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PODCAST – Talking World Athletics Championships with the AP’s Rob Harris

Plus, Clare Connor, on the ECB's new UK£50m women's cricket initiative.

9 October 2019 Eoin Connolly
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SportsPro editor at large Eoin Connolly is joined by the Associated Press' global sports correspondent Rob Harris to discuss the World Athletics Championships, before the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) director of women's cricket, Clare Connor, explain its new women's sport initiative.

Between empty seats, a new doping scandal and some new stars, the World Athletics Championships in Doha presented a whole range of hot topics. Having covered the event on the ground, Harris (3.18) returns to the pod to share his thoughts on where it all leaves Qatar's hosting strategy going into the Fifa World Cup, inspects the fallout of Alberto Salazar's ban, and considers the future of the newly renamed World Athletics.

Then Connor (23.54) outlines a new long-term project to transform the sport for women and girls, explaining how the rush of a 2017 World Cup win became the reality of building for the future. 

Also featuring, Marissa Pace on a new approach to digital for the Rugby World Cup 2019.

SportsPro editor at large Eoin Connolly is joined by the Associated Press' global sports correspondent Rob Harris to discuss the World Athletics Championships, before the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) director of women's cricket, Clare Connor, explain its new women's sport initiative.

Between empty seats, a new doping scandal and some new stars, the World Athletics Championships in Doha presented a whole range of hot topics. Having covered the event on the ground, Harris (3.18) returns to the pod to share his thoughts on where it all leaves Qatar's hosting strategy going into the Fifa World Cup, inspects the fallout of Alberto Salazar's ban, and considers the future of the newly renamed World Athletics.

Then Connor (23.54) outlines a new long-term project to transform the sport for women and girls, explaining how the rush of a 2017 World Cup win became the reality of building for the future. 

Podcast available on Audioboom 

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