BBC Radio Podcasts from Amazing Sport Stories
Claressa Shields: Battles beyond boxing
How a girl from one of America's most deprived cities became a boxing legend
Tackles and tailenders
Rudie van Vuuren, the Namibian doctor who played at both the cricket and rugby World Cups
Just win the day
Basketball player Sebastien Bellin credits sport with helping him survive a bomb attack
The Legend of Takhti: Ep 3
Following Takhti’s death, Tehran is on edge. From its depths, a legend is born
The Legend of Takhti: Ep 2
Gholamreza Takhti is dead. His death sends rumours spiralling through society
The Legend of Takhti: Ep 1
Gholamreza Takhti, Iran's most loved wrestler, tackles the world of fame and politics
Trailer: The Legend of Takhti
Exploring Iranian wrestling legend Gholamreza Takhti’s journey of life, death and legacy
The Olympic defectors
A single glance changes an Iraqi weightlifter's life forever
Breaking the Olympics
Breakdancing's journey from the streets of New York to the Olympic stage
The business of losing
What's it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Meet the Washington Generals
Around the world in 200 marathons
Nick Butter spent nearly two years running a marathon in every country in the world
Wimbledon: 'New balls, please'
How working as ball boys at Wimbledon in the 1960s changed two young men's lives
Copper Bullets: Ep 4
One year after the crash, Zambia awaits the Africa Cup of Nations final
Copper Bullets: Ep 3
Can the newly formed Zambian football team honour the legacy of the KK11?
Copper Bullets: Ep 2
Relatives of Zambia’s fallen footballers cope with their loss as a new team is formed
Copper Bullets: Ep 1
The stars of Zambia's 1993 football team die in a plane crash. A dream is shattered
Trailer: Copper Bullets
A nation’s dreams were shattered when Zambia's football team was killed in a plane crash
The woman in black
Lea Campos took on one of football's most powerful men for the right to referee
Fixing the Crazy Gang
A young woman finds herself at the heart of one of English football's most infamous teams
Poker's new deal
How a card game went from smoky back rooms to the global sporting mainstream
Chasing Mountains: Ep 4
We have a winner – or so we think. Questions are being asked
Chasing Mountains: Ep 3
The mountaineers are climbing the final peaks, and three of them are neck-and-neck
Chasing Mountains: Ep 2
Then there were five. Two super-fast new challengers are powering up the peaks
Chasing Mountains: Ep 1
A near-death experience motivates a mountaineer to scale the world’s highest peaks
Trailer: Chasing Mountains
The female climbers vying to make history
Ghost story
A runner defies the athletics authorities who tried to take him off the track
Evaristo: Brazil’s unsung hero
A Barcelona legend who holds a goalscoring record not even Pele matched
Leon Edwards: Saved by sport
How a UFC champion escaped a violent gang life to win MMA's biggest prize
Special: Curses and superstitions
This St Patrick’s Day, we ask what drives sports fans to believe in curses
Running for change
Bobbi Gibb's battle to give women the right to run marathons
The worst betrayal
The boxing champion betrayed by a teammate and sent to a Nazi concentration camp
The Black 14: Ep 4
There had been no apology. The “Black 14” moved on. Was that about to change?
The Black 14: Ep 3
Kicked off the team, the “Black 14” watch from the stands and then turn to the courts
The Black 14: Ep 2
Racism on the field leads “the Black 14” to ask a question with grave consequences
The Black 14: Ep 1
Racism and protests are about to change the lives of “the Black 14” American footballers
Trailer: The Black 14
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
The unfriendly friendly
USA v Iran. The soccer game that lead to death threats and the closure of US airspace
Ear wrestlers and high kickers
How ripped ears and high kicks help preserve a rare part of Alaskan culture
Surfing the ocean’s mountains
The Nazare surfers who put their lives in the ocean’s hands
The long ride home
The sisters who fled the Taliban to cycle for all Afghan women
The Christmas truce
The beautiful moment football replaced fighting in World War One
The Curse of County Mayo: Ep 3
Is the truth about the curse finally in sight?
The Curse of County Mayo: Ep 2
Can the last surviving player shed any light on the curse?
The Curse of County Mayo: Ep 1
Is County Mayo’s Gaelic football team cursed?
Trailer: Cursed?
Ireland’s “cursed” Gaelic football team – our next amazing sport story
The never-ending tunnel
Welcome to the 200-mile underground race where hallucinations are all but guaranteed
Frozen Out: Ep 3
The backlash becomes serious, but Justine refuses to give up
Frozen Out: Ep 2
Justine fights in court for the right to play ice hockey with the boys
Frozen Out: Ep 1
“You're good enough but you’re a girl”. Justine wants to play ice hockey with the boys
Trailer: Frozen Out
Schoolgirl Justine’s fight for the right to play ice hockey on the boys’ team
Introducing Amazing Sport Stories
Sport but not as you know it. Amazing Sport Stories kicks off on 30 October 2023