Latest False Fact-checks in Sports Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post: Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting. Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “shuts off” recipients’ hearts. Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post: Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation." TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!” Viral image stated on August 7, 2023 in a Facebook post: Golfer John Daly commented on soccer player Megan Rapinoe “choking” during the World Cup. Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.” Nikki Haley stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year." X posts stated on May 11, 2023 in tweets: “NCAA strips Lia Thomas of National Championship After ‘Unfavorable’ Test Results.” Viral image stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: CNN reported that Damar Hamlin’s doctor confirmed his cardiac arrest was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2023 in a post: Tee Higgins "isn't even leaving the hospital till he knows (Damar) Hamlin is OK." Liz Wheeler stated on January 3, 2023 in a Tweet: There have been “1,598 athlete cardiac arrests since Jan 2021. 69% fatal." Instagram posts stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.” Instagram posts stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.” Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2021 in a post: Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on October 2, 2022 in an Instagram post: The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation. Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest." Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.” Viral image stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas. X posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a tweet from a hoax account: Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.” John Stockton stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview: “There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court." Aaron Rodgers stated on January 21, 2022 in an interview: The CDC said that 75% of COVID-19 deaths have involved people with at least four comorbidities. Viral image stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.” Viral image stated on January 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Tim Tebow used to “kneel in prayer and the NFL complained.” X posts stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet: Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post: Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting. Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “shuts off” recipients’ hearts. Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post: Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation." TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!” Viral image stated on August 7, 2023 in a Facebook post: Golfer John Daly commented on soccer player Megan Rapinoe “choking” during the World Cup. Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.” Nikki Haley stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year." X posts stated on May 11, 2023 in tweets: “NCAA strips Lia Thomas of National Championship After ‘Unfavorable’ Test Results.” Viral image stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: CNN reported that Damar Hamlin’s doctor confirmed his cardiac arrest was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine booster. Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2023 in a post: Tee Higgins "isn't even leaving the hospital till he knows (Damar) Hamlin is OK." Liz Wheeler stated on January 3, 2023 in a Tweet: There have been “1,598 athlete cardiac arrests since Jan 2021. 69% fatal." Instagram posts stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.” Instagram posts stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.” Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2021 in a post: Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on October 2, 2022 in an Instagram post: The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation. Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest." Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.” Viral image stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas. X posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a tweet from a hoax account: Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.” John Stockton stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview: “There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court." Aaron Rodgers stated on January 21, 2022 in an interview: The CDC said that 75% of COVID-19 deaths have involved people with at least four comorbidities. Viral image stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.” Viral image stated on January 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Tim Tebow used to “kneel in prayer and the NFL complained.” X posts stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet: Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”
Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2024 in a Facebook post: Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting.
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “shuts off” recipients’ hearts.
Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post: Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: The mothers of Major League Soccer players “file complaint against Leo Messi.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."
TikTok posts stated on August 21, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium is flooded after mocking God!”
Viral image stated on August 7, 2023 in a Facebook post: Golfer John Daly commented on soccer player Megan Rapinoe “choking” during the World Cup.
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet: Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
Nikki Haley stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall: Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."
X posts stated on May 11, 2023 in tweets: “NCAA strips Lia Thomas of National Championship After ‘Unfavorable’ Test Results.”
Viral image stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.
Viral image stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: CNN reported that Damar Hamlin’s doctor confirmed his cardiac arrest was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine booster.
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2023 in a post: Tee Higgins "isn't even leaving the hospital till he knows (Damar) Hamlin is OK."
Liz Wheeler stated on January 3, 2023 in a Tweet: There have been “1,598 athlete cardiac arrests since Jan 2021. 69% fatal."
Instagram posts stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram: Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”
Instagram posts stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”
Instagram posts stated on December 6, 2021 in a post: Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Viral image stated on October 2, 2022 in an Instagram post: The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.
Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest."
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.”
Viral image stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Twitter suspended a swimmer for tweeting about Lia Thomas.
X posts stated on March 20, 2022 in a tweet from a hoax account: Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”
John Stockton stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview: “There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court."
Aaron Rodgers stated on January 21, 2022 in an interview: The CDC said that 75% of COVID-19 deaths have involved people with at least four comorbidities.
Viral image stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post: Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.”
Viral image stated on January 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Tim Tebow used to “kneel in prayer and the NFL complained.”
X posts stated on January 16, 2022 in a tweet: Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”