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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Wrexham's FA Cup giant-killing

In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.

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Togo bus attack

In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.

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P.T. Usha - India's 'queen of track and field'

How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984

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Stanley Matthews' Soweto team

How an English soccer legend ran a team of black players in apartheid-era South Africa

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Rocky Bleier: The legendary comeback

How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.

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Knocking down Mike Tyson

In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.

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Nancy Greene: The 'Tiger' of women's skiing

How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968

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Kenya's first Winter Olympian

In 1998, a farmer called Philip Boit competed in the gruelling cross-country ski event.

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India's luge pioneer

How Shiva Keshavan took part in one of the most dangerous Winter Olympic sports at 16.

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Colin McRae: Rally legend

How the Scottish driver became the youngest ever rally World Champion in 1995

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The remarkable life of Eva Szekely

The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely

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Death at the Cricket World Cup

How the death of top coach Bob Woolmer threw cricket into turmoil in 2007.

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Ironman's Ironwoman

Julie Moss put Ironman on the map by crawling to the finish of the World Championship.

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The perfect bull-ride

In 1991, Wade Leslie became the first and only cowboy to achieve the maximum rodeo score.

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