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International golfer and former World Number One, Lee Westwood, joins the lads this week where we discuss his love of football, horse-racing, and the politics that abound in professional golf. His perspective on LIV Golf, the breakaway tour he joined in May 2022, is simply fascinating and provides a balance to the argument that is raging in the game right now. Honest and forthright - this show is dynamite. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

Sport's grumpy old men are back for this week's GOG. Discussing the not unexpected calamities in crypto and Twitter. With an eye also to Qatar and the imminent World Cup.

Simon Halliday joins us for the Groundsmen Conversation this week. Simon is a former England, Bath and Harlequins rugby player, ex Chairman of European Professional Club Rugby and current CEO of the Sporting Wine Club.  This is a an in-depth discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing Rugby Union and whether the game is adapting in a world where sports administrators are facing more headwinds than ever. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The Groundsmen are joined this week by one of the world's most respected tennis correspondents, Mike Dickson. Mike has been a leading sports writer for the Daily Mail for many years covering a myriad of sports including cricket, The Olympics, and tennis. We discuss the challenges facing tennis with the rise of Padel & Pickleball and what the authorities perhaps need to focus on in the future to maintain its position as one of the world's leading sports. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

This week the lads host Steve Kuhn, the Texan driving forward the US fastest growing sport of pickleball. His new league is attracting major investment as he adopts the IPL and MLS playbook. DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU ARE "LONG" TENNIS. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The lads return for a GOG episode this week.  From the poignant to the pathetic, from economic theory to Erling Haaland, from fascism to 4-4-2. If you didn't laugh, you'd cry.

On the Groundsmen this week, we are joined by Ed Smith - sport's modern day polymath.  A former England Cricketer, National Selector, Author, Lecturer, Historian and Columnist - Ed's perspective on the world of sport is both illuminating and unique.  A must-listen. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

This week we are joined by Jon Ridgeon - CEO of World Atheltics.  A former Great Britain Olympian - Jon has been charged with the role of transforming the world’s oldest and most participated sport and to make it more relevant for the 21st Century.  Recorded in front of a live audience at the inaugural Sport Summit in Lake Como. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.

The groundsmen discuss the themes from Sport Summit Como, and in particular how the intense volatility in the finance markets will affect sport.

The Groundsmen dedicate this week to really getting under the hood of OneFootball and its founder Lucas von Cranach. This company is too big to be misunderstood. Hopefully we've shed some light. Brought to you by Sportsdigita.