The Upshot

He was supposed to be rugby’s next golden boy.

But Danny Cipriani’s ravenous appetite for drugs, glamour models and Cheeky Girls made him a noughties tabloid villain.

From shagging Lindsay Lohan to 7 d…

Plus: Juan Bernabe and his disgraced eagle are back, Derek Chisora is popping pingers at raves and Barcelona’s secret on-pitch messages to Syrian rebels.

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He was the Everton flop with a penchant for £5 lapdances.

And off the pitch, the drunken Dutchman was on a wild rampage through Merseyside’s seedy underbelly.

Shandy Andy dragged 15 year olds to strip …

Plus: The former West Ham star’s £2m museum heist and “blood everywhere” at Nicky Butt’s birthday bash.

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You might remember Eric Cantona as a philosopher-king with a penchant for kung fu kicks. But there's more. So much more. 

In 14 glorious years, King Eric scrapped with crooked coppers, had an affair w…

Plus: Luke Littler deluged by DMs from Insta hotties, Kyle Walker slides into Berlusconi’s lair, and Donald Trump is drooling over Coleen Rooney.

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You might remember Eric Cantona as a philosopher-king with a penchant for kung fu kicks.But there's more. So much more. 

In 14 glorious years, King Eric scrapped with crooked coppers, had an affair wi…

Plus: Emmanuel Petit condemns his Arsenal coach to death, a Real Madrid legend caught smuggling illegal seafood and a Brazilian star’s bonking calendar.

Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra…

With guest Josh Berry (@joshberrycomedy)

The world of tennis is filled with highly-strung oddballs. But no one is quite like Nick Kyrgios.

The Aussie maverick terrorises umpires, scraps in the locker r…

Plus: Pep’s bollocking teenagers, Ray Parlour’s WW2 punditry and Lazio sack their mascot over his penis operation photoshoot.

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Welcome back to part two of Diego in the dugout.

At the end of part one, Maradona had left football behind to wallow in a life of booze, burgers and booty.

But in 2008, he returns to Argentine football…

Plus: The FA Cup manager keeping crocodiles in his bungalow, Brazil striker Hulk finally marries his niece, and what do Adrian Mutu, Friedrich Nietszche and Hitler have in common?

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When you unleash the pure chaos of Diego Maradona in the dugout, it's going to be a wild ride.

As a manager, Diego ran over reporters, threatened to kill Liam Gallagher and snorted coke on the touchli…

Darts was once a humble pub game where tubby punters hustled pensioners for pork scratchings.

But in the 1970s, everything changed.

As darts went prime time, a rabble of chain-smoking boozehounds were …

You’ve opened your presents, polished off the miserable turkey detritus and your racist aunt has finally gone back to Tarrington St Clement.

So treat yaself to a quick hit of sporting scandal. It’s Ex…

The word ballet conjures images of dead-eyed aristocrats peering through tiny binoculars at neurotic gymnasts.

But behind the velvet curtain, lies a sinister world of hard drugs, poison attacks and ca…

Referees in sex tapes. Neymar slashing his teammate’s tyres. And Cole Palmer’s naked surprise.

It’s been a vintage year for sporting scandal.

And today we celebrate it all, as we look back on the funni…

Plus: A top flight ref drugged by an escort, why Wolves can’t trust their new manager and Hamaroaui and Diallo come face to face at last.

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Welcome to part two of our George Best special.

At end of part one, both Best and Man United had sunk into a spiral that would drive them apart.

The year is 1974. Now more devoted to sex and booze than…

Plus: Club president gets his secretary pregnant at the Xmas party, Cucurella tanks Puma’s big launch and Jim Ratcliffe cancels Christmas.

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