The Upshot

The Upshot pulls back the curtain on your favourite sports and dives into all the stuff BBC and Sky wouldn’t touch with a bargepole: drunken antics, dressing room squabbles and the simmering sexual tension of the French football team.

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Nov 13, 2025 · 46 min
I was bullied by Brooklyn Beckham | The funniest stories in sport this week
Plus: Infantino makes a tit of himself again, and departing gaffer Rob Edwards is thrown out of Middlesbrough by security.
Nov 11, 2025 · 49 min
Matt Le Tissier: a playboy gone potty (part one)
A Malibu-swigging everyman with magic feet, he ran a strip club, got headbutted on dancefloors and guzzled KFC buckets every night. And then things got a bit weird…
Nov 6, 2025 · 50 min
Jake Humphrey’s curse claims another victim | The funniest stories in sport this week
Plus: Wesley Fofana gets 47 points on his licence and the Spurs star held at gunpoint by his agent.
Nov 4, 2025 · 44 min
Silvio Berlusconi: Bunga Bunga Presidente (part two)
From mafia henchmen to bunga bunga sex parties, welcome to the seedy world of Silvio Berlusconi…
Oct 30, 2025 · 44 min
Martin O’Neill’s Yorkshire Ripper run in | Extra shot
Plus: The midfielder who stole the second most famous painting in the world, and an Aussie Surfer’s despicable deed outrages India.
Oct 28, 2025 · 38 min
Silvio Berlusconi: the seediest man in football (part one)
From mafia henchmen to bunga bunga sex parties, welcome to the seedy world of Silvio Berlusconi…
Oct 23, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min
Jack Grealish on the sesh in Dubai | Extra shot
Plus: Pierluigi Collina strips his fellow refs naked, the man with a Man United crest tattooed on his forehead, and is Tom Daly a bastard?
Oct 21, 2025 · 46 min
Mickey Thomas: Welcome to Wrectum
From seshes with George Michael to screwdrivers up the bum, this is the story of Wrexham’s wildest legend…
Oct 16, 2025 · 44 min
FIFA unveil a new grift and why Mbappe is jealous of Joe Willock | Extra shot
Plus: the Argentine fan who turned up to his own funeral
Oct 14, 2025 · 57 min
Muhammad Ali: below the belt (part two) | with Frazer Clarke
Buckle in for part two, as Ali hangs out with Sadam Hussein, begins a four way marriage, and knocks down a coked up Marvin Gaye.
Oct 9, 2025 · 58 min
Alan Sugar fires Jamie Redknapp and more of the funniest stories this week | Extra shot
Plus: your chance to eat dinner with the mum of the second best player in the world
Oct 7, 2025 · 46 min
Muhammad Ali: the icon with a naughty streak (part one)
He was held at gunpoint by Idi Amin, got sentenced to five years in jail, and still won the heavyweight title three times.
Oct 2, 2025 · 41 min
Michael van Gerwen’s kebab shop scrap | Extra shot
Plus: Neymar hooked on shisha and an Arsenal star falls victim to a cruel 48 hour prank.
Sep 30, 2025 · 46 min
Serial killers and sordid sagas on the green: wrong’uns of the Ryder Cup (part two)
Starring Seve Ballesteros, Sir Nick Faldo and John Daly...
Sep 25, 2025 · 38 min
Jermaine Jenas hits Hooters | Extra shot
Plus: Gabby Logan subjects her son to sex chat and Jamie Vardy’s foul-mouthed Italian lessons
Sep 23, 2025 · 47 min
Cocaine and wife swapping: wrong’uns of the Ryder Cup (part one)
From serial killers to shagging on the green, welcome to the Ryder Cup of Wrong’uns…
Sep 18, 2025 · 48 min
Carlos Alcaraz’s love triangle with Jannik Sinner | Extra shot
Plus: Edgar Davids has his priceless art collection stolen and JP’s brush with Rolf Harris.
Sep 16, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Shove it up your bollocks: Roy Keane’s Saipan meltdown
From dressing room bust-ups to pre-match benders, this is the story of Roy’s meltdown in the Pacific…
Sep 11, 2025 · 47 min
Neymar inherits a billion dollars | Extra shot
Plus: Neymar inherits a billion dollars from a dead old man he’s never met and a porn star destroys three wonderkids
Sep 9, 2025 · 53 min
Jermain Defoe: boobsmacked
From bogus weddings to back seat rendezvous, meet England's friskiest forward…