In the case of sports activities personalities who dominated headlines on and off the sector, there are few who can examine to iconic cricketer Shane Warne, who tragically handed away in 2022.
Discovered unresponsive in a Thai resort, Warne died of a suspected coronary heart assault aged simply 52, sending the sports activities group throughout the globe into widespread mourning.
Though the official medical report has acknowledged that he died of pure causes, and that no foul play was suspected, there have been some lingering questions over his closing hours.
Some three years later, the Each day Mail has carried out an unique investigation that implies a key merchandise – allegedly a intercourse drug referred to as Kamagra – was faraway from the lodge room the place he was discovered.
In the course of the course of his profession and post-retirement, Warne was definitely no stranger to those kinds of exposés, and right here we check out simply a few of the wild storylines that made headlines at completely different instances.
Shane Warne: Scandals and loopy tales
In 1995, Warne was fined by the Australian Cricket Board together with Mark Waugh for accepting cash from a bookmaker, reportedly sharing data about pitch and climate circumstances.
In 2003, in the course of the Cricket World Cup, Warne examined optimistic for diuretics – which may reportedly be used to masks different substances – however he acknowledged that this was finally simply to assist him reduce weight.
When it got here to off-field scandals, just a few years in the past, MailOnline reported he had been concerned in a “four-way intercourse celebration” along with his then lover and two escorts at his dwelling in London.
And in 2018 one other intercourse scandal surfaced when rumours of his now notorious threesome with two fashions and a blow-up intercourse toy got here to gentle.
Warne was beforehand married to mannequin Simone Callahan, with whom he has three youngsters — Brooke, Jackson and Summer time — whereas he additionally famously dated and received engaged to actress Elizabeth Hurley earlier than going their separate methods in 2013.
But, no matter tales made headlines, there might be little question that Warne was a ‘cricketing genius who lived with no regrets’. And his vibrant life was maybe greatest summarised on this excellent article.
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