Kenya's World Cup cricket fairytale

In 2003, Kenya stunned cricket by reaching the World Cup semi-final.

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Japan's women footballers lift the nation

In 2011, winning the soccer World Cup lifted Japan's morale after the Fukushima disaster.

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Tony Hawk, skateboard king

How mastering a virtually impossible trick made the US skateboarder a household name.

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Germany's 'Golden Goal' heroine

In 2003, Nia Künzer's extra-time header won Germany its first women's football World Cup

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USA wins the first Women's World Cup

Carin Jennings-Gabarra recalls her part in America's 1991 World Cup win

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Little Mo, tennis great

Maureen Connolly was the first woman to win a tennis Grand Slam in 1953

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The football war

The World Cup qualifiers that preceded a brief but bloody conflict in Central America

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The closest Tour de France ever

How American Greg Lemond won cycling's biggest race by just 8 seconds in 1989.

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Shane Warne and the 'Ball of the Century'

In 1993, the Aussie spinner made his Ashes debut with the delivery that made his name

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Football glory unites Iraq

In 2007, Iraq won the Asian Cup sparking wild celebrations across the war-torn country.

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David Steele: 'The bank clerk who went to war'

In 1975, the veteran cricketer became an unlikely English hero in the Ashes series

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Ryneldi Becenti - Native American basketball star

The inspiring story of how a player from a Navajo reservation made it to the women's NBA.

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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.

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The pole-vaulter who insulted the Soviet Union

In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd

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Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty

How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.

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The world's longest horse race

In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.

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Western Samoa stun Wales

In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.

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India's long jump queen

How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.

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Muhammad Ali: The 'Last Hurrah'

In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38

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The policeman who won the Rugby World Cup

How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.

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Chester Williams - South Africa's black rugby hero

The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.

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New York Marathon women's protest

How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.

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The death of Robert Enke

The German goalkeeper who killed himself in November 2009, shocking the football world.

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Magic Johnson and HIV

In November 1991 the basketball legend stunned America by announcing he was HIV positive.

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The Blind Cricket World Cup

In 1998, India hosted the first international tournament for blind cricketers.

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Nigeria's 'Superfalcons' wow the Women's World Cup

How the Nigerian team put women's football on the map in Africa in 1999

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The Cold War's strangest sport

How international Morse code competitions became popular behind the Iron Curtain.

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Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber

The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest

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The shot heard around the world

How a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades

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The BBC's first female football reporter

In 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.

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