The first Homeless World Cup

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

• 9 mins

Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon

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

• 9 mins

Jana Novotna: From choker to champion

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

• 9 mins

The first Women's World Cup sticker album

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

• 9 mins

First women's Tour de France

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

• 9 mins

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.

• 8 mins

The first female NBA referee

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

• 9 mins

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

• 10 mins

The first cricket helmet

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

• 9 mins

Rugby's greatest upset

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

• 9 mins

Chuck Wepner: The real-life Rocky who floored Ali

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

• 9 mins

The first hijabi figure skater

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

• 9 mins

Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike

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

• 9 mins

The Netherlands beat England at the Home of Cricket

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

• 9 mins

1964: When surfing came to Australia

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

• 11 mins

Meeting Mr Pilates

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

• 9 mins

England win the Rugby World Cup

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

• 8 mins

Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick

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

• 8 mins

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

• 9 mins

When West Brom went to China

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

• 9 mins

The birth of the Fifa computer game

Jan Tian says his devotion to coding the first EA Sports Fifa game nearly broke him

• 10 mins

Roger Federer's first Men's Wimbledon win

How Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men’s title for the first time in 2003

• 9 mins

Caster Semenya

In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender

• 10 mins

The man who skied down Everest

How Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Everest in 1970

• 9 mins

Vanderlei de Lima and the sabotaged Olympic marathon

Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima on how his lead in the 2004 Olympic marathon was destroyed

• 9 mins

Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager

In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England’s men’s football team.

• 9 mins

The Elfstedentocht

How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races

• 8 mins

Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport

• 9 mins