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World Service,30 Sep 2021,40 mins

A footballing legend's gambling secret

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Footballer Peter Shilton stood in goal for England 125 times and faced Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal - but off the pitch he battled a secret gambling addiction for 45 years. Then a chance meeting in a hotel lift with the woman who'd become his wife changed everything. Shekhinah is an R&B singer from South Africa whose first album went platinum, producing three number one singles. She’s won an MTV Africa Award, two All Africa Music Awards and many more. Her success is all the more striking when you hear about her start in life: she was abandoned by her biological mother and adopted into a white family. She told Outlook's Mpho Lakaje her remarkable story. Get in touch: [email protected] Picture: English footballer Peter Shilton playing at Wembley Stadium in 1970 Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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