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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Le Mans Disaster

    How a crash at a motor race in France in 1955 killed 83 spectators and a famous driver.

  2. Bert Trautmann: From Hitler Youth to the FA Cup

    The former Nazi paratrooper who became a hero to Manchester City fans in the 1950s

  3. Wheelchair Racer Tanni Grey-Thompson

    How the British wheelchair racer won her greatest victory at the 2004 Paralympic Games

  4. Haile Gebrselassie

    The legendary Ethiopian distance runner recalls winning the Olympics by one second.

  5. Tito and Yugoslav Football

    How the death of the Yugoslav dictator made fans and players cry at a top game in 1980.

  6. The Petty Family: Kings of Nascar

    How tragedy struck one of the most famous dynasties in American motor sport

  7. Alberto Juantorena: Cuba's 'White Lightning'

    The Cuban runner who won a unique double at the 1976 Olympics and became a national hero

  8. Judit Polgar - Chess Prodigy

    How the chess prodigy overcame sexism in her sport and defeated the all-time greats.

  9. Yale Women Rowers Protest

    In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport

  10. Black Golfer at the Masters

    In 1975, Lee Elder became the first African-American to play the prestigious tournament

  11. Rwanda v Uganda: The Match that Made History

    The historic Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between footballing rivals Uganda and Rwanda

  12. India's World Cup Cricket Triumph

    The unexpected victory at Lord's in 1983 which put Indian one-day cricket on the map

  13. Barry Sheene Crashes

    The playboy British motorcyclist who suffered the fastest crash in motorcycling history

  14. Socceroos in Vietnam

    How Australia's footballers won their first international tournament in Saigon in 1967.

  15. Boat Race Mutiny

    In 1987, a group of Oxford University rowers led a famous rebellion against their coach.

  16. Beryl Burton - The Yorkshire Dynamo

    The story of one of the best woman cyclists of all time and a record that still stands.

  17. Surfing Mavericks

    The Californian who pioneered one of the most famous surfing breaks in the world in 1975

  18. The Black Stars of Ghana

    How the Ghanaian football team won a famous Africa Cup of Nations victory in 1965

  19. The Ice Bowl

    How the coldest game in American Football made the reputation of the Green Bay Packers

  20. Skating's Battle of the Brians

    The 1988 Winter Olympic showdown between American Brian Boitano and Canadian Brian Orser

  21. South Africa win the Africa Cup of Nations

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

  22. The Harlem Globetrotters in the Soviet Union

    How the American showmen won over basketball fans in Moscow during the Cold War

  23. FA Cup Giantkillers

    How tiny Hereford United won a famous FA Cup victory over Newcastle in 1972

  24. The Indomitable Lions

    How Cameroon shocked Maradona's Argentina at the 1990 World Cup

  25. Wimbledon Pioneers

    The women's doubles partnership who broke new ground for Jewish and Black players

  26. Signing Michael Jordan

    How the Chicago Bulls managed to pick the basketball legend in the 1984 NBA draft.

  27. Pakistan's First Women Cricketers

    The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.

  28. The Dumptruck - King of Sumo

    How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese Sumo in the 1980s

  29. Tegla Loroupe wins NY Marathon

    How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon

  30. Pele joins the New York Cosmos

    Clive Toye's account of Pele's shock move to a US soccer team in 1975

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