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Small talk

We ask the sporting stars the big questions 

18 July 2019

  • Carles Puyol on the Champions League trophy tour in Indonesia earlier this year.

    Carles Puyol: ‘La Masia was like the Scouts, 40 boys sharing four rooms’

    Carles Puyol talks about Barcelona, how football became his cure and clears up the rumours of liking Napalm Death

18 June 2019

  • Tower Bridge up? No problem.

    Travis Pastrana: 'Jumping from a plane without a parachute is not the scary bit'

    The daredevil rider and stuntman on injuries, jumping into the Grand Canyon, beating London traffic and more

13 February 2019

  • Snowboard - Winter Olympics Day 15<br>PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 24: Bronze medalist Billy Morgan of Great Britain celebrates during the victory ceremony after the Men’s Big Air Final on day 15 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on February 24, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

    Billy Morgan: 'I was just the crazy kid at school who could do backflips'

    Olympic medal-winning snowboarder on his handyman skills, his fear of talking in front of children and why Instagram is bad

17 July 2017

  • Gary Player

    Gary Player: ‘I became a champion because I knew what it was to suffer’

    The South African has talked about his lonely childhood, his first Open, his heroes on and off the course ... and why he believed Tiger, Seve and Mickelson got a little lucky

22 June 2017

  • Stephen Hendry: almost as ruthless at the poker table as he was around the snooker table.

    Stephen Hendry: ‘In a fight, it would be hard to get past Jimmy White’

    The seven-time world snooker champion talks his poker face, his golf handicap, Alex Higgins, Neutral Milk Hotel and why he never felt sorry for the Whirlwind

21 March 2017

  • Elise Christie celebrates after winning triple gold at the short track speed skating world championships in Rotterdam

    Elise Christie: 'It was easier to hide from stuff before social media'

    The newly crowned triple world speed skating champion on Twitter trolls, rugby union mentors, the trouble with dots and her dislike of coriander

2 February 2017

  • .<br>Former Ney York Giants NFL Player Osi Umenyiora 7th September 2016 Picture By Mark Robinson.

    Osi Umenyiora: 'I'd never heard of American football until I was 14'

    Small Talk: The former Atlanta Falcon and New York Giant on this weekend’s Super Bowl, David Tyree’s famous helmet catch and how to marry Miss Universe

14 December 2016

  • Nick Skelton

    Nick Skelton: 'I landed on my head and broke my neck'

    The Olympic showjumping champion on making the Sports Personality of the Year shortlist, coming back from retirement and Only Fools and Horses

11 November 2016

  • Gary Anderson after winning the world title in January 2016.

    Gary Anderson: 'We're a bunch of boys who have a laugh and play some good darts'

    The world champion on mental strength, his love of Japan and waking up in a cold sweat after dreaming about the arrows

6 October 2016

  • Ken Doherty: ‘I can’t believe it’s 20 years! It’s gone so quick.’

    Ken Doherty: 'Snooker was on its knees but it's been taken to a new level'

    The former snooker world champion on accidental crimefighting, the perils of gas ovens, the Sopranos and meeting Eric Cantona

26 August 2016

  • Mary Pierce

    Mary Pierce: 'seeing Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt win gold was bucket list stuff'

    The former Australian and French Open champion talks about Andy Murray and Serena Williams’ chances at the US Open, her dream mixed doubles match and Batman v Superman

12 August 2016

  • Sky television commentator Martin Tyler, possibly writing up his list of artificial pitches to cast into Room 101.

    Martin Tyler: 'Bohemian Rhapsody is the worst song in Christendom'

    The Sky Sports commentator on Sergio Agüero, weird dreams, his childhood crush and how Jimmy Hill changed his life

2 August 2016

  • Gary Harris

    Denver Nuggets' Gary Harris: 'Who's my favourite American? Myself'

    The NBA star on playing soccer as a boy, eating chicken wings and why his mother missed him dunk

4 June 2016

  • Sol Campbell

    Sol Campbell: 'Arsenal and Arsène will know when it’s time to move on'

    The Arsenal and England legend on going into management, his furniture range and his ideal dinner-party guests

19 May 2016

  • Wayne Mardle

    Wayne Mardle: ‘Phil Taylor could not turn up at an event to be beaten'

    The Sky Sports commentator on tonight’s Play-Offs, why darts players need coaches and his doomed love affair with KFC

12 February 2016

  • Jamie Carragher, right, with Sky chums Ed Chamberlin and Jamie Redknapp.

    Jamie Carragher: 'Hanging out with Chewbacca and Luke Skywalker is how I passed the time'

    The former footballer turned pundit talks Sunday League football, Tony Bellew and his potentially volatile fantasy dinner party

5 November 2015

  • Australian cricketer Shane Warne spotted leaving 'Good Day New York'<br>04 Nov 2015, New York State, USA --- Australian cricketer Shane Warne spotted leaving 'Good Day New York' Pictured: Shane Warne --- Image by © Fortunata/Splash News/Corbis

    Shane Warne: 'I’m just a guy going to a bar trying to unwind'

    The former Australia Test star on Yasir Shah’s leg break, sledging, Tinder, that mural in his home and the song he’s been working on

16 October 2015

  • Leon McKenzie in action against Danny Brown earlier in 2015.

    Leon McKenzie: one punch can change everything

    The former footballer turned professional boxer on music, roast potatoes and his title ambitions

22 May 2015

  • England v New Zealand 1st test day one

    Curtly Ambrose: ‘You’re asking me questions I’ve never been asked before’

    Curtly Ambrose, the West Indies fast-bowling legend, on dressing-room arguments, ghost stories and (eventually) his dream dinner-party lineup

15 May 2015

  • Zack Test

    Zack Test: 'When it comes to the stuff on the pitch, no opponent's your friend'

    The USA try machine on switching from football, this weekend’s London Sevens, Olympic and golfing dreams and being cordial to Canadians despite everything
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