The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·710 episodes
How a football international was played at a stadium being used as a torture centre.
05 Nov 2016,·9 mins
The Aussie rules footballer who inspired a nation by surviving a terrorist attack
29 Oct 2016,·9 mins
How tension between Hungary and the USSR turned into a battle at the 1956 Olympics
22 Oct 2016,·9 mins
How two African-American athletes protested against racism at the 1968 Olympic Games.
15 Oct 2016,·9 mins
In the 1950s, Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a New York studio.
08 Oct 2016,·9 mins
How black players at Wyoming University sparked a national debate over racism in 1969
01 Oct 2016,·9 mins
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.
24 Sep 2016,·9 mins
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records that stand to this day
17 Sep 2016,·9 mins
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal
10 Sep 2016,·9 mins
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians.
03 Sep 2016,·9 mins
In 1991, an African-American driver raced the Indianapolis 500 for the first time
27 Aug 2016,·9 mins
The story of the Scottish runner immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.
20 Aug 2016,·9 mins
The legendary Czechoslovak runner who won three golds at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
13 Aug 2016,·9 mins
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
06 Aug 2016,·9 mins
In 1996, Nigeria became the first African team to take football gold at the Olympic Games
30 Jul 2016,·9 mins
The 1976 motor racing crash which went down in Formula One history.
23 Jul 2016,·9 mins
The journey of female marathoner Agueda Amaral from refugee to the Sydney Olympics.
16 Jul 2016,·9 mins
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
09 Jul 2016,·9 mins
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win Wimbledon
02 Jul 2016,·9 mins
The Japanese gymnast who won gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee
25 Jun 2016,·9 mins
How the 'Lion of Himara' became a Greek hero by battling injury at the Athens Olympics
18 Jun 2016,·9 mins
How the Danish football team won the Euro 1992 tournament despite failing to qualify
11 Jun 2016,·9 mins
How Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from France to England in 1961.
04 Jun 2016,·9 mins
The American boxers acclaimed for one of the best team performances in Olympic history.
28 May 2016,·9 mins
How violence at a Red Star Belgrade vs Dinamo Zagreb game heralded the war in Yugoslavia.
21 May 2016,·9 mins
In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.
14 May 2016,·9 mins
How the women's hockey team won the first Olympic gold for their country in 1980.
07 May 2016,·9 mins
How the rebellious Australian swimmer shattered records in the 1950s and 60s
30 Apr 2016,·9 mins
The cancer patient who inspired Canada with an attempt to run across the country in 1980
23 Apr 2016,·9 mins
The Israeli race-walker who survived the Holocaust and the Munich Olympics shootings
16 Apr 2016,·9 mins
