Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion

Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992

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How I helped bring down Lance Armstrong

One journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong

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The bizarre twist in South Africa’s ultramarathon

Runner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.

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China's first golf champion

Shanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.

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How baseball helped bridge the US-Cuba divide

How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba

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The day we beat the All Blacks

Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.

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Tonton Zola Moukoko: The best Championship Manager player ever

The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom

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The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe

How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980

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When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup

Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup

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Kuwait at the 1982 World Cup

The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot

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Zaire's infamous World Cup free-kick moment

How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.

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Ruud Krol: The World Cup meets Total Football

How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup

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Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 years

Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.

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The Mongol Rally: Racing in one of the greatest road trips on Earth

Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine

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The Maccabiah Games

The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932

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Kenya's first Winter Olympian

How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.

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First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfing

Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics

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Tiger Woods wins his first major

At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course

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Calciopoli: The Juventus scandal

In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football

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First women's cyclo-cross world championship

Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time

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The Vatican's mini-World Cup

In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup

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Muay Thai: World champion Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu

American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters

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The first Basketball World Cup

In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup

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The boxing referee who started a riot

A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988

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Irene Van Dyk: Netball’s goal shooting star

She is the most capped netballer of all time

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Ammo Baba: Iraq's footballing hero

The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq

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First women's Six Nations Rugby Championship

French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002

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The Marseille bribery and match fixing scandal

In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.

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Ernst van Dyk: Ten-time Boston Marathon winner

How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.

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Bomb scare at The Grand National

The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.

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Winning the hardest dog-sled race in the world

In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first female winner of the Iditarod

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Indian weightlifting’s ‘Iron Lady’

How weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal

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The start of the J.League

How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo

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Battle of Bramall Lane

The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.

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Kabaddi’s Asian Games golden debut

The 2010 Asian Games saw women’s kabaddi included for the first time

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The Arsenal 'Invincibles'

When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten

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Albert Johanneson: The first black FA Cup finalist

How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.

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Man Vs Horse

Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out

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Mitchell Johnson's Ashes

How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen

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Shun Fujimoto - Japan's injured Olympic hero

The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.

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The first Homeless World Cup

How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.

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Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon

How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.

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Jana Novotna: From choker to champion

How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998

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The first Women's World Cup sticker album

How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.

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First women's Tour de France

Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De France in 1984

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Nigeria's path to the Women's World Cup

How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.

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The first female NBA referee

In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee

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Cricket's Blackwash test series

The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash

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Pat Rafter wins The US Open

How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997

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The first cricket helmet

In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.

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Rugby's greatest upset

How Japan shook the world by beating South Africa at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup

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Chuck Wepner: The real-life Rocky who floored Ali

How American boxer Chuck Wepner knocked Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 1975

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The first hijabi figure skater

Zahra Lari made history by becoming the first figure skater to compete in a hijab

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Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike

Tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her streak of becoming World and Commonwealth champion.

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The Netherlands beat England at the Home of Cricket

How the Netherlands embarrased England at Lord's in the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup

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1964: When surfing came to Australia

How Manly Beach in Australia hosted the first official World Surfing Championships.

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Meeting Mr Pilates

Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a studio in New York to Mary Bowen

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England win the Rugby World Cup

Sir Clive Woodward and George Gregan recount England's victory over Australia in 2003

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Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick

In 2010, Egypt completed an unprecedented treble in the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Lindsey Jacobellis: Almost

How snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis lost gold in 2006's Winter Olympics

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The creation of chessboxing

How Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh combined two of his passions – chess and boxing

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The lost tapes of a Manchester United hero

The lost memoir of former Manchester United keeper, Les Sealey

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When West Brom went to China

In 1978, West Bromwich Albion became British ambassadors in China.

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The birth of the Fifa computer game

Jan Tian says his devotion to coding the first EA Sports Fifa game nearly broke him

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Roger Federer's first Men's Wimbledon win

How Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men’s title for the first time in 2003

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Caster Semenya

In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender

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The man who skied down Everest

How Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Everest in 1970

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Vanderlei de Lima and the sabotaged Olympic marathon

Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima on how his lead in the 2004 Olympic marathon was destroyed

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Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager

In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England’s men’s football team.

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The Elfstedentocht

How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races

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Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport

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Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier

The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics

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Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations

How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid

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Zamalek Stadium Disaster

One of Africa's worst sporting disasters happened in Cairo in 1974

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International football's biggest ever beating

How American Samoa were beaten 31-0 by Australia in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers

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Women's Marathon Agony

In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain

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F1's only six-wheeled winner

In 1976, the first person won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car

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Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion

In 2005, badminton champion Rajeev Bagga took his total of Deaflympic gold medals to 14

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First black cricketer to represent England

In 1980, Roland Butcher became the first black cricketer to play for the England team

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The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

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Bonus: The Black 14

The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism

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The man who swam the Amazon

In 2007, Martin Strel became the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon

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The first transgender pro golfer

In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

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Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

How Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins brought new audiences to snooker with his playboy lifestyle

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Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

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