<description>&lt;p&gt;Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse returns to Mission Implausible with the strange premise behind his podcast Foul Play: the claim that the CIA poisoned England goalkeeper Gordon Banks before the 1970 World Cup quarter-final in Mexico in order to help the &amp;nbsp;Brazil to support Brazil&amp;rsquo;s government. It turns out that international sporting events are hotbeds of attempted &amp;nbsp;subterfuge and quasi-governmental manipulation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Did the CIA Poison the World’s Best Goalkeeper at the 1970 World Cup? (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - Part 1

JUN 28, 202635 MIN
Mission Implausible

Did the CIA Poison the World’s Best Goalkeeper at the 1970 World Cup? (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - Part 1

JUN 28, 202635 MIN

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Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse returns to Mission Implausible with the strange premise behind his podcast Foul Play: the claim that the CIA poisoned England goalkeeper Gordon Banks before the 1970 World Cup quarter-final in Mexico in order to help the  Brazil to support Brazil’s government. It turns out that international sporting events are hotbeds of attempted  subterfuge and quasi-governmental manipulation.   Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod