False Glory
Fake Glory is a three-part documentary series that delves into those moments when sporting figures did the unthinkable for personal gain.
Audacious cheating scandals. Fake matches. Rogue agents.
False Glory is a three-part documentary series that delves into those moments when sporting figures did the unthinkable for personal gain.
In 1999, 21-year-old Fika Motsoeneng came ninth in the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban - because he’d swapped with his brother halfway!
In 2010, Togo’s national soccer team traveled 3,500 miles to play in an exhibition game against Bahrain - but the Togolese authorities knew nothing of the match.
Many children in Cote d’Ivoire grow up wanting to be the next Didier Drogba - but for four Ivorian boys and their coach, a move to Italy on the promise of footballing glory quickly changed from a dream to a nightmare.
False Glory is produced by CMG, who won Best Documentary at the 2023 Broadcast Digital Awards for The Footballer, His Wife and the Crash and were nominated for a 2024 True Crime Award for Football Fraudster. CMG were also behind the recent Showmax Original Dark Side of Glory
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