The Upshot
Drunken antics, dressing room squabbles, and everything else BBC Sport won't touch with a bargepole.
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In 2022, Paul Pogba was snatched from a Paris street by a gang of masked man. They held assault rifles to his head and demanded €13m. Today, his own brother was jailed for his pa...
When Wayne Rooney burst on to the scene, there was only one nagging doubt. Would he have the sordid private life to match his footballing genius? It didn’t take long to find out....
N'Golo Kante is the nicest man in football. He drives a banged up old Mini, does his shopping at Asda, and meets up with fans to play FIFA. As the midfield maestro lights up Euro...
The England squad that flew to Germany in 2006 was packed with absolute wrong'uns. From shagging grannies to battering DJs, meet England's last golden generation... https://t.co/i...
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 po...
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." F...
You might remember Jese Rodriguez as a misfiring Stoke striker with a penchant for awful sunglasses. But his off-field antics are worthy of a soap opera. From exploding apartment...
Kolo and Yaya Toure are football's most scandalous siblings. The Ivorian brothers hoovered up silverware, shagged in car parks and hired escorts for charity fundraisers. From com...
Mario Balotelli is an absolute lunatic. He sets teammates on fire, punches club directors and flees burning buildings with suitcases stuffed with cash. This is the story of The I...
"Is Ryan Giggs the last good man in Premier League football?" asked The Guardian back in 2010. How wrong they were... Since then his life has been one long scandal. From knobbin...
Brazilian striker Romario was an absolute shagger. In the words of one teammate, “He was only interested in two things: football and fucking.” From gangland kidnappings to corrup...
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 li...