5 Top Sports Scandals of Last Decade
Sports have never been short of controversies and scandals. I can compile a list of 100s of them but due to article limitation i am just including 5 of them.Some people may not agree with the list.
Formula 1 Intentional Crash
It was 2008 and the event was Singapore Formula 1, Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered by Renault team to intentionally crash his car making way for Fernando Alonso to win.Renault team was heavily criticized for this act of sheer shame and putting Formula 1’s credibility in doubts. Some sports journalists called it world’s worst ever act ,The Times of London’s Simons Barnes, calling the act the “worst single piece of cheating in the history of sport,” wrote, “This is no run-of-the-mill piece of skullduggery. The Renault team’s crime was not an act of cheating as mere fraudulence. Rather, it was cheating as a potentially lethal act; as potential murder, if you like.”
Betting on games officiated by himself
Tim Donaghy was a very experienced NBA referee.He officiated over 750 games during his 13 years long career. Frequency of his incorrect decision instantiated an inquiry against him. Reports revealed that Donaghy has betting problems and was betting on games that he himself officiated, making calls that altered the game in his favor.As a result Donaghy was fined $500,000.
Paralympic Games Cheating by Spanish Team
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Spain was stripped of their intellectual disability basketball gold medals shortly after the Games closed ,after Carlos Ribagorda, a member of the victorious team and an undercover journalist, revealed to the Spanish business magazine Capital that most of his colleagues had not undergone medical tests to ensure that they had a disability. The IPC investigated the claims and found that the required mental tests, which should show that the competitors have an IQ of no more than 70,were not conducted by the Spanish Paralympic Committee (CPE). Ribagorda alleged that some Spanish participants in the table tennis, track and field, and swimming events were also not disabled, meaning that five medals had been won fraudulently.
IPL Scandal Lalit Modi-Cricket
Cricket is no doubt most famous sports in India.Indian Premiere League is one of the top 5 biggest sports league in the world with worth over well $4 billion. Lalit Modi the man behind the success of this giant league was axed by authorities on allegations of tax evasion ,kick backing, possible betting and misuse of power. This scandal nearly brought a political catastrophe in India.
No Balls Scandal Pakistani Cricket
August 2010, Pakistan national team was visiting England when a leading English newspaper revealed a scandal involving Pakistan’s top 3 player including their test captain Salman Butt. It was alleged that two leading Pakistani fast bowlers deliberately bowled no balls in return of 150000 pounds. All the three men involved in scam were suspended by ICC and an official inquiry is still in progress.
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