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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Chioma Ajunwa: Making Olympic History

How Nigerian athlete Chioma Ajunwa stunned the world at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996

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O.J. Simpson Makes American Football History

How his 1973 season with the Buffalo Bills made O.J. Simpson a superstar.

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Iranian Football's "Mr Hat-Trick"

How the Irish-born footballer, Eamon Zayed, became a folk hero in Iran.

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The "Battle Of The Sexes" Tennis Match

In 1973, Billie-Jean King made tennis history by winning a challenge game against a man.

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Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost: Formula One's Greatest Rivalry

How the feud between two motor-racing giants spilled onto the track in 1989.

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The Climbing Pioneer Who Conquered El Capitan

Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose', 3,000ft of vertical granite wall

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Kelly Kulick - Ten Pin Bowler

The first woman to compete at the same level as men in the professional game.

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The First Ultimate Fighting Championship

How the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts was launched in America in 1993.

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Pam Reed: Winning Ultramarathons in Death Valley

The woman who beat all the men in the notorious Badwater Marathon in California

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Jana Novotna - Wimbledon Heroine

How the late Czech tennis player went from weeping loser to popular Wimbledon winner.

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Lopez Lomong - From "Lost Boy" To The Olympics

The former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.

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