{"podcast":{"title":"The Game","slug":"the-game-1066443","podcast_index_feed_id":1066443,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0fc6a233-bbae-4ba5-b882-c075544353a8","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-game","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e501a8cbe71d83cf13e/1781622185758-e35264ad-4a4c-4124-b920-75949a523cf7.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1380,"summary":"The thinking fan's football podcast, providing previews and reviews of all the action - every Monday and Thursday. Listen to the best of The Times and The Sunday Times journalists as they cover the biggest sport on the planet; from winners to losers, who's in and out on the transfer roundabout, tactical developments, data analysis and the dreaded VAR. Hosted by Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson alongside special guest appearances, the team bring you the latest on the Premier League and the EFL, as well as a front-row seat to international tournaments including the Champions League, European Championships and World Cups. We know football isn't life and death. It's much more serious than that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:20:51.825312+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443"},"episode":{"title":"WORLD CUP DAY 28: Quarter Final Previews","slug":"world-cup-day-28-quarter-final-previews","published_at":"2026-07-09T05:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/world-cup-day-28-quarter-final-previews","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443","url":"https://shows.acast.com/timesthegame/episodes/world-cup-day-28-quarter-final-previews","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/6a4e37a80be8a6771799bfcc/media.mp3","summary":"We've reached the business end of the tournament. Some big names have fallen by the wayside but no really big shocks. We have six European teams, Morocco from Africa and Argentina from South America.  Belgium have been 'deeply average' at times; Spain haven't really got going. England, a dramatic result in Mexico aside haven't looked convincing. Norway have proved them selves legitimate dark horses. Argentina are street wise, the swiss are experienced. Morocco pur in midfield and France, has there ever been a better forward line? Who progresses, who goes home? Tom Allnutt, Gregor Robertson and Tom Clarke do their best to predict each of the quarter finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"We've reached the business end of the tournament. Some big names have fallen by the wayside but no really big shocks. We have six European teams, Morocco…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2868,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-game-1066443/episodes/world-cup-day-28-quarter-final-previews/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-game-1066443/world-cup-day-28-quarter-final-previews.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}