Seb Coe | Door open for Russia's return, 'Enhanced Games' threat & Man Utd's new stadium - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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After Liam Rosenior was sacked just 106 days into his 6-year-deal, life-long Chelsea fan & President of World Athletics, Lord Seb Coe joins Gabby and Mark to talk about Russia's return to the Olympics, his views on The 'Enhanced Games' and why the world is running out of host cities for major tournaments?
Will British athletics be able to capitalise on their new 'golden generation' and when will Manchester United's new stadium be ready?
Plus Gabby & Mark reflect on the prospect of a classic Premier League title run-in after Man City leapfrogged Arsenal last night - with the top two now only separated by goals scored...
Timestamps: 00:05 Trailer 00:41 Intro 6:52 Liam Rosenior sacked from Chelsea 14:54 Lord Seb Coe 25:14 Climate change affects World Championships 26:04 The Ultimate Championship 30:12 Keely Hodgkinson on West Ham 35:45 Russia in the Olympics 2029? 43:26 Manchester United's new stadium
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| 0:25.6 | The neighbourhood starts tonight at 9 on ITB1 and ITVX. |
| 0:28.8 | Bring on the ding-dong. |
| 0:32.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:35.5 | He has become a bit of a meme, hasn't he? |
| 0:37.7 | And that's the problem. |
| 0:38.8 | When I became present, I've had to confront an in-trade that contained well over 140 positive tests in two years. |
| 0:45.0 | The enhanced games, do you worry that you will lose athletes to it because of the financial offerings that they are serving up? |
| 0:52.9 | She's off the graph good. |
| 0:54.7 | She's still got a couple of years before she hits her peak. |
| 0:58.5 | Do you think he had a choice? |
| 1:00.3 | The stadium is being scope and being properly scaled. |
| 1:04.3 | The suspension of Russia was about the integrity of the sport. |
| 1:13.2 | So, Mark, here we are. |
| 1:15.1 | So, Gabby. |
| 1:16.2 | After 197 consecutive days of Arsenal being on top, as we enter the final straight |
| 1:23.1 | of the season, Pep City are now on top of the Premier League tables. Separated only by goals |
| 1:30.5 | scored and not that many goals scored. Are we in for the best finish in Premier League history? |
| 1:36.4 | I think we could be. And also, I think we're in for, and we'll come on to it in a minute, |
| 1:40.1 | but I also think we're in for one of those. How do you react now to even a win? |
| 1:45.8 | Because is a, and this is what we were finding quite tricky doing Sky at Burnley City last night, |
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