Download Foul Play: The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport AudioBook Free

Foul Play dissects the age-old subject of cheating in every its absurdity. From plain old doping to claiming a marathon success despite having motivated the middle portion of the race, from match-fixing to diving for a penalty - cheating in sport is really as old as sport itself. There are many well-known circumstances of cheats being found out in sport: Ben Johnson, for example, was stripped of his 100m Olympic medal after having a positive drugs test; Southern African cricketer Hansie Cronje was restricted from all cricket forever after admitting involvement in match-rigging; rugby union lately found itself suffering the "bloodgate" scandal. However, there are myriad other types of bending the guidelines more subtly: pressuring the referee, demoralising an opposition with mind games, or shirt-pulling. But what constititues cheating and where do we bring the lines? Are some sports cleaner than others? Is cheating in a single sport exactly like cheating in another or will each sport's distinctive culture arranged different standards? Is there such a thing as a sport without sin? Or, indeed, a wearing competitor? This booklet is not a catalogue of previous sporting misdemeanors a whole lot as a study into the measures to which some sports people have eliminated, and can go, to find the better of others. As well as the lengths to that they will not go.

Category: Ethics & Morality