The Score

The Score

Hosted by Chris McHardy, The Score is your comprehensive guide to the world of sport. From the latest sports news to big-name guests and interviews, not to mention plenty of opinionated debate on the day’s biggest stories. Unscripted and unfiltered, The Score caters to the sporting anoraks among us and those who consider themselves more ‘fairweather’.

Episodes

January 15, 2026 88 mins


- It's the Back Page with Chris McHardy and Eddie Taylor.

- The $1m one-point tournament at the Australian Open turns out to be ace

- There are lessons to be learned from athletes that celebrated too soon

- Pep Guardiola agrees with everyone else... VAR is useless

- Michael Carrick raises eyebrows as the new Manchester United manager

- And who are the biggest hits and flops of the summer transfers s...

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-  Chris McHardy is joined by Robbie Greenfield 

- There’s a debut of Robbie’s Bleep of the Week feature

- A look at Xabi Alonso being punted out Real Madrid by Florentino Perez… and Kylian Mbappe

- Brooks Koepka returns to the PGA Tour with a set of eye-watering financial penalties

- And the NFL’s Wildcard Weekend gets us in the mood for the Super Bowl.

All this and much more in The Score

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January 12, 2026 90 mins

- It's Chris McHardy and Chris Brown for a night of footballing action.

- There's a look at the magic of the cup as Macclesfield Town beat Crystal Palace 

- Manchester United are making the headlines for all the wrong reasons AGAIN after being dumped out by Brighton

- ... And it sounds like Michael Carrick is the next man entering the Old Trafford chaos.
- Spurs are fighting them to be th...

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January 8, 2026 90 mins

An Ashes Inquest For England


- Chris McHardy is back in the hot seat, which is much needed after getting stuck in chilly Scotland.

- Marc Archer is on hand to give his critical assessment of the Aussie’s dominant win in The Ashes.

- The gentlemen are excited about the NFL’s Wildcard Weekend

- And Premier League winner and ex-Manchester United player Danny Simpsons calls in to give his take on who shoul...

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January 7, 2026 91 mins

- It’s Robbie Greenfield and Eddie Taylor on the show tonight.

- Eddie nibbles on the last bits of meat on the bones of Ruben Amorim's sacking

- Motor racing expert Damien Reid keeps us up to speed on Lewis Hamilton's dad's F1 rival

- PGA Professional Golf Coach, Georgia Ball calls in to talk about the Dubai Desert Classic

- And the fastest golfer in the world, Seb Twaddell pops in to tell us about his latest challenge

All th...

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- It’s Robbie Greenfield and Carl van Rosenvelt on the show tonight.

- The gentlemen pore over the bombshell news about Ruben Amorim getting the sack

- There's also a look at the top candidates to replace him
- They wonder if Chelsea's untested new head coach, Liam Rosenior is the man to take them to the next level
- Tyson Fury's comeback is set for 2026... if he can find a fight.

- A...

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- It’s Robbie Greenfield and Marc Archer on the show this evening.

- There's a look at Luke Littler turning "heel" at the PDC Darts World Championships

- Motor sport expert Damien Reid drops in to let us know that the F1 title contenders might've been decided already
- The final fixtures of the Premier League for 2025 come under the microscope

- And the gents have their pi...

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December 29, 2025 97 mins


- It’s Robbie Greenfield and Eddie Taylor in for Chris McHardy this evening on a packed show.

- There’s a chat about whether the Battle of the Sexes was simply just to put more eyeballs on tennis

- Could high flying Aston Villa do the impossible and win the Premier League this season?

- And are Chelsea the most vanilla top flight side right now?

- England win a te...

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December 18, 2025 81 mins
  • It’s Eddie Taylor and myself, Chris McHardy for another edition of The Back Page

  • We’re still in shock at the human error behind Snicko at the Ashes Third Test

  • FIFA announces a bumper increase in World Cup prize money for the participating nations

  • We congratulate the Irish Microsoft Excel 2025 champion… yes, IT is the real sport

  • There’s the revelation that one Manchester ...
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-   Tonight I’m joined by a new friend of the show, ex-The Sun sport’s journalist, Jordan Davies 

-   There’s a look at the third Ashes test as England need a miracle Down Under… 

-   … especially as the Aussie’s welcome back Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins. 

-   We wonder why - money aside - has Brendan Rodgers headed out to Saudi Pro League s...

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December 15, 2025 79 mins
  • Arsenal squeak past Wolves while looking over there shoulder at…
  • … Manchester City and Aston Villa who won to keep the pressure on the Gunners 
  • Spurs and Thomas Frank look at odds in a painful relationship
  • And there’s a special shout out to Dubai-based darts pro Nitin Kumar who made history at the PDC World Championships


All this, and much more, on The Score

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December 12, 2025 70 mins
  • We look at another shaky night for Xabi Alonso as Real Madrid lose to Manchester City
  • There’s an attempt to fathom how - and indeed why - Paul Pogba caught the camel racing bug…
  • … and look at other stars who’ve invested in bizarre sports, including Floyd Mayweather’s unusual hobby
  • And pro golfer Viktor Hovland tells us about his expectations for the upcoming Dubai Desert Classic


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December 10, 2025 71 mins

- We’re in the mood for a spot of arrows as the PDC World Darts Championship is on the horizon

- There’s a forensic look at England who continue to melt under the Aussie heat in the Ashes

- Football fans might want to review their social media feeds before heading to the US of A next summer as Donald Trump announces new rules

- Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler calls in to give his opinion on the...

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- FIFA’s disastrous celeb-filled World Cup draw show comes under fire.

- We dissect all the fallout from Mo Salah’s explosive interview that got him dropped from Liverpool’s Champions League squad…

- … and is he destined for an Anfield exit?

- Are Aston Villa suddenly in a title race?

- Can Arsenal hold their nerve at the top of the Premier League?

- And we take a look across the continent to ...

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Chris McHardy and Robbie Greenfield are joined by pro golfer Shiv Kapur.

The 7-time winner on tour, a veteran of both the DP World Tour and Asian tours tells us about the exciting and innovative Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) - a new format coming to Dubai's Els Club on December 8th to 10th.

The IGPL, India's first-ever franchise-based golf league, comes to the UAE and marks a major milestone in the evolution of golf in the regi...

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December 5, 2025 80 mins


- There’s a moment of appreciation for Joe Root’s first-ever test century in Australia

- We take the rage bait from a viral list of the top 100 players at the 2026 World Cup

- Ex-The Sun Arsenal reporter, Jordan Davies, to give us a deep dive on the Gunners’ title charge

- Pro golfer Shiv Kapur tells us about his new Dubai-based golf league.
- Our resident motor...

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December 3, 2025 86 mins

- Chris McHardy is joined by Eddie Taylor for The Back Page

- There's a look at the odd line-up of Robbie Williams and the Village People headlining the FIFA World Cup draw

- The Rugby World Cup 2026 draw has also been made and gets looked at

- We doff our caps to Erling Haaland who has reached the exclusive 100 Premier League goals club

- Ons Jabeur tells us about her new Dubai Academy and why the Battle of the Sexes is a bad idea...

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December 2, 2025 75 mins

- Chris McHardy and Sean O'Shea look back at a dramatic weekend of Premier League action.

- Are Chelsea genuine title contenders after drawing with the league leaders, Arsenal?

- Manchester United's unlikely win at Crystal Palace... doesn't change anything

- Phil Foden's purple patch comes along at just the right time or Manchester City

 - And they look at Liverpool getting back to winning ways without Mo...

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November 27, 2025 79 mins

- Chris McHardy and Marc Archer wonder if Arne Slot’s time is up at Liverpool and what’s gone wrong?

- They praise the rampant Arsenal who sit atop of the Premier League AND the Champions League 

- There’s a look ahead to this weekend’s Emirates Dubai 7s

- And there’s an exclusive chat with former England Rugby stars Ben Youngs and Dan Cole

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November 26, 2025 73 mins

- Carl and Chris look back on a night of dramatic Champions League action as Chelsea’s Estavao announces himself on the big stage

- The gents pore over the details of India’s heaviest cricket defeat ever as South Africa run rampant

- And FIFA’s utterly outrageous decision to unban Cristiano Ronaldo goes under the microscope


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