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With guest Josh Berry (@joshberrycomedy)The world of tennis is filled with highly-strung oddballs. But no one is quite like Nick Kyrgios.The Aussie maverick terrorises umpires, scraps in the locker room and shags fans on a weekly basis.From masked gunmen to pre-match benders at Wimbledon, meet the bad boy of the baseline…Links from the pod:Bollocking umpires: https://youtu.be/P0dKBZNzxog?si=n-YAw9A7qX6Pu3K1&t=10 “Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend”: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/13/kokkinakis-banged-your-girlfriend-nick-kyrgios-sledges-stan-wawrinka Wanking with a water bottle at Queen’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GHkg5Xx18s Press conference after night at the pub with journalists: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickkyrgios/video/7331678792403995905And spotting a friend: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R3tRpQiVRyIScrapping with Croatian coaches in the locker room: https://youtu.be/Mj-y_g8xQTY?si=pLVvCSFQqlwdxkzr&t=340 “She’s had about 700 drinks bro”: https://youtu.be/gHKvubR5-Cs?si=sYA19mjigvyrabVh&t=35 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus: Pep’s bollocking teenagers, Ray Parlour’s WW2 punditry and Lazio sack their mascot over his penis operation photoshoot.Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp etc so our audience numbers shoot up faster than Juan Bernabe’s prosthetic.Links from the pod:Lazio falconer’s prosthetic penis (NOT suitable for work): https://x.com/Zenxkami/status/1878780545376948298Ray Parlour’s WW2 punditry: https://x.com/AJ_909/status/1878021868940071212 Graeme Souness “that cat’s done nothing wrong”: https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1492913779151151105 Pep bollocking autograph hunters: https://x.com/Football__Tweet/status/1878518572357501283 Joe Biden Black and Tans blunder: https://x.com/DazmanOnline/status/1646233718544007187 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to part two of Diego in the dugout.At the end of part one, Maradona had left football behind to wallow in a life of booze, burgers and booty.But in 2008, he returns to Argentine football for the biggest job of all. And that’s where the chaos really starts…With guest JP Lockwood.Links from the pod:Belly sliding down the touchline against Peru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4sdPODn4S0 Running over a reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_QQBoSphc&t=6s Diego off his face at the 2018 World Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7S4ex-7BM Post match interview for Dorados: https://x.com/ESPNUK/status/1066991711929466880 Doing coke on the touchline: https://www.reddit.com/r/DanLeBatardShow/comments/f63x9t/diego_maradona_getting_a_bag_of_coke_on_the/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus: The FA Cup manager keeping crocodiles in his bungalow, Brazil striker Hulk finally marries his niece, and what do Adrian Mutu, Friedrich Nietszche and Hitler have in common?Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, our weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week.Subscribe to our newsletter and get a five min rundown of the funniest stories in sport in your inbox every Friday:https://www.upshot.email/subscribe?utm_source=pod Links from the pod:Messi speaking English in the Bad Boys 4 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY1K5pxcX5k Southampton fan booed for predicting 5-0 defeat: https://x.com/HugoScheckter/status/1875613672359522817 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.