With fans questioning Jude Bellingham’s shock omission from the latest England squad, Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward break down the reasoning behind Thomas Tuchel’s decision to leave out the now fully-fit Real Madrid star. Once an automatic starter for his country, Bellingham’s exclusion has sparked intense debate - so what’s really behind Tuchel’s stance?

The discussion also revisits two of England’s most talked-about exclusions in football history - Paul Gascoigne and Jimmy Greaves - exploring what truly happened when both legends were famously dropped, and how those decisions played out with the public and the press.

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"This race was an incredible exhibition of sprinting brilliance and power, but only because it came from a drugs bottle."

In the scorching heat of Seoul during the 1988 Olympic Games, the world watched as two titans of track and field prepared to battle for gold in the men’s 100m final. Carl Lewis, the outspoken American, faced off against Ben Johnson, the quiet Canadian powerhouse and world record holder. What followed wasn’t just the fastest race ever run at the time - it was the most controversial in Olympic history.

We revisit this episode of How It All Played Out, where hosts Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward unpack the dramatic story behind the dirtiest race in history, which changed the face of athletics forever.

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At 17 years old boxer Barry McGuigan won Commonwealth Gold for Northern Ireland but just two years later he fought at the 1980 Moscow Olympics for the Republic.

So how did the Featherweight World Champion straddle the border and unite Ireland at the height of The Troubles, where bombs, bullets and killings were all too common?

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Director of Podcasts: Vicky Etchells