Sports is a lucrative way of escaping poverty and a major way of making one’s self a hero and celebrity to many worldwide.


However it seems many of these athletes like to shoot themselves in the foot with their antics on and off the pitch.

Here are seven cases of athletes who had so much at their feet but basically threw it all away and had their careers end in disgrace;

1. Zinedane Zidane

His final game was the 2006 World Cup final against Italy in which he has already scored. With the scores tied at 1 – 1 and into extra-time, Zizou headbutted Marco Materazzi who he claimed insulted his mother.

France lost the final in penalties and many feel they could have won if only he had kept his head for another five minutes.

2. Marion Jones

She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of the titles after admitting to steroid use. She was not allowed to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she subsequently retired.

3. Chris Benoit

The WWE star was known for his flying head butt move. He committed suicide in 2007. He also killed his wife and son in their sleep before killing himself.

4. Lance Armstrong

He won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his Tour de France victories in 2012 after a protracted doping scandal. In his heydays, he was regarded as the greatest cyclist ever.

5. Ben Johnson

The Canadian won gold in the 100m at the 1988 Olympics but just three days after his win he was caught as a drug cheat. He tried to come back three years later but was also caught doping. He goes on today saying almost every athlete in the world dopes.

6. Oscar Pistorious

The South American was convicted of of culpable homicide after shooting and killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s day in 2013. The 29-year-old was sentenced to 6 years in prison on 6 July 2016 rather than the minimum of 15 years.

7. Mike Tyson

Despite receiving over $300m in his 20 year boxing career, Tyson was a broke man in his latter years and in his last fight with Kevin McBride, Tyson forfeited the bout, choosing not to come out for the seventh round.

Regarded as one of the best boxers of all time, he held the undisputed heavyweight championship and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old.


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nice record man

Is Oscar postorious a south american or a south African?