The first hijabi figure skater

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

• 9 mins

Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike

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

• 9 mins

The Netherlands beat England at the Home of Cricket

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

• 9 mins

1964: When surfing came to Australia

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

• 11 mins

Meeting Mr Pilates

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

• 9 mins

England win the Rugby World Cup

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

• 8 mins

Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick

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

• 8 mins

Lindsey Jacobellis: Almost

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

• 9 mins

The creation of chessboxing

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

• 9 mins

The lost tapes of a Manchester United hero

The lost memoir of former Manchester United keeper, Les Sealey

• 9 mins

When West Brom went to China

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

• 9 mins

The birth of the Fifa computer game

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

• 10 mins

Roger Federer's first Men's Wimbledon win

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

• 9 mins

Caster Semenya

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

• 10 mins

The man who skied down Everest

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

• 9 mins

Vanderlei de Lima and the sabotaged Olympic marathon

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

• 9 mins

Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager

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

• 9 mins

The Elfstedentocht

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

• 8 mins

Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

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

• 9 mins

Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier

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

• 9 mins

Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations

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

• 9 mins

Zamalek Stadium Disaster

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

• 10 mins

International football's biggest ever beating

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

• 9 mins

Women's Marathon Agony

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

• 8 mins

F1's only six-wheeled winner

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

• 9 mins

Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion

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

• 9 mins

First black cricketer to represent England

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

• 9 mins

The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

• 9 mins

Bonus: The Black 14

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

• 32 mins

The man who swam the Amazon

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

• 9 mins

The first transgender pro golfer

In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

• 9 mins

Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

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

• 9 mins

Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

• 8 mins