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Fake Glory is a three-part documentary series that delves into those moments when sporting figures did the unthinkable for personal gain. New episodes land Mondays.

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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