Dirty Games: The Dark Side of Sports

Jun 2, 2016

1h 33m

★ 8.8

Overview

An expedition to the dirty abyss of professional sports. The award winning investigative journalist Benjamin Best (CNN Journalist of the Year 2011) takes a global look behind the scenes at the colourful world of sports and exposes the bitter taste behind the multi-billion sports business.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Benjamin Best Produktions GmbH

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Cast

Tim Donaghy

Charles Farrell

Bonita Mersiades

Christopher Gaffney

Senol Guenes

Narrator (voice)

Christin Stark

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