Catch these riveting documentaries

M-Net has new documentaries that will keep you glued to your screen. With the Comrades still on everybody's mind, the drama of 1999 is riveting.

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In 1999, 21-year-old Fika Motsoeneng came 9th in the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban - because he'd swapped with his brother halfway.

In another documentary, in 2010, Togo's national soccer team travelled 3 500 miles to play in an exhibition game against Bahrain - but the Togolese authorities knew nothing about the match.

Many children in Cote d'Ivoire grow up wanting to be the next Didier Drogba - but for four Ivorian boys and their coach, a move to Italy on the promise of football-ing glory quickly changed from a dream to a nightmare.

Home-grown three-part Showmax Original documentary False Glory (Thursdays at 22:00 on M-Net) delves into those moments when sporting figures did the unthinkable for personal gain.