Leaders Sport Business Podcast
1) The glass of whisky that shaped an industry and other big ticket items from Leaders Meet: Innovation 2026
The sharpest operators in sport met the smartest minds from other sectors at Leaders Meet: Innovation in London this week, and James Emmett and David Cushnan are on the ground at 180 Studios bending t...Show More
2) Champions League changes explained; why Relevent replaced Team; and how Zuffa is giving boxing its latest shake-up
As the Dana White-fronted Zuffa Boxing, backed by TKO and Saudi's Sela, makes its move to dethrone promotional giants Matchroom Boxing and Queensberry Promotions, James Emmett and David Cushnan consid...Show More
3) Charlie Marshall and Guy-Laurent Epstein push UC3 into the limelight
UC3 Co-Managing Directors Charlie Marshall and Guy-Laurent Epstein join Leaders Worth Knowing this week to shine some light on an organization that has been quietly pulling the strings of European foo...Show More
4) How reliant is sport on its army of volunteers? And how to assess Gianni Infantino’s first 10 years at Fifa?
Over 40,000 people volunteer at Parkrun events worldwide each week, with around 20,000 in the UK alone, which prompts James Emmett and David Cushnan to discuss sport’s reliance on volunteers to help r...Show More
5) Parkrun CEO Elizabeth Duggan on the magic of the model underpinning the participation sensation
Elizabeth Duggan is approaching one year in the role of CEO at Parkrun, the volunteer-led running organisation that is held up as a blueprint for sports participation in the UK. Duggan and her team do...Show More
6) What would a tennis merger achieve? And what now for Wasserman?
The proposed merger between the ATP and WTA remains on the table, but as James Emmett and David Cushnan discuss, the time it's taking to finalise tells its own story. On this week's show, there's refl...Show More
7) Addressing critical needs: WTA Ventures CEO Marina Storti
WTA Ventures CEO Marina Storti joins the podcast to review a transformative year for women's tennis. She takes us inside the process of landing Mercedes-Benz as a new headline partner, in what is bein...Show More
8) Addressing critical needs: ATP CEO Eno Polo
ATP CEO Eno Polo joins the podcast to reflect on his first 100 days in charge of the men's tennis tour. The Kenyan sets out his strategic priorities in what could end up being a transformative year fo...Show More
9) Are we at peak F1? Is the Super Bowl a gig with a sporting support act? Is the IOC's TOP model fit for purpose?
James Emmett and David Cushnan look ahead to a new Formula 1 season and another potentially seismic shift in the sport. With significant gains in audience and commercial growth for the motorsport seri...Show More
10) Aston Martin F1 MD Jeff Slack on the twists and turns required to reach the top
As F1 pre-season testing gets underway in Bahrain, Jeff Slack, Aston Martin F1's Managing Director of Commercial and Marketing, lifts the lid on how the team intends to reach the front of the grid. He...Show More