How Eddy Treijtel killing a seagull by mistake with a goal kick became football folklore
Published on Saturday, 7th June 2025.
In 2001 the Champions League final was contested by the two previously beaten finalists
Published on Saturday, 31st May 2025.
How Mokonami Sakae, a Mongolian sumo wrestler, made his mark in the sport.
Published on Saturday, 24th May 2025.
Hong Kong inflicted an unexpected footballing defeat on China at the World Cup qualifier
Published on Saturday, 17th May 2025.
In 2000, Paul Hawkins turned his cricket passion into innovation by creating the tech
Published on Saturday, 10th May 2025.
How Maria Canins won the Giro D'Italia Femminile which was first raced in 1988.
Published on Saturday, 3rd May 2025.
How Kwame Nkruman-Acheampong became the first Ghanaian to compete in the Winter Olympics
Published on Saturday, 26th April 2025.
In 1980, the Boston Marathon was rocked by scandal when runner Rosie Ruiz faked her win
Published on Saturday, 19th April 2025.
Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré
Published on Saturday, 12th April 2025.
Minda Dentler was the first female wheelchair athlete in the Ironman World Championship
Published on Saturday, 5th April 2025.
In 2014, rookie wrestler Paige became the WWE's Diva's Champion
Published on Saturday, 29th March 2025.
In 1984, Van Phillips invented the first carbon graphite running leg.
Published on Saturday, 22nd March 2025.
At 60m, Nelli Cooman is a former indoor world record holder, running 7:00 seconds.
Published on Saturday, 15th March 2025.
In 1976, a group of Canadian friends created a game they initially called 'murderball'
Published on Saturday, 8th March 2025.
In 1997, Chelsea played part-timers Tromsø at home – in the Arctic north of Norway.
Published on Saturday, 1st March 2025.
In 2000, Jill Heinerth became the first person to dive under the caves of a vast iceberg
Published on Saturday, 22nd February 2025.
In 1978, Naomi James became the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn
Published on Saturday, 15th February 2025.
How the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots with an "insult to Einstein"
Published on Saturday, 8th February 2025.
On 7 February 1970, Manchester United's George Best scored six goals in an FA Cup game
Published on Saturday, 1st February 2025.
Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London
Published on Saturday, 25th January 2025.
In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water
Published on Saturday, 18th January 2025.
In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia
Published on Saturday, 11th January 2025.
In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn
Published on Saturday, 4th January 2025.
In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course
Published on Saturday, 28th December 2024.
Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career
Published on Saturday, 21st December 2024.
In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing
Published on Saturday, 14th December 2024.
In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball
Published on Saturday, 7th December 2024.
In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history
Published on Saturday, 30th November 2024.
How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team
Published on Saturday, 23rd November 2024.
Rafael Nadal takes on Roger Federer on a tennis court made of half grass and half clay
Published on Saturday, 16th November 2024.
Dutch footballer Ellen Popeyus was 16 when she played for her country in the first match
Published on Saturday, 9th November 2024.
When Union Berlin had financial problems, their fans volunteered to renovate the stadium
Published on Saturday, 2nd November 2024.
In 1961, Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from France to England
Published on Saturday, 26th October 2024.
Hungarian Agnes Keleti is the world's oldest living Olympian at 103
Published on Saturday, 19th October 2024.
How a politically charged match between Serbia and Albania descended into violent chaos
Published on Saturday, 12th October 2024.
In 1964, the first ever African Cup of Champions took place in Ghana
Published on Saturday, 5th October 2024.
Brian McKechnie has been in New Zealand teams for both international rugby and cricket
Published on Saturday, 28th September 2024.
How a Thai men’s volleyball team made up of gay and trans athletes won a championship
Published on Saturday, 21st September 2024.
Nelson Piquet Jr competed in the first Formula E race in 2014, featuring 20 electric cars
Published on Saturday, 14th September 2024.
In 1969, Enrique and Viviana Corcuera created Padel while on holiday
Published on Saturday, 7th September 2024.
In 2012, The Gambia made their first appearance at the Paralympic Games
Published on Saturday, 31st August 2024.
In 1960, the first Paralympic Games took place
Published on Saturday, 24th August 2024.
Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals
Published on Saturday, 17th August 2024.
How Denmark's 49er sailing team won gold by borrowing the Croatian team's boat
Published on Saturday, 10th August 2024.
Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport in Paris
Published on Saturday, 3rd August 2024.
In 2004, a doping scandal broke involving two of the host nation's biggest stars
Published on Saturday, 27th July 2024.
How a young sailor from Cyprus achieved success in the 2012 Olympics
Published on Friday, 19th July 2024.
In 1994, the 22-year-old Spanish tennis star won Wimbledon
Published on Saturday, 13th July 2024.
In 1994, the footballer was shot dead following Colombia's exit from the World Cup
Published on Saturday, 6th July 2024.
Liesl Herbst and her daughter Dorli played together at Wimbledon after World War Two
Published on Saturday, 29th June 2024.
Muhammad Ali’s controversial fight against professional wrestler Antonio Inoki in 1976
Published on Friday, 21st June 2024.
In 1988, the Soviet Union made it to the final of Euro '88
Published on Saturday, 15th June 2024.
In 1971, an unofficial Women's World Cup took place in Mexico
Published on Saturday, 8th June 2024.
In 1994, tempers flared in a football World Cup match between Ireland and Mexico
Published on Saturday, 1st June 2024.
How Manchester United became the first team to win the treble
Published on Friday, 24th May 2024.
In 1994, three time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna died in a crash
Published on Saturday, 18th May 2024.
Ghanaian Alice Annum tells the story of how she became known as 'Baby Jet'
Published on Saturday, 11th May 2024.
In 1974, an international female bridge competition was launched in Italy
Published on Saturday, 4th May 2024.
In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout
Published on Saturday, 27th April 2024.
How Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins brought new audiences to snooker with his playboy lifestyle
Published on Saturday, 20th April 2024.
In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer
Published on Saturday, 13th April 2024.
In 2007, Martin Strel became the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon
Published on Saturday, 6th April 2024.
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
Published on Friday, 5th April 2024.
Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997
Published on Saturday, 30th March 2024.
In 1980, Roland Butcher became the first black cricketer to play for the England team
Published on Saturday, 23rd March 2024.
In 2005, badminton champion Rajeev Bagga took his total of Deaflympic gold medals to 14
Published on Saturday, 16th March 2024.
In 1976, the first person won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car
Published on Saturday, 9th March 2024.
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
Published on Saturday, 2nd March 2024.
How American Samoa were beaten 31-0 by Australia in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers
Published on Saturday, 24th February 2024.
One of Africa's worst sporting disasters happened in Cairo in 1974
Published on Saturday, 17th February 2024.
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid
Published on Saturday, 10th February 2024.
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics
Published on Saturday, 3rd February 2024.
How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport
Published on Saturday, 27th January 2024.
How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races
Published on Saturday, 20th January 2024.
In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England’s men’s football team.
Published on Saturday, 13th January 2024.
Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima on how his lead in the 2004 Olympic marathon was destroyed
Published on Saturday, 6th January 2024.
How Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Everest in 1970
Published on Saturday, 30th December 2023.
In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender
Published on Saturday, 23rd December 2023.
How Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men’s title for the first time in 2003
Published on Saturday, 16th December 2023.
Jan Tian says his devotion to coding the first EA Sports Fifa game nearly broke him
Published on Saturday, 9th December 2023.
In 1978, West Bromwich Albion became British ambassadors in China.
Published on Saturday, 2nd December 2023.
How Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh combined two of his passions – chess and boxing
Published on Saturday, 18th November 2023.
How snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis lost gold in 2006's Winter Olympics
Published on Saturday, 11th November 2023.
In 2010, Egypt completed an unprecedented treble in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Published on Saturday, 4th November 2023.
Sir Clive Woodward and George Gregan recount England's victory over Australia in 2003
Published on Saturday, 28th October 2023.
Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a studio in New York to Mary Bowen
Published on Saturday, 21st October 2023.
How Manly Beach in Australia hosted the first official World Surfing Championships.
Published on Saturday, 14th October 2023.
How the Netherlands embarrased England at Lord's in the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup
Published on Saturday, 7th October 2023.
Tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her streak of becoming World and Commonwealth champion.
Published on Saturday, 30th September 2023.
Zahra Lari made history by becoming the first figure skater to compete in a hijab
Published on Saturday, 23rd September 2023.
How American boxer Chuck Wepner knocked Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 1975
Published on Saturday, 16th September 2023.
How Japan shook the world by beating South Africa at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
Published on Saturday, 9th September 2023.
In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.
Published on Saturday, 2nd September 2023.
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997
Published on Saturday, 26th August 2023.
The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash
Published on Saturday, 19th August 2023.
In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee
Published on Saturday, 12th August 2023.
How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.
Published on Saturday, 5th August 2023.
Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De France in 1984
Published on Saturday, 29th July 2023.
How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.
Published on Thursday, 20th July 2023.
How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998
Published on Saturday, 15th July 2023.
How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.
Published on Saturday, 8th July 2023.
How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.
Published on Saturday, 1st July 2023.
The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.
Published on Saturday, 24th June 2023.
How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen
Published on Saturday, 17th June 2023.
Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out
Published on Saturday, 10th June 2023.
How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.
Published on Saturday, 3rd June 2023.
When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten
Published on Saturday, 27th May 2023.
The 2010 Asian Games saw women’s kabaddi included for the first time
Published on Saturday, 20th May 2023.
The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.
Published on Saturday, 13th May 2023.
How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo
Published on Saturday, 6th May 2023.
How weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal
Published on Saturday, 29th April 2023.
The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.
Published on Thursday, 13th April 2023.
How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.
Published on Thursday, 6th April 2023.
In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.
Published on Thursday, 30th March 2023.
French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002
Published on Thursday, 23rd March 2023.
The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq
Published on Thursday, 16th March 2023.
She is the most capped netballer of all time
Published on Thursday, 9th March 2023.
A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988
Published on Thursday, 2nd March 2023.
In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup
Published on Thursday, 23rd February 2023.
American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters
Published on Thursday, 16th February 2023.
In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2023.
Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time
Published on Thursday, 2nd February 2023.
In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football
Published on Thursday, 26th January 2023.
At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course
Published on Thursday, 19th January 2023.
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
Published on Thursday, 12th January 2023.
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2023.
The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
Published on Thursday, 29th December 2022.
Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022.
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2022.
How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2022.
How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.
Published on Thursday, 1st December 2022.
The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot
Published on Thursday, 24th November 2022.
Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2022.
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2022.
The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom
Published on Thursday, 3rd November 2022.
Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.
Published on Thursday, 27th October 2022.
How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba
Published on Thursday, 20th October 2022.
Shanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.
Published on Thursday, 13th October 2022.
Runner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.
Published on Thursday, 6th October 2022.
One journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong
Published on Thursday, 29th September 2022.
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
Published on Thursday, 22nd September 2022.
Banned from playing football in her native Scotland, Rose Reilly represented Italy.
Published on Thursday, 15th September 2022.
Majlinda Kelmendi won the first medal for Kosovo since the country gained independence.
Published on Thursday, 8th September 2022.
Ben Johnson was disqualified 48 hours after winning the Olympic 100 metre final in 1988
Published on Thursday, 1st September 2022.
Tennis coach Rick Macci on training future world number ones Serena and Venus Williams
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2022.
The USSR faced the USA in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final
Published on Thursday, 18th August 2022.
At the Olympics in 2000, a fault with gymnastics equipment changed the course of a final
Published on Thursday, 11th August 2022.
British showjumper Nick Skelton's 33 year quest for an Olympic medal.
Published on Thursday, 4th August 2022.
Between 1982 and 1984, UEFA held the first European Competition for Women's Football
Published on Thursday, 28th July 2022.
Yohann Gene from Guadeloupe made history by being the first black man to race in the Tour
Published on Thursday, 21st July 2022.
Britain's 4x100m relay team cause one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history in Athens
Published on Thursday, 14th July 2022.
How Nadine Angerer became Germany's penalty saving heroine
Published on Thursday, 7th July 2022.
The unusual solution that kept a cyclist in one of the world's greatest races
Published on Thursday, 30th June 2022.
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut battle it out at Wimbledon in the longest match of all time.
Published on Thursday, 23rd June 2022.
The revolutionary surgery that saved baseball pitcher Tommy John's elbow and career.
Published on Wednesday, 15th June 2022.
Canadian diver Jill Heinerth was the first woman to enter the caves of a giant iceberg
Published on Thursday, 2nd June 2022.
NBA star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the American flag in protest in 1996
Liverpool's incredible comeback to win the Champions League final in 2005
Published on Thursday, 26th May 2022.
How the first Native American to play in the NBA inspired her community in the 1990s
Published on Thursday, 19th May 2022.
How Nigerian Olaniyi Gideon was caught up in the Civil War in Syria while at a local club
Published on Thursday, 12th May 2022.
Defender Micah Richards on the most exciting finish ever to the English football season.
Published on Thursday, 5th May 2022.
The legendary Pakistani player who went undefeated for five years in the 1980s
Published on Thursday, 21st April 2022.
In 2008, a group of western cricketers took their sport to the Axis of Evil.
Published on Thursday, 14th April 2022.
Swedish ping pong player Jan-Ove Waldner is a legend in his own country - and in China.
Published on Thursday, 7th April 2022.
In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m.
Published on Thursday, 31st March 2022.
How women won the right to compete in the hugely popular Vasaloppet event in Sweden
Published on Thursday, 24th March 2022.
The cardiologist who saved the Bolton footballer after he had a heart attack on the pitch
Published on Thursday, 17th March 2022.
How the visually-impaired skier from Northern Ireland won Team GB's first Paralympic gold
Published on Thursday, 10th March 2022.
Two athletes from Finland and Britain remember the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976.
Published on Thursday, 3rd March 2022.
Bibian Mentel-Spee campaigned for her event to be in the games, then won the first Gold.
Published on Sunday, 27th February 2022.
The American speed-skater who overcame grief to win Olympic gold.
Published on Thursday, 17th February 2022.
How a Danish kid became a record-breaking kicker in American football
Published on Thursday, 10th February 2022.
How the American bobsledder made history at the 2002 games in Utah
Published on Thursday, 3rd February 2022.
Shiva Keshavan took part in one of the most dangerous Winter Olympic sports aged just 16.
Published on Thursday, 27th January 2022.
Nikola Pilic, one of the Serbian player's mentors, remembers training him as a teenager.
Published on Thursday, 20th January 2022.
How an international skiing scene developed in the mountains of Bamiyan province in 2011
Published on Thursday, 6th January 2022.
In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport.
Published on Thursday, 30th December 2021.
The shot-putter with dwarfism whose gold medal celebration went viral on social media.
Published on Thursday, 23rd December 2021.
How the national football team helped the country's fight for independence in 1971.
Published on Thursday, 16th December 2021.
How a group of exiles set up the first Tibetan national team in 2001.
Published on Thursday, 9th December 2021.
How England's top players fought for their salary cap to be lifted in 1961.
Published on Friday, 3rd December 2021.
The superstar American race-horse who was the first mare to win the Breeders' Cup
Published on Thursday, 25th November 2021.
Tori Murden McClure built her own boat and became the first woman to row the Atlantic.
Published on Thursday, 18th November 2021.
The investigation that rocked Lebanese football and ruined the country's World Cup hopes.
Published on Monday, 15th November 2021.
The South African-born runner remembers her famous collision with US rival Mary Decker.
Published on Thursday, 4th November 2021.
How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese sumo in the 1980s
Published on Thursday, 28th October 2021.
In 1988, the American athlete put in one of the greatest performances in Olympic history.
Published on Thursday, 21st October 2021.
The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe
Published on Thursday, 14th October 2021.
How the uniquely Japanese track cycling event made its Olympic debut in 2000.
Published on Thursday, 7th October 2021.
How motherhood inspired Francoise Mbango to two Olympic gold medals.
Published on Thursday, 30th September 2021.
How America’s Misty May-Treanor won an Olympic gold medal three times.
Published on Thursday, 16th September 2021.
Former captain Shamila Kohestani on why football in Afghanistan was more than a game
Published on Thursday, 9th September 2021.
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal.
Published on Thursday, 2nd September 2021.
The Chinese athlete who lit the Paralympic flame after a stunning feat of strength.
Published on Thursday, 19th August 2021.
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records and won Paralympic golds.
Published on Thursday, 12th August 2021.
British runners Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell were stars of the 1964 Olympics
Published on Thursday, 5th August 2021.
The Somali 400-metre runner who was forced to seek asylum after the London 2012 Olympics
Published on Thursday, 29th July 2021.
How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games
Published on Thursday, 22nd July 2021.
The American vaulter who won the first ever Olympic women's competition at Sydney 2000
Published on Thursday, 15th July 2021.
The Swedish tennis superstar who won Wimbledon five times in a row
Published on Thursday, 8th July 2021.
Robert Pires on how the French became European champions in dramatic style
Published on Thursday, 1st July 2021.
How the Czechoslovak midfielder created a daring new style of penalty at Euro 76
Published on Thursday, 24th June 2021.
How England sparked a mood of national euphoria at Euro 96 before it ended in tears
Published on Thursday, 17th June 2021.
How an amazing volley gave Holland their first victory at a big international tournament
Published on Thursday, 10th June 2021.
How the Danes won the Euro 92 championship despite not even qualifying for the tournament
Published on Thursday, 3rd June 2021.
How Susi Susanti won the first Olympic gold medal for her badminton-obsessed country
Published on Thursday, 6th May 2021.
The one-legged wrestler who won a national college title in the United States in 2011
Published on Thursday, 29th April 2021.
Led by Alex Ferguson, Aberdeen beat the Spanish giants to win a European trophy in 1983
Published on Thursday, 22nd April 2021.
How a Spanish woman hurdler won the right to compete despite having male chromosomes
Published on Thursday, 15th April 2021.
Published on Thursday, 8th April 2021.
How two Ghanaian athletes escaped during the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1990
Published on Thursday, 1st April 2021.
The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.
Published on Thursday, 25th March 2021.
In 2003, A.C. Perugia signed Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan dictator
Published on Thursday, 18th March 2021.
How Elliot Mujaji won the first ever Paralympic gold medal for his country in 2000.
Published on Thursday, 4th March 2021.
The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.
Published on Thursday, 25th February 2021.
Manon Rhéaume became the first and only woman to play in the National Hockey League
Published on Thursday, 18th February 2021.
How the hockey-player from Darwin broke barriers by winning an Olympic gold medal in 1996
Published on Thursday, 11th February 2021.
The activist and champion who pushed for American football's landmark diversity policy
Published on Thursday, 4th February 2021.
In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transitioned woman to play professional golf
Published on Thursday, 28th January 2021.
In January 2001, Germany's Jutta Kleinschmidt won one of the biggest races in motorsport
Published on Thursday, 14th January 2021.
The American serviceman who won swimming glory a year after being blinded by a bomb
Published on Wednesday, 6th January 2021.
The Canadian who's made a career out of dancing at big sports events around the world
Published on Thursday, 31st December 2020.
The motorbike world champion whose high-speed triumphs united a divided country
Published on Thursday, 17th December 2020.
How campaigners used direct action to stop South Africa's apartheid teams touring the UK
Published on Thursday, 10th December 2020.
How the West Indian all-rounder took England by storm in the 1920s and 30s.
Published on Thursday, 3rd December 2020.
Ex-England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's legendary World Cup quarter-final in 1986
Published on Thursday, 26th November 2020.
How the chess prodigy overcame sexism in her sport and defeated the all-time greats.
Published on Thursday, 19th November 2020.
The story of Silvio Velo, the captain of Argentina's world-beating blind football team
Published on Thursday, 12th November 2020.
How Bula Choudhury was the first woman to swim straits of the world's seven seas.
Published on Thursday, 5th November 2020.
The Polish table tennis champion who began her Paralympic career aged just 11.
Published on Thursday, 29th October 2020.
In November 1978, the defender became the first black Englishman to play for his country.
Published on Thursday, 22nd October 2020.
Published on Thursday, 15th October 2020.
Ex-Premiership star Kolo Toure on how a team in Ivory Coast modernised football in Africa
Published on Thursday, 8th October 2020.
How Sizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win an Olympic rowing gold in 2012.
Published on Thursday, 1st October 2020.
The aboriginal runner who became the hero of the Sydney Olympics in 2000
Published on Thursday, 24th September 2020.
Why cyclists in lockdown are riding the equivalent of climbing the world's highest peak
Published on Thursday, 10th September 2020.
The story of Nigeria's most successful female paralympian.
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2020.
The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze
Published on Thursday, 27th August 2020.
How India's female hockey stars inspired a generation of sportswomen and a Bollywood film
Published on Thursday, 20th August 2020.
In 2008, Matthias Steiner overcame personal tragedy to win an emotional Olympic gold
Published on Thursday, 13th August 2020.
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Published on Thursday, 6th August 2020.
British runner Sebastian Coe remembers his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2020.
How Afghan cricketers lifted the nation's spirits by reaching their first big tournament
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2020.
The glitz and glamour of David Beckham's signing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007
Published on Thursday, 16th July 2020.
The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion
Published on Thursday, 9th July 2020.
How rank outsiders Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship.
Published on Thursday, 2nd July 2020.
The first Cheerleading Worlds were held in 2004 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Published on Thursday, 25th June 2020.
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
Published on Thursday, 18th June 2020.
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian champion considered unbeatable.
Published on Thursday, 11th June 2020.
The inspiring story of the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab at the Olympics.
Published on Thursday, 4th June 2020.
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.
Published on Thursday, 28th May 2020.
The great Italian cyclist whose private life scandalized Italy in the 1950s.
Published on Thursday, 14th May 2020.
How Wimbledon won a shock victory over the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final
Published on Thursday, 7th May 2020.
How Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir battled death threats to become a squash player.
Published on Thursday, 30th April 2020.
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
Published on Thursday, 23rd April 2020.
How French teenagers invented a sport by running, jumping and vaulting around their town.
Published on Thursday, 16th April 2020.
The inventor of the Cheetah Foot on the accident that led him to revolutionise para-sport
Published on Thursday, 9th April 2020.
In 1991, Wade Leslie became the first and only cowboy to achieve the maximum rodeo score.
Published on Thursday, 2nd April 2020.
Julie Moss put Ironman on the map by crawling to the finish of the World Championship.
Published on Thursday, 26th March 2020.
The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely
Published on Thursday, 12th March 2020.
How the Scottish driver became the youngest ever rally World Champion in 1995
Published on Thursday, 5th March 2020.
In 1998, a farmer called Philip Boit competed in the gruelling cross-country ski event.
Published on Thursday, 20th February 2020.
How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968
Published on Thursday, 13th February 2020.
In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.
Published on Thursday, 6th February 2020.
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.
Published on Thursday, 30th January 2020.
How an English soccer legend ran a team of black players in apartheid-era South Africa
Published on Thursday, 23rd January 2020.
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
Published on Thursday, 16th January 2020.
In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.
Published on Thursday, 9th January 2020.
In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.
Published on Thursday, 2nd January 2020.
In 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.
Published on Thursday, 26th December 2019.
How a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades
Published on Thursday, 19th December 2019.
The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest
Published on Thursday, 12th December 2019.
How international Morse code competitions became popular behind the Iron Curtain.
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2019.
How the Nigerian team put women's football on the map in Africa in 1999
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2019.
In 1998, India hosted the first international tournament for blind cricketers.
Published on Thursday, 21st November 2019.
In November 1991 the basketball legend stunned America by announcing he was HIV positive.
Published on Thursday, 14th November 2019.
The German goalkeeper who killed himself in November 2009, shocking the football world.
Published on Thursday, 7th November 2019.
How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.
Published on Thursday, 31st October 2019.
The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.
Published on Thursday, 24th October 2019.
How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.
Published on Thursday, 17th October 2019.
In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38
Published on Thursday, 10th October 2019.
How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.
Published on Thursday, 3rd October 2019.
In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.
Published on Thursday, 26th September 2019.
How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.
Published on Thursday, 12th September 2019.
In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd
Published on Thursday, 5th September 2019.
The inspiring story of how a player from a Navajo reservation made it to the women's NBA.
Published on Thursday, 22nd August 2019.
In 1975, the veteran cricketer became an unlikely English hero in the Ashes series
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2019.
In 2007, Iraq won the Asian Cup sparking wild celebrations across the war-torn country.
Published on Thursday, 8th August 2019.
How American Greg Lemond won cycling's biggest race by just 8 seconds in 1989.
Published on Thursday, 25th July 2019.
The World Cup qualifiers that preceded a brief but bloody conflict in Central America
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019.
Maureen Connolly was the first woman to win a tennis Grand Slam in 1953
Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019.
Carin Jennings-Gabarra recalls her part in America's 1991 World Cup win
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2019.
In 2003, Nia Künzer's extra-time header won Germany its first women's football World Cup
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2019.
How mastering a virtually impossible trick made the US skateboarder a household name.
Published on Thursday, 20th June 2019.
In 2011, winning the soccer World Cup lifted Japan's morale after the Fukushima disaster.
Published on Thursday, 13th June 2019.
In 2003, Kenya stunned cricket by reaching the World Cup semi-final.
Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2019.
How Liverpool won their first European Cup in 1977, starting a decade of domination.
Published on Thursday, 30th May 2019.
How Tottenham Hotspur took on Anderlecht in a battle for the 1984 UEFA Cup
Published on Thursday, 23rd May 2019.
How one of the greatest racehorses of all time won the US Triple Crown in 1973.
Published on Thursday, 16th May 2019.
In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.
Published on Thursday, 9th May 2019.
In 1980 the South African racing driver became the only woman to win a Formula One event.
Published on Thursday, 2nd May 2019.
The British runner who set a famous world record at the 2003 London Marathon.
Published on Thursday, 25th April 2019.
How a deaf American rider dominated the fast and dangerous sport of women's motocross
Published on Thursday, 18th April 2019.
In April 1994, the great West Indies batsman hit 375 runs against England in Antigua
Published on Thursday, 11th April 2019.
How Bruce Fordyce won South Africa's famous Comrades Marathon nine times in the 1980s.
Published on Thursday, 4th April 2019.
The England cricketer who gave up his international career because of depression.
Published on Thursday, 28th March 2019.
In 1983, Ron Grant became the first person to run 13,383 kilometres of Australian coast.
Published on Thursday, 21st March 2019.
Published on Thursday, 14th March 2019.
How the British invented downhill skiing at the start of the 20th Century.
Published on Thursday, 21st February 2019.
When Lisa Lindahl couldn't find a comfortable bra to run in, she decided to design one
Published on Thursday, 14th February 2019.
The British adventurer who was seriously injured on a climb, but returned 18 years later.
Published on Friday, 8th February 2019.
How sporting victory in 1995 helped unite South Africa after apartheid.
Published on Thursday, 7th February 2019.
Published on Thursday, 24th January 2019.
The inspiring story of the first woman to ride in America's top horse race.
Published on Monday, 21st January 2019.
How a former part-time hospital cleaner won the Australian Open in 1976.
Published on Thursday, 10th January 2019.
The former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.
Published on Thursday, 27th December 2018.
West Brom became the first professional British football team to visit communist China
Published on Thursday, 20th December 2018.
In 2008, the Jamaican sprinter wowed the world by winning the Olympic 100 and 200 metres
Published on Thursday, 13th December 2018.
Julie Moss wouldn't give up, even when she collapsed just metres from the finish line.
Published on Thursday, 6th December 2018.
How top sprinters Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson staged a head-to-head race in 1997.
Published on Thursday, 29th November 2018.
In 1994, the boxing legend won a second world title after a shock return from retirement
Published on Thursday, 22nd November 2018.
How the Finnish driver nearly died in an accident at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.
Published on Thursday, 1st November 2018.
How the team shooting sport began in the woods of New Hampshire in 1981.
Published on Saturday, 27th October 2018.
Vera Caslavska protested against the crushing of the Prague Spring at the 1968 Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 20th October 2018.
The story of the iconic protest by black American athletes at the 1968 Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 13th October 2018.
How a new sporting event for organ recipients was launched in 1978.
Published on Saturday, 6th October 2018.
The story of the British sprinter of the 1920s immortalised in Chariots Of Fire
Published on Saturday, 29th September 2018.
The tennis star on how India put political principle before sporting success
Published on Saturday, 22nd September 2018.
How a London schoolboy became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel.
Published on Saturday, 15th September 2018.
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning the US Open in 1997
Published on Tuesday, 11th September 2018.
The Soviet gymnast who became one of the greatest Olympians of all time.
Published on Saturday, 1st September 2018.
How the ice hockey legend's sale to a US team in 1988 caused outrage in Canada.
Published on Saturday, 25th August 2018.
The 800m runner who made history at the 2004 Athens Olympics
Published on Saturday, 18th August 2018.
The cricketing career of the Pakistani politician.
Published on Saturday, 11th August 2018.
The story of the first woman to sail non-stop and solo around the world.
Published on Saturday, 4th August 2018.
How cycling's prestigious hour record was beaten by a Scotsman on a home-made bike.
Published on Saturday, 28th July 2018.
How the German cyclist had to borrow a child's bike to finish a mountain stage in 2010
Published on Saturday, 21st July 2018.
The drama of the 3-2 Argentina victory over West Germany.
Published on Saturday, 14th July 2018.
The Croatian's emotional Wimbledon victory in 2001 when ranked 125 in the world.
Published on Saturday, 7th July 2018.
The story of the man regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.
Published on Saturday, 30th June 2018.
In June 1987, the Washington Bullets shocked basketball by signing a 5ft 3 inches player
Published on Saturday, 23rd June 2018.
An insider's account of the dramatic opening game of the 2002 World Cup
Published on Saturday, 16th June 2018.
How English goalkeeper Gordon Banks made a wonder save from the legendary Pele in 1970
Published on Saturday, 9th June 2018.
How Chile and Italy squared off in the World Cup's most notorious match in 1962.
Published on Saturday, 2nd June 2018.
The politically-charged showdown at the 1998 football World Cup between Iran and the US
Published on Saturday, 19th May 2018.
How the East Germans beat West Germany in a famous Cold War victory in 1974.
Published on Saturday, 12th May 2018.
How the Italian cycling champion helped save hundreds of lives during World War II.
Published on Saturday, 5th May 2018.
The world number one tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed on court in Germany in 1993
Published on Saturday, 28th April 2018.
The Scottish racing driver regarded by many fans as one of the greatest of all time.
Published on Saturday, 21st April 2018.
The wheelchair racer on how the Commonwealth Games combined able-bodied and parasport.
Published on Saturday, 14th April 2018.
How the "Golden Bear" won his last golfing major at the 1986 Masters - aged 46.
Published on Saturday, 7th April 2018.
How the 1500-metre runner won a famous race at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.
Published on Saturday, 31st March 2018.
The Iranian whose showmanship made him one of the most popular players in tennis.
Published on Saturday, 24th March 2018.
The women's team who won a legendary victory for Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964
Published on Saturday, 17th March 2018.
In 1958 Canadian Willie O'Ree broke the colour barrier in the National Hockey League
Published on Saturday, 10th March 2018.
How Sri Lanka's surprise victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup sparked wild celebrations.
Published on Saturday, 3rd March 2018.
How a judging controversy dominated the headlines at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Published on Saturday, 24th February 2018.
How the legendary Austrian skier took gold in a great race at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 17th February 2018.
At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a young luge athlete from Georgia was killed in training.
Published on Saturday, 10th February 2018.
How North and South Korea fielded a united Ping Pong team and won the world championship.
Published on Saturday, 3rd February 2018.
How British mountaineer Stephen Venables spent a lonely night on top of the world.
Published on Saturday, 27th January 2018.
How the Arsenal manager discovered the footballer who became President of Liberia.
Published on Saturday, 20th January 2018.
How the French forward shocked football by attacking an opposition fan in 1995.
Published on Saturday, 13th January 2018.
The Irish rider who made an emotional comeback after serious brain damage in a fall
Published on Saturday, 6th January 2018.
The record-breaking British driver who was killed in a jet-boat accident in 1967.
Published on Saturday, 30th December 2017.
Hurricane force storms led to 6 deaths and 50 sailors airlifted in a daring sea rescue.
Published on Saturday, 23rd December 2017.
How the Libyan dictator sponsored a failing German ice hockey team in the 1980s.
Published on Saturday, 16th December 2017.
How a Belgian footballer won a court ruling that transformed the transfer market.
Published on Saturday, 9th December 2017.
Published on Saturday, 2nd December 2017.
How the late Czech tennis player went from weeping loser to popular Wimbledon winner.
Published on Saturday, 25th November 2017.
The woman who beat all the men in the notorious Badwater Marathon in California
Published on Saturday, 18th November 2017.
How the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts was launched in America in 1993.
Published on Saturday, 11th November 2017.
The first woman to compete at the same level as men in the professional game.
Published on Saturday, 4th November 2017.
Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose', 3,000ft of vertical granite wall
Published on Saturday, 28th October 2017.
How the feud between two motor-racing giants spilled onto the track in 1989.
Published on Saturday, 21st October 2017.
In 1973, Billie-Jean King made tennis history by winning a challenge game against a man.
Published on Saturday, 14th October 2017.
How the Irish-born footballer, Eamon Zayed, became a folk hero in Iran.
Published on Tuesday, 10th October 2017.
How his 1973 season with the Buffalo Bills made O.J. Simpson a superstar.
Published on Sunday, 1st October 2017.
How Nigerian athlete Chioma Ajunwa stunned the world at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996
Published on Saturday, 23rd September 2017.
How one of the world's hardest endurance events was invented in Hawaii in 1978.
Published on Saturday, 16th September 2017.
How a Moroccan woman hurdler took victory at the 1984 Olympics and inspired a generation.
Published on Saturday, 9th September 2017.
The American motorbike rider who won his first world championship aged 21
Published on Saturday, 2nd September 2017.
How Canadian Lawrence Lemieux was hailed for his sportsmanship at the 1988 Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 26th August 2017.
Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.
Published on Saturday, 19th August 2017.
How the legendary Ukrainian athlete won his toughest World Championship in 1997.
Published on Saturday, 12th August 2017.
How the maverick golfer became a superstar overnight by winning the US PGA as a rookie.
Published on Saturday, 5th August 2017.
How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident.
Published on Saturday, 29th July 2017.
Memories of the Belgian cyclist so feared he was known as "The Cannibal".
Published on Saturday, 22nd July 2017.
How the unseeded German teenager became Wimbledon champion in 1985.
Published on Saturday, 15th July 2017.
The Olympic gold medallist who became one of the first stars of the women's NBA.
Published on Saturday, 8th July 2017.
The British tennis player who became a global celebrity in the 1930s
Published on Saturday, 1st July 2017.
Women players from England and the West Indies recall the inaugural tournament in 1973.
Published on Monday, 26th June 2017.
How the Argentine superstar was expelled from the USA 1994 soccer World Cup.
Published on Saturday, 17th June 2017.
How a retired Danish footballer formed the Tibetan national team in 2001.
Published on Saturday, 10th June 2017.
How the Glasgow team became the first in Britain to win the top prize in club football
Published on Saturday, 3rd June 2017.
The British yachtsman who set records going round the globe single-handedly in 1967
Published on Saturday, 27th May 2017.
How the late-developing British triathlete came from nowhere to become the world's best.
Published on Saturday, 20th May 2017.
How Chinese fans rioted in 1985 after losing a World Cup qualifier to Hong Kong
Published on Saturday, 13th May 2017.
How the Australian tycoon brought big money, and controversy, into the sport in 1977.
Published on Saturday, 6th May 2017.
How a World Cup win brought a boost to Japan after the huge earthquake in 2011.
Published on Saturday, 29th April 2017.
The first person with Down's Syndrome to complete the London Marathon.
Published on Saturday, 22nd April 2017.
How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race
Published on Saturday, 15th April 2017.
The racehorse who became a legend in Britain for winning the Grand National three times.
Published on Saturday, 8th April 2017.
How a small Italian city enjoyed fleeting football glory before it was hit by scandal
Published on Saturday, 1st April 2017.
How the new president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, won Olympic gold
Published on Saturday, 25th March 2017.
How a former gardener from the Colombian mountains won cycling's most famous climb.
Published on Saturday, 18th March 2017.
In 2009, gunmen attacked a visiting cricket team in Lahore. We hear from two survivors.
Published on Saturday, 4th March 2017.
The aboriginal fighter who became world bantamweight boxing champion in 1968.
Published on Saturday, 25th February 2017.
How an attack on the golden girl of ice-skating horrified America in 1994
Published on Saturday, 18th February 2017.
The story of the Hamburg football team adopted by punks and fans from around the world.
Published on Saturday, 11th February 2017.
How the Washington Redskins quarterback made history at the 1988 Super Bowl.
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2017.
How Lim Yo-hwan, also known as Boxer, became one of the biggest names in eSports.
Published on Saturday, 28th January 2017.
The first and only woman to win one of the biggest events in motorsport.
Published on Saturday, 21st January 2017.
In 2008, an Indian rifle shooter became a national hero when he won the Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 14th January 2017.
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2017.
The story of Libby Riddles, the first woman to win the notorious Iditarod race in Alaska.
Published on Saturday, 31st December 2016.
The inspiring Dutch wheelchair tennis player who went undefeated for more than a decade.
Published on Saturday, 24th December 2016.
The Czech discus thrower punished for falling in love with an American at the 1956 games.
Published on Tuesday, 20th December 2016.
How an all-black college team broke down the colour barrier in American basketball.
Published on Saturday, 10th December 2016.
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2016.
How the English women's rugby team fought for official recognition in the 1990s.
Published on Saturday, 26th November 2016.
The troubled life of the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time
Published on Saturday, 19th November 2016.
How the Scottish manager caused uproar at an Istanbul derby match in 1996.
Published on Saturday, 12th November 2016.
How a football international was played at a stadium being used as a torture centre.
Published on Saturday, 5th November 2016.
The Aussie rules footballer who inspired a nation by surviving a terrorist attack
Published on Saturday, 29th October 2016.
How tension between Hungary and the USSR turned into a battle at the 1956 Olympics
Published on Saturday, 22nd October 2016.
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records that stand to this day
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2016.
How black players at Wyoming University sparked a national debate over racism in 1969
How two African-American athletes protested against racism at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Published on Saturday, 15th October 2016.
In the 1950s, Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a New York studio.
Published on Saturday, 8th October 2016.
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.
Published on Saturday, 24th September 2016.
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal
Published on Saturday, 10th September 2016.
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians.
Published on Saturday, 3rd September 2016.
In 1991, an African-American driver raced the Indianapolis 500 for the first time
Published on Saturday, 27th August 2016.
The story of the Scottish runner immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.
Published on Monday, 22nd August 2016.
Published on Monday, 15th August 2016.
The legendary Czechoslovak runner who won three golds at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 13th August 2016.
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
Published on Saturday, 6th August 2016.
In 1996, Nigeria became the first African team to take football gold at the Olympic Games
Published on Saturday, 30th July 2016.
The 1976 motor racing crash which went down in Formula One history.
Published on Saturday, 23rd July 2016.
The journey of female marathoner Agueda Amaral from refugee to the Sydney Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 16th July 2016.
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win Wimbledon
Published on Saturday, 2nd July 2016.
The Japanese gymnast who won gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee
Published on Saturday, 25th June 2016.
How the 'Lion of Himara' became a Greek hero by battling injury at the Athens Olympics
Published on Saturday, 18th June 2016.
How the Danish football team won the Euro 1992 tournament despite failing to qualify
Published on Saturday, 11th June 2016.
How Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from France to England in 1961.
Published on Saturday, 4th June 2016.
The American boxers acclaimed for one of the best team performances in Olympic history.
Published on Saturday, 28th May 2016.
Published on Saturday, 14th May 2016.
How the women's hockey team won the first Olympic gold for their country in 1980.
Published on Saturday, 7th May 2016.
How the rebellious Australian swimmer shattered records in the 1950s and 60s
Published on Saturday, 30th April 2016.
The cancer patient who inspired Canada with an attempt to run across the country in 1980
Published on Saturday, 23rd April 2016.
The Israeli race-walker who survived the Holocaust and the Munich Olympics shootings
Published on Saturday, 16th April 2016.
In 1998, the world's most expensive chess centre opened in a remote region of Russia.
Published on Saturday, 9th April 2016.
The American sprinter who recovered from serious illness to win the Olympic 100 metres.
Published on Saturday, 2nd April 2016.
How the British driver Stirling Moss won one of the most epic races of all time in 1955
Published on Saturday, 26th March 2016.
Published on Saturday, 19th March 2016.
In 1969, a match between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia sparked unrest in Prague.
Published on Saturday, 12th March 2016.
Published on Saturday, 5th March 2016.
The historic rugby match between Ireland and England in Dublin in 2007.
Published on Saturday, 27th February 2016.
The story of the first black South African to win an Olympic gold in athletics in 1996
Published on Saturday, 20th February 2016.
How two Zimbabwean cricketers risked their careers to protest again President Mugabe.
Published on Saturday, 13th February 2016.
In 1978, US female sports journalists won a major victory in their fight for equality
Published on Saturday, 6th February 2016.
The dramatic marathon that turned an Italian sweet-maker from Capri into a celebrity
Published on Saturday, 30th January 2016.
The first woman to win the Iditarod race through 1000 miles of wilderness in Alaska
Published on Saturday, 16th January 2016.
The Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 9th January 2016.
In 1991, two Americans both beat the iconic long jump record at the World Championships.
Published on Saturday, 26th December 2015.
How the legendary motorcycle stuntman made his name with a jump outside a casino in 1967.
Published on Saturday, 19th December 2015.
How the East German team won their last ever match - just before the country disappeared.
Published on Saturday, 12th December 2015.
How an international wrestling tournament wowed secretive North Korea in 1995
Published on Saturday, 5th December 2015.
The late All Blacks rugby legend in his own words
Published on Monday, 30th November 2015.
How a Jaffa fisherman's son broke down barriers by making Israel's national team
Published on Saturday, 28th November 2015.
Two former athletes describe the human cost of the Communist nation's drugs programme.
Published on Saturday, 14th November 2015.
Published on Saturday, 7th November 2015.
The legendary player who broke the colour bar in baseball and won the World Series.
Published on Saturday, 24th October 2015.
In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m
Published on Saturday, 17th October 2015.
How Didier Drogba and the Ivorian football team campaigned for an end to civil war.
Published on Saturday, 3rd October 2015.
How Gerrie Coetzee thrilled South Africa by becoming world boxing champion in 1983.
Published on Saturday, 26th September 2015.
How Faramarz Assef switched from international athletics to music stardom.
Published on Saturday, 5th September 2015.
How American Football success cheered up New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Published on Saturday, 29th August 2015.
The American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 games hosted by Nazi Germany
Published on Saturday, 15th August 2015.
The Catholic football superstar who crossed the sectarian divide to sign for Rangers.
Published on Saturday, 8th August 2015.
The runner from an Indian reservation in the USA who won a shock Olympic victory in 1964.
Published on Saturday, 1st August 2015.
The legendary British cyclist who died on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour de France
Published on Saturday, 25th July 2015.
The Midfielder who Scored the First Ever International Goal for the England Women's Team.
Published on Monday, 20th July 2015.
In 1998, a doping scandal rocked the most prestigious race in cycling
In 1991, Americans Mike Powell and Carl Lewis took on the Long Jump world record.
In 1998, Iran invited an American wrestling team to Tehran as a goodwill gesture.
Published on Saturday, 20th June 2015.
The transgender player who fought for the right to compete in tournaments as a woman
Published on Saturday, 13th June 2015.
How a crash at a motor race in France in 1955 killed 83 spectators and a famous driver.
Published on Saturday, 6th June 2015.
The former Nazi paratrooper who became a hero to Manchester City fans in the 1950s
Published on Monday, 1st June 2015.
How the British wheelchair racer won her greatest victory at the 2004 Paralympic Games
Published on Saturday, 23rd May 2015.
The legendary Ethiopian distance runner recalls winning the Olympics by one second.
Published on Saturday, 16th May 2015.
How the death of the Yugoslav dictator made fans and players cry at a top game in 1980.
Published on Saturday, 9th May 2015.
How tragedy struck one of the most famous dynasties in American motor sport
Published on Saturday, 2nd May 2015.
The Cuban runner who won a unique double at the 1976 Olympics and became a national hero
Published on Saturday, 25th April 2015.
Published on Saturday, 18th April 2015.
In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport
Published on Saturday, 11th April 2015.
In 1975, Lee Elder became the first African-American to play the prestigious tournament
Published on Saturday, 4th April 2015.
The historic Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between footballing rivals Uganda and Rwanda
Published on Saturday, 28th March 2015.
The unexpected victory at Lord's in 1983 which put Indian one-day cricket on the map
Published on Saturday, 21st March 2015.
The playboy British motorcyclist who suffered the fastest crash in motorcycling history
Published on Saturday, 14th March 2015.
How Australia's footballers won their first international tournament in Saigon in 1967.
Published on Saturday, 7th March 2015.
In 1987, a group of Oxford University rowers led a famous rebellion against their coach.
Published on Saturday, 28th February 2015.
The story of one of the best woman cyclists of all time and a record that still stands.
Published on Saturday, 21st February 2015.
The Californian who pioneered one of the most famous surfing breaks in the world in 1975
Published on Saturday, 14th February 2015.
How the Ghanaian football team won a famous Africa Cup of Nations victory in 1965
Published on Saturday, 7th February 2015.
How the coldest game in American Football made the reputation of the Green Bay Packers
Published on Saturday, 31st January 2015.
The 1988 Winter Olympic showdown between American Brian Boitano and Canadian Brian Orser
Published on Saturday, 24th January 2015.
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of Apartheid
Published on Saturday, 17th January 2015.
How the American showmen won over basketball fans in Moscow during the Cold War
Published on Saturday, 10th January 2015.
How tiny Hereford United won a famous FA Cup victory over Newcastle in 1972
Published on Saturday, 3rd January 2015.
How Cameroon shocked Maradona's Argentina at the 1990 World Cup
Published on Saturday, 27th December 2014.
The women's doubles partnership who broke new ground for Jewish and Black players
Published on Saturday, 20th December 2014.
How the Chicago Bulls managed to pick the basketball legend in the 1984 NBA draft.
Published on Saturday, 13th December 2014.
The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.
Published on Saturday, 6th December 2014.
How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese Sumo in the 1980s
Published on Saturday, 29th November 2014.
How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon
Published on Friday, 21st November 2014.
Clive Toye's account of Pele's shock move to a US soccer team in 1975
Published on Saturday, 15th November 2014.
in 1964, East German cyclist, Dieter Wiedemann, defected for love and the Tour de France
Published on Saturday, 8th November 2014.
How three black players revolutionised English football in the 1970s.
Published on Saturday, 1st November 2014.
How a misfield in the 1986 World Series convinced Boston Red Sox fans they were cursed.
Published on Saturday, 18th October 2014.
In 1974 the British Lions made a famous and controversial rugby tour of South Africa.
Published on Saturday, 11th October 2014.
In 1948 at the 'austerity' Olympics, newly independent India won gold on the hockey pitch
Published on Saturday, 4th October 2014.
The bitter clash between the best golfers from the USA and Europe in 1991
Published on Saturday, 27th September 2014.
The Canadian sprinter disqualified for doping at the 1988 Olympics
Published on Saturday, 20th September 2014.
How Scotland's footballers triumphed over the English at Wembley in 1967
Published on Saturday, 13th September 2014.
How the batsman sparked a row leading to the sporting isolation of apartheid South Africa
Published on Saturday, 6th September 2014.
How the first games for athletes with intellectual disabilities was organised in 1968
Published on Saturday, 30th August 2014.
Funded partly by the US rock band the new independent nation beat the former Soviet Union
Published on Saturday, 23rd August 2014.
How the most extreme form of triathlon was invented in Hawaii in 1978
Published on Saturday, 16th August 2014.
In 1979, a freak storm hit a prestigious ocean race in the Irish Sea, killing 18 people.
Published on Saturday, 9th August 2014.
The remarkable life-story of the first Indian runner to win a Commonwealth Games gold.
Published on Saturday, 2nd August 2014.
The last time the Commonwealth Games were in Scotland many African nations boycotted them
Published on Saturday, 26th July 2014.
In 1975, the great Tour de France rider lost the race after being punched by a spectator
Published on Saturday, 19th July 2014.
How Hungary's footballers hammered mighty England 6-3 at Wembley in 1953.
Published on Saturday, 12th July 2014.
How Argentina won its first World Cup when hosting the tournament under military rule.
Published on Saturday, 5th July 2014.
How South Korea beat some of the top teams in Europe in 2002 thanks to home support.
Published on Saturday, 28th June 2014.
The Colombian defender murdered after scoring an own goal at the World Cup in 1994
Published on Saturday, 21st June 2014.
How Brazil was traumatised by losing the World Cup the last time it was played there
Published on Saturday, 14th June 2014.
The Chinese-American player who won his only major after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Published on Saturday, 7th June 2014.
How the boxer's world championship bid brought together all sides in Northern Ireland.
Published on Saturday, 31st May 2014.
In May 1964, more than 300 people died at a football game between Peru and Argentina.
Published on Saturday, 24th May 2014.
The referee who sent off the legendary French player in the 2006 World Cup final.
Published on Saturday, 17th May 2014.
How the footballers of communist North Korea shocked Italy at the 1966 World Cup.
Published on Saturday, 10th May 2014.
How Cameroon shocked Argentina at the 1990 World Cup and put African football on the map.
Published on Saturday, 3rd May 2014.
The American footballer who won the World Cup, then tore off her shirt to reveal her bra.
Published on Saturday, 26th April 2014.
The American athlete who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon
Published on Saturday, 19th April 2014.
Algerian players secretly left their French clubs to form their own national team in 1958
Published on Saturday, 12th April 2014.
The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2
Published on Saturday, 5th April 2014.
The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe.
Published on Saturday, 29th March 2014.
He scored a goal for the US and upon his return to Haiti was taken by the secret police
Published on Saturday, 22nd March 2014.
The racing driver who suffered a horrific crash, but then became a successful Paralympian
Published on Saturday, 15th March 2014.
The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992
Published on Saturday, 8th March 2014.
How the young Muhammad Ali became boxing world champion after two controversial fights.
Published on Saturday, 1st March 2014.
In 1984, the British skaters charmed the world with their performance of Ravel's Bolero
Published on Saturday, 22nd February 2014.
How the legendary Austrian skier won one of the most exciting Olympic downhill races ever
Published on Saturday, 15th February 2014.
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship.
Published on Saturday, 8th February 2014.
At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA faced the USSR in a Cold War hockey showdown.
Published on Saturday, 1st February 2014.
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero
Published on Saturday, 25th January 2014.
The American speed-skater who overcame personal tragedy to win Olympic gold
Published on Saturday, 18th January 2014.
The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 11th January 2014.
A compilation of some of the most memorable stories from the series.
Published on Saturday, 21st July 2012.
Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second
The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
Published on Saturday, 14th July 2012.
The tennis legend on defecting from Czechoslovakia and then winning Wimbledon in 1978.
Published on Saturday, 7th July 2012.
How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race.
Published on Saturday, 30th June 2012.
Her husband and coach Al Joyner recalls Flo-Jo's four medal wins at Seoul in 1988
Published on Saturday, 23rd June 2012.
Former England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's historic goals in the 1986 World Cup.
Published on Saturday, 16th June 2012.
How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.
Published on Saturday, 9th June 2012.
Sporting Witness takes you back to the coronation derby in 1953.
Published on Saturday, 2nd June 2012.
The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive
Published on Saturday, 26th May 2012.
In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.
Published on Saturday, 19th May 2012.
A close friend describes Lance Armstrong's comeback from cancer to win the Tour De France.
Published on Friday, 11th May 2012.
How the swimmer became the first athlete to compete at the Paralympic and Olympic games.
Published on Saturday, 5th May 2012.
Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.
Published on Saturday, 28th April 2012.
How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 21st April 2012.
How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.
Published on Saturday, 14th April 2012.
The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.
Published on Saturday, 7th April 2012.
How ageing potato farmer Cliff Young, became an Australian running legend.
Published on Saturday, 31st March 2012.
Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.
Published on Friday, 23rd March 2012.
Ayrton Senna was one of the best Formula One drivers ever, He died in a crash in 1994
Published on Friday, 16th March 2012.
In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.
Published on Saturday, 10th March 2012.
How Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967
Published on Saturday, 3rd March 2012.
In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss faced his biggest motor racing challenge - the Mille Miglia.
Published on Saturday, 25th February 2012.
How an attack on the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, shocked the USA in 1994.
Published on Saturday, 18th February 2012.
How the Algerian runner's success made her a political opponent for extremists
Published on Sunday, 12th February 2012.
How the "Greatest Game" in American Football turned the sport into a modern phenomenon.
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2012.
How the 1948 Olympics helped London emerge from its post-war gloom.
Published on Saturday, 28th January 2012.
How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.
Published on Sunday, 22nd January 2012.
How Venuste Niyongabo won Burundi's only Olympic gold in 1996.
Published on Saturday, 14th January 2012.
How tiny Hereford United won one of the greatest FA cup ties of all time in 1972.
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2012.
How British Olympic history started 400 years ago with the games held in the Cotswolds.
Published on Saturday, 31st December 2011.
How the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2011.
Altitude sickness caused 10,000m race favourite to collapse at the finishing line in 1968
Published on Friday, 16th December 2011.
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm
Published on Saturday, 10th December 2011.
How Canada beat the Soviet Union to win one of the biggest ice hockey games of all time.
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2011.
The Princess talks about being part of the British eventing team at the Montreal Olympics
Published on Saturday, 26th November 2011.
How he escaped apartheid South Africa and achieved international success
Published on Saturday, 19th November 2011.
How table tennis helped bridge the divide between the US and Maoist China in 1971.
Published on Saturday, 12th November 2011.
How the 1980 Moscow Olympics created a moral dilemma for British swimmer, Duncan Goodhew.
Published on Friday, 4th November 2011.
In October 1974 one of the greatest boxing matches of all time took place in Zaire
Published on Saturday, 29th October 2011.
How the 1995 Rugby World Cup helped unite the new South Africa.
Published on Saturday, 22nd October 2011.
How the Boston Red Sox finally won the baseball World Series in 2004.
Published on Saturday, 15th October 2011.
The story of Africa's greatest Olympic sprinter.
Published on Saturday, 8th October 2011.
The first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960.
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2011.
How the Australian yachting team won the America's Cup in 1983.
Published on Saturday, 24th September 2011.
Israeli athletes remember the shootings at the Munich Olympics of 1972.
Published on Saturday, 17th September 2011.
The incredible story of the star of the 1912 Olympics
Published on Saturday, 10th September 2011.
How American athlete Dick Fosbury revolutionised the high jump
Published on Saturday, 3rd September 2011.
A win for the West Indies in 1950 at Lord's made the team a force in international cricket
Published on Sunday, 28th August 2011.
How an Olympic water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union turned into a battle
Published on Saturday, 20th August 2011.
How Sir Alex Ferguson made his reputation as a manager at Aberdeen in the 1980s
Published on Saturday, 13th August 2011.
The extraordinary life of Eric Liddell, the runner featued in the film Chariots of Fire
Published on Saturday, 6th August 2011.
The Romanian recalls how in 1976 - at 14 - she achieved a perfect score for gymnastics
Published on Saturday, 30th July 2011.
