10 FUNNIEST AND MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN SPORTS

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10 Weirdest and Embarrassing Moments in Sports
What is a day in the life of an athlete like? Years of training leading up to the moment of performing in
front of thousands present in the venue while millions watch you from the comfort of their homes.
It is definitely not an easy task to complete and since human error is always possible, it does not always
go as planned. The internet is regularly flooded with videos and images of sportsmen and women
bottling it in their respective fields but there are some that are just too costly or too unique to be
forgotten.
From some as grave as having an accident on the racetrack to a simple slip, we have seen it all. But
today we bring you 10 of the most embarrassing and weird moments that have ever occurred in the
world of sports. So without further delay, let’s go.
10. Fore! No, better make that 'seven'
Anyone who's ever played the game of golf dreams of moments like this. You're leading the field by a
comfortable margin in the final round of a Major, as you stride up the 18th fairway. For little-known
Frenchman Jean van de Velde, this dream was a reality at the British Open at Carnoustie in 1999 – but it
was soon to become a nightmare.
Leading by three strokes as he stood on the 18th tee, the coveted Claret Jug was in his grasp. But poor
van de Velde's game simply imploded – on a very public stage. During his series of misadventures on that
seemingly never-ending final hole he was, at various times, in the rough, in the water, and in the bunker.
He ultimately posted a miserable 7 on the par 4, losing his chance to win the British Open in the process.
The tournament winner ended up being a rather bemused Scot, Paul Lawrie, who triumphed in a playoff
against the shattered van de Velde and American Justin Leonard.
9. The Mother of all catches!
South Africa's Hershelle Gibbs is a talented cricketer, but one game he will want to forget is the Proteas'
match against Australia during the 1999 World Cup.
Gibbs will forever be haunted by the memory of dropping a comparatively simple catch off Australian
captain Steve Waugh. In attempting to hurl the ball into the air in celebration, Gibbs only managed to
spill the sitter of a catch. Waugh went on to punish the South Africans by scoring a century and leading
his team to victory.
Gibbs more than made up for his gaffe in later years. He is one of only three batsmen in ODI history to
score hundreds in three consecutive innings, and in 2007 he became the first player to hit six sixes in
one over in an ODI, against the Netherlands in a World Cup fixture. India's Ravi Shastri and West Indian
Sir Garfield Sobers had both previously achieved this feat, but they'd done it in 3-day matches. But still,
poor Gibbs is till date still more famous for his dropped catch than his batting talents.
8. The dreaded "triple bagel"
A double bagel is tennis player slang for losing a match 6-love, 6-love. This humiliation happens
frequently in the women's game, especially in the early round mismatches.

It's not that uncommon on the men's tour either. Just a couple of years ago, Novak Djokovic dispatched
fellow pro Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-0 in Basel, Switzerland. The "triple bagel", however,
is much rarer. It can only happen in a men's Grand Slam match or, possibly, a Davis Cup tie, which is
played over the best-of-five sets.
Spain's Sergey Bruguera beat Frenchman Thierry Champion "18-zip" at the 1993 French Open, and cool
Swede Stefan Edberg thumped his compatriot Stefan Eriksson by the same score line at Wimbledon in
1987.
Spain's Alberto Martin probably thought he was going to become only the sixth man in the Open era to
be triple-bageled as he sat with towel draped over his head during the change of ends late in his match
with Brit Andy Murray at the 2007 Australian Open. Murray led 6-0, 6-0, 5-0. Thankfully for Martin, he
caught his opponent relaxing and the Spaniard eked out a win in the next game to avoid the humiliation.
7. Arrivederci Roma
If that result in 1950 was the biggest upset in World Cup history, this one is not far behind. In the 1966
World Cup in England, Italy was one of the favorites to win the competition and lowly North Korea was a
1000-1 outsider.
The Asian team arrived at a tournament they were never expected to qualify for. That they did was as
much thanks to boycotts and withdrawals as it was to their footballing expertise. What should have
been a convoluted route involving multiple African and Asian teams turned into a simple home and
away contest against Australia, which the North Koreans won.

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