The Gambia's first Paralympic Games

In 2012, The Gambia made their first appearance at the Paralympic Games

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The invention of Padel

In 1969, Enrique and Viviana Corcuera created Padel while on holiday

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Formula E: The world’s first electric car championship

Nelson Piquet Jr competed in the first Formula E race in 2014, featuring 20 electric cars

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The Iron Ladies

How a Thai men’s volleyball team made up of gay and trans athletes won a championship

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Brian McKechnie: New Zealand's double international sportsman

Brian McKechnie has been in New Zealand teams for both international rugby and cricket

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The first African Cup of Champions

In 1964, the first ever African Cup of Champions took place in Ghana

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The drone that started a riot

How a politically charged match between Serbia and Albania descended into violent chaos

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Agnes Keleti: The world's oldest living Olympian

Hungarian Agnes Keleti is the world's oldest living Olympian at 103

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Brojen Das: Bangladesh's Channel swimming champ

In 1961, Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from France to England

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The football fans who built their own stadium

When Union Berlin had financial problems, their fans volunteered to renovate the stadium

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First international for Netherlands women's football

Dutch footballer Ellen Popeyus was 16 when she played for her country in the first match

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Battle of the Surfaces

Rafael Nadal takes on Roger Federer on a tennis court made of half grass and half clay

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The Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics

How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team

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Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess'

In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history

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Puerto Rico upsets the USA in Olympic basketball

In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball

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Fighting Norway's boxing ban

In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing

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Germany’s first black national footballer

Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career

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Maria Costello: the record-breaking female motorcyclist

In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course

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The ice hockey team sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi

In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn

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Ron Grant: First man to run around Australia

In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia

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The Ice Mile

In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water

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How Fanny Blankers-Koen became the 'flying housewife’

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London

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George Best scores a double hat-trick

On 7 February 1970, Manchester United's George Best scored six goals in an FA Cup game

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The Super Bowl helmet catch

How the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots with an "insult to Einstein"

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The woman who sailed solo around the world

In 1978, Naomi James became the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn

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Exploring the caves of the world's biggest iceberg

In 2000, Jill Heinerth became the first person to dive under the caves of a vast iceberg

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When Chelsea took on Tromsø in an Arctic blizzard

In 1997, Chelsea played part-timers Tromsø at home – in the Arctic north of Norway.

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Murderball: Inventing wheelchair rugby

In 1976, a group of Canadian friends created a game they initially called 'murderball'

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Becoming the 60m fastest woman in the world

At 60m, Nelli Cooman is a former indoor world record holder, running 7:00 seconds.

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Why I designed the prosthetic running leg

In 1984, Van Phillips invented the first carbon graphite running leg.

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