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World's top 10 sports scandals

At their best, sports are a tribute to the human spirit and an honorable competition between two athletes or teams. At their worst, however, they can expose sports figures as unethical, filled with greed and

PTI PTI Updated on: December 07, 2012 6:40 IST
8. Mike Tyson Rape Conviction



Mike Tyson has been at the center of many, many controversies during his career. After all, this is a man who once said he wanted to eat Lennox Lewis's children and bit the ear off of Evander Holyfield.



However, no incident was as serious as Tyson's 1992 conviction for the rape of Rhode Island native Desiree Washington.

Washington accused Tyson of raping her in an Indianapolis hotel room in 1991, and after a lengthy trial, Tyson was found guilty and sentenced to six years in prison.

He would serve only three before being released and returning to the boxing ring.




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