The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·701 episodes
How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968
13 Feb 2020,·9 mins
In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.
06 Feb 2020,·9 mins
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.
30 Jan 2020,·9 mins
How an English soccer legend ran a team of black players in apartheid-era South Africa
23 Jan 2020,·9 mins
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
16 Jan 2020,·9 mins
In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.
09 Jan 2020,·9 mins
In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.
02 Jan 2020,·9 mins
In 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.
26 Dec 2019,·9 mins
How a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades
19 Dec 2019,·9 mins
The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest
12 Dec 2019,·9 mins
How international Morse code competitions became popular behind the Iron Curtain.
05 Dec 2019,·9 mins
How the Nigerian team put women's football on the map in Africa in 1999
28 Nov 2019,·9 mins
In 1998, India hosted the first international tournament for blind cricketers.
21 Nov 2019,·9 mins
In November 1991 the basketball legend stunned America by announcing he was HIV positive.
14 Nov 2019,·9 mins
The German goalkeeper who killed himself in November 2009, shocking the football world.
07 Nov 2019,·9 mins
How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.
31 Oct 2019,·9 mins
The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.
24 Oct 2019,·9 mins
How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.
17 Oct 2019,·9 mins
In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38
10 Oct 2019,·9 mins
How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.
03 Oct 2019,·9 mins
In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.
26 Sep 2019,·9 mins
In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.
19 Sep 2019,·9 mins
How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.
12 Sep 2019,·9 mins
In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd
05 Sep 2019,·9 mins
How Britain's Lizzy Hawker won the top race in mountain-running a record five times.
29 Aug 2019,·9 mins
The inspiring story of how a player from a Navajo reservation made it to the women's NBA.
22 Aug 2019,·9 mins
In 1975, the veteran cricketer became an unlikely English hero in the Ashes series
15 Aug 2019,·9 mins
In 2007, Iraq won the Asian Cup sparking wild celebrations across the war-torn country.
08 Aug 2019,·9 mins
In 1993, the Aussie spinner made his Ashes debut with the delivery that made his name
01 Aug 2019,·9 mins
How American Greg Lemond won cycling's biggest race by just 8 seconds in 1989.
25 Jul 2019,·9 mins
