Best April Fool’s Day pranks from Arsenal fans losing their minds to Chris Kamara’s long-lost sister

NOBODY is safe from an April Fool’s Day prank when April 1 rolls around – and today has been no different.

Some of the biggest sporting names from around the world have been up to no good as they took their opportunity to tease their fans.

Whether it be long-lost sisters, incredible injury returns or even a completely new career change – sports stars always find a way to get one over on their supporters.

Here SunSport breaks down some of the best April Fool’s pranks spotted online this year…

Kammy’s sister

Iconic sports broadcaster and retired star Chris Kamara took the time out of his day to trick his fans into thinking he had a long-lost sister.

Kamara, 67, shared a hilariously edited picture of himself made to look like he had long locks and a full face of make-up on to his X account.

He shared it alongside the caption: “Wow. Some incredible news. Just found out after all these years that I have sister!!!

“She is called April, first I’ve heard of it. Who do you think you are, coming to our screens very soon on ITV.”

Safe to say the whole thing was a just a cheeky prank from Kammy, and you can’t expect to see him or his badly-edited ‘sister’ on Who Do You Think You Are? any time soon.

Nice try, Kammy.

Fur real?

Speculation remains about whether Tyson Fury has actually hung up his gloves after he announced his latest of five retirement announcements in January.

But for a brief second today it looked like he was about to start a brand new career.

That’s because the former world heavyweight champ teased his fans with a post claiming that he was the new James Bond.

Alongside an AI picture of him dressed up in a tuxedo with a gun in hand, Fury posted on Instagram: “Shaken, Not Stirred @007.

“The Gypsy King is back and I have a license to thrill. Many years in the making and many notable agents and performances before me – BOND. TYSON BOND.”

Of course, many fans found this one hard to believe, but it certainly got a few laughs across the internet.

Leave the spying to the professionals.

Wood you believe it?

Tiger Woods‘ injury problems seem to be never-ending and surgery on a ruptured Achilles in March has ruled him out of all four majors this season.

But the golfing legend managed to put a lighthearted spin on his latest injury less than two weeks out from The Masters.

Woods claimed he had undergone a miracle recovery and would be able to tee up at Augusta next Thursday.

He wrote on X: “I can’t believe I am saying this, but a few weeks after rupturing my left Achilles, the sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber plus the explosive lifts my doctors and trainers have me ready to play the Masters next week!

“Can’t wait! See y’all on the course.”

Fans desperate to see one of the sporting greats return to golf‘s most prestigious competition were over the moon with the announcement, only to have their excitement ripped away by a follow-up post.

Just six minutes later, Woods added: “P.S. April Fools my Achilles is still a mess :)”.

Devastated fans labelled Woods’ prank as “the meanest thing that has ever been done on the internet”.

Maybe this one went a little too far, Tiger.

Gunner make you angry

Stat experts Opta are normally the go-to outlet for every fact and figure you could possible want in football.

But on April 1, they decided to swap the facts for fibs with a cheeky prank that left Arsenal fans fuming.

The stat gurus’ X account wrote: “62% – Arsenal have been given the benefit of the doubt and awarded the highest percentage of 50-50 decisions of any team in the Premier League this season. Evens.”

It’s safe to say Arsenal fans were less than impressed with the joke, having seen their team handed five red cards in the league this season – more than any other team.

One fumed: “How did you quantify a 50-50 decision ? That’s an opinion based argument.”

While another added: “These stats getting out or hand. PLS TELL ME WHO TF DECIDES WHAT A 50-50 is??”.

Opta also joked that Liverpool ace Darwin Nunez was too good with another immeasurable stat.

Posting: “14 – Darwin Nunez has missed more chances where he’s struck the ball too well than any other player in the top flight this season. Connection.”

Phil ‘The Tower’ Taylor

Darts fans have been eagerly awaiting a proposed match-up between Luke Littler and Phil Taylor since darts sponsor Target teased a face-off back in February.

And today they were finally treated to a hotly anticipated match… of JENGA.

All hopes of a master vs apprentice battle at the oche came tumbling down and instead it was a friendly game of Jenga.

Although, if you’re interested as to who is the better Jenga player – it turns out it’s 18-year-old Littler.

The match took three minutes and 40 seconds to decide, with Taylor, 54, eventually seeing the tower tumble as he tried to take out a block near the bottom.