Vini Jr's Ballon d'Or soap opera & a Himalayan nightmare

As Rodri and Aitana Bonmati won the Ballon D'Or and the Real Madrid boycott turned it into a soap opera, Gabby & Mark get all the gossip and fall-out from Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague.And why is there no female category for three of the awards? We ask ex-England player Natasha Dowie if the ceremony needs a shake-up. Plus, imagine being stuck on an icy ledge 6,000 high in the Himalayas for three days with no food and water - that's what happened to British mountaineer Fay Manners who joined us to tell her story. 01:35 - Manchester United & Amorim 10:02 - Ballon D'Or soap opera 26:43 - Stranded up a Himalayan mountain Executive Producer: Adonis PratsidesProducer: Sophie PenneyVideo Producer: Sam Trudgill Social Media Editor: Calum ScotlandTom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast networkVicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for GlobalYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents".And, the Sports Agents now have merch!