17 h. ago Battered by fans. Horrific injuries. And sex attacks. Insiders blow the lid on the shocking lives of sports mascots

Daily Mail Sport spoke to three veterans of the trade to find out exactly what got them into the suits and why they took them off after years of dedication.

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4 d. ago Images show Brit mum's horrifying injuries after pair mowed down by Ibiza taxi

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Mum Ebony Corinley suffered extensive injuries, including six broken ribs, multiple leg fractures and an open fracture on her knee after the Ibiza collision

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5 d. ago British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died after getting trapped underneath horse when it failed to jump a fence and landed on top of her, inquest hears

Primary school teacher Sarah Jayne Yorke, 37, died from chest and abdominal injuries following the horrific accident at the horse trials in Northamptonshire on August 8.

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5 d. ago Horrifying scale of Brit mums' injuries after speeding taxi careers into them in Ibiza

Lauren Holmes and Ebony Cordingley were hit by a taxi on what would have been their last night on Ibiza and the best friends, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, have serious injuries

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5 d. ago How two best friends are fighting horrifying injuries after being hit by a speeding taxi in Ibiza

The mothers of two British women left critically injured after being mown down by a speeding taxi in Ibiza have told of the horrifying scale of their daughters' injuries.

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9 d. ago GB snowboarder who was told she may never walk again after crash is back preparing for Winter Olympics

Snowsport freestyle snowboarder Maisie Hill, 24, suffered horrific injuries at the start of 2023 while training that made her fell like a bag of bones that someone was jangling

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2 w. ago Thug finally guilty of murder... 12 YEARS after brutally attacking homeless man

Anthony Ellis lied over and over again to emergency services that he had not inflicted the attack that would leave the homeless man needing round-the-clock care until he died years later from his horrific brain injuries

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3 w. ago 'Drunk' motorist runs over British woman, 61, on holiday in Turkey before driving over her AGAIN while 'trying to flee', leaving her seriously injured

Posting on social media, her husband, Keith Di Palma, described how his wife had sustained multiple injuries after the 'horrific' incident on August 6 and was handed over to medical services.

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3 w. ago Teenage girl mauled by 10 dogs while jogging left with terrifying injuries

17-year-old Tracy Azpeitia ended up receiving 500 stitches after she was attacked by the pack of dogs, with her mum admitting she did not even recognise her due to her wounds

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3 w. ago Teen girl mauled by 10 dogs while out jogging and left with horrific injuries

Warning: Graphic content. Tracy Azpeitia, 17, had to have 500 stitches and her mum said she did not recognise her afterwards.

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3 w. ago Teen girl mauled by 10 dogs so badly her mum did not recognise her

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tracy Azpeitia, 17, had to have 500 stitches and cannot walk on her own after she was mauled by at least 10 large dogs while jogging

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3 w. ago Girl, 10, who died after 'torture' left heartbreaking final note after begging for help

A little girl who desperately tried to escape the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and his girlfriend left her friend a devastating note before she died after suffering horrific injuries

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3 w. ago Staggering missed chances to save girl, 10, who 'jumped from window to escape torture'

A new police report has detailed the horrific injuries little Rebekah Baptiste suffered before her death at 10-years-old, allegedly at the hands of her father and his girlfriend

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3 w. ago Real 'truth' behind flashy Dubai influencers and how one woman fled 'porta potty' hell

Model Maria Kovalchuk was discovered on the Dubai roadside with a bout of horrific injuries. She claims it was "rich Russian kids", others share that there's an even darker side to the UAE for women lured in by the glamour

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3 w. ago Girl, 13, loses both legs in horrific farm accident just days before her birthday

Féile O'Sullivan, from the Beara Peninsula in West Cork, was left fighting for her life after suffering horrific injuries while on a family farm.

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