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The Queen of Mont Blanc
How Britain's Lizzy Hawker won the top race in mountain-running a record five times.
The pole-vaulter who insulted the Soviet Union
In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd
Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty
How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.
The world's longest horse race
In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.
Western Samoa stun Wales
In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.
India's long jump queen
How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.
Muhammad Ali: The 'Last Hurrah'
In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38
The policeman who won the Rugby World Cup
How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.
Chester Williams - South Africa's black rugby hero
The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.
New York Marathon women's protest
How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.
The death of Robert Enke
The German goalkeeper who killed himself in November 2009, shocking the football world.
Magic Johnson and HIV
In November 1991 the basketball legend stunned America by announcing he was HIV positive.
The Blind Cricket World Cup
In 1998, India hosted the first international tournament for blind cricketers.
Nigeria's 'Superfalcons' wow the Women's World Cup
How the Nigerian team put women's football on the map in Africa in 1999
The Cold War's strangest sport
How international Morse code competitions became popular behind the Iron Curtain.
Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber
The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest
The shot heard around the world
How a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades
The BBC's first female football reporter
In 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.
Wrexham's FA Cup giant-killing
In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.
Togo bus attack
In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.
P.T. Usha - India's 'queen of track and field'
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
Stanley Matthews' Soweto team
How an English soccer legend ran a team of black players in apartheid-era South Africa
Rocky Bleier: The legendary comeback
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.
Knocking down Mike Tyson
In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.
Nancy Greene: The 'Tiger' of women's skiing
How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968
Kenya's first Winter Olympian
In 1998, a farmer called Philip Boit competed in the gruelling cross-country ski event.
India's luge pioneer
How Shiva Keshavan took part in one of the most dangerous Winter Olympic sports at 16.
Colin McRae: Rally legend
How the Scottish driver became the youngest ever rally World Champion in 1995
The remarkable life of Eva Szekely
The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely
Death at the Cricket World Cup
How the death of top coach Bob Woolmer threw cricket into turmoil in 2007.
Ironman's Ironwoman
Julie Moss put Ironman on the map by crawling to the finish of the World Championship.
