Episodios

  • Claudio Grech on securing Valletta FC's future
    Jul 7 2025

    Valletta FC are gearing up for their first season back in the Malta Premier League after achieving storming back from a shock relegation.

    President Claudio Grech tells the Sportsdesk podcast that he is focused on ensuring long-term success for the capital city's club and that things are looking good on its long-awaited stadium project.

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    54 m
  • How Tottenham Hotspur ended a 17-year drought
    Jun 18 2025

    As assistant manager at Tottenham Hotspur, Nick Montgomery enjoyed a rollercoaster season that ended with the London club ending a 17-year trophy drought with victory in the UEFA Europa League.

    Montgomery was recently in Malta and sat down with Gianluca Lia to discuss the season and life in the English Premier League side as the right-hand man of Ange Postecoglou.

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    23 m
  • Joseph Muscat on his drive to change Maltese football
    Jun 7 2025

    The 360 Sports Malta Premier stirred a lot of controversy in its inaugural season, due to a unique format approved and managed by the 12 top-flight clubs.

    Joseph Muscat, chairman of the Premier League and the mastermind behind this new format, sat down with Valhmor Camilleri to share his thoughts on the league's first season and his vision for the future.

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  • Dorianne Theuma's Midas touch
    May 12 2025

    Dorianne Theuma is a legendary figure in women’s football in Malta. As a player, she won the MFA Player of the Year award a record eight times, won a record 117 caps and became the all-time leading scorer of the national team with 26 goals.

    Now she has turned to coaching, and her golden touch continues: Theuma led Swieqi United to their first-ever league title in the 2024/25 season.

    In the latest edition of the Sportsdesk podcast, Theuma discusses her achievements and the current status of women’s football in Malta.

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    44 m
  • Jackson Mendoza: From cancer to the football pitch in eight months
    Mar 16 2025

    In July 2024, Gżira United midfielder Jackson Mendoza got the fright of his life: a doctor told him that he was diagnosed with a lymphoma.

    On March 2, 2025, Mendoza returned to top-flight Maltese football, entering as a substitute in a match against champions Ħamrun Spartans.

    In this emotional interview, the Colombian footballer speaks about that difficult time, the people and things that helped him climb back to the top and what he hopes the future holds for him.

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    18 m
  • Fabio Spiteri - Malta's man of steel
    Feb 24 2025

    Fabio Spiteri is the only Maltese athlete to have completed a DECA Ultratriathlon - 38km of swimming, 1,800km on a bicycle and 422km of running across 10 days.

    It is a gargantuan feat that few athletes across the world have managed.

    In this interview with Valhmor Camilleri, Spiteri discusses his first steps in athletics, his switch to ironman events, friendship with the late Jake Vella and work to train athletes in Gozo.

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    38 m
  • E29 Andorra's record-breaking football team captain
    Nov 18 2020
    Episode Notes

    Ildefons Lima is not only Andorra's national team captain, he's also a world record holder.

    But the 40-year-old footballer who is so beloved in his country is currently in an awkward situation, in a tug-of-war with Andorra's football federation over its COVID-19 protocols.

    He speaks to Gianluca Lia about that issue and more.

    Note: This interview is in Italian.

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    36 m
  • E28 Former Malta international Jacob Borg
    Jul 18 2020

    Former Malta international Jacob Borg looks back on a career that saw him represent the likes of Sliema Wanderers, Gżira United, Balzan as well as Finn Harps in Ireland.

    In this interview, he tells Times of Malta's Gianluca Lia that he is currently taken a step back from football while evaluating some offers, and discusses life during the coronavirus pandemic in Australia, where he is living.

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    16 m