Sports controversies

off-road rally raid

Russian footballer (born 1981)

Tonya Maxene Price is an American former figure skater and boxer, and reality television personality.

Russian figure skater

neurodegenerative disease caused by head injury

Russian figure skater (born 2006)

American track and field athlete

Russian cross-country skier

American professional golfer

Fijian-Indian professional golfer (born 1963)

Russian swimmer

Italian distance runner (1885–1942)

thumb|President Vladimir Putin holding the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy at a pre-tournament ceremony for the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted in Russia]] Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of governments, individuals, corporations, or other groups using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.

Greek footballer

Russian rhythmic gymnast (1998-)

American serial child sexual abuser and physician‏

Ecuadorian football referee

Russian pair skater

Russian pair skater

political slogan and Internet meme

American ice hockey player

Russian ice dancer

American distance runner (1884–1914)

Russian rhythmic gymnast (1998-)

Russian cross-country skier

Dwarf-tossing, also called midget-tossing, is a pub/bar attraction or activity in which people with dwarfism, wearing special padded clothing or Velcro costumes, are thrown onto mattresses or at Velcro-coated walls. Participants compete to throw the person with dwarfism the farthest. Dwarf-tossing was started in Australia as a form of pub entertainment in the early 1980s. A related, formerly practiced activity was dwarf-bowling, in which a person with dwarfism was placed on a skateboard and used as a bowling ball.

sports event

professional golf tour

thumb|Models (painting)|Models (Les Poseuses) by Georges Seurat A poseur is someone who poses for effect, or behaves affectedly, who affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others, or who pretends to belong to a particular group. A poseur may be a person who pretends to be what they are not or an insincere person; they may have a flair for drama or behave as if they are onstage in daily life.

French Olympic figure skater

Nikolaj Sørensen is a Danish-Canadian ice dancer. Most recently competing for Canada with Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he is a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, an eight-time Grand Prix medallist, a five-time Challenger medallist, and the 2023 Canadian national champion. Fournier Beaudry and Sørensen represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

American figure skater

American volleyball player

American sports impostor (1953–2019)

2004 controversy over indecent exposure on television

series of protests by American athletes

2004 altercation at an NBA game involving players and fans

Swiss skydiver (1971–2009)

sexual abuse of female athletes by people in the industry

Russian artistic gymnast

Qatari footballer

2021 badminton tournament in Birmingham

Dutch track and field athlete (1926-2007)

American musician

American boxing trainer (1945-2020)

Government department of Rwanda

equestrian

Swiss long-distance runner and middle-distance runner

cheating in cycling using a hidden motor

overview of violent or aggressive acts in sports

disaster in Israel

beoutQ was a pirate pay television broadcaster that operated in Saudi Arabia between August 2017 and August 2019. The service consisted of ten satellite television channels that carried rebranded feeds of programming from Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports; it launched during a then-ongoing diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab countries over its alleged state sponsorship of terrorist groups, during which Saudi Arabia blocked beIN Media Group from doing business in the country. The service operated out of facilities in Saudi Arabia, and utilised the Arabsat satellites for transmission.

figure skater