Biggest Sports Corruption Stories – Netflix Hansie Cronje: The face of the sport of cricket has never been the same since Hansie Cronje scandal rocked the world of cricket. From a man of highest integrity, Cronje’s fall from grace tarnished the sport of cricket forever. Now streaming platform Netflix is bringing in this ‘Tale of corruption’ once again alive with enlightening hour-long documentary Fallen Idol, part of Netflix’s new six-part anthology series Bad Sport.
Biggest Sports Corruption Stories: Netflix releases ‘Bad Sport’, features former South African captain Hansie Cronje ‘Real Story of cricket corruption’
Biggest Sports Corruption Stories – Netflix Hansie Cronje: He was one of the greatest cricket captains in his country’s history, man with highest integrity & last man to do anything wrong. Such was Cronje’s reputation that he was regarded as South Africa’s highest regarded citizen, next only to Nelson Mandela.
But not only the South African cricket but the world of cricket was rocked when in early 2000, the Delhi police announced he was being charged with conspiracy and fraud with regards to fixing matches for members of India’s large illegal bookmaking industry.
Now the same story is coming alive on NETFLIX BAD SPORT Series.
Netflix BAD SPORT Series – Netflix Hansie Cronje: The story about Cronje’s most devastating part of his life is being brought alive via extensive archival footage and candid conversation with his brother & sisters, teammates Herschelle Gibbs, Allan Donald and few others.
The documentary also features renowned English cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew, South African “bookmaker” Marlon Aronstam and members of the investigating Delhi police force. According to few reports, one of the member of Delhi Police makes the hilarious admission in the documentary that he hadn’t realised who he had caught on tape until his cricket-mad kids happened to accidentally listen to it on their stereo and asked “why have you recorded Hansie Cronje?”
Biggest Sports Corruption Stories – Netflix BAD SPORT Series: Not only Cronje’s story but the series also carries 5 other biggest corruption stories that completely rocked the world of sports.
Other episodes in the series features –
1) Basketball points-shaving scandal
2) The infamous figure skating pairs competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics,
3) A Juventus football official who tried to buy off referees,
4) A motor-racing driver who fueled and funded his campaigns by illegally selling weed,
5) A man who killed show-horses as part of an elaborate insurance fraud scheme.
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