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There was a bit of a to-do at Belgian club Charleroi recently when the players insisted on being supplied with better cars - …

There was a bit of a to-do at Belgian club Charleroi recently when the players insisted on being supplied with better cars - a perk their supporters reckoned they hadn't earned in light of their recent poor form. Midfielder Aziz Rabbah, one of the most vocal in demanding a flash motor, was well chuffed when the club handed him the keys to a spanking new Mercedes. Not long after? Rabbah drove home, hopped out of his Merc to open the garage door . . . but forgot to secure the handbrake. And? He formed the filling in a Merc-garage door sandwich. And ended up with a fractured shinbone. The Charleroi fans? They don't know whether to laugh or cry, to be honest.

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times