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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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    Winter Olympics: Hitler’s mistress and hot tub orgies

    Sure, Usain Bolt ran the 100m in 9.58 seconds. But has he ever been strapped to a teatray and hurled headfirst down Mont Blanc? (or an artificial slide in a concrete chinese business park) And he never shagged Hitler, murdered his rivals, or got high before races either… But I know some people who did… From Stasi spies to hot tub orgies, buckle into your bobsled for the wildest stories in Winter Olympic history… Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot Links from the pod: Australian speed skater who was coming last before the final corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUi4-H6hfw8 The actual Jamaican bobsled team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aWFW8bOpo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 tim 5 min

  2. 5 FEB.

    Mikhalio Mudryk is banned AGAIN | Extra Shot

    On the show today: Todd Boehly’s Epstein meetings, Nick Kyrgios' Australian Open bender, and Lewis Hamilton’s finally gets with the girl in the year above Get Extra shot every week when you join our Patreon: www.patreon.com/upshottowers 4 months free of Nord vpn at: www.nordvpn.com/upshot Links from the pod: Boxer gets wig knocked off: https://x.com/DevinOffWestern/status/2017778496999985203  John McEnroe's annoying fan:https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1qtn87l/us_tennis_legend_left_australia_with_a_bang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 tim 1 min
  3. Graeme Souness: for me that cat’s done nothing wrong (with Vittorio Angelone) | Part two

    3 FEB.

    Graeme Souness: for me that cat’s done nothing wrong (with Vittorio Angelone) | Part two

    Graeme faces death threats, confronts gun-wielding players and is duped into signing striker by a telephone prankster. After five glorious years in Glasgow, Graeme Souness has been hounded out of his homeland by a terrifying tea lady. But he’s about to step into the biggest job of all: Liverpool Football Club.  And that’s when everything goes pear shaped… Graeme faces death threats, confronts gun-wielding players and is duped into signing striker by a telephone prankster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 tim 2 min
  4. Graeme Souness: he’s scared of the tea lady (with Vittorio Angelone) | Part one

    27 JAN.

    Graeme Souness: he’s scared of the tea lady (with Vittorio Angelone) | Part one

    From gun-wielding strikers to love triangles with George Best, this is his story… In his glory years, Graeme Souness was a bonafide hunk who dated Miss World, won 3 European Cups and took meetings with his knob out. Which makes you wonder: why is he such a moody bastard? The Liverpool legend decked his own captain, scalped his friend with a pick axe, and was hounded out of Scotland by an irate tea lady. From gun-wielding strikers to love triangles with George Best, this is his story… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    47 min

  5. 20 JAN.

    Lutz Pfannenstiel: he kidnapped a penguin (with Jason Manford)

    They say you have to be mad to be a goalkeeper. And nobody is more batshit crazy than Lutz Pfannenstiel, the German stopper who played for 25 clubs on 6 continents. He kidnapped penguins, threatened to knock out Take That and spent 101 days in a grisly Singapore slammer. From fighting off murderers to dying three times on the pitch, meet Lutz Pfannenstiel: you’re going to like him…  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 tim 11 min
  6. Ruben Amorim: we are the worst team in Man United history

    13 JAN.

    Ruben Amorim: we are the worst team in Man United history

    In September 2024 the world was a very different place.  Sleepy Joe was in the White House, The United Strand had a short back and sides, and Ruben Amorim was the most vaunted young coach in Europe. But 14 months on, United’s latest saviour left a familiar mess in his wake: seething fans, mutinous players and Gary Neville harping on about the Club’s DNA. From naked fans to nightmares in Grimsby, this is the story of the Worst Manchester United team in history… LINKS FROM THE POD: Day one for United Strand: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAx2tTEISrB/ Gary Cotterill demands Ruben speaks English: https://x.com/Footballtweet/status/1853503399402393680 Ed Sheeran gatecrashes his interview: https://x.com/AshMeppers/status/1860759173715071084 Naked fan in Bilbao: https://x.com/turkishphysio/status/1925514123195957743 Sad open top bus parade: https://www.tiktok.com/@livescore/video/7509524698829425942?lang=en  Ruben dancing his way out: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1q4s4oq/amorim_daps_up_a_paparazzo_after_leaving_his/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 tim 3 min
  7. Thomas Tuchel on the pull in Notting Hill | The funniest stories in sport this week

    8 JAN.

    Thomas Tuchel on the pull in Notting Hill | The funniest stories in sport this week

    Keep listening to Extra Shot every week by joining The Upshot’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/upshottowers   (Sign up in your browser, not the patreon app - it’s cheaper). Get tickets to to the Upshot’s Live shows in April: https://www.livenation.co.uk/the-upshot-live-tickets-adp1637635 Download SAILY in your app store and use our code UPSHOT at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/upshot  Links from the pod: Rio Ferdinand on Solksjaer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bzNNy6gf-2k  Brendon McCullum doing the crossword: https://x.com/CricketSangrah/status/2007677153513738741  Ashes commentator fuck up: https://x.com/MonsieurJudge/status/2008787604754636947  Ugandan president grilling the players: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DO8MljIgDw5/  Congolese AFCON fans: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTIjUONjbai/?img_index=1  Pep on weighing his players: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cm20dd4md8qo  Michael Owen ranks his Christmas dinner: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSakKS7AA_u  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    49 min
  8. Love triangles and landlords from hell: AFCON’s wildest scandals

    6 JAN.

    Love triangles and landlords from hell: AFCON’s wildest scandals

    From pornstar girlfriends to birthday cakes delivered by concorde, buckle in for African football’s maddest moments… Follow Moses: @mosesduckrell LINKS FROM THE POD: Mbutu leopard outfit: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/bfgp2w0COKqnrhqELPl0dfTfPDri3ZCn8oRsqNsGdNdKEHEGoi_rUilHZr0eMCOn-mVp6Bl4hoa-t9cSSfJ1Pt6Mmv7SUEWnJaP41QjKlemJB8S6dSKHNn5jf94 Zaire defender boots ball away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDXkVGpMpc Man blocks camera: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/piza3e/during_ugandamali_match_in_african_wcq_person_was/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    47 min
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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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