Best Bits: Mental Health & Transfer Window Secrets! ?

Welcome to This Sporting Planet: The World's View on Sport! ?

Join your hosts Natalie Sawyer (UK), Edward Russell (Singapore), and Todd Harris (USA) as they look back on some of This Sporting Planet’s best bits from the first half of 2025 in this special two-part series!

This episode's highlights include:

Important chats on mental health: Natalie looks back on the incredibly powerful and frank chat she had with professional golfer Chris Wood (UK) about the mental health struggles he’s experienced in the last few years. The team also reflect on Madison Keys’ (USA) comments after her Australian Open win, where she stressed how important therapy was to her finding peak form again.

Rugby World Cup preview: World Cup winner, and former Red Rose, Rachel Burford (UK) joins This Sporting Planet to preview the Rugby World Cup, which sees England go into the tournament as favourites on home soil. They haven’t lost a game in THREE years!

Cricket World Cup preview: We reflect on a chat with respected journalist and documentary producer Aneesha Ghosh (India) about India’s chances going into the Cricket World Cup. India are co-hosting the tournament with Sri Lanka – can they give the home fans something to cheer about on home soil?!

Transfer Window secrets: Natalie takes us behind the scenes of broadcasting on Transfer Deadline Day on Sky Sports in the UK and, alongside European football expert Kevin Hatchard (UK), reveals exactly what it takes to get a football/soccer transfer deal over the line. Can a fax machine really scupper a multi-million pound transfer?!

Don't miss this compilation of the most memorable moments and conversations from our year in sport!

Chapters for Easy Navigation
0:00 - Introduction
1:16 - Chris Wood on His Mental Health Battles
8:07 - Madison Keys on the Power of Therapy
9:54 - Cricket World Cup Preview
17:03 - Rugby World Cup Preview
20:26 - Transfer Window Secrets Revealed
28:39 - Outro & What's Next