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David Beckham is a national treasure.
But behind the good looks and magic right boot lurks an incurable shagger.
From knobbing his PA to the “stag do of the millennium”, meet the real David Beckham…
The Upshot podcast
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The Upshot podcast
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Drunken antics, dressing room squabbles, and everything else BBC Sport won't touch with a bargepole.
Joined March 2020
- Mike Tyson's life is absolutely insane. The heavyweight champ robbed houses, got his prison counsellor pregnant, and made Brad Pitt beg for his life. And that's just the tame stuff. From kilos of cocaine to tigers eating neighbours, meet the scariest man on the planet…
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe image showing Tyson with cocaine on his nose is digitally altered, see source at Getty Images. x.com/aifutureproof/… - 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 2024, here's the story of football's loveliest bloke...
- 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 part in the blackmail plot. But how did it come to this? Buckle in for the full, shocking story...
- The 1930 World Cup was absolutely mental. The refs wore suits, the Bolivians played in berets, and the Romanian team was selected by the King... and that's the tame stuff. From premature funerals to managers knocked out with chloroform, here's a short history of the madness...
- The most Linkedin manager of all time🚨 Mikel Arteta doesn’t like the semantics of the word ‘friendly’, and internally he refers to these games as ‘tests’. ❌ [@gunnerblog]
- When Roman Abramovich sold Chelsea, the fans feared the worst. And it turns out they were right! Todd Boehly's two year reign has been an absolute shitshow. From 42 man squads to Tuchel's sordid secret, this is the story of Chelsea's takeover from hell...
- Erling Haaland is a seriously weird bloke. He gorges on chicken livers, raps about world peace, and wakes up to the Champions League anthem. Every day. As the Robo-Viking smashes every record under the sun, welcome to the weird world of Erling Haaland...
- 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...
- Three years ago Dutch winger Quincy Promes was lighting up Euro 2020 and linked with Man United. Now he's exiled in Dubai, fighting a jail sentence for cocaine smuggling and stabbing his cousin. From hit n' runs to stolen necklaces, this is the story of a broken Promes...
- Ecuador kick off the World Cup today. Here's their captain Enner Valencia faking an injury to avoid getting arrested over £13k of unpaid child support. The former Everton striker was driven away on a stretcher while 13 policemen gave chase.
00:00 - N'Golo Kante is the most humble 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 departs the Premier League, here's the story of football's nicest bloke...
