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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here are some famous people who had a truly terrible year! And before you get outraged for us calling these accomplished stars 'losers', we aren't commenting on them as human beings; we're just saying they had a horrid and forgettable year 
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Harbhajan Singh 
 
The Punjab spinner had one of the unluckiest years of his career. This despite the fact that he helped India win the World Cup and led the Mumbai Indians to a Champions Trophy triumph! His lacklustre performances during and after the England tour forced the selectors to bench him, and as (bad) luck would have it, R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha proved their worth (with the bat and ball) with the handful of opportunities they got. 
 
Bhajji is now injured and struggling in the domestic circuit--who knows when he'll next play for India? 
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Herman Cain 
 
This Atlanta-based businessman was deep into his run as one of the Republican Presidential candidates for next year's elections. However, he failed in his maiden political venture when his campaign spectacularly imploded! When it was revealed that Cain had sexually assaulted two women in the 1990s, he initially denied it. However, later on it came to light that Cain had settled the matter with the alleged victims and had made them sign confidentiality statements. 
 
Immediately, everyone smelt a scandal--and just as details of the two assaults were being unearthed, a third victim as well as his mistress came forward! And just like that, it was sayonara Mr. Cain! 
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Kim Kardashian And Kris Humphries 
Best known for her pointless reality show and countless publicity stunts, including her sex tape with rapper Ray J, Kim Kardashian pulled another trick out of her bag. This reality queen got married to a little-known basketball player, Kris Humphries. After years of dating superstar athletes, Kim finally tied the knot with an unassuming athlete who played for one of the least glamorous NBA teams! 
 
Alas it was not meant to be, and in just 72 days, the pair separated, leaving behind a clueless Humphries. While it's speculated that Kim thrived off the publicity her marriage gave her, her reputation has taken a hit as a result of this heartless publicity stunt. As for Humphries, he at least has the NBA season to look forward to, since the lockout is finally over! 
 
 
 
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Andy Coulson 
 
This former editor of the 'News of the World' is one of the biggest losers of the year, simply because he's not only responsible for drowning his own career, but also for successfully tarnishing the reputations of Rupert Murdoch and British Prime Minister David Cameron. Coulson was one of the chief architects of the phone hacking scandal in Britain that saw his newspaper hacking phones of several prominent people in the country. 
 
Coulson, a former communications director of the Cameron government, was arrested in July. As a result of these revelations, Rupert Murdoch had to shut down the 168-year-old News of The World, which rendered hundreds jobless! 
 
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Charlie Sheen 
 
At the start of '11, Charlie Sheen was the highest paid TV star in the world. He had a hit TV show, 'Two And A Half Men,' which was picked up for a couple more seasons. However, all that went away when he was first suspended and then fired for openly criticizing the show's creator, Chuck Lorre. After dumping all over his career, Sheen's addictions and stupidity took over the rest of his faculties, as he posted video after insane video blaming everyone but himself for his misfortunes. 
 
He later tried to make amends by publicly apologizing and even laughing at his drunken and drug-addled mistakes. But the damage had already been done, and 'Two And A Half Men' had already signed on Ashton Kutcher in place of Sheen! 
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Top 5 Losers Of The Year

2011, biggest, fail, flop, losers 11:55:00 AM

Here are some famous people who had a truly terrible year! And before you get outraged for us calling these accomplished stars 'losers', we aren't commenting on them as human beings; we're just saying they had a horrid and forgettable year Harbh… Read more »

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Every once in a while, a sport experiences a scandal so egregious that some think it may never recover again. Here are the worst of the worst 
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There's nothing more devastating for sports fans than a scandal ripping through the foundation of their favorite game. While such controversial events are rare, when they do occur, they leave behind a trail of mayhem, destruction, deceit, and mistrust. 
 
Here are some of biggest scandals in sports. 
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Baseball's Black Sox Scandal 
 
In 1919, one of the earliest-known sports scandals came to light, when the highly-favoured Chicago White Sox lost in the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. Eight members of the White Sox were bribed by Arnold Rothstein--a gangster--to throw the series. This scandal destroyed the careers of all the players involved, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was one of the most prolific batters of his time. 
 
Although money was one of the reasons why the players sold out, it is said that their dislike for the club's owners also influenced their decision to go ahead with the fix! 
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Soccer's Serie A Match-Fixing Scandal 
 
In 2006, reports about officiating irregularities in Italy's top flight surfaced. Further investigations and interviews with referees revealed the depth and scope of fixing that was prevalent in Italian soccer. As a result of this scandal, some big clubs like AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Regina were heavily penalized--both on and off the pitch. 
 
However, the biggest loser was soccer giant Juventus--the most successful Italian team--which was relegated to the second tier. Thanks to this decision, several players from Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning squad, including the legendary Gianluigi Buffon, played the 2006 season in Serie B! 
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Track And Field's Ben Johnson Steroids Scandal 
 
This Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter dominated the track and field world back in the 1980s. Just three days after breaking his 100m world record by clocking 9.79 seconds at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal! His crime? He was a steroid user and regularly juiced up before meets, including the Seoul games. 
 
He even confessed to previous instances of steriod use and was suspended for a couple of years. He tried making a comeback, but failed repeatedly--both on the track and in a couple of drug tests! 
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Cycling's 2007 Tour de France Doping Scandal 
 
Hardly a year after 2006 winner Floyd Landis was found guilty of using banned substances, another scandal erupted at the Tour. The 2007 race was plagued with controversy as three prominent riders failed routine tests. Two teams even pulled out of the race, and sponsors threatened to follow suit. 
 
This was a wake up call for the entire cycling community and organizers about the far-reaching effects of doping in the sport. 
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Figure Skating's Tonya Harding Scandal 
 
In 1994, American figure skater Tonya Harding (front) hired a hitman to injure her main rival Nancy Kerrigan (back) just prior to the US figure skating championship. The attack left Kerrigan with a few bruises above the knee and Harding won the event and qualified for the 1994 Winter Olympics. However, she soon cracked and fessed up to the authorities. She was immediately suspended. 
 
Till date, she claims she didn't hire the hitman, and that her only crime was covering up knowledge of the attack! 
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Formula One's 2007 Espionage Scandal 
 
In 2007, Ferrari officials accussed one of their own engineers, Nigel Stepney, of passing along an important dossier to some of their rival teams, including McLaren. The information included was extremely confidential and was meant for Ferrari's inner circles only. Although Stepney denied the allegations, a senior McLaren engineer Mike Coughlan was found in possession of the said dossier. 
 
This event helped fuel the mistrust that typifies inter-team relations in this competitive sport. An Italian court handed Stepney a brief prison term and a minor fine. However, his greatest loss is that he's blackballed from arguably the greatest team in the business! 
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Cricket's Match-Fixing Scandal 
 
In the mid 1990s, there were a few reports of cricketers providing seemingly innocuous bits of information to bookies. However, these "minor" infractions blew up into a full-fledged scandal at the turn of the century, when South African skipper Hansie Cronje was found guilty of match-fixing. Cronje soon came clean about his various links with bookies and his monetary offerings to his teammates! 
 
One of South Africa's most loved captains was instantly banned from all forms of cricket as he turned into a symbol of match-fixing. Since Cronje's untimely passing in a cargo plane crash, the cricketing world is still left with a lot of unanswered questions. And his legacy, as we now deal with Pakistanis engaging in spot-fixing! 
 
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Biggest Scandals In Sports

biggest, match-fixing, men's sports, scandals, sports for men 3:12:00 AM

Every once in a while, a sport experiences a scandal so egregious that some think it may never recover again. Here are the worst of the worst There's nothing more devastating for sports fans than a scandal ripping through the foundation of their … Read more »