The Upshot

Sadio Mane’s wife graduates from high school. Fans stealing boats. Snack attack at the Tour de France. It’s another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Videos from the pod:Derek Chisora headbutts a Deliveroo driver: https://x.com/UpshotTowers/status/1812882512630186418Cucurella singing about himself: https://x.com/CFCPys/status/1812781201725247753 Copa America fans breaking into stadium: https://x.com/ivanopanetti/status/1812765327802986786 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Love triangles in the French camp. Wife hunting at wet t-shirt competitions. Boozing with the King of Brazzers in Dortmund.Coming to you live from (near) Dortmund, another special edition of Extra Shot, where we spill all the funniest gossip we picked up in Germany.Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/Videos from the pod:Darwin Nunez fighting Colombia fans: https://x.com/feratthesix/status/1811416932987662635Bentancur lobbing a bottle and hitting his own fans: https://x.com/ASTOUNDlNGMessi/status/1811241235908088243 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marcelo Bielsa’s violent stand-off with fans. Wimbledon’s simmering sexual tension. Leo Messi giving a wonderkid a bath.It’s a nice, weird set of stories for a special edition of Extra Shot, our pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Slag us off and request episodes on The Upshot subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theupshotpodcast/Videos from the pod:Trent saying “he didn’t want to take one”: https://x.com/CounterPressers/status/1809704180145390004?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cellJames Corden delays his show to watch penalties: https://x.com/cjfelt13/status/1809697097240965335Dutch fans watching from jail: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1dxqamy/dutch_football_fans_watching_netherlands_v_turkey/?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cellLeo Messi bathing Lamine Yamal: https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/story-behind-lionel-messis-viral-photo-lamine-yamal-2007-894786Terry Venables and a young Pep: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/184c4ab/a_15yearold_pep_guardiola_in_awe_of_terry/Douglas Luiz penalty: https://x.com/jnevesera/status/1809788612172451973?utm_source=www.upshot.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=watching-from-their-jail-cellJaden Philogene agent photoshoot: https://x.com/victor_nahe/status/1808822248108670988Dembele’s agent ‘accidentally’ shows his phone call: https://x.com/GFFN/status/1486348192245559299 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.On the pod today: footballers at Glasto, rockstars in the England camp, and somehow the biggest wreckheads of the week are Andy Carroll and Mario Balotelli…Videos from the pod:Ed Sheeran singing to England squad: https://x.com/itsjudithworld/status/1807962013424906356 Conor Gallager loves Ed Sheeran to be fair: https://www.instagram.com/p/C55iPMqNteM/Balotelli drunk: https://x.com/DiarioOle/status/1807754343992480118 American pundits comparing Pulisic to Messi: https://x.com/a1exii_/status/1803849850426978528  Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSH BERRY He was the baby-faced megastar who won Wimbledon twice as a teenager.But Boris Becker’s penchant for sex, mansions and dodgy dealings took him from centre court to the slammer.From bonking in broom cupboards to death threats from murderers, this is the story of Boom Boom Boris…Videos from the pod:Boom Boom Boris song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mav6MEY-yeY Andy Murray rap song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xT74EJ8vbw Defending fake passport on Andrew Marr: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44581763  Get the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email:http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and Jack for the funniest stories from the Euros this week.On the pod today: Bradley Wiggins attacks Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, grans gone wild at the Euros and does Geoff Hurst like Budweiser by any chance?Videos from the pod:Geoff Hurst shilling Budweiser: https://x.com/WeahsCousin/status/1805564686147960989 Bradley Wiggins at Disneyland: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7991199/Sir-Bradley-Wiggins-bizarre-foul-mouthed-rant-Disneyland-Paris-families.html Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The year is 1990. Gazzamania is sweeping the nation. And a bewildered ostrich is on the loose at Tottenham’s training ground.The culprit? Paul Gascoigne, a Geordie midfield maestro with a craving for chaos.From breaking into bank vaults to wanking in 10 Downing Street, this is the scarcely believable story of Gazza: the early years…Videos from the pod:Gazza on turning down Alex Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUqSfdZQFoItalia 90 yellow card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0xx3So6zw10 Downing Street story: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxatSvpImlYFA Cup final tackles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww54AjXiMAGet the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email:http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you a good, funny writer who loves sport? We’re hiring a writer for our newsletter and Twitter threads. It’s a paid role - email a sample of your writing to contact@upshot.email.Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod today: Gael Kakuta’s evil twin, Landon Donovan’s awful hair transplant and scandal hits the hot dog eating championship.Videos from the pod:Serbian president’s son trying to fight England fans: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1802645963250479344 England fan woke up in stadium: https://x.com/FBAwayDays/status/1802735705996636235 Scotland fan horror movie hotel: https://x.com/RoryB96/status/1802282705406640637 Ronald Koeman picking his nose: https://x.com/JaNe6X/status/1802808103068704923 Landon Donovan’s hair transplant: https://x.com/magee18/status/1802881523231641717 Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bastian Schweisteiger’s hot tub trouble, Declan Rice’s IRA sympathies, and the French star’s penis enlargement.Welcome to our alternative guide to the Euros…Videos from the pod:Grealish looking for Birmingham on a map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e75rmX2Scv4 Grealish encyclopaedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLnQYvU6zA Scotland fan hit by motorbike: https://x.com/CrimeLdn/status/1405772662194917377 Artem Dzyuba pilots draw penis: https://x.com/ODDSbible/status/1329722263839576066 Peter Beardsley World in Motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPh63Y6sSKA Get the week’s funniest stories in sport in 3 minutes with our free Friday email:http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Zach and Jack for Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.On the pod: Goalkeepers accused of modern slavery, the Brentford legend turned undercover ultra and boxer Ryan Garcia is in cuffs.Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices