Top 20 Athletes Caught Cheating on Live TV

next tonight a picture of something so

obvious it has everyone saying how did

you not see that welcome to watch mojo

and today we're counting down our picks

for the top 20 athletes who got caught

cheating live cheats cheats cheats for

this list we're looking at examples of

all sorts of cheating acts and sports

that happen to be caught on camera we'll

take a look at different professional

athletes and the strategies they used

some worse than others whatever corners

these athletes tried cutting to make it

to the finish line or when they are fair

game for our list

number 20 dwight howard during a game

between the atlanta hawks and houston

rockets forward paul millsap immediately

felt something strange as he was handed

the ball during a free throw attempt

milsap's telling them to look at the

ball

must be sticky it was revealed to be a

stickum a glue-like substance once used

by wide receivers and defensive backs to

get a better grip when catching

footballs the culprit who was using

stickum was dwight howard who had

touched the ball shortly before it was

in the possession of milsap although it

is illegal to use in the nba he was

neither fined nor reprimanded for his

actions he even went on record saying he

had been using it for many years players

coaches and media outlets couldn't even

fathom the advantage it could give why

one would even use it in a sport like

basketball which probably explains why

howard came off scot-free is that

disrespectful to the game no it's not

that big of a deal but you can't use

stickers because other guys need the

ball too number 19 tony romo this one's

kind of funny after a run by dallas

cowboys running back demarco murray

which saw him get just short of getting

the first down on a third and one the

officials and players were standing by

and in a very brief moment romo moved

the ball forward on the line with his

foot but he wasn't fooling anyone and

the ball was quickly placed back at its

original spot

tony romo gave it a little footwear

speaking on the incident after the game

romo jokingly claimed that he was hoping

that no one would see it and then he

said he actually slipped kidding or not

we hope it was all in good fun number

18. martin mcsorley in game two of the

1993 stanley cup final the montreal

canadiens then head coach jacques demers

asked that la king's defenseman marty

mcsorley's hockey stick be inspected

claiming it to be illegal right now

we're gonna have a measurement of a king

stick it's the stick of marty mcsorley

upon inspection by the officials this

turned out to be the case as the stick

was curved beyond the limits set by the

nhl mcsorley would receive a penalty for

unsportsmanlike conduct many saw the

incident as a turning point in the

series as the canadians scored on the

ensuing power play wound up winning that

game and the subsequent three to hoist

the stanley cup while mcsorley would

admit wrongdoing he also believed the

canadians knew he was using an illegal

stick beforehand and that their call was

planned number 17 will smith

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not that will smith this will smith

perhaps one of the most obvious forms of

cheating on this list in the seventh

inning of a game between the atlanta

braves and milwaukee brewers the relief

pitcher was called on by umpires when

the braves manager freddie gonzalez

asked them to check smith's arm which

was glistening with a substance upon

further inspection by the empires smith

was tossed

will smith has been ejected

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a foreign substance

smith revealed the substance to be rosin

and sunscreen while he claimed the

purpose behind its use was to get a

better grip of the ball and not to gain

a competitive advantage the umpires

weren't buying it and he was later

suspended eight games number 16 the

houston astros the scale of this

cheating scandal was so large that live

tv was just one of the ways this mlb

team was caught cheating using

unauthorized electronic equipment the

team would utilize live video feeds to

decipher and uncover the signs made by

opposing team catchers during games the

information would then be relayed to the

players by way of banging noises made by

hitting a garbage can which can be heard

on live television change up

bang bang

that sequence is so upsetting there's no

way that is done without technology they

continued to use this system until they

were eventually caught in 2019 to make

matters worse in the aftermath the

players would seem unapologetic for

taking part in the scheme i am really

sorry

about the choices

that were made

by my team

by the organization and by me

i've learned from this

and i hope to regain the trust

of baseball fans number fifteen trivaldu

fahrera in this group match between

brazil and turkey at the world cup in

2002 hakan unsall would kick the ball

towards rival du furrera it hit his shin

but as fujera fell he was clutching his

face having already received a yellow

card prior urasal was sent off for the

incident by the referee upon review by

the world cup's disciplinary committee

it was determined that fuerra did indeed

stimulate being fouled and was

subsequently fined for his actions

furera would even later admit to

flopping but noted that ursal should

have been sent off regardless well

that's one way to deflect number 14.

simon dyson at the 2013 bmw masters

tournament in shanghai simon dyson was

caught using his ball to press down a

spike mark in the line of a putt he also

didn't add a two-shot penalty to his

card resulting in him signing off on a

false score he was later disqualified

from the tournament for the move so we

reviewed the uh the footage with simon

today and uh there's there's no other

option but to uh to advise him that he

was in breach of rule 161a for that

action

and uh that does lead to

disqualification while fined 49 000 and

initially sentenced to serve a two-month

suspension it would later be changed to

an 18-month probationary period although

dyson apologized he didn't admit to any

wrongdoing calling the incident a quote

accidental mistake number 13. patrick

reed there's nothing worse than a

cheater who's cheated more than once

there have been several instances of

foul play on the part of reed but this

one might take the cake during the third

round of the hero world challenge in

2019 patrick reed can be seen practicing

his swing in the bunker but if one looks

more closely they can see that reed is

clearly attempting to clear sand in

order to get a better shot in this was

his practice swing and you can see when

he took the club back he definitely took

some sand back behind it now you can

grab you can ground the club there he

not only did it once he did it twice he

was later penalized two strokes for his

actions but the whole incident just gave

further justification as to why reed is

arguably one of the most disliked

athletes in the sport of golf

number 12. vincenzo nibali racing in the

buelta espana in 2015 italian cyclist

vincenzo nibely got into some trouble

when he crashed during the course but

that wasn't the only trouble he got

caught up in during the race in order to

gain some ground and catch up to the

peloton after crashing nibali would get

hold of one of his team's cars and he

was towed through part of the race

racers do this often but as long as it's

for not too long and it isn't to get

ahead in the race however the footage

showed nibili was clearly trying to use

this to his advantage to no one's

surprise he was thrown out of the race

one really can't help but wonder how

nibali and the rest of his team thought

they were going to get away with this

with the cameras on number 11. michael

pineda when weather conditions are cold

athletes often resort to certain tactics

to deal with the season's conditions

wearing an extra layer of clothing

gloves or even just putting a big old

jacket over yourself when you're on the

bench but for yankees pitcher michael

pineda his trick was to use pine tar

during a game against the boston red sox

then team manager john farrell spotted

the substance on pineda's neck he was

checked by the umpires and when they

discovered it to be pine tar pineda was

him out of the ejected

he went to his neck and he said there's

something on his neck so pineda is being

tossed pineda was suspended for 10 games

this is the packs on wanna tokyo and

powder so

i know i'm making mistake today and

that's it number 10 sammy sosa checking

out that piece of lumber they found

something in there

let's see what the rest of the crew can

discover here during a game between the

chicago cubs and tampa bay rays in 2003

in the bottom of the first inning

outfielder sami sosa hit a ground ball

so hard his bat snapped in half umpires

investigated the pieces of the broken

bat and noticed pieces of cork a

material that's banned in the mlb so-so

was ejected and he later claimed he

chose the wrong bat during the game and

that he only used it during practices

sosa was suspended for seven games and

many consider this to be another blemish

on his otherwise impressive and hall of

fame worthy career it's been a tough

week for me once again i just want to

apologize to everybody up there the

mistake that i make number 9. luis resto

on the night of june 16 1983 boxers

billy ray collins and luis resto squared

off at madison square garden for 10

rounds they went back and forth but

collins looked practically

unrecognizable after having taken

significant damage when the match

concluded resto went to shake the hands

of collins's corner one of the cornermen

who was collins father noticed something

odd with resto's gloves

he realized there was a lack of padding

and it was later confirmed by a referee

the new york state athletic commission

went on to suspend resto and his trainer

carlos lewis and both men even served

prison sentences as well 18 days after

what it briefly appeared to be his

greatest victory

louis russo's boxing career was over

but the consequences of that night in

the ring

for louis and so many others

were just beginning resto would never

box again sadly billy ray collins's eye

was damaged beyond repair and was told

he would never fight again and he would

suffer from depression before he passed

away in a car accident number eight tom

williams tom williams came onto the

field with one point between the teams

and just 10 minutes left

i understood from what dean said that

i'd be coming off at some point before

the end of the match with a fake injury

but i had no idea how this would work in

the second half of the heineken cup

quarter final match between harlequins

and leinster star nick evans injured his

thigh and went to the bench soon after

harlequin's coach dean richard wanted to

put his go-to player back in the game

but rules state that a player who's

already been subbed cannot return to the

field unless they replace a player who

suffered a blood injury so to get their

man back on out there they had teammate

tom williams hide a blood capsule in a

sock that was given to him and then bite

onset capsule to appear injured in order

to make the switch spectators and

viewers alike were stunned because no

one had seen williams actually sustain

an injury who punched tom williams in

the mouth tom williams dubbed bloodgate

suspensions and fines were given left

and right when the scheme was uncovered

however the most ridiculous and telling

moment may have been when williams

winked at the bench during the incident

so much for being discreet number 7

men's australian cricket team looking to

gain an advantage in a match against

south africa three players from the

men's australian cricket team hatched a

plan to add some scruff to the ball

using sandpaper as this serves the

bowler better control of its movement

when it's thrown see by keeping one side

of the ball shiny and smooth and letting

the other side rough up the ball when

bold in the right way can move through

the air towards the rough side

that's because air flows differently

over each side of the ball making it

really difficult for batsmen to play the

sandpaper was hidden under cameron

bancroft's pants and after using it on

the ball he tried to hide it by shoving

it right back in there the camera was on

him when it happened and he was caught

red-handed bancroft and the two other

players steve smith and david warner

admitted their attempt to cheat and

while it was unsuccessful it still

remains an embarrassing and dark chapter

in australian sports history i made a

serious error of judgment

and i now understand the consequences i

am extremely disappointed and regret my

actions

i'll do everything i can to make up for

my mistake

and the damage it's caused number six

thierry already the incident has been

labeled the hand of god and with good

reason in 2009 during a world cup

qualifying match between france and

ireland the latter was up by one but in

the final minutes of the game and in

possession of the ball frances william

galas scored to tie the game

oh it's in the net it's a goal having

won in the previous leg against ireland

france was declared the winner however

upon review of the goal it was clear

that striker tiariary touched the ball

with his hands before passing it to

galas the goal stood and france went on

to qualify for the world cup the

football community was shaken and

outraged and the incident is still

considered by many as one of the biggest

controversies in the sports history you

saw the game

you saw the game all the european people

saw the game saw the situation number

five joe negro

checking him all over i've never seen

him

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do a search like this looking at these

scenes from 1987 this former minnesota

twins pitcher should have stayed home

that day or at least not tried hiding an

emery board and sandpaper after referee

tim cheetah demanded he empty his

pockets negro tried playing dumb by

pretending to have a sudden urge to file

his nails but bobby brown the then

president of the american league wasn't

buying it negro was handed a 10-game

suspension and all baseballs used in

that game were removed leading to his

retirement soon after the incident

number four nelson piquet jr formula one

drivers put their lives in danger

whenever they get behind the wheel but

certain risky maneuvers can still be

suspicious case in point the controversy

involving the renault f1 team at the

2008 singapore grand prix particularly

nelson pk jr and fernando alonso on the

14th lap pk's car hit the wall allowing

alonzo to win the race according to pk

the event was a simple mishap but was it

really following an investigation by the

fia it was determined that renault had

orchestrated everything this led to an

indefinite ban from fia sanctioned

events for the team's managing director

flavio brietore who would also resign

from his position while renault was

given a two-year suspended ban how's

your first week as team boss going it

can't it can get worse can it number

three julie miller despite her already

impressive track record canadian

triathlete julie miller surprised

everyone by winning ironman canada 2015

in whistler bc though she'd won her

division in the 2013 tournament as well

as winning her age group at the 2014

long course triathlon in china none of

her ironman co-competitors actually saw

her on the course in whistler according

to many she finished first without

completing the entirety of the course

constituting serious misconduct

following a thorough investigation it

was determined that miller couldn't have

possibly finished the course as quickly

as she claimed to and was therefore

disqualified miller can keep denying

everything but she can't change the

facts number 2. women's badminton teams

eight elite athletes who were

deliberately and flagrantly losing their

matches unfortunately the olympic games

have often been associated with cheating

whether through the use of illegal

substances or other unsporting behavior

take for example the chinese badminton

team at the 2012 games in london for a

team that's usually a threat they were

seen committing numerous errors such as

deliberately hitting serves into the net

despite many warnings from the referee

the chinese team kept with their game

plan one that would be mimicked by the

south korean and indonesian teams the

purpose of all this to avoid getting

drawn against stronger teams too early

in the competition thankfully the ioc

disqualified them though those in

attendance did not get refunds

depressing i mean who wants to sit

through something like that

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number 1. diego maradona

in june of 1986 during the world cup

quarterfinal match between england and

argentina the score was still 0-0 in the

51st minute when diego maradona received

the ball from midfield he raised his

left hand making the ball deflect into

the net back over the top and maradona

has scored in the absence of var which

would not appear in association football

until decades later referee ali bin

nasser let the goal stand despite many

protests and questions circling the

incident maradona claimed the goal was

scored by the quote hand of god an

expression that has since become

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