8HANSE CRONJE

1BORIS ONISCHENKO
The all-rounder and South Africa cricket captain admitted accepting a Competing in the 1976 Olympics, the Russian pentathlete found a unique way to cheat during the fencing event. He wired up his foil with a device that saw him score points every time he pressed a button on the handle. The British team noticed the discrepancy and he was disqualified.

2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Threw the 1919 World Series against the Cleveland Reds for $100,00. Eight players were found guilty and banned for life, including Shoeless Joe Jackson of "Say it ain't so Joe" fame. The team became known as the 'Black Sox'.

3 DIEGO MARADONA
First tested positive for cocaine in 1991 and banned for 15 months then tested positive for ephedrine during the 1994 World Cup and given a two-year ban. We're filing the 'Hand of God' goal against England under 'gamesmanship'.

4 SYLVESTER CARMOUCHE
Eyebrows were raised at Louisiana's Delta Downs racetrack when Carmouche won a fog-bound race onboard 23-1 shot Landing Officer by 24 lengths and came within 1.24 seconds of the track record. The reason? Horse and rider had ducked out and stopped when out of sight during the fog, rejoining in time to win.
7ROSIE RUIZ
Dora Ratjen who competed in the women's high jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin was, in fact, Hermann Ratjen. He later claimed that leaders of the Hitler Youth forced him to bind his genitals and compete as a woman. Even so, he only finished fourth, behind three real women.

1989, World Cup qualifier, Brazil v Chile at the Maracana Stadium. A flare lands close to Chilean goalkeeper Rojas who falls down apparently injured.

Chile refuse to continue in a match they had to win. Fifa ban Rojas for life but his ban is rescinded in 2001.

Finished the 1981 Boston marathon in a record time of 2 hours 31 minutes 56 seconds. Only problem? She didn't run the whole course. Ruiz jumped on to the course one mile from the finish but was caught. It later emerged that she had also jumped on the subway in finishing the previous year's New York marathon.

bribe of $8,200 to fix one day internationals against India. Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life in 2000 and died in a plane crash two years later.

9ROBERT HOYZER In August 2004, non-league side Padrerborn shocked Bundesliga giants Hamburg 4-2 in the first round of the German Cup thanks to two penalties.

The referee that day, Robert Hoyzer, was later found guilty of betting on and fixing this game in conjunction with a Croat crime syndicate. Hoyzer pleaded guilty and was jailed for three years.

10 JOHANN MUHLEGG Having originally competed for Germany, Muhlegg switched his allegiance to Spain in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won three gold medals in cross-country skiing at the Games before testing positive for darbepoetin, which boost red blood cell count and was stripped of his medals.

11 2000 SPANISH PARALYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM Spain was rightly proud of its mentally handicapped basketball team who won the gold medal at the 2000 Paralympic games in Sydney. Thing is, of the 15 players in the squad, not one had any type of handicap. The federation admitted they had conceived the plot to gain extra funding.

12 TONYA HARDING At the US figure skating championship in 1994, Harding's exhusband Jeff Gillooly hired Shane Stant to strike Nancy Kerrigan on the knee to allow Harding qualify for the Olympics. Harding admitted her part in the attack and was banned for life following the Olympics where she finished eighth and Kerrigan took the silver medal.

13 MARSEILLE In 1993, three players from Valenciennes were bribed by Marseille player Jean Eydelie to "go easy" prior to their Ligue 1 game so that Marseille could be rested for the Champions League final. The conspiracy was discovered, Marseille were relegated while bans and jails sentences were handed down.

14 MICHAEL SCHUMACHER Going into the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, Schumacher was leading Damon Hill by one point in the standings. Hill attempted to overtake Schumacher on a corner but the German swerved, damaging both cars and forcing them to retire. Two years later, Schumacher tried the same trick on Jacques Villeneuve but failed and was disqualified. There's a thin line between gamesmanship and cheating.

15 NEIL BACK We said Maradona was guilty of gamesmanship but Back went a step beyond. Late on in the 2002 Heineken Cup final Munster had a scrum in the Leicester 22. Back batted the ball from Peter Stringer's hands to ensure the win.

IRISH EYES ARE FROWNING DISAPPROVINGLY CATHAL LOMBARD Targetted for testing following suspicious improvements in his 10,000m times. Lombard received a two-year ban just before the 2004 Olympics for using EPO. Lombard admitted his guilt to Irish customs and asked that his Irish 10,000m record time be annulled.

MICHELLE DE BRUIN Received a four-year ban for tampering with a urine sample . . . the sample was found to be tainted with alcohol. She was not stripped of the three gold medals and one bronze she won at the Atlanta Olympics.

UNKNOWN PLAYER A Galway player was sent off in the very first All Ireland hurling final in 1887 for tripping referee Pat McGrath.

Tipperary's Thurles went on to beat Meelick in Birr and it is unclear whether the player appealed his suspension to the CAC.

DAVID McCANN Given a six-month ban for testing positive for Norandrosteone during the 2002 Tour of Austria. The Northern Ireland cyclist has since won the Tour of Indonesia and continues to ride professionally today.

GERALDINE HENDRICKEN The 3,000m runner tested positive for norandrosterone, a metabolite of a banned substance in 2003. It was accepted she had inadvertedly taken the drug as part of a dietary supplement but was still given a two-year ban.

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