post, on educating athletes in harnessing social media

Carly Post, on educating athletes in harnessing social media

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.

Aug 26, 202124:41
ATP former world #2 - Oliver Marach on his Doubles Career

ATP former world #2 - Oliver Marach on his Doubles Career

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Oliver Marach, Austrian Professional Tennis Player.
Oliver shares his
- Tennis career 🎾;
- Tennis in Austria;
- Specializing in Doubles; and
- Much more!
Austrian Tennis Player and 2018 Australian Open Doubles champion, Oliver Marach shares the story of his career, challenges, life as a tennis player, the doubles game and much more.
Aug 26, 202144:48
Nathan Hauritz, Former Aussie Cricketer & Founder 1st Class Cricket Academy

Nathan Hauritz, Former Aussie Cricketer & Founder 1st Class Cricket Academy

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.

Aug 20, 202124:29
Uri Levy, Founder BabaGol

Uri Levy, Founder BabaGol

BabaGol is all about #KeepingFootballReal, covering stories of football in the Middle East and North Africa, from South Korea to Burundi, they bring you football analysis and perspective that matters.
We catch up with BabaGol founder, Uri Levy, in this episode, and hear his insights into a range of topics, including how the strengthening of Israeli-Gulf Arab ties impacts the sport in the region, an overview of the BabaGol journey and much more.
Aug 19, 202131:09
Paul Price, Former Head Coach - Squash Australia

Paul Price, Former Head Coach - Squash Australia

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the Former Head Coach of Squash Australia, Paul Price.
Paul exclusively talks about Inspired Peak Performance, how they have been inspiring people and having live coaching sessions.
Paul being an experienced Squash player talks about how his experience has helped him throughout his career as a National Coach at Squash Australia.
Aug 12, 202154:03
Shahid Zaman Khan, professional squash coach and former pro player

Shahid Zaman Khan, professional squash coach and former pro player

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.

Aug 12, 202134:52
Matthew Barrett, Co-Founder Goal Click

Matthew Barrett, Co-Founder Goal Click

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the Co-Founder & CEO of Goal Click, Matthew Barrett. Matthew exclusively talks about Goal Click, a global football storytelling platform, how Goal Click has been telling interesting football stories from all around the world.
Aug 05, 202125:16
Heidi Gan, dual Olympian turned Lawyer

Heidi Gan, dual Olympian turned Lawyer

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.

Aug 05, 202125:14
Ross McConnell, Co-Founder & CEO, Blinder

Ross McConnell, Co-Founder & CEO, Blinder

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the Co-Founder & CEO of Blinder, Ross McConnell. Ross exclusively talks about Blinder, a web-based application that connects instantly with anyone through any device to create secured and HD video and audio content. He further talks about how Blinder is being used by many renowned media channels & what are the plans to improve it in future.
Jul 29, 202131:57
Romain Thevenot, Director Sport Climbing Australia

Romain Thevenot, Director Sport Climbing Australia

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Romain Thevenot, Director and acting CEO of Sport Climbing Australia.
Romain is an avid climber himself, also one of the early administrators of Sport Climbing Victoria and a key player in developing sport climbing in Australia.
In this episode, Romain shares his insights into the growth of climbing in Australia, the 2020 Oceania Championships, the Olympic spot and much more on climbing.

Jul 22, 202132:13
Barry Coffey

Barry Coffey

Barry Coffey

Jul 20, 202121:03
Tim Cutler, Founder of Emerging Cricket

Tim Cutler, Founder of Emerging Cricket

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Former CEO Hong Kong & Founder Emerging Cricket, Tim Cutler.  Tim talks about how funding can impact on associate cricketing nations, and how the ICC can play a better role to highlight associate cricket. He also shares his journey as Former CEO Hong Kong Cricket and how this role led to his idea behind Emerging Cricket. Emerging Cricket is a volunteer-run associate cricket-focused media platform that shares stories and updates on cricket from around the associate world.
Jul 15, 202135:42
Lucky Mlilo, on his journey for President of Squash Federation Africa

Lucky Mlilo, on his journey for President of Squash Federation Africa

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

Jul 13, 202125:27
Aqsa Mushtaq, Napoli FC Footballer

Aqsa Mushtaq, Napoli FC Footballer

In this episode of Sportageous Cast, we bring you an insightful conversation with Napoli FC Footballer, Aqsa Mushtaq.
Aqsa shares her journey, starting out playing high school football to playing at a professional level.
She also shares the challenges and struggles involved with being a female footballer raised in a Pakistani community in the UK and finally touches on how she went global with her career.
Jul 08, 202118:27
Padel Mates: Josef Badro & Daniel Dawood revolutionising padel matchmaking

Padel Mates: Josef Badro & Daniel Dawood revolutionising padel matchmaking

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!

Jul 06, 202127:40
Omer Qadri, Mindset and Success Coach

Omer Qadri, Mindset and Success Coach

In this episode of the Sportageous Videocast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Omer Qadri, a mindset and success coach.
Omer shares his insights into mental health, cricket non-cognitive capabilities and more.
Jul 01, 202135:25
Laura Massaro on squash, her book and a post-athletic career
Jun 29, 202122:29
Naveed Nawaz, Head Coach, Bangladesh U19 cricket team (U19 World Cup Champions)

Naveed Nawaz, Head Coach, Bangladesh U19 cricket team (U19 World Cup Champions)

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Bangladesh's Cricket coach from Sri Lanka, Naveed Nawaz.
Naveed Nawaz talks about his team's victory in the recent U-19 World Cup, the future of the youth in Bangladesh and coaching in his home country, Sri Lanka.
Jun 24, 202101:00:22
Campbell Harrison on Australian climbing

Campbell Harrison on Australian climbing

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!

Jun 22, 202122:37
Fizza Abid, Sports Manager and Researcher

Fizza Abid, Sports Manager and Researcher

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with the team manager of Pakistan's women's emerging squad, Fizza Abid.
Fizza shares her story of being one of the first female sports management professionals in Pakistan, her time at Loughborough University and women in sports in Pakistan.
Jun 17, 202144:02
Michael Woods: Inclusivity & Diversity in Sport

Michael Woods: Inclusivity & Diversity in Sport

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.

Jun 15, 202133:33
Matt Short, Cricket Australia Batting All-rounder

Matt Short, Cricket Australia Batting All-rounder

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Australian cricketer, Matt Short.  Matt Short has played for the Australia A Team, the Big Bash League (Adelaide Strikers) & the Victorian cricket team. He shares his journey in cricket and his experiences as a batting all-rounder.  Matt also discussed the challenges faced by most players while playing First-Class cricket & how mental health awareness is now been taking as a serious matter in Cricket. 
Jun 10, 202126:26
Carlos Schonenberg: Squash for the Masses

Carlos Schonenberg: Squash for the Masses

In this exciting conversation, Carlos Schonenberg, Founder of Squash Para Todos takes us through short wall squash and building a grassroots squash community in El Salvador
Jun 08, 202127:56
Alison Forman on the ANZ 2023 FIFA World Cup

Alison Forman on the ANZ 2023 FIFA World Cup

In this episode of Sportageous Cast, we bring you a conversation with former Matildas star, Alison Forman.
Alison Forman played 2 World Cups for the Matildas in the 90s and represented her country at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. She has also played over 75 games for the Matildas. Now working with the Dana Cup in Hjorring, Denmark, Alison shares her insights into the 2023 Women's FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Jun 03, 202124:21
Ingy Ali: First certified Female Padel coach in Egypt

Ingy Ali: First certified Female Padel coach in Egypt

Ingy Ali joins us as the first certified female Egyptian Padel coach to talk about the sport itself, her journey from squash to tennis to padel, and her predictions on the future of padel.
Jun 01, 202122:07
Shahrukh Sohail, Pakistani football analyst

Shahrukh Sohail, Pakistani football analyst

In this episode of Sportageous Cast, we bring you a conversation with Pakistan's pre-eminent football journalist, Shahrukh Sohail.
From working for Football Pakistan to bringing renowned footballers to play the first international football event in Pakistan, Shahrukh has done it all.
Shahrukh reveals the major problems football in Pakistan has been facing and how the Government can play its role to take the game to the next level.
May 27, 202142:55
Pere Valdivieso, introducing Padel in Australia
May 25, 202121:49
Casey Lake on amateur climbing & how she fell in love with the sport

Casey Lake on amateur climbing & how she fell in love with the sport

In this episode of the Sportageous Cast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Casey Lake, the winner of our Climbageous (Instagram) Giveaway.
Casey shares the story of how she started climbing, why she loves the sport and what she does outside of the sport.
May 20, 202125:00
Chris Hanebury of Serious Squash

Chris Hanebury of Serious Squash

Chris Hanebury is renowned as a squash coach, having coached in places like the Turks and Caicos Islands and Canada. More recently, Chris has joined the University of Western Ontario, to assist in developing some of the finest squash players in the country.
Chris also runs one of the most popular online squash platforms today, Serious Squash. Having amassed over 15 thousand followers across its socials, and 1000s of hits per day on the website, Chris shares the story of squash coaching, the state of the game itself, in a global context, and of course, squash and social media.

May 13, 202140:40
Sian Kelly: The rise of cricket in Argentina

Sian Kelly: The rise of cricket in Argentina

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



May 11, 202131:05
Amjad Javed on UAE cricket

Amjad Javed on UAE cricket


In this episode of the Sportageous Videocast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with former UAE cricketer, Amjad Javed.
Amjad Javed represented the UAE at the highest level as an allrounder. He shares his thoughts on expatriate players representing the UAE cricket team, the impact of Pakistan's adopted home games in the UAE on his cricket development, the influence of the ICC HQ in the UAE and the future of the game in the country.
A must watch for associate cricket fans!
May 06, 202140:31
Harbir Guram on Data and SportsTech
May 04, 202126:44
Greg Sturge: GameDay & SportsBiz solutions
Mar 29, 202123:52
Kanzy El Dafrawy, Founder - Flying Daf Academy

Kanzy El Dafrawy, Founder - Flying Daf Academy

Join us in hearing about Dubai's newest squash academy - Flying Daf Academy with founder, Kanzy El Defrawy! Kanzy El Defrawy is a former professional squash player with a highest ranking of #25, an entrepreneur, and the founder & head coach of the UAE's newest squash academy - The Flying Daf Academy.
Mar 22, 202127:19
Mahin Qureshi, Pakistani Tennis Star

Mahin Qureshi, Pakistani Tennis Star

In this episode of Sportageous Podcast, we bring you an exclusive conversation with Mahin Qureshi, a rising tennis player from Pakistan.
At the age of just 18 she has represented her country in many International Tennis Federation(ITF) events.

In this episode, Mahin talks about her journey towards International events and why most of the youth don't adopt tennis. She shares some great ideas how Tennis can be promoted among young girls in Pakistan.
Nov 01, 202035:02
PCB CEO, Wasim Khan on tours to Pakistan, womens cricket and his journey to the top

PCB CEO, Wasim Khan on tours to Pakistan, womens cricket and his journey to the top

We bring you an exclusive conversation with the CEO of the PCB, Wasim Khan.

Wasim shares the story of his journey from playing county cricket for Warwickshire to becoming CEO of Leicestershire CCC to currently the PCB. Emphasising the importance of his current regimes strategic plan, Wasim takes us through disabilities cricket, the women's game and the ICC Future Tours Programme, including an English Tour. Cricket fans this is one you don't want to miss!
Oct 28, 202041:15
Shaun Martyn on FairBreak and the future of women's cricket
Oct 11, 202030:03
Sue Strachan - President of Cricket Scotland

Sue Strachan - President of Cricket Scotland

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.

Oct 03, 202045:31
Neil Klerck on founding Tifo Football
Sep 26, 202054:22