The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·710 episodes
Tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her streak of becoming World and Commonwealth champion.
30 Sep 2023,·9 mins
Zahra Lari made history by becoming the first figure skater to compete in a hijab
23 Sep 2023,·9 mins
How American boxer Chuck Wepner knocked Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 1975
16 Sep 2023,·9 mins
How Japan shook the world by beating South Africa at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
09 Sep 2023,·9 mins
In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.
02 Sep 2023,·9 mins
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997
26 Aug 2023,·10 mins
The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash
19 Aug 2023,·9 mins
In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee
12 Aug 2023,·9 mins
How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.
05 Aug 2023,·8 mins
Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De France in 1984
29 Jul 2023,·9 mins
How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.
22 Jul 2023,·9 mins
How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998
15 Jul 2023,·9 mins
How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.
08 Jul 2023,·9 mins
How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.
01 Jul 2023,·9 mins
The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.
24 Jun 2023,·9 mins
How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen
17 Jun 2023,·9 mins
Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out
10 Jun 2023,·9 mins
How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.
03 Jun 2023,·9 mins
When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten
27 May 2023,·9 mins
The 2010 Asian Games saw women’s kabaddi included for the first time
20 May 2023,·9 mins
The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.
13 May 2023,·9 mins
How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo
06 May 2023,·9 mins
How weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal
29 Apr 2023,·9 mins
In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first female winner of the Iditarod
22 Apr 2023,·9 mins
The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.
15 Apr 2023,·9 mins
How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.
08 Apr 2023,·9 mins
In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.
01 Apr 2023,·9 mins
French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002
23 Mar 2023,·9 mins
The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq
16 Mar 2023,·9 mins
She is the most capped netballer of all time
09 Mar 2023,·9 mins
