{"id":349329,"date":"2018-02-22T06:38:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/boriss-secret-spilling-jog-the-latest-event-in-an-inglorious-sporting-history-videos-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:38:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T05:38:26","slug":"boriss-secret-spilling-jog-the-latest-event-in-an-inglorious-sporting-history-videos-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/boriss-secret-spilling-jog-the-latest-event-in-an-inglorious-sporting-history-videos-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris\u2019s secret-spilling jog the latest event in an inglorious sporting history (VIDEOS) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.02\/thumbnail\/5a8d818efc7e93032f8b4586.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Showing apparent disregard for state secrets, Boris Johnson and Australia\u2019s foreign minister were reportedly caught on microphone publicly discussing terrorism and trade among other subjects during a jog in London.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The two were training for a foreign ministers&#8217; relay race at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, which will be held Down Under in April. The bedraggled British foreign secretary struggled to keep up with the ultra-fit Julie Bishop, who runs\u00a0around 10km every day. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of politics, they were wearing matching &#8216;Save the Pangolin&#8217; tops to raise awareness about the world&#8217;s most trafficked mammal. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say that Boris\u2019s political career has been marked by a succession of inglorious sporting moments.<\/p>\n<h2>Rugby<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tzqe5z1Jy_M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During his tenure as Mayor of London, BoJo made headlines for tackling 10-year-old Japanese boy, Toki Sekiguchi, while playing rugby. The whole disaster was caught on camera, but there seemed to be no harm done. A smiling Sekiguchi was photographed later with then-Mayor BoJo.<\/p>\n<h2>Football<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yeKYP2GCNR8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Boris was forced to apologize after he sent a young boy flying during a football match outside City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The group of children had been recruited to play football with the mayor on a plot of grass next to City Hall in order to promote a new report called Better Health for London.<\/p>\n<h2>Basketball<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hzk27itihRI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, BoJo became king of the hoops when he pulled off an amazing basketball trick shot while promoting the Euroleague Final Four tournament on the South Bank in London. Never forget.<\/p>\n<h2>Table Tennis<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AEckABF_V_A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BoJo has a long, loving history with ping pong. In 2008, he declared at the closure of the Beijing Olympics that <em>\u201cping pong is coming home\u201d<\/em> to Britain for the next Games.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, ITV joined the then-mayor when he took on pupils at a school in Bermondsey and lost (despite his best efforts). In 2013, he also accepted a challenge to a game from Pippa Middleton.<\/p>\n<h2>Ziplining<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxDwxNcURTU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Johnson was left hanging halfway down a zipline in Victoria Park.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the whole thing was caught on video in which Big B can be seen gliding along the wire majestically, waving a UK flag in each hand. Though the fun was short lived &#8211; soon he became stuck.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Get me a rope, get me a ladder,\u201d<\/em> Boris-on-a-wire could be heard yelling. <em>&#8220;I think the brakes got stuck.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Football (again)\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YO9F6BDffx4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Saving the best for last, Johnson didn\u2019t hold back when he rugby-tackled former Germany international Maurizio Gaudino during a Legend\u2019s match back in 2006. The spear-tackle (head first into the crotch of the football great) sent Gaudino flying as the crowd watched on in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rlangjournalist\">Rachel Lang, RT UK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/419458-boris-johnson-bishop-sport\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showing apparent disregard for state secrets, Boris Johnson and Australia\u2019s foreign minister were reportedly caught on microphone publicly discussing terrorism and trade among other subjects during a jog in London. The two were training for a foreign ministers&#8217; relay race at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, which will be held Down Under in April. 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