EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 26 MIN
Episode 37 - CSA: TICKETS! PSG vs Arsenal, Roids, Athletes that never won, Fast Five Fun Facts.
from Chatter from Cow Corner · host Alexander Naryshkine and Luyanda Peter
TOPIC 1 — NEWLANDS TICKET DEBACLECSA sent a "Sold Out" email at 09:00 for tickets that went on sale at 09:30. The Barmy Army got 12%. South African fans got 13%. Resale tickets hit R4,465 before lunch. This is what happens when your national cricket board sells the New Year's Test to overseas tour packages before ordinary fans have finished their coffee — and there's still no Sky Sports broadcast deal to show for it.TOPIC 2 — FOOTBALL SEASON WRAPOrlando Pirates won a treble. Sundowns won the CAF Champions League. Arsenal won the Premier League. All the big leagues wrapped up — and now Arsenal face PSG in the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May. Arsenal went unbeaten in Europe all season. PSG lost twice and still made it. One has won this before. The other has been waiting 22 years. And one of them is about to be very disappointed.TOPIC 3 — DOPING IN SA RUGBYAsenathi Ntlabakanye gets 18 months — his doctor refused to testify. Aphiwe Dyantyi got four years, won Breakthrough Player of the Year, came back and just won the French Pro D2. Chilliboy Ralepelle got eight years after two previous positives. Elton Jantjies got four years and is now coaching at a school in Johannesburg at 33. Meanwhile no All Black or England rugby player has ever been banned for performance-enhancing drugs. Not one. A former Georgian captain got 11 years for swapping samples. South African rugby has a problem it refuses to name properly.TOPIC 4 — TOP ATHLETES WHO NEVER WONKarl Malone. Jim Kelly — four straight Super Bowls, four losses, no ring. Jonah Lomu — changed rugby forever in 1994, lost to the Springboks in 1995, never lifted the Webb Ellis Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo — won in England, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia, five Ballons d'Or, a European Championship — and no World Cup. Merlene Ottey — seven Olympics, nine medals, zero gold. And an entire generation of South African cricket: Kallis, AB, Amla — individually brilliant, collectively never champions. Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova never won Olympic singles gold. Sometimes the biggest prize is the one that gets away.FAST FIVE — QUESTIONS ONLYIvan Lendl represented two countries at the Olympics — name both.Brian O'Driscoll played 141 internationals for Ireland and the Lions. How many Rugby World Cups did he play in — and name the years.Which club has suffered the most losses in UEFA Champions League history — and what is their win percentage?
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TOPIC 1 — NEWLANDS TICKET DEBACLECSA sent a "Sold Out" email at 09:00 for tickets that went on sale at 09:30. The Barmy Army got 12%. South African fans got 13%. Resale tickets hit R4,465 before lunch. This is what happens when your national cricket board sells the New Year's Test to overseas tour packages before ordinary fans have finished their coffee — and there's still no Sky Sports broadcast deal to show for it.TOPIC 2 — FOOTBALL SEASON WRAPOrlando Pirates won a treble. Sundowns won the CAF Champions League. Arsenal won the Premier League. All the big leagues wrapped up — and now Arsenal face PSG in the Champions League final in Budapest on 30 May. Arsenal went unbeaten in Europe all season. PSG lost twice and still made it. One has won this before. The other has been waiting 22 years. And one of them is about to be very disappointed.TOPIC 3 — DOPING IN SA RUGBYAsenathi Ntlabakanye gets 18 months — his doctor refused to testify. Aphiwe Dyantyi got four years, won Breakthrough Player of the Year, came back and just won the French Pro D2. Chilliboy Ralepelle got eight years after two previous positives. Elton Jantjies got four years and is now coaching at a school in Johannesburg at 33. Meanwhile no All Black or England rugby player has ever been banned for performance-enhancing drugs. Not one. A former Georgian captain got 11 years for swapping samples. South African rugby has a problem it refuses to name properly.TOPIC 4 — TOP ATHLETES WHO NEVER WONKarl Malone. Jim Kelly — four straight Super Bowls, four losses, no ring. Jonah Lomu — changed rugby forever in 1994, lost to the Springboks in 1995, never lifted the Webb Ellis Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo — won in England, Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia, five Ballons d'Or, a European Championship — and no World Cup. Merlene Ottey — seven Olympics, nine medals, zero gold. And an entire generation of South African cricket: Kallis, AB, Amla — individually brilliant, collectively never champions. Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova never won Olympic singles gold. Sometimes the biggest prize is the one that gets away.FAST FIVE — QUESTIONS ONLYIvan Lendl represented two countries at the Olympics — name both.Brian O'Driscoll played 141 internationals for Ireland and the Lions. How many Rugby World Cups did he play in — and name the years.Which club has suffered the most losses in UEFA Champions League history — and what is their win percentage?
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