Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion

Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992

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How I helped bring down Lance Armstrong

One journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong

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The bizarre twist in South Africa’s ultramarathon

Runner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.

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China's first golf champion

Shanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.

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How baseball helped bridge the US-Cuba divide

How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba

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The day we beat the All Blacks

Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.

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Tonton Zola Moukoko: The best Championship Manager player ever

The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom

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The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe

How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980

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When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup

Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup

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Kuwait at the 1982 World Cup

The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot

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Zaire's infamous World Cup free-kick moment

How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.

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Ruud Krol: The World Cup meets Total Football

How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup

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Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 years

Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.

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The Mongol Rally: Racing in one of the greatest road trips on Earth

Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine

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The Maccabiah Games

The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932

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Kenya's first Winter Olympian

How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.

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First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfing

Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics

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Tiger Woods wins his first major

At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course

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Calciopoli: The Juventus scandal

In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football

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First women's cyclo-cross world championship

Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time

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The Vatican's mini-World Cup

In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup

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Muay Thai: World champion Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu

American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters

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The first Basketball World Cup

In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup

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The boxing referee who started a riot

A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988

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Irene Van Dyk: Netball’s goal shooting star

She is the most capped netballer of all time

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Ammo Baba: Iraq's footballing hero

The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq

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First women's Six Nations Rugby Championship

French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002

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The Marseille bribery and match fixing scandal

In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.

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Ernst van Dyk: Ten-time Boston Marathon winner

How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.

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Bomb scare at The Grand National

The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.

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