Toby Sprigings

  • The Cult: Hansie Cronje

    Match fixing takes place at all levels of sport and for a wide variety of reasons. For former South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje, it was unquestionably about money.

  • The Cult: Gareth Southgate

    England strode confidently into their penalty shootout with Germany at Euro 96. Then, at five-all, Gareth Southgate placed the ball on the spot.

  • The Cult: Jonny Wilkinson

    Squat, clasp, eyes rendered coldly to the heavens... over it goes. England fans of any major sport will know quite how precious a player on whom we can really, truly depend is.

  • The Cult: Juninho

    There have been many Brazilian footballers called Juninho, but if you grew up in Britain during the '90s there is only one who can claim the name as entirely his own.

  • The Cult: Rebecca Adlington

    Rebecca Adlington wanted to be a great swimmer, not a celebrity. She achieved the first through hard work, but that meant having the latter thrust upon her.

  • The Cult: Matt Le Tissier

    This week The Cult is getting all nostalgic for the '90s and welcoming a footballer who seemed to be playing an entirely different game to everyone else.

  • The Cult: Muhammad Ali

    This week The Cult welcomes a man who went by many names but requires no introductions whatsoever.

  • The Cult: Allen Iverson

    The Cult is back with a vengeance, chronicling the life of one of the NBA's most gifted and controversial superstars: Allen Iverson

  • The Cult: Jonah Lomu

    Jonah Lomu was so good at rugby that he broke it. Which, you have to admit, is some achievement.

  • The Cult: Paul Scholes & Patrick Vieira

    Who better exemplified the greatest days of Premier League football than Scholes and Vieira, players so good their respective fans still talk of needing to replace them.

  • The Cult: Monica Seles

    Monica Seles was a badass tennis player, but also the victim of an ugly collision of sport and the real world. She's our latest inductee to The Cult.

  • The Cult: Ronnie O'Sullivan

    The man who is considered the greatest in-the-moment snooker player of all time is the same guy whose mind would appear almost resistant to the game. You belong in The Cult, Ronnie O'Sullivan.