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Diego Costa’s Bible bonk

Plus: Jim Ratcliffe starves the youth team and Zelensky deploys Bonnie Blue in the Donbas. Join Zach and Jack for another edition of Extra Shot, the weekly pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Get 20% off plus free shipping with Manscaped: use code UPSHOT at https://uk.manscaped.com/  If you’re enjoying the pod please share it with your friends on WhatsApp. Links from the pod: Gabriel Jesus and Diego Costa polaroids found in Bible: <a href="https://x.com/Tagelca/status/1889088646864937066" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Tagelca/status/1889088646864937066</a>  Pensioners with porn subscription photo: <a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/FzAx6w5zVxasa7YG8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://images.app.goo.gl/FzAx6w5zVxasa7YG8</a>  Steve Smith’s dirty texts (NSFW): <a href="https://x.com/MikeyTBH/status/1893752107699777902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/MikeyTBH/status/1893752107699777902</a>  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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