There are many cases of athletes who have publicly admitted having been injured while having sex. Cases of Kevin-Prince Boateng and of Dennis Rodman They are, perhaps, the most popular; but to that list we must now add the former Manchester City player and current commentator on the BBC and in Sky SportsMicah Richards.
On the podcast The Rest is Footballwhich he attended along with fellow former footballers Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, The retired right back admitted to having had an injury “having fun” and having pretended that it happened during training with his team. A situation that was difficult for the former Aston Villa and Fiorentina player to confess and that triggered laughter from his broadcast colleagues.
“It was a sexual injury, I don’t know if I can reveal it on this program, but oh well. Obviously I can’t go into details, but basically I was… yeah, I was having fun.‘And while I was doing it, I slipped out of bed, stretched my leg and injured my hamstring,’ the former English national team international confessed.
To avoid having to go through the embarrassment of having to tell the truth, Richards showed up to train normally until there came a time when he discovered his back pain. “I felt it in trainingbut I didn’t want to say it,” Micah recalled, admitting that all his locker room colleagues were going to find out the truth when listening to the podcast.
A viral story and a clarification tweet
Micah Richards’ story went viral almost immediately. Only on Twitter, The reproduction of the video is around two million views and there are already hundreds of comments laughing at the defender’s small mishap. So much so that even he, to continue the joke, had to comment on his personal account clarifying that That injury “was not the reason why he had to retire early.” And the former footballer had to hang up his boots at the age of 31 after three years without playing due to his propensity for injuries.
