The Upshot pulls 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 ro...
Plus: Lucas Paqueta’s miserable birthday present, Lazio’s eagle handler barricades himself in the training ground, and an NFL star sued for breaking a pornstar’s leg.Join Zach and George for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Pak Bean in Harare: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5213881825392356 Pak Bean’s apology to the people of Zimbabwe: https://x.com/AdamTheofilatos/status/1585946122735845377 Iranian Roberto Baggio: https://x.com/HatamDaddy/status/1865703661252563393 Patrick Bamford at trampoline world: https://www.instagram.com/the72clubs/p/DGIk1R1grJo/?img_index=2 Joe Cole’s dream dinner party: https://x.com/HITCSevens/status/1891439055214174236 Brooklyn Beckham’s truffle pasta: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJRzf6ScQa/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Danny Cipriani: he is the Cheeky Boy
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 day magic mushroom freakouts, this is the story of rugby’s randiest reprobate… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:06:14
Iniesta’s secret gun smuggling plot
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.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Syrian state TV accuse Barcelona of passing coded messages to rebel insurgents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv37sGDpbxM&t=31s Charlie Methven’s music meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4bORXW9xeU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Andy van der Meyde: I craved naked women
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 clubs, had naked scraps with David Moyes and crammed two horses into the backseat of his BMW.From affairs with strippers to dog turds to the face, this is the story of a wonderkid gone wild…Links from the pod:Sent off for elbowing Xabi Alonso in the face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK1OgXr1X5o&t=260sDog kidnappers doing donuts in his car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aafw9OhkJgoThe famous cross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tweo0b-dk6A Lingerie world cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7amUACrZE&list=PLHza97vd2ltea2wGLgy28SU1blnKooSx1&index=8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Iker Casillas lost in f*ckland
Plus: The former West Ham star’s £2m museum heist and “blood everywhere” at Nicky Butt’s birthday bash.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp.Links from the pod:Enzo Fernandez shorts sniffer: https://x.com/paddypower/status/1886538842338971902 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Upshot pulls 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.Check out our semi-legendary newsletter that goes to 100,000+ subscribers: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=poddescriptionAnd our Twitter account, where we dig into the archives and spill classic tales from the past: http://www.twitter.com/upshottowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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