Lionel Rose - Aboriginal Boxing Hero

The aboriginal fighter who became world bantamweight boxing champion in 1968.

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Pakistan Cricket Bus Attack

In 2009, gunmen attacked a visiting cricket team in Lahore. We hear from two survivors.

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John Surtees - Motorsport Legend

The only person to win world championships on motorbikes and in racing cars

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Lucho Herrera - Colombian Tour de France Hero

How a former gardener from the Colombian mountains won cycling's most famous climb.

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Kirsty Coventry - how the new President of the International Olympic Committee won gold

How the new president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, won Olympic gold

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The Rise and Fall of Parma Football Club

How a small Italian city enjoyed fleeting football glory before it was hit by scandal

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Red Rum

The racehorse who became a legend in Britain for winning the Grand National three times.

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Janet Guthrie - First Woman at the Indy 500

How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race

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Simon Beresford – Marathon Runner with Down's Syndrome

The first person with Down's Syndrome to complete the London Marathon.

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The Japanese Women's Football Team

How a World Cup win brought a boost to Japan after the huge earthquake in 2011.

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Kerry Packer's Cricket Revolution

How the Australian tycoon brought big money, and controversy, into the sport in 1977.

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The 5:19 Football Riot in China

How Chinese fans rioted in 1985 after losing a World Cup qualifier to Hong Kong

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Chrissie Wellington - The Iron Lady

How the late-developing British triathlete came from nowhere to become the world's best.

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Francis Chichester Sails the World

The British yachtsman who set records going round the globe single-handedly in 1967

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Celtic's "Lions of Lisbon" win the European Cup

How the Glasgow team became the first in Britain to win the top prize in club football

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Tibet's Football Team

How a retired Danish footballer formed the Tibetan national team in 2001.

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Maradona's Failed Doping Test

How the Argentine superstar was expelled from the USA 1994 soccer World Cup.

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The First Women's Cricket World Cup

Women players from England and the West Indies recall the inaugural tournament in 1973.

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Fred Perry - Tennis Legend

The British tennis player who became a global celebrity in the 1930s

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Sheryl Swoopes - Queen of Basketball

The Olympic gold medallist who became one of the first stars of the women's NBA.

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Boris Becker - Teenage Wimbledon King

How the unseeded German teenager became Wimbledon champion in 1985.

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Eddy Merckx - Tour De France Legend

Memories of the Belgian cyclist so feared he was known as "The Cannibal".

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Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan

How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident.

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John Daly - The "Wild Thing" of Golf

How the maverick golfer became a superstar overnight by winning the US PGA as a rookie.

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Sergey Bubka - Pole Vault Legend

How the legendary Ukrainian athlete won his toughest World Championship in 1997.

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Alison Hargreaves

Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.

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The Olympic Hero Who Rescued His Fellow Sailors

How Canadian Lawrence Lemieux was hailed for his sportsmanship at the 1988 Olympics.

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'Fast Freddie' Spencer - Motorcycling's Child Prodigy

The American motorbike rider who won his first world championship aged 21

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Nawal El Moutawakel - Pioneer of Muslim Women's Athletics

How a Moroccan woman hurdler took victory at the 1984 Olympics and inspired a generation.

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The Creation of Ironman

How one of the world's hardest endurance events was invented in Hawaii in 1978.

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