when sport is dishonored

“To me, Niemann is a bigger cheater – and more recently – than he wants to publicly acknowledge.” In a tweet posted on September 26, number 1 and “chess ‘rock star’”, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, openly accused his American opponent of cheating, as recalled The Guardian.

In the aftermath, the online chess platform Chess.com published a report according to which the American had cheated “over 100 times” when playing online. The case inspired The Guardian, which proposes to return to the biggest scandals that have upset the sporting world.

The Black Sox scandal

In 1919, the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series against the Chicago White Sox, one of the best American baseball teams.

Suspicions quickly arise: the Chicago White Sox would have voluntarily lost the