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Pedalos, pizza and play-acting: The most embarrassing sports misdemeanours

Simon Rice
Tuesday 02 March 2010 13:39 EST
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Wales international Andy Powell was today banned from driving for 15 months after pleading guilty to driving a golf buggy while unfit through drink.

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The late night prank has left the rugby star's international career in jeopardy and will be remembered as one of the more embarrassing misdemeanours by a sportsman.

Yet Powell is not the first sportsman to find himself in trouble amidst either ridiculous or embarrassing circumstances.

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