The start of the J.League

How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo

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Battle of Bramall Lane

The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.

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Kabaddi’s Asian Games golden debut

The 2010 Asian Games saw women’s kabaddi included for the first time

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The Arsenal 'Invincibles'

When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten

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Albert Johanneson: The first black FA Cup finalist

How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.

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Man Vs Horse

Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out

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Mitchell Johnson's Ashes

How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen

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Shun Fujimoto - Japan's injured Olympic hero

The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.

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The first Homeless World Cup

How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.

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Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon

How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.

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Jana Novotna: From choker to champion

How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998

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The first Women's World Cup sticker album

How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.

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First women's Tour de France

Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De France in 1984

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Nigeria's path to the Women's World Cup

How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.

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The first female NBA referee

In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee

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Cricket's Blackwash test series

The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash

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Pat Rafter wins The US Open

How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997

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The first cricket helmet

In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.

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Rugby's greatest upset

How Japan shook the world by beating South Africa at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup

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Chuck Wepner: The real-life Rocky who floored Ali

How American boxer Chuck Wepner knocked Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 1975

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The first hijabi figure skater

Zahra Lari made history by becoming the first figure skater to compete in a hijab

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Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike

Tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her streak of becoming World and Commonwealth champion.

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The Netherlands beat England at the Home of Cricket

How the Netherlands embarrased England at Lord's in the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup

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1964: When surfing came to Australia

How Manly Beach in Australia hosted the first official World Surfing Championships.

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Meeting Mr Pilates

Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a studio in New York to Mary Bowen

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England win the Rugby World Cup

Sir Clive Woodward and George Gregan recount England's victory over Australia in 2003

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Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick

In 2010, Egypt completed an unprecedented treble in the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Lindsey Jacobellis: Almost

How snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis lost gold in 2006's Winter Olympics

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The creation of chessboxing

How Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh combined two of his passions – chess and boxing

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When West Brom went to China

In 1978, West Bromwich Albion became British ambassadors in China.

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