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As Lance Armstrong is banned from cycling for life, we ask what is sport's biggest scandal?

http://www.foxsports.com.au/other-sport ... 6501306047?

Lance Armstrong
Melbourne Storm
Tiger Woods
Ben Cousins
Hansie Cronje
Shane Warne
Carlton
Sonny Bill Williams
Mike Tyson
Wayne Carey
Another...?

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I would say all those others you've listed are just pimples on the bum compared to Armstrong.

Plus the fact that half of them are Australian, so nobody really cares.
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That White City v Toros pre-season match would be up there.

PS - :lol: at Carlton being on the list!
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michael vick?
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B Johnson????

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Juventus a few years ago
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2007 AFL Grand Final

was a scandal that they didn't lose by more...

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Bomber wrote:Juventus a few years ago

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DAM wrote:
Bomber wrote:Juventus a few years ago

:shock:
Why the :shock: ?

Or did they get kicked out of Seria A for not paying affiliation fees or something?
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Adelaide United's first final loss against victory :shock:
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Bomber wrote:
DAM wrote:
Bomber wrote:Juventus a few years ago

:shock:
Why the :shock: ?

Or did they get kicked out of Seria A for not paying affiliation fees or something?
apparently according to the juve fans on here they did nothing wrong and it was all a witchunt, but then why did pessotto try and top himself?
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Proven or otherwise, it was still a scandal.
Oh, the irony of someone from Ōmuta slagging off Kokura as inaka.

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Bodo not allowed entry into some amateur games?

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Can add Argies win over Wallabies this morning. How their last try wasn't ruled forward pass is a mystery, some poor decisions overall and crowd having to shine lasers in the eyes of the Wallabies, well, there you go again.
Didnt play well, but still a farcical result.
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bubu wrote:Bodo not allowed entry into some amateur games?
Why?
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Bomber wrote:Can add Argies win over Wallabies this morning. How their last try wasn't ruled forward pass is a mystery, some poor decisions overall and crowd having to shine lasers in the eyes of the Wallabies, well, there you go again.
Didnt play well, but still a farcical result.
I think this answers my question(s) in the wild west.
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Bomber wrote:Can add Argies win over Wallabies this morning. How their last try wasn't ruled forward pass is a mystery, some poor decisions overall and crowd having to shine lasers in the eyes of the Wallabies, well, there you go again.
Didnt play well, but still a farcical result.
that list is a joke, maybe biggest in Australian sport but not even close in the scheme of things.


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1966 WC Final.....west Germany were robbed....
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MegaBonus wrote:1966 WC Final.....Germany were robbed....
How can a country that wasn't even in the final have been robbed?
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I would include Hand of God, Harding/Kerrigan, the eight men out, but I'd still say Armstrong is the biggest, lying for years, at times under oath and then it all came crashing down.with a big thud.
Give the Qatar World Cup a few more years and once it all comes out in the wash, there's a chance that could be up there too.

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Some of those Pakistani wickets last night looked a bit sus in the T20. A bit too easy a win for Oz and looking at some of the wickets Pakistan "threw" away......Hmmmmm.............
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The Disgrace of Gijón - West Germany v Austria
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Penalty Rates wrote:The Disgrace of Gijón - West Germany v Austria
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Bomber wrote:Can add Argies win over Wallabies this morning. How their last try wasn't ruled forward pass is a mystery, some poor decisions overall and crowd having to shine lasers in the eyes of the Wallabies, well, there you go again.
Didnt play well, but still a farcical result.
Not seen him get a decision wrong yet. Pass was VERY close but not forward.

Laser thing is a joke, terrible behaviour.
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I think the current interpretation of the rule is if the receiving player is behind or level with the ball carrier, the pass is still legal even if the angle of the pass moves the ball slightly forward from where it was released.

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Ernie Cooksey wrote:I think the current interpretation of the rule is if the receiving player is behind or level with the ball carrier, the pass is still legal even if the angle of the pass moves the ball slightly forward from where it was released.
Interestingly, it was the aussies who pushed for this ridiculous change as well.
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Port still trying to steal Ryder. Take him, he's got no balls anyway.
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Bomber wrote:...he's got no balls anyway.
Some previously unannounced side effects from taking all those supplements?
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