Delve into sport's dark side to explore some of the most notorious cover-ups, controversies and crimes in sporting history
THE RULES OF THE GAME … ARE THERE TO BE BROKEN
POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES • The 2015 FIFA scandal was to rip through the beautiful game – yet this was a well poisoned decades before the Qatar World Cup
HOW FIFA REFORMED
ATTACK ON Nancy KERRIGAN • How a bizarre attack rocked the world of international figure skating, sparked a tabloid feeding frenzy, and wrecked a brilliant career
HARDING’S SHAM MARRIAGE
WHAT TONYA HARDING DID NEXT • From skating to fighting, car racing and starting a family
THE Bodyline Series • England may not have broken any rules during their 1932–33 Ashes series with Australia, but it most definitely wasn’t cricket
SANDPAPERGATE
THE RISE & FALL OF LANCE ARMSTRONG • In a scandal that rocked the world of sport, the seven-time Tour de France champion lost everything when his past caught up with him
MICHELE FERRARI • The Italian doctor who supplied the Texan with all his doping needs
ACHIEVEMENTS OF LANCE ARMSTRONG • From 1999 to 2005, the Texan was simply unstoppable when he was in the saddle
MARSEILLE’S TAINTED TITLE • When Marseille won yet another league title ahead of a Champions League victory, the celebrations soon came to a grinding halt
A TARNISHED TRIUMPH
THE BITE FIGHT • A much-anticipated heavyweight bout lived up to the hype – but it left a nasty taste in Mike Tyson’s mouth
F1 SPYGATE • In a few short months, 2007 went from being one of the most exciting Formula One seasons in years to one of the most shameful in the sport’s history
SPYGATE’S MAIN PLAYERS • Formula One was almost completely torn to pieces by a scandal that pulled in scores of people, but here are the key players involved
THE DIRTIEST RACE IN HISTORY • The world was stunned by Ben Johnson’s dramatic victory in the Seoul Olympics, but just over two days later, it all turned sour
TEST CASE
THE HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER • 97 innocent people dead. 27 years for the truth to be heard. Hillsborough is the greatest establishment cover-up in British history…
WARNING SIGNS AT HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM
HILLSBOROUGH STADIUM • The crush occurred in the Leppings Lane stand, which was allocated to Liverpool supporters. A sudden influx of 2,000 fans led to a crush against spectator fencing
CREATING THE ‘SELF-PITY CITY’
DEFLATEGATE • Discover how a pumped ball pressurised the NFL to discipline its greatest ever player: Tom Brady
SPYGATE
KUNG-FU CANTONA • A hot-headed footballer is harangued to breaking point by an abusive fan – what could go wrong?
THE SPANISH ‘PARALYMPIANS’ • How a business journalist uncovered one of the most far-fetched sporting scandals from the inside
THE ‘OTHER’ PARALYMPIC SCANDALS • Suspected Russian doping and scrotum squeezing: how Paralympic organisers got tough in 2016
RUSSIAN STATE-SPONSORED DOPING • Following the 2014 Winter Olympics, a culture of doping in Russian athletics was uncovered
IT’S A FUNNY OLD GAME
DEATH OF THE GENTLEMAN • Andrés Escobar scored the own goal that would see Colombia knocked out of the 1994 World Cup – an on-field mistake that would lead to his assassination back home
WHEN TINO FOILED AN ASSASSINATION
BOUNTYGATE • American football is a rough game. New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was determined to make it even rougher
THE CONCUSSION CONTROVERSY
TIM DONAGHY BETTING SCANDAL • It might be considered one of the most fair and respected sports leagues in the world, but a scandal involving one of its...
