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Sport is fueled by rivalries. They are rooted in religion, social class, bitterness and some in plain jealousy. Think Revie vs Clough, Ali vs Frazier or Senna vs Prost.

In this episode of How It All Played Out Mark and Paul travel to a cold, damp America in 1994 where figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is exiting the ice after a routine practice session. She's warming up for the US National Championships, expecting to qualify for the Winter Olympics that are to be held in just a few weeks time.

Moments later, she's attacked by a man wielding a baton who strikes her on the knee. A cameraman is close by and captures her screams of “Why me?”

But why indeed was she attacked? And what role did fellow ice skater Tonya Harding play in what would soon turn into the biggest sporting scandal of the decade?

This is a story that involves manipulation, greed, jealousy and the FBI.

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It doesn't really make sense, does it? Football in the rain, hail, and snow. Why not in the lovely summer months? Surely the Premier League would look glorious in the sun.

But there are reasons why the Brits play in December & January, and we can blame the private school system.

Join Mark and Paul in this bonus episode of How It All Played Out as they find out the why we play football in the winter, and how it came about.

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"Is he in?"

For this episode of How It All Played Out, Mark and Paul travel to the home of Head Groom Jim Fitzgerald on a stormy night in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland and investigate one of the most shocking stories from the 1980s - The kidnapping of racehorse Shergar. 

This story involves the IRA, a ransom of 2 million pounds and a mystery that is still to be solved.

From masked gunmen with submachine guns, fraud, rumours, Irish country policemen and three leading journalists being flown to Belfast to negotiate Shergar's safe return, travel back in time to explore a bizarre sporting story like no other.

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Travel back in time to South Africa 1995 and join Mark Pougatch & Paul Hayward as they take a look at the Rugby World Cup.

It was a watershed moment for the sport, marking South Africa's return to the international stage after the dismantling of apartheid. But how did President Nelson Mandela, who had been imprisoned for 27 years, and rugby, unite South Africa ? And what significance did it have in changing the landscape of a divided nation? 

In this, the first episode of How It All Played Out, the duo are joined by legendary Springbok winger Bryan Habana, a boy in the crowd at the 1995 Final and a World Cup winner himself in 2007, to discuss what lasting legacy this historic moment had on the country.

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Join broadcaster Mark Pougatch and journalist Paul Hayward as they look back at sports greatest stories in this fascinating weekly podcast - attempting to dissect the biggest moments from the courts, fields and stadiums from around the world.

They'll look at sporting icons of football, rugby, cricket, boxing and more. From era defining matches, ferocious rivalries and jaw dropping moments, they'll peel back the layers of the greatest and, often, most bizarre stories in sports history.

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It's the episode that everyone's been waiting for! Triple gold winning olympian Tom Dean returns to the podcast and is back on hosting duty, and it's not only Sutts that joins him but Team GBs Freya Anderson and Anna Hopkin also join the party.

There are games, tales from the Olympic Village and after a very long wait, Alex finally delivers his much anticipated poem.

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It's swimming time in Team GB house where Sutts gets into the pool (metaphorically ) with our medal winners! Adam Peaty, James Guy, Jack McMillan and Kieran bird all join Tom Dean Medal Machine.

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We're giving Sutts his first day off for the week, but here's some handpicked moments that you haven't heard including interviews with Tom Dean's mum, Olympic legends Dame Jessica Ennis Hill, Colin Jackson and winners Nathan Hale and Beth Potter!

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On today's episode Sutts talks to Team GB Psychologist Jess Thom about the role she plays at the Olympic games for athletes. The discuss themes of endurance, mental health and psychology and what impact that has on sports stars.

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Team GB keep collecting the medals and it's been a brilliant 48 hours for the rowers. Alex is joined by winners Esme Booth, Rebecca Shorten, Samantha Redgrave and Helen Glover as well as Matt Aldridge, Freddie Davidson, David Ambler and Oli Wilkes Rowing .

Tom takes to the pool this evening and we're hoping he brings back more silverwear.

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