The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
World Service,·710 episodes
A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988
02 Mar 2023,·9 mins
In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup
23 Feb 2023,·9 mins
American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters
16 Feb 2023,·9 mins
In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup
09 Feb 2023,·9 mins
Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time
02 Feb 2023,·9 mins
In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football
26 Jan 2023,·9 mins
At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course
19 Jan 2023,·9 mins
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
12 Jan 2023,·9 mins
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
05 Jan 2023,·9 mins
The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
29 Dec 2022,·9 mins
Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine
22 Dec 2022,·9 mins
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
15 Dec 2022,·9 mins
How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup
08 Dec 2022,·9 mins
How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.
01 Dec 2022,·9 mins
The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot
24 Nov 2022,·9 mins
Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup
17 Nov 2022,·9 mins
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
10 Nov 2022,·9 mins
The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom
03 Nov 2022,·9 mins
Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.
27 Oct 2022,·9 mins
How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba
20 Oct 2022,·9 mins
Shanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.
13 Oct 2022,·9 mins
Runner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.
06 Oct 2022,·9 mins
One journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong
29 Sep 2022,·9 mins
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
22 Sep 2022,·9 mins
Banned from playing football in her native Scotland, Rose Reilly represented Italy.
15 Sep 2022,·9 mins
Majlinda Kelmendi won the first medal for Kosovo since the country gained independence.
08 Sep 2022,·9 mins
Ben Johnson was disqualified 48 hours after winning the Olympic 100 metre final in 1988
01 Sep 2022,·9 mins
Tennis coach Rick Macci on training future world number ones Serena and Venus Williams
25 Aug 2022,·9 mins
The USSR faced the USA in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final
18 Aug 2022,·9 mins
At the Olympics in 2000, a fault with gymnastics equipment changed the course of a final
11 Aug 2022,·9 mins
