Great Sporting Scandals: Form over 200 Years of Sporting Endeavours

Mike Tyson, Tonya Harding and Michael Schumacher are not only known for their sporting prowess, but have all been at the centre of some of the most newsworthy scandals in history. Tanya Harding was hanned from skating for life after an attack on her rival: while Ferrari blatantly fixed the result of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix when Rubens Barrichello was ordered to allow team-mate Michael Schumacher to win. Geoff Tibballs relates the most contentious and intriguing sporting scandals from the past two centuries, including stories that have long since faded into obscurity, and others that are still debated heatedly today. The outrage caused to members of the All-England Tennis Club in 1949 by Gussie Moran's daring lace-trimmed panties at Wimbledon: and the 1844 Derby Winner, Running Rein, who was discovered to be a 'ringer'. At one time or another every sport has had its moment of contention - including allegations of bribery, professionalism, match-fixing drug-taking and cheating - and Great Sporting Scandals features all the most important and compelling controversies from the last two centuries of passionate and exciting sport.Tibballs, Geoff is the author of 'Great Sporting Scandals: Form over 200 Years of Sporting Endeavours' with ISBN 9781861056863 and ISBN 1861056869.