The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·701 episodes
How the Chicago Bulls managed to pick the basketball legend in the 1984 NBA draft.
14 Dec 2014,·9 mins
The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.
07 Dec 2014,·9 mins
How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese Sumo in the 1980s
30 Nov 2014,·9 mins
How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon
23 Nov 2014,·9 mins
Clive Toye's account of Pele's shock move to a US soccer team in 1975
16 Nov 2014,·9 mins
in 1964, East German cyclist, Dieter Wiedemann, defected for love and the Tour de France
09 Nov 2014,·9 mins
How three black players revolutionised English football in the 1970s.
02 Nov 2014,·9 mins
Memories of the only man to win the world championship in Formula 1 and motorcycle racing
25 Oct 2014,·9 mins
How a misfield in the 1986 World Series convinced Boston Red Sox fans they were cursed.
18 Oct 2014,·9 mins
In 1974 the British Lions made a famous and controversial rugby tour of South Africa.
11 Oct 2014,·9 mins
In 1948 at the 'austerity' Olympics, newly independent India won gold on the hockey pitch
04 Oct 2014,·9 mins
The bitter clash between the best golfers from the USA and Europe in 1991
27 Sep 2014,·9 mins
The Canadian sprinter disqualified for doping at the 1988 Olympics
20 Sep 2014,·9 mins
How Scotland's footballers triumphed over the English at Wembley in 1967
13 Sep 2014,·9 mins
How the batsman sparked a row leading to the sporting isolation of apartheid South Africa
06 Sep 2014,·9 mins
How the first games for athletes with intellectual disabilities was organised in 1968
30 Aug 2014,·9 mins
Funded partly by the US rock band the new independent nation beat the former Soviet Union
23 Aug 2014,·9 mins
How the most extreme form of triathlon was invented in Hawaii in 1978
16 Aug 2014,·9 mins
In 1979, a freak storm hit a prestigious ocean race in the Irish Sea, killing 18 people.
09 Aug 2014,·9 mins
The remarkable life-story of the first Indian runner to win a Commonwealth Games gold.
02 Aug 2014,·9 mins
The last time the Commonwealth Games were in Scotland many African nations boycotted them
26 Jul 2014,·9 mins
In 1975, the great Tour de France rider lost the race after being punched by a spectator
19 Jul 2014,·9 mins
How Hungary's footballers hammered mighty England 6-3 at Wembley in 1953.
12 Jul 2014,·9 mins
How Argentina won its first World Cup when hosting the tournament under military rule.
05 Jul 2014,·9 mins
How South Korea beat some of the top teams in Europe in 2002 thanks to home support.
28 Jun 2014,·9 mins
The Colombian defender murdered after scoring an own goal at the World Cup in 1994
21 Jun 2014,·9 mins
How Brazil was traumatised by losing the World Cup the last time it was played there
14 Jun 2014,·9 mins
The Chinese-American player who won his only major after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
07 Jun 2014,·9 mins
How the boxer's world championship bid brought together all sides in Northern Ireland.
31 May 2014,·9 mins
In May 1964, more than 300 people died at a football game between Peru and Argentina.
24 May 2014,·9 mins
