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In a Covid year, why sport matters

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3.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Former table tennis player, Matthew Syed, visits a club in Brighton which gets funding from Sported, one of the charities the Times and Sunday Times is raising money for in its Christmas Appeal.


This episode is in support of Sported, one of three charities backed by The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal.


This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.


Guest: 

Matthew Syed, Times and Sunday Times' columnist.


Host: Manveen Rana. 


Clips used: CNN, Sky Sports News, ABC News.

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0:00.0

Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.

0:11.0

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and sees apply. Check the Uber app.

0:19.9

Bad management costs employers around 84 billion pounds a year.

0:25.0

Good management is a skill set, not just a job title.

0:28.8

It needs to be recognized, nurtured and practiced.

0:38.0

And yet 82% of new managers in the UK are promoted without formal management training. At the Chartered Management Institute, we're working to change that.

0:43.0

Imagine if you made it your business to change that too.

0:47.0

Take action.

0:48.0

Search CMI Action. 2020 has been a tough year all round, but for sports fans, just as the nation could have done with a distraction.

1:04.0

Instead, the losses have mounted.

1:07.0

The 2020 Summer Olympics now the latest major sports cancellation.

1:11.0

Following thorough and extensive consideration of all scenarios.

1:14.5

We knew we have to stop the competitions, postponing the euro is the only chance.

1:19.4

Wimbledon, one of the most important tennis tournaments in the world will not be played this year.

1:25.6

Not only did we lose the great sporting moments that bring the country together,

1:31.0

but through lockdown, many of us have been deprived of local clubs and

1:35.8

teams and just the opportunity to take part in sports. We have needed a little

1:42.0

escapism this year, an opportunity to switch off and to unwind and to forget and to be active.

1:49.3

And I think the fact that we've lacked that has been very tough for a lot of people.

1:55.0

How many little clubs, which make such a difference to their members, will be able to survive when the pandemic is over.

2:03.4

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