The Upshot

Plus: Eamonn Holmes sleeps on Fergie’s sofa, Katie Price scraps with beloved broadcasters, and the meth dealer doing pilates with Reece James…

Join Jack and Zach for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Links from the pod:

Tom Brady greeted by Wrexham fans: https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1835755990878175372

Unc’s Instagram Live bonk: https://x.com/AhmadAl18429902/status/1833925309009474003

Eamonn Holmes and Fergie painting: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FiUpjSlXwAIWT8c.jpg

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They call him the greatest footballer who never played: Carlos Henrique Raposo, aka Kaiser.

The Brazilian had a glittering career in the 1980s... without ever kicking a ball.

From orgies with Berlusconi to gun-wielding gangsters, meet football's finest conman…

Links from the pod:

Kaiser’s wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Kaiser_(footballer)

Watch the excellent documentary on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kaiser-Bernado-Paula/dp/B07J1Z1VXC

Photo with Renato Gaucho: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/35043d050bed1fd82c78a1332217047d39c12256/0_659_5905_3543/master/5905.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none

Working as a personal trainer for women: https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/uQoaC3Qz7P_jg54MUnPV2Q--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en-CA/homerun/article.442.com/ee8ce4c31ed81eccf53b4319a4062a0c

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Plus: Wayne Rooney’s on the ciders, Richard Keys is settling old scores and the Old Bill are arresting players on the pitch…

Join Jack and George for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Links from the pod:

Richard Keys v Nigel Farage: https://x.com/richardajkeys/status/1831668295348449648

Richard Keys v Jamie Redknapp: https://x.com/richardajkeys/status/1831777661812928645

Rooney karaoke acapella: https://x.com/ladbible/status/1829260770850590902

Rooney “make some fucking noise baby”: 

https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1829142846516961489

Steve McClaren at Jamaica training: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_i4x0Xv13Z/

Paralympic marathon injustice: https://x.com/Pilar_Alegria/status/1832750956749926743?

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**With returning guest Josh Berry.**

Not many athletes can win sport’s biggest prizes while in the grips of a crystal meth addiction or weighed down by a comedy wig.

But Andre Agassi isn’t most athletes.

The American hothead hated tennis, munched amphetamines aged 10 and terrorized the cast of Friends.

And he still won 8 grand slams.

This is his story…

Links from the pod:

The pirate era: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd933bkocp3g71.jpg

Brooke Shields Friends scene: https://youtu.be/hwkRDVQI7l8?si=9hc29U1LLita2aIR&t=53

Things get ugly with Sampras at charity match: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/wqkaai/things_get_ugly_between_two_legends_at_charity/

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Plus: Alan Shearer’s trapped in hell, Ben White’s off to fight the Taliban and Gordon Brown’s negotiating transfers

Join Jack and George for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Links from the pod:

Morteza Mehdad in action : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdkWQgM7XoQ

Shearer talking about his train journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7cF_hv8SBg&t=114s

Motherwell TV commentary: https://x.com/racingblogger/status/1830236543006695598

Arbroath TV: 

https://x.com/TunnockCup/status/1612501422825738242

https://x.com/SPFLWatch/status/1742675443143106682

Kobayashi v Joey Chesnut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RXo3A9w29U

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You probably remember Thomas Gravesen as a wild-eyed Dane who swapped Goodison for the Galacticos.

But off the pitch, he was absolutely insane. 

The Danish midfielder dated pornstars, brought dynamite to training and once spunked $54 million in one night.

Meet Real Madrid's most unlikely Galactico…

Links from the pod:

Real Madrid team photo: https://scontent-lhr6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/153688071_4027794680635962_8577575528478853911_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7b2446&_nc_ohc=-Rsn5h11lz8Q7kNvgGtCKhX&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr6-1.xx&oh=00_AYC4HzDPYBDL3ZrSXhDh7wtC9rKWVmIIkTXTcLOdyjtApA&oe=66FD1D98

Putting his knob in teammates ear: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Drp2JuHWkAEea64.jpg

Marca ogre front page: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AxXE94lCMAAgWwK.jpg

Fighting Ronaldo: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article13192570.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_h_00425537.jpg

Fighting Robinho: https://x.com/sid_lambert/status/1289825291028664320/photo/4

Si Ferry story: https://fb.watch/u70I-fgvMJ/

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Plus: Remembering Sven, managers on coke and Robbie Earle’s 36 blonde models

Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Links from the pod:

Christophe Daum claiming to be more Romanian than Romanian journalists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Jo4gaXGtpmsobz_s&t=113&v=XUeOhGOD7z8&feature=youtu.be 

Jermaine Jenas on Michael McIntyre: https://x.com/lewisa95/status/1826907030625415659 

Gus Poyet sacked live on air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdF4oHzHr8A 

Trump makes Nick Faldo his running mate: https://x.com/Acyn/status/1822137749660430543

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Ronaldo put the naughty in noughties. 

The gap-toothed genius lived on a diet of booze, burgers and Brazilian booty, and still found time to win two Ballon d'Ors.

From half time fags to flogging porn to Pato, this is the story of O Fenômeno...

Links from the pod:

Three episode stint on teen soap opera: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1659168819804352516 

Haircut inspired by cartoon character: https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/diarioas/KEEXXTITK5OHBBZA6MEDQHMQVI.jpg

Mum left fuming after barber gives ‘unaccompanied’ son a Ronaldo haircut: https://www.joe.co.uk/life/mum-left-fuming-after-barber-gives-unaccompanied-son-a-ronaldo-haircut-400701

2007 Simpsons cameo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHILxxz-A_E

Video coming out of lift looking overweight: https://x.com/ESPNUK/status/1241371514215243781

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Chelsea in chaos, Nicolas Pepe’s pornstar girlfriend and a Russian chess star poisons her rival mid-game

Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Chelsea’s 42 man squad in the gym: https://x.com/SwearingSport/status/1824520610606878743/video/1

Todd Boehly’s crazy transfer spend: https://x.com/Kaspitalize/status/1823704637498601868/photo/1

Ronaldinho’s son filming training sessions at Barca: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKlwlDzboAAzo5Q.jpg

McBurnie aftersun: https://estaticos-cdn.prensaiberica.es/clip/c210ce8c-bbf8-4103-8bdf-a9d11e92edc7_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1320477.jpg

Oli McBurnie stamping on fan’s phone: https://x.com/SufcLuke_/status/1391505893544562690 

YouGov poll of Brits who think they’d qualify for Olympics: https://yougov.co.uk/sport/articles/50301-a-quarter-of-britons-think-they-could-qualify-for-the-2028-olympics

Angel di Maria looking skinny and weird: https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/GettyImages-473987402-1-e1588752172996.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1920&h=1440&crop=1

Aguero cocaine enquiry: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-huVn7Iq_W/ 

Chess player poisoning the board with mercury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPFV0yBB_X4

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The Arsenal dressing room of the 1990s was absolutely mental. 

It was ruled by a riotous ring of badly-behaved boozers like Tony Adams, Paul Merson and Ray Parlour. They called themselves "The Tuesday Club".

From machete-wielding gangsters to stints in the slammer, this is the tale of Gooners Gone Wild…

Links from the pod:

Ray Parlour aged 12: https://x.com/football_mumble/status/1271410319848587264 

Charlie Nicholas’ awful banter with Jeff Stelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5FsadHcoVA 

Ray Parlour cobra bomb: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1574720819187564546

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Managers caught in brothels, Wayne Rooney’s x-rated team talks, and is Vincent Kompany an absolute bastard?

Join Zak Attak ‘n Coopz for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Vincent Kompany bollocking Gudmundsson: https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1822932103379464543 

Non-league manager having a pint in an interview: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-kviZuInhO/

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At 20 years old, Jamie Vardy was playing eighth tier football with an ankle tag on. And at 24, he was still working at a prosthetic limbs factory.

Five years later he was a Premier League champion.

From skittles vodka every night to the Wagatha Christie saga, this is the far-fetched fairytale of a Premier League legend…

Links from the pod:

Play off semi-final against Watford 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYtDPcd-fU 

Nigel Pearson strangling James McArthur: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=342055126509288

Pearson calling journalist an ostrich: https://youtu.be/4xfdk3MliFc?si=auo9JQRzfbehtxJm&t=16 

Vardy’s daughter playing rock, paper, scissors: https://youtu.be/OP7vlyxxBtM?si=zQLn0Tudt644Tz_q&t=22 

Vardy courtroom sketch: https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article26992221.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_FS-k5s3XsAEBRCX.jpg

Rooney courtroom sketch: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/05/18/14/57878627-10828547-Coleen_Rooney_sits_next_to_her_husband_Wayne_Rooney_on_May_12_in-a-1_1652880025532.jpg

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Pole Vaulters doing porn, Neil Lennon’s Bucharest bender and the turd-riddled Seine claims its first victims. 

It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Dutch runner who sounds like Mickey Mouse: https://www.tiktok.com/@almost.co/video/7346062164878298401?lang=en

Hungover pole vault winner: https://x.com/SiavoushF/status/1820812332722688141

Steve McClaren’s dutch accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90 

Irish rowers interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFvT-KoGgEM 

The Kloppelganger: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ei6vqj/shakhtar_donetsk_on_twitter_clarifies_no_its_not/

Pole vaulter’s knob denies him spot in final: https://twitter.com/pauloMDtweets/status/1819714571688677404

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The year is 776BC. A naked man soaked in olive oil is being flogged senseless after false starting in the pentathlon.

Two millennia later, in a sleepy corner of Oxfordshire, civilised adults are clubbing each other to death in the name of Olympic revival.

From contestants eaten by wolves to Eric the Eel, this is the unhinged 3,000 year history of the Olympic Games…

Links from the pod:

Eric the Eel at Sydney 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ZePJy_nZw 

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Ederson’s hissy fit. Trouble in paradise for Lamine Yamal. And “sex marathons” in the Olympic Village.

It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Rene the piss goblin made it to Korea: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8_5WCCJPlN/

Lamine Yamal’s girlfriend BETRAYS him: https://x.com/ayeejuju/status/1817596869997908328

Get ya coffee: http://www.Angliacoffeesolutions.co.uk

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The Romans wrestled lions, the Victorians forced monkeys to fight dogs. 

And in the modern era, we tuck into a bit of artistic swimming and pretend to know what a pommel horse is.

But the Olympics is far more than just a freakshow of sobbing sprinters, doped up communists and Swiss aristocrats forcing horses to dance.

From poolside punch ups to Usain Bolt’s ultraslow shagging technique, this is the Upshot’s guide to Paris 2024…

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Multiple shagging rumours about England stars. Patrice Evra’s jail sentence. GB swimming turns saucy. And George debuts his Wimbledon-themed erotic fan fiction.

It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Tom Daley’s saucy Insta caption: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9uw4y5Nbor/?img_index=1

Argentina racist song: https://x.com/NosyBuzzer/status/1813264257506812245

Mbappe and Ines Rau frolicking: https://english.cdn.zeenews.com/sites/default/files/2024/01/02/1344423-aus-8.png

Asparagus woman predicting a female president: https://x.com/DannyParkinson/status/1815084737519591547

David Moyes on Carsley and Gravesen: https://youtu.be/JDxd0d3l6eg?si=HcHLvtlfY0oFPUVt&t=2831

Patrice Evra’s prison vid: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9VarmTSG9A/

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Colombia is known for many beautiful things. Arabica coffee. Cheap breast implants. Glorious Carribean coast.

But in the 1980s, the country was infamous for one thing… cocaine.

And Colombian football was ruled by terrifying druglords like Pablo Escobar.

From kidnapping referees to prison kickabouts with Maradona, this is the story of narco-football…

Read Ryan Ferguson’s excellent article about the era: https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/narco-soccer-pablo-escobar-football-nacional

Videos from the pod:

Rene Huguita’s scorpion kick at Wembley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRj3dKKp9tI

Carlos Valderrama with straightened hair: https://x.com/paddypower/status/1154324102737551360

Topless model kicks off friendly: https://x.com/sid_lambert/status/1532270708843323393

Asprilla v Chilavert fight: https://youtu.be/qseaJOsAKnY?si=UNnA94IlantJlCn8&t=57

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When you think of cycling, you probably picture lycra-clad lab rats, pumped so full of steroids their blood is congealing into a thick ketchup-like goo.

But it wasn’t always a sick science experiment: for most of its history, the Tour de France was a sadistic cocktail of cheating, violence and scarcely believable disasters. 

From itching powder in the shorts to selling children for cheese, this is its unhinged story…

Videos from the pod:

Chasse a cannette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UhT6-GntcY

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Sadio Mane’s wife graduates from high school. Fans stealing boats. Snack attack at the Tour de France. 

It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Videos from the pod:

Derek Chisora headbutts a Deliveroo driver: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1812882512630186418

Cucurella singing about himself: https://x.com/CFCPys/status/1812781201725247753 

Copa America fans breaking into stadium: https://x.com/ivanopanetti/status/1812765327802986786

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Love triangles in the French camp. Wife hunting at wet t-shirt competitions. Boozing with the King of Brazzers in Dortmund.

Coming to you live from (near) Dortmund, another special edition of Extra Shot, where we spill all the funniest gossip we picked up in Germany.

Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/

Videos from the pod:

Darwin Nunez fighting Colombia fans: https://x.com/feratthesix/status/1811416932987662635

Bentancur lobbing a bottle and hitting his own fans: https://x.com/ASTOUNDlNGMessi/status/1811241235908088243

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Marcelo Bielsa’s violent stand-off with fans. Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension. Leo Messi giving a wonderkid a bath.

It’s a nice, weird set of stories for a special edition of Extra Shot, our pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. 

Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/

Videos from the pod:

Trent saying “he didn’t want to take one”: https://x.com/CounterPressers/status/1809704180145390004?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell

James Corden delays his show to watch penalties: https://x.com/cjfelt13/status/1809697097240965335

Dutch fans watching from jail: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1dxqamy/dutch_football_fans_watching_netherlands_v_turkey/?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell

Leo Messi bathing Lamine Yamal: https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/story-behind-lionel-messis-viral-photo-lamine-yamal-2007-894786

Terry Venables and a young Pep: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/184c4ab/a_15yearold_pep_guardiola_in_awe_of_terry/

Douglas Luiz penalty: https://x.com/jnevesera/status/1809788612172451973?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cell

Jaden Philogene agent photoshoot: https://x.com/victor_nahe/status/1808822248108670988

Dembele’s agent ‘accidentally’ shows his phone call: https://x.com/GFFN/status/1486348192245559299

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Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.

On the pod today: footballers at Glasto, rockstars in the England camp, and somehow the biggest wreckheads of the week are Andy Carroll and Mario Balotelli…

Videos from the pod:

Ed Sheeran singing to England squad: https://x.com/itsjudithworld/status/1807962013424906356 

Conor Gallager loves Ed Sheeran to be fair: https://www.instagram.com/p/C55iPMqNteM/

Balotelli drunk: https://x.com/DiarioOle/status/1807754343992480118 

American pundits comparing Pulisic to Messi: https://x.com/a1exii_/status/1803849850426978528  

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WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSH BERRY 

He was the baby-faced megastar who won Wimbledon twice as a teenager.

But Boris Becker’s penchant for sex, mansions and dodgy dealings took him from centre court to the slammer.

From bonking in broom cupboards to death threats from murderers, this is the story of Boom Boom Boris…

Videos from the pod:

Boom Boom Boris song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mav6MEY-yeY 

Andy Murray rap song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xT74EJ8vbw 

Defending fake passport on Andrew Marr: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44581763  

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Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.

On the pod today: Bradley Wiggins attacks Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, grans gone wild at the Euros and does Geoff Hurst like Budweiser by any chance?

Videos from the pod:

Geoff Hurst shilling Budweiser: https://x.com/WeahsCousin/status/1805564686147960989 

Bradley Wiggins at Disneyland: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7991199/Sir-Bradley-Wiggins-bizarre-foul-mouthed-rant-Disneyland-Paris-families.html 

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The year is 1990. Gazzamania is sweeping the nation. And a bewildered ostrich is on the loose at Tottenham’s training ground.

The culprit? Paul Gascoigne, a Geordie midfield maestro with a craving for chaos.

From breaking into bank vaults to wanking in 10 Downing Street, this is the scarcely believable story of Gazza: the early years…

Videos from the pod:

Gazza on turning down Alex Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUqSfdZQFo

Italia 90 yellow card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0xx3So6zw

10 Downing Street story: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxatSvpImlY

FA Cup final tackles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww54AjXiMA

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod today: Gael Kakuta’s evil twin, Landon Donovan’s awful hair transplant and scandal hits the hot dog eating championship.

Videos from the pod:

Serbian president’s son trying to fight England fans: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1802645963250479344 

England fan woke up in stadium: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1802735705996636235 

Scotland fan horror movie hotel: https://x.com/RoryB96/status/1802282705406640637 

Ronald Koeman picking his nose: https://x.com/JaNe6X/status/1802808103068704923 

Landon Donovan’s hair transplant: https://x.com/magee18/status/1802881523231641717 

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Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement.

Welcome to our alternative guide to the Euros…

Videos from the pod:

Grealish looking for Birmingham on a map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75rmX2Scv4 

Grealish encyclopaedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLnQYvU6zA 

Scotland fan hit by motorbike: https://x.com/CrimeLdn/status/1405772662194917377 

Artem Dzyuba pilots draw penis: https://x.com/ODDSbible/status/1329722263839576066 

Peter Beardsley World in Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPh63Y6sSKA 

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: Goalkeepers accused of modern slavery, the Brentford legend turned undercover ultra and boxer Ryan Garcia is in cuffs.

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The year is 2006. Borat is breaking box office records. Hips Don’t Lie is number one in the charts. 

And in the sleepy German spa town of Baden Baden, England touch down for the World Cup.

But the tranquil resort is about to be turned upside down by a posse of WAGs led by Posh Spice, Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney.

From secret affairs to cocaine scandals, this is the story of WAGs gone wild…

Videos from the pod:

England’s official anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShTd-zjS4o 

Sven, Sven, Sven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33sNrncVmI

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: Ronaldo’s crying, Messi’s movie debut and more misery for Man United staff

Videos from the pod:

Rio Ferdinand’s commentary: https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1797178287413702885

Neymar’s prank: https://x.com/FootballJOE/status/1796464271599288433

El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2022: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797683460129391084

El Chiringuito on Mbappe in 2024: https://x.com/ElChiringuitoEN/status/1797682504419414248 

Messi’s cameo: https://x.com/Messilizer/status/1795312142385877178 

IShowSpeed v Man United fans: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1794410443966124440

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Lurking beneath its slick, modernising image, German football is hiding some dark secrets.

In fact, its 21st century has been truly scandalous.

From chainsaw rampages to managers on coke, welcome to a mental 20 years of German football…

Videos from the pod:

Christoph Daum Romania meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Jo4gaXGtpmsobz_s&t=113&v=XUeOhGOD7z8&feature=youtu.be

Schalke’s final day heartbreak: https://youtu.be/X-5VI7Mq3uQ?si=_75ckV4UOcx-bqbK&t=91

Joachim Low’s scratch n’ sniff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NtMpU5mo2U

Schalke ultras attack their own players: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRslSinqWFQ

Jens Lehmann chainsaw cartoon: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpfaHM2WIAA2t9G.jpg:large

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: The MLS star knocked out by a pro boxer in a restaurant, Todd Cantwell ends racism and hooligan scraps at motorway toll booths…

Videos from the pod:

Lyrics to the Champions League anthem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_Anthem

Jamie O’Hara on Love Undercover: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13443863/jamie-ohara-love-undercover-peacock-soccer.html

Todd Cantwell’s tireless struggle for racial equality: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17846426849171340/?hl=en

David Guetta’s BLM song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7oX0XxJw 

Lyon and PSG ultras torch each other’s buses: https://x.com/Lambdactu/status/1794413255299051998

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For 26 seasons, Sir Alex Ferguson was the ruddy cheeked, acid-tounged genius who ruled English football.

But behind the trophies and the bollockings, the United gaffer presided over a relentless torrent of sex, drugs and mindless violence…

25 years on from Fergie’s famous treble, this is the story the history books won’t tell…

Videos from the pod:

Cantona karate kick in France: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1616050468597239810 

Rhodri Giggs Paddy Power advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlkxsbtlgw 

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Plus: this week's managerial bloodbath, Klopp compared to Martin Luther King Jr., Scott Carson’s kicked out of Man City’s party, Brazilian stars knobbing each other’s girlfriends and the latest scoops from Mr Pants.

Links from the pod:

Rob Draper on the It Was What It Was podcast:

https://x.com/WeAreTheOverlap/status/1792812704010289230?t=VP27EMivkrySeEc-LPG2IQ&s=08

Dutch ref:

https://x.com/dannykorporaal/status/1789688408341619148

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Jose Mourinho is so charismatic that John Terry said "I'd leave the pitch in a coffin for him".

But he's also a ruthless bastard who threatens ball boys, fights staff and spits poison at his enemies.

This is the story of Jose Mourinho v The World…

Videos from the pod:

Old Trafford touchline sprint: https://twitter.com/footballontnt/status/1236932988606148609 

Celebrating at the Nou Camp as Inter manager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7Rxy0G4U8 

Poking Tito Villanova in the eye: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1655898058758946817 

Roma fan proposes in front of him: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1660947761443774467 

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: Chinese spies recruiting horny England fans, Arsenal fans turn on Gunnersaurus and John Fury is still absolutely mental

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Videos from the pod:

John Fury head-butts Usyk’s pal: https://youtu.be/FrV-iXiqTG0?si=3HGfkpFN0OhF0Kdg&t=30

Arsenal Fan TV turn on Gunnersaurus: https://twitter.com/CEtchingham77/status/1788846305483083927

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Tyson Fury eats hedgehogs, masturbates 7 times a day and warns opponents about his tiny dick.

And those are the least weird things about him.

As he bids to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, meet the Gypsy King…

Videos from the pod:

This Klit is getting licked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqjNnc0Ma8 

Sauna story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMWXZJQ6Rg&feature=youtu.be

Threatening journalist: https://youtu.be/MHAZYz-xcPo?si=DcFW3fCW43Dd9oUk&t=399 

Trash talk with Deontay Wilder: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=406053490892065

John Fury trash talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc 

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: Emmanuel Frimpong is the housemate from hell, Jamie Vardy’s sweary daughter, and footballers with gangster dads.

Links from the pod:

Dennis Rodman face tattoo: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/69/c69e01c7-134e-50e9-8bd7-a2d2aa3d9088/64aae357acb59.image.jpg

Vardy’s daughter saying fuck off: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6nz77-MRyh/?igsh=cWZ1NXJ0YXJvenYz&img_index=1

Jack Butland arguing with fans: https://twitter.com/jaymurray67/status/1787741946045243415

Mark Goldbridge defending himself: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6pGNk_qDRb/?igsh=cHdlbjAxd3JnbTNp

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Dennis Rodman is a one of a kind, certified, gold-plated, Grade A, unadulterated nutter.

He headbutted refs, went on benders with Kim Jong Un and flew 5,000 miles to shag Madonna. For cash.

From pasta up the bum to 9 day marriages, buckle in for his utterly insane story…

How he broke his dick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zDKkoNMcg

Fighting alongside Hulk Hogan at Bash on the Beach Wrestling: https://youtu.be/EYSyHdeG5wY?si=F_1tnhyo_IpXiF6d&t=201

Calls radio phone in while getting blowjob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbDAybNcfo

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Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Plus: Monty Panesar in the corridors of power, a Sheffield United star’s crime spree and Rodrigo Muniz meets Princess Diana…

Links from the pod:

Billy Vunipola getting tasered: https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1785230252253302802/video/1

Monty Panesar on Mastermind: https://twitter.com/AndyHa_/status/1083832017979142144 

Rodrigo Muniz Madame Tussauds video: https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1776188030333964396

Rodrigo Muniz Birmingham safari park video:

https://twitter.com/BBCMOTD/status/1776135178441597306 

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Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums.

Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama.

From punching Parisians to bankrolling his dad's orgies, welcome to ludicrous life of Sao Paolo’s most salacious son…

Ultras chanting “Neymar fuck off” outside his house: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1678729050381058049 

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Join Zach and George for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod: Boxers marrying porn stars, gun-wielding gangsters stalk New Zealand’s rugby league, and is Mark Clattenburg being held hostage?

Links from the pod:

Wine drinking marathon runner: https://twitter.com/NikHunt_/status/1782861259873849675 

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For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes the tin for her local donkey sanctuary.  

But things were a little different in the old days.

They drank rat poison, got chased by wild dogs and flogged false starters.

Buckle in for marathon madness…

Thomas Hicks carried across finish line: https://images.app.goo.gl/CJxzoyPErKtfxsdv5 

Uncle Chen smoking: https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-completes-26-miles-in-less-than-three-and-a-half-hours-12748278 

Runner shitting on the lawn in Boston: https://twitter.com/BabzOnTheMic/status/1648028215657525250

Guy knocking down the water bottles: https://twitter.com/1Fubar/status/1424970964069015553 

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Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: the top flight keeper blinding opponents with a laser pen, Di Canio’s run in with a Millwall taxi driver, and Joey Barton is still an absolute scumbag.

Links from the pod:

Neymar playing poker at his daughter’s birthday: https://twitter.com/KyKySZN/status/1778461735663342062 

Al-Ittihad player whipped by a fan: https://twitter.com/AJE_Sport/status/1778684205968368118   

Nahuel Guzman shining a laser: https://twitter.com/absalon78/status/1779398512423153862 

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When you hear the name OJ Simpson, you’ll no doubt recall his famous 1973 NFL season and his supporting role in Naked Gun 2.

But did you know he once got in a little bit of trouble with the police too?

Join Jack, Zach and Roisin Lanigan for the true crime tale of a sporting icon and the trial of the century…

Ruby Wax interview 1998: https://twitter.com/mrkphllps1/status/1778458736614371809

Opening scene to Juiced: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33r1ox

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Join Zachary Sweeney-Lynch (https://twitter.com/zachary_sl) and Jack Rivlin (https://twitter.com/jackrivlin) for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: QPR’s mascot sacked for flirting with female fans, Graham Potter’s brush with the criminal underworld, and the inside scoop from the Hardest Geezer’s afterparty.

Links from the pod:

Hardest geezer fundraising page: https://givestar.io/gs/PROJECTAFRICA? 

Loris Karius Berghain outfit: https://www.instagram.com/p/C487lKILwHt/?hl=en&img_index=1 

Hardest Geezer finish line video: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5d201bo2uJ/ 

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He was the big hitting, booze-swigging, chain-smoking bad boy of golf.

The blazers tried to ban him, but John Daly was the people’s champion.

From knife-wielding lovers to tossing $55k off a bridge, meet the Wild Thing…

Trump discusses “hitting Moscow” with Daly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5FKR_xH1o

Hitting balls on to motorway video: https://twitter.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1738251320933437935

Music albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmmi59IUEY&pp=ygUPam9obiBkYWx5IG11c2lj

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: Jesse Lingard’s nightmare in Seoul, unhinged Old Firm fans, and the inside scoop from Quincy Promes’ jail cell.

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Links from the pod:

UFC fighter sacks coach on TV: https://twitter.com/oscarswillis/status/1756753626301972800 

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These days, the Premier League is filled with sinister billionaires and Gucci-clad stars doing Tik Tok dances with Salt Bae.

But up in Scotland, football is how it should be.

They kidnap their teammates, scrap with tea ladies and catch hypothermia on post-match benders.

From knocking out fishermen to smuggling coke, welcome to the wild world of Scottish football…

Duncan Ferguson symphonic orchestra song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsooG5Ef-s

Anti Niemi TalkSport caller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvreCDC61Zw

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Club chairmen gobbing on fans, Luke Littler turns on his hero and another Luis Rubiales scandal.

Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3 

Links from the pod:

Kendry Paez strip club: https://twitter.com/Itismourinho/status/1772622591091495115/video/1 

North London Forever song: https://youtu.be/wjCJv4W4kvw?si=C2F-psW06_k2fMpf&t=26  

Regretamine song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1sHq1KxEY4 

Michael Owen’s Sven message: https://twitter.com/LesseJingard/status/1771343138713387200   

Bright Osayi–Samuel mural: https://twitter.com/ProjectFootball/status/1770146790404141113

Trabzonspor fan: https://twitter.com/ajansfenercom/status/1770442759247122510 

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Gary Neville is a seriously intense bloke.

He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in front of millions of fans.

This is his story…

Schoolboy prank call: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664588028990431235 

Rio’s World Cup wind up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-481ff3OGqU

Valencia fans giving him the middle finger: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1664587924720025606

Blanking Phil in the tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c6m2WX52SZI

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Ainsley Harriott caught in a football riot, beloved broadcasters on booze-fuelled benders, and the latest from the shitmunchers derby.

Get your tickets to the live show on Saturday 15th June: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/b8a44a6a-5f31-466c-af79-8dc762a488a3

Links from the pod:

Fenerbahce players fight fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoRotWeO_Mw 

Ainsley Harriott at a Turkish football riot: https://twitter.com/EvanMcFarlane/status/1724133358613983726?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=it-s-a-madhouse 

Millwall fans interrupt choir: https://twitter.com/FBAwayDays/status/1769345816043425938 

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There aren’t many football managers who’d start a fight with Muhammad Ali.

But Brian Clough isn’t most football managers.

The acid-tongued genius decked Roy Keane, scrapped with hooligans and terrorised tea ladies. And they all still loved him. 

Welcome to the Life of Brian…

Muhammad Ali video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_EHlzd63R8 

Don Revie chat show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsRt2yG8Es 

Punching pitch invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ABVVvPlr0 

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson Fury’s playground insults and “the most scandalous incident in the history of mankind”.

Links from the pod:

Jesse Lingard’s training camp TikToks: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264 

John Fury vs. Logan Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc   

Brereton Diaz Pepsi ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4 

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Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.”

The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords.

Meet Colombia's finest export…

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

More F1 toilet antics, Pep insults Foden, and a moose on the loose disrupts the week’s biggest sporting event.

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Pics we mentioned in the pod:

Chiefsaholic bank robber in wolf costume: https://mcusercontent.com/5b3a0380100d0a826c937bcf4/images/bc0c9832-3b28-c16b-870e-28a0f6d96493.jpg

Italian fans’ ballistic missile: https://twitter.com/UpshotTowers/status/1633807516915187712 

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John Terry is a proper wrong'un.

The ex-Chelsea captain punches paps, pisses in pint glasses, and shags on motorway hard shoulders.

This is the story of John Terry: Captain, Leader, Bellend…

Pics from the episode:

Jayne Connery and Sue Terry: https://imgur.com/a/rfTOL3q

The FBI e-fit: https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1664732128855089154/photo/1

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As Christian Horner’s WhatsApp message leak online, Jack brings you a surprise mini-edition on the gory details of a saga they're calling Google Drive to Survive...

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

Jurgen Klopp’s trousers cost him a job, the espionage epidemic in Italian football and booze-fuelled benders on the baize.

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These days F1 drivers have all the personality of a gently steamed leek.

But they weren't always so dull. 

From shootouts with drug lords to “intimate relations with dolphins”, meet F1's biggest shaggers, wrong'uns and hell-raisers…

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: A Premier League weed farm, Erling Haaland’s lucky escape and a Tinder date gone wrong.

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Vids from today’s episode:

Kalvin Phillips fan chant: https://twitter.com/City_Chief/status/1759194692988584018n  

Roy Hodgson angry interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFr_hFklf5s

Michael Buble on mushrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOBTFDuLIcE 

Tinder date gone wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9g_POqu6vc

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You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for godawful nightclubs.

But his off-field antics are worthy of a soap opera.

From exploding apartments to getting run over by his fiancée, this is the story of his truly ludicrous life…

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: Son’s ping pong ding dong, Fergie’s spouting gibberish to Luke Littler, and how Jurgen Klopp invented pancake day.

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Vids from today’s episode:

Curtis Jones thinks Klopp invented fist pumps: https://twitter.com/arsenaltweeta/status/1755929933212262497 

Liverpool Echo claims Scousers invented Pancake Day: https://twitter.com/notbirdappdylan/status/1757511704089366891?s=48&t=AYJ7rh4FQSV3LrWsojYohw 

Luke Littler meets Fergie: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymailsport/video/7331743955698142496   

Beckham Chinese New Year message: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/davidbeckham/video-2354572/Video-David-Beckham-speaks-Chinese-wish-Happy-Lunar-New-Year.html

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The Ivorian brothers hoovered up silverware, shagged in car parks and led secret double lives.

From cursing managers to comparing knobs, this is the story of football's friskiest fraternity…

The Kolo Toure shower photo: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1455418.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Kolo-Toure.jpg

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: Beckham and Messi face the rabid mob in Hong Kong, Christian Horner’s on trial for an “inappropriate photo” and John Terry’s training ground tyranny.

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David Beckham booed as he tries to give speech on the pitch: https://twitter.com/GanglaniJay/status/1754089103749173412

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Firing Uzis at snowball fights. Begging cops for blowjobs. Smoking crack on game day.

The NFL is filled with some absolute mad dawwwwgs.

As the Super Bowl rolls into Las Vegas, we’ve dug through the bozos and badboys to bring you American football’s most unhinged superstars…

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: Rashford’s awful Belfast bender, Riyad Mahrez’s sordid gatecrasher and the Man United target turned cocaine trafficker…

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They don't make 'em like Harry Redknapp any more.

The West Ham gaffer struck deals like Del Boy, bollocked players on live TV, and sent fans on as substitutes.

From pornstar transfer targets to karate kicks in training, meet football's most triffic manager...

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: Claire Foden's in cuffs, Pele’s secret lovechild and why is Nuno Tavares snogging his dogs?

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Brighton press officer proposal video: https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/premier-league/2023-2024/beautiful-moment-as-brighton-staff-member-proposes-in-tunnel-before-wolves-match_vid2070888/video.shtml

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There was one player in Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles squad who couldn't be tamed.

He punched fans, crashed the team bus and flogged fake Gucci to Thierry Henry.

Meet the ticket touting enfant terrible: backup keeper Graham Stack…

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Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.

This week: The frat boy who took down Ajax, Wesley Fofana runs over TV royalty in his Lamborghini, and Mauro Icardi’s exhausting love life goes up another notch.

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Mario Balotelli was the Premier League’s most notorious nutcase.

From lobbing darts at teammates to burning his own house down, the striker wreaks havoc wherever he goes.

But you haven't heard it all.

Buckle in for the full manic story of Mario Balotelli…

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Welcome to Extra Shot, our new Thursday show where we discuss the funniest stories in sport this week.

On the pod this week: footballers dragged into the Epstein scandal the real reason James Rodriguez quit Qatar, and *that* Sadio Mane rumour…

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These days, snooker crowds are full of dozing pensioners nibbling corned beef sandwiches.

But the sport was once a hotbed of booze, crack pipes and shagging.

From foursomes with fans to benders with the Rolling Stones, meet the bad boys of snooker…

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Diego Maradona and Napoli: it was football's wildest romance.

A head-spinning cocktail of devotion, chaos and glory - plus enough drugs to kill a horse.

From prosthetic penises to doing coke in the Pope's bathroom, this is the story of Diego in Naples…

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Cocaine-fuelled car chases. Ultras invading orgies. And Kyle Walker waving his willy around a Manchester bar.

It’s been a wild year in the world of sport. 

And today we celebrate all of it, with our annual awards ceremony: the Shotties…

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He fights gangs, pens murder mysteries and once served a stint in the slammer.

Steve Bruce is not who you think he is.

From con tricks to cabbage crimes, this is his story…

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Joey Barton is fucking mental.

He punches children, quotes Nietzsche, and once sunk his teeth into his own club captain. And that’s just the tame stuff.

From cigars in eyes to zoo animals on the loose, this is the story of the Premier League’s biggest wrong’un…

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It was football’s wildest fairytale: in ten years ramshackle Wimbledon went from non-league to the top flight and FA Cup glory.

But that’s only half the story. Vinnie Jones, John Fashanu and co were a bunch of absolute animals.

They torched cars, held press conferences naked, and hospitalised each other with dressing room beatings.

This is the story of the Crazy Gang…

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The year is 1999 - Real Madrid are at war.

Legendary striker Raul brands the dressing room “a cesspit of lies, treachery and whispers”.

Something has to change...

From murderous hitmen to pigs heads on the pitch, this is the story of the Galacticos…

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Erling Haaland isn’t like other humans.

He gorges on chicken livers, raps about world peace, and wakes up to the Champions League anthem. Every day.

As the Robo-Viking smashes every record under the sun, we’re joined by Haaland expert Lars Sivertsen to explore the weird world of Erling Haaland…

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Trigger Happy TV creator Dom Joly joins us to discuss a tabloid sensation who smoked weed, punched coppers and made magic on the pitch.

From drug scandals to accidental dick pics, this is Beefy’s story…

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Everyone knows Roy Keane is a mad bastard.

The United legend humiliated teammates, knocked out opponents and scrapped with his own manager.

But there’s more. So much more.

From drunken headbutts to kung fu kicks in the dressing room, this is his story…

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You might remember Adrian Mutu as a promising Chelsea striker with a taste for cocaine.

But Class As weren’t his only vice.

From high speed car chases to drinking a porn star's blood, meet the Bad Boy of Bucharest…

Jack (http://www.twitter.com/jackrivlin) and Zach (http://www.twitter.com/zachary_sl) are joined by JP Lockwood (http://www.twitter.com/jplockwood) to discuss the cokey Chelsea striker.

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Rugby playing cannibals. Stalkers in Serie A. Ghostly visitations from the late George Best.

As Halloween draws near, we’ve braved the haunted crypts of Upshot Towers, digging up a selection of macabre, gruesome and terrifying tales.

Gather round, children, for the scariest stories in sport…

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With his good looks, magic right boot and penchant for queueing, David Beckham is a national treasure.

But you didn’t tune in to hear about all that, did you?

From knobbing his PA to the “stag do of the millennium”, meet the real David Beckham…

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Masked hitmen. Sex tape blackmail. Organ harvesting allegations.

It’s been an incredibly weird, sexually charged, and occasionally glorious decade for French football. 

We’re joined by ESPN’s Julien Laurens as we dive into Les Bleus' sinister sexual psychodrama...

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Mike Ashley's Newcastle reign was a disaster for fans, and behind the scenes it was booze-soaked chaos. 

The giant mug magnate enjoyed 14 years of drunken mayhem at St James Park. 

From puking in fireplaces to stripping at staff parties, welcome to Big Mike's decade on the Toon…

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Drug-fuelled car crashes. 121 mistresses. Shagging the next door neighbour's daughter.

No one does scandals like Tiger Woods.

But if you think you know the full story, think again. Buckle in for the sordid tale of a golfer gone wild…

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They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore. 

He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams. 

So by all means enjoy this podcast, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"...

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When Wayne Rooney burst onto the scene in 2002, there was only one nagging doubt.

Would he have the sordid private life to match his undeniable footballing genius?

It didn’t take long for him to deliver.

From PVC grannies to spiking his teammates with Viagra, welcome to the wild world of Wazza…

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If you like to think rugby is a civilised sport played by gentlemen, stop reading now. 

From dealing drugs to defecating on dancefloors, the sport is filled with absolute wrong uns.

As the World Cup kicks off, meet rugby's rowdiest reprobates…

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From human trafficking charges to arson, Mauro Icardi's love life has thrown up some ludicrous drama. 

The former PSG striker and his wife Wanda are the stars of football’s most chaotic marriage. 

This is their story…

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For a bloke who won the Ballon d'Or and lit up the World Cup, Michael Owen's life is comically dull. 

The England legend has never tasted tea or coffee, and his mum managed his bank account until he was 38. 

This is the story of England's weirdo wonderkid…

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In the mid 2000s Ronaldinho was the king of football... and an absolute shagger. 

But the madcap world of the buck-toothed genius was about to come crashing down. 

From four-way relationships to stints in the slammer, buckle in for the scintillating saga of Brazil’s sesh-head superstar…

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The Premier League doesn’t just specialise in high quality football and obscene sums of cash - it does a lovely side business in scandals too.

Ahead of the new season, we’ve picked out the biggest rogues, shaggers and miscellaneous comedy characters..

From cat kickers to willy wavers, this is the 2023/24 wrong’uns XI…

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Shane Warne wasn't like other sportsmen. 

A sex-mad cricketing genius, he once summed up his life: "I smoked, I drank, and I bowled a bit of leg spin. I don't have any regrets." 

From sexting scandals to lasagne sandwiches, welcome to Warnie's World…

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You might remember Nicklas Bendtner as a misfiring Arsenal striker with godawful tattoos. 

But what he lacked in goals, he made up for in scintillating off-field scandal. 

From bedding baronesses to boob job blackmail, welcome to the ludicrous life of Lord Bendtner…

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When Roman Abramovich sold Chelsea, the fans feared the worst. 

And it turns out they were right! Todd Boehly's first season in charge has been an absolute shitshow. 

From macho death grips to mysterious off-field scandals, this is the story of Chelsea's season from hell…

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Ankle tags. Threesomes with Ashley Cole. Cat murder cover-ups. No one embodied noughties football excess like Jermaine Pennant.

Jack and Zach from The Upshot are joined by Mickey Down (co-creator of HBO/BBC sensation Industry) to delve into the wild life of a Premier League bad-boy.

Starting with his hungover hat-trick on debut for Arsenal, we explore some of Jermaine's most colourful antics and biggest scandals, including some utterly ridiculous tales of boozing, law-breaking and tabloid stitch-ups.

And there will be the odd mention of actual football too.

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Welcome to The Upshot podcast. Each week, we'll pull back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.

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