CPR is the reason I'm still here

IT IS always nice when a sportsman, sportswoman or a celebrity puts his or her name to a good cause, regardless of how much of their time they are able to give to it.

- By Andy Dunn

But when it comes to one particular mission, Glenn Hoddle is unstinting in his commitment.

Almost six-and-a-half years ago, the England and Tottenham legend, now 67, suffered a cardiac arrest in a TV studio and was clinically dead for minutes before being revived by Simon Daniels, a BT Sport sound engineer.

For the past year, Hoddle has been part of a campaign to encourage people to learn CPR, the life-saving technique that means he is here to talk about it.

He said: “I am sitting here because of CPR, and if you learn how to perform it, you can save someone's life in the way Simon saved mine. I don't think there can be anything better.”