Sport's Strangest Crimes
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Sport's Strangest Crimes
When sport collides with true crime.
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6. Friend or Foe?
Was Hansie Cronje a villain? A victim? Or something in between? In this final episode, we unpack the legacy Hansie left behind — the loyalties, the do...
5. The Only Passenger On Board
June 2002. Hansie Cronje dies in a plane crash. The reaction is immediate - shock, disbelief, grief. But not everyone buys the official story. In Epis...
4. Not Your Normal Library
Hansie’s admitted guilt but the real drama is only just getting started. Episode 4 takes us to the King Commission, a library turned media circus, whe...
3. Brown Envelopes
The Centurion Test is over. Hansie’s praised for “saving” the match. But rewind 24 hours and the real story starts to unfold. In Episode 3, we go behi...
2. England and the Infamous Forfeits
It’s the final Test of a five-match series, and everyone’s already packed their bags. Three days of rain, no result, nothing to play for. Then out of...
1. Bigger than Becks
In the mid-90s, Hansie Cronje was South Africa’s golden boy, the God-fearing captain backed by Nelson Mandela and worshipped by a nation. More than ju...
Introducing... Hansie Cronje: Fall From Grace
Hansie Cronje had it all — captain of South Africa, adored by a nation, trusted by Nelson Mandela. A symbol of hope in the post-apartheid era.
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7. Redemption and Beyond
New coach Conor O’Shea sets about transforming Harlequins’ fortunes and restoring their reputation.
Tom Williams rediscovers his form and helps...
6. Rugby’s Reckoning
With the full Bloodgate scandal now exposed, rugby enters a period of soul-searching.
Fallen Harlequins coach Dean Richards makes allegations th...
5. The Biggest Beast in The Jungle
Bloodgate is big news - and it’s about to get even bigger…
Dean Richards’ resignation has thrust Bloodgate onto the front and back pages - but d...
4. Downfall
After receiving his 12-month ban, Tom Williams faces pressure from the club and his team-mates as he considers blowing the whistle on the Bloodgate pl...
3. The Cover-ups
Gripping testimony from the Harlequins dressing-room as Tom Williams persuades club doctor Wendy Chapman to help cover up his act of cheating.
B...
2. It’s Not Real Blood
The story of one rugby's most notorious matches, told by those who were there.
A European Cup quarter-final between Harlequins and Leinster was...
1. Dandies to Dark Arts
Ross Kemp visits the Clapham joke shop at the origin of the Bloodgate cheating scandal that brought rugby union to its knees.
We learn how the a...
Introducing…Bloodgate
Rugby union was rocked to its core by an episode that involved deception, cover-ups, recriminations and life-changing consequences for those involved....
8: Sting in the Tale
On the other side of the world, a bugged goalpost brings tales of the match-fixing king. Having completed his confession, Moses faces up to Troy Deene...
7: Dragged Back in
Voices from the past bring new opportunities. But is Moses in or is he out? A fatal miscalculation turns Moses’ life upside down and results in a deva...
6. Braveheart
What do you do when you come up against the footballer you cannot corrupt? With the fans on his back and the players in open revolt, can Moses pull of...
5. Feeling the Heat
Did you hear the one about the Conference South game that got more bets than Barcelona? With the authorities looking like they’re closing in, can Mose...
4. Taking over the League
More players want in. The money keeps growing. Will Moses’ good times ever end? But as the scale of his match-fixing grows, word travels fast - up the...
3. The Middleman
£100k is sloshing around the footwell, as Moses’ car hurtles through the city at night. As Moses takes his first steps into a dark and dangerous new c...
2. By Any Means Necessary
There’s £60k at the back of the team bus. But if you take it, there’s no turning back. His first child is on the way. He’s arguing with his manager ov...
1. Sleep with the Money
Moses Swaibu has the makings of a top-flight footballer – until temptation comes his way. At a crossroads in his career, Moses has a massive decision...
Introducing... Confessions of a Match Fixer
Moses Swaibu reveals how he risked it all for a fortune fixing in the English league.
From Crystal Palace’s Young Player of the year, to shiftin...
8. The Accused
Maisie Adam introduces a very special episode of Sport's Strangest Crimes: A French Football Scandal. Aminata Diallo, the footballer awaiting trial fo...
7. An Unhappy Ending
Maisie Adam continues the astonishing story that has rocked women's football in France.
Its the aftermath of the arrest of Aminata Diallo, she a...
6. The Hitmen and Her
Police wiretaps capture incendiary, and potentially incriminating conversations and whatsapp messages, while statements from the group of men accused...
5. Fighting Talk
Maisie Adam continues the shocking story of a brutal attack at Paris Saint-Germain that turned close team-mates into bitter rivals, damaging lives, ca...
4. War in the Dressing Room
With one player attacked and another player under suspicion of being involved in it, the return of both Kheira Hamraoui, the victim, and Aminata Diall...
3. Arrested Developments
French international footballer Kheira Hamraoui is in shock after being dragged from the car of her PSG team-mate Aminata Diallo, and then having her...
2. Attack and Defence
Maisie Adam continues the incredible story of the organised hit on the French international footballer that took place in the leafy suburbs of Paris i...
1. What Happens In Zanzibar.....
Maisie Adam introduces the story of a brutal attack at Paris Saint-Germain that turned close teammates into bitter rivals just months after a holiday...
Introducing... A French Football Scandal
Maisie Adam tells the shocking story of jealousy, deceit and a brutal attack on a Paris Saint-Germain player that turned team-mates into the bitterest...
8. Heel
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
In the eighth episode, Bruiser’s friends and family reckon with the aftermath of his death - and...
7. The People vs Invader One
In the seventh episode, Puerto Rico reels from news of the killing; but as Jose pleads self-defence, the police and courts struggle to get to the bott...
6. Invader
In the sixth episode, Adam explores the extraordinary story of Invader One - Jose Huertas Gonzalez - as he prepares for a showdown with Bruiser Brody....
5. Island of Enchantment
In the fifth episode, as the WWE takes over the American market, Bruiser turns to the even more high octane and raw world of wrestling in Puerto Rico...
4. Bruised Dick
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
In the fourth episode, the increasingly confident Bruiser Brody starts clashing with managers an...
3. Beauty and the Feast
In the third episode, Bruiser makes a powerful enemy - but also falls in love.
Bruiser Brody was a wrestling star in the 1970s and 1980s; a clas...
2. Birth of Bruiser
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
In episode two, Frank Goodish fights for the first time - and makes quite an impression on the w...