"Can't Bat, Can't Bowl, Can't Field" - England's 1986 Ashes

How a newspaper headline inspired England's cricketers to victory over Australia.

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New Orleans Saints Win the Superbowl

How American Football success cheered up New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

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Iran's Triple Jumper Turned Pop Legend

How Faramarz Assef switched from international athletics to music stardom.

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Australia Win the America's Cup

In 1983, the crew of Australia II ended American domination of yachting's biggest event

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Rugby Under Ceausescu

How rugby flourished in Romania in the 1980s under the notorious Communist dictatorship

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The Boksburg Bomber

How Gerrie Coetzee thrilled South Africa by becoming world boxing champion in 1983.

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Footballers for Peace in Ivory Coast

How Didier Drogba and the Ivorian football team campaigned for an end to civil war.

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Hugo Porta - Superstar of Argentine Rugby

The legendary fly-half who led the Pumas to their first international victories

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Tanya Streeter Record Free Diver

In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m

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Jackie Robinson - Baseball Pioneer

The legendary player who broke the colour bar in baseball and won the World Series.

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The All Blacks learn to win

How the New Zealand rugby team beat France and stopped "choking" in the World Cup in 2011

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Jahangir Khan - King of Squash

The legendary Pakistani player who went undefeated for five years in the 1980s

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Doping in East Germany

Two former athletes describe the human cost of the Communist nation's drugs programme.

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Jonah Lomu

The late All Blacks rugby legend in his own words

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Rifaat Turk: Arab Superstar in Israeli Football

How a Jaffa fisherman's son broke down barriers by making Israel's national team

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'Collision in Korea'

How an international wrestling tournament wowed secretive North Korea in 1995

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Farewell to East German football

How the East German team won their last ever match - just before the country disappeared.

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Evel Knievel in Las Vegas

How the legendary motorcycle stuntman made his name with a jump outside a casino in 1967.

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The Greatest Long Jump Battle in History

In 1991, two Americans both beat the iconic long jump record at the World Championships.

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The Ice Bowl

The epic NFL game which made the reputation of Green Bay Packers' coach Vince Lombardi.

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Olga Korbut - The Sparrow from Minsk

The Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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The Toughest Dog-Sled Race in the World

The first woman to win the Iditarod race through 1000 miles of wilderness in Alaska

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Cathy Freeman, the Star of the Sydney Olympics

The aboriginal runner who lit the Olympic cauldron and went on to win the 400m event

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Dorando Pietri - Hero of the 1908 London Olympics

The dramatic marathon that turned an Italian sweet-maker from Capri into a celebrity

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Women in the Locker Room

In 1978, US female sports journalists won a major victory in their fight for equality

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Black Day for Democracy

How two Zimbabwean cricketers risked their careers to protest again President Mugabe.

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Josia Thugwane - South African Marathon Hero

The story of the first black South African to win an Olympic gold in athletics in 1996

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England at Croke Park

The historic rugby match between Ireland and England in Dublin in 2007.

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Women's Boxing

The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.

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Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey Riots

In 1969, a match between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia sparked unrest in Prague.

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