The summer of sport 2009 may not have held a major sporting event such the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games or the football World Cup but It may go down in history as the most controversial sporting season ever.

Yes, England won the Ashes again, but was this the most talked about issue in World Sport? The answer is a simple no, sport has always lived on its controversial nature but over the past months it has been a focal point in the media like never before.

The paparazzi did not have to go out and find the controversy, such as the secret Sheikh scandal against Sven Goran Erikkson by the News of the World. Debate’s were rife in every sport, accusations were hurled at professionals within their own sporting field. The media must have felt Christmas had come early, and on every week that followed.