Hugh Donald Macintosh barely attended school, but that didn't stop him from becoming the most well-known sports promoter in the world. From humble beginnings, he built an empire that spanned sport and entertainment, and he would pull together the biggest boxing match in history.

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With day one done, things get hard, as the conga lines end and the skaters start dropping like flies, but as the days roll by, the impact on the skaters soon becomes evident.

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In 1885, Madison Square Garden announced its most ambitious sporting event ever, a six-day endurance roller skating race. What looked like fun soon turned out to be one of the most gruelling sporting events ever held, and not everyone would make it out alive.

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For years, Anthony Gignac lived a life of luxury fit for a royal.

He travelled in private jets or cars with diplomatic licence plates and carried business cards referring to himself as "Sultan". The only problem was he was not Saudi Arabian or royalty.

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When the First Fleet rocked up to Australia, they brought with them the sports of their homelands, although they weren't all the sports we know today. The sports needed to be quick and easy, and most importantly, you had to be able to bet on them.

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In 2013, a lot of Asia started becoming very interested in an Australian soccer club. Soon they were following their every game. 

Weirdly, the team was a semi-professional team based in the Melbourne suburb of Dingley, the Southern Stars. What made such a team get an international audience?

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If part one wasn't strange enough, part two sees John Darwin come up with some new plans, each more bonkers than the one before.

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Mick and Titus look at one of the strangest missing people cases of all time. A missing canoe, an online game and a trip to Panama.

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In our final episode on Gianni Infantino, we look at the rather interesting way Saudi Arabia was awarded the World Cup, and Infantino's close relationship with Donald Trump.

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Mick and Titus examine the perfect crime, unlimited cash from an ATM. Would you feel guilty? Or would you find a tropical island and never return?

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