A footballing legend's gambling secret
Goalkeeper Peter Shilton represented England 125 times and faced Diego Maradona鈥檚 infamous 鈥楬and of God鈥� goal 鈥� but off the pitch he battled a secret gambling addiction.
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鈥檚 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.
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Picture: English footballer Peter Shilton playing at Wembley Stadium in 1970
Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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