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10 centrespread centrespread 11 SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2020 SEPTEMBER 13-19, 2020 MIKE TYSON FAULT IN ERIC CANTONA Mike Tyson was involved in one of the most In January 1995, when the French footballer controversial moments in boxing history. Eric Cantona was at Manchester United, he was In 1997, in a rematch of the year before involved in an incident that nearly got him against Evander Holyfi eld at the MGM Grand banned from the sport. During a Premier League Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Tyson bit match against Crystal Palace, he kicked Palace Holyfi eld on both ears at the end of the OUR STARS defender Richard Shaw, who had expertly third round. He was disqualifi ed. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was defaulted from the US marked him during the game. Tyson fi rst said the bite was a retaliation Worse was to follow. As he for Holyfi eld’s headbutts in prior Open when a ball that he slammed behind him struck was walking off, a Palace contests, which were ruled as fan ran down the stands “accidental”. He later apologised a line judge in the throat. Sport arenas across the and shouted abuse at him. for his action. world are marred by acts of unsporting behaviour, Cantona fl ung a kung-fu kick at him over the barrier on-court rage and outburst. Take a look and punched him. Cantona was banned from football for :: Team ET Magazine nine months. ZINEDINE ZIDANE It was the 2006 FIFA World Cup fi nal between France and Italy. The score was tied 1-1 in extra-time. After the French captain Zinedine Zidane’s potentially World Cup-winning header was saved by Italian goalie Gianluigi Buffon in the 104th minute, the former had a brief exchange of words with the Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Materazzi pulled at Zidane's jersey. A provoked Zidane headbutted Materazzi's chest and knocked him to the ground. A red card followed, Zinedine’s last act as a professional footballer was shrouded in ignominy and Italy beat France in the penalty shootout, 5-3. SUNIL GAVASKAR During the 1981 Melbourne Test between India and Australia, India captain Sunil Gavaskar threatened to walk out and forfeit the Test match, after he was adjudged leg before wicket for 70 by umpire Rex Whitehead. Chetan Chauhan, his partner at the other end, was within sight of a maiden hundred, when Gavaskar grabbed Chauhan and moved towards the players gate. The Indian manager Shahid Durrani intervened at the boundary and asked Chauhan to go back and resume batting. Chauhan scored 85 and India went on to win the Test march. Even decades later, Gavaskar LUIS SUAREZ would look back and regret that walkout. Barcelona and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez is SERENA WILLIAMS infamous for biting his opponents. In 2011, he served a In the 2018 US Open fi nal, former World No. 1 Serena seven-match ban for biting PSV's Otman Bakkal during his JOEY BARTON Williams received a coaching violation after her coach time at Ajax. Then in April 2013, Suarez, with Liverpool, bit The former Manchester City, Newcastle made a gesture from the stands. While refuting the call, Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in a heated 2-2 draw at Anfi eld. United and Queens Park Rangers she told the umpire, "I don't cheat to win, I'd rather He was given a 10-match ban. A year later, at the 2014 World Cup, in midfi elder carried a reputation for lose." Williams lost the fi nal to Naomi Osaka. She was Uruguay’s fi nal group game, he bit Italian defender Georgio Chiellini. aggressive behaviour on the football later fi ned $17,000 for these remarks. In the 2019 It was only two days later that FIFA banned him from football for four ground. One of his ignoble moments Wimbledon, Williams was fi ned $10,000 for throwing a months, nine internationals, and fi ned him 100,000 Swiss francs. came in 2011 during QPR's fi nal day racket during a practice session and damaging a court. loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium which handed the latter their fi rst Premier League in years. Barton was sent off for an off-the-ball NICK KYRGIOS incident with Carlos Tevez, followed The Australian has been described as the enfant terrible of tennis, by altercations with Vincent Kompany given his long-standing reputation of bad on-court behaviour. and Sergio Aguero before leaving the In the second round of Wimbledon 2019, Kyrgios hit a ball at pitch. Barton was handed a fi ne of Rafael Nadal during a volley. The game was described as "highly £75,000, stripped of club charged", with Kyrgios attempting underarm serves. Nadal won the captaincy and banned for 12 matches. match three sets to one. Kyrgios later said: "I was going for him. I wanted to hit him square in the chest. Like, he's got decent hands." Source: The Guardian, TennisNet, ESPNCricinfo, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Independent, BBC, Scroll.in.

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