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Footballer who comforted Glenn Hoddle during heart attack to run London Marathon

Former Brighton midfielder Steve Sidwell will run the London Marathon in aid of the British Heart Foundation – seven years after he comforted Glenn Hoddle during a heart attack at the BT Sport studios.

Sidwell was the first to see Hoddle during his cardiac arrest while appearing on Saturday Morning Savage in October 2018, during which he comforted the former England manager and told him to “hang in there”.

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