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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WWE’s youngest female champion

In 2014, rookie wrestler Paige became the WWE's Diva's Champion

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Minda Dentler - Ironman World Championship

Minda Dentler was the first female wheelchair athlete in the Ironman World Championship

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Surfing the biggest waves in the world

Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazaré

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The woman who faked her Boston Marathon win

In 1980, the Boston Marathon was rocked by scandal when runner Rosie Ruiz faked her win

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Kwame Nkruman-Acheampong: The Snow Leopard

How Kwame Nkruman-Acheampong became the first Ghanaian to compete in the Winter Olympics

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The Flying Mother and the first Giro D'Italia Femminile

How Maria Canins won the Giro D'Italia Femminile which was first raced in 1988.

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Creating ‘HawkEye’ and goal line tech

In 2000, Paul Hawkins turned his cricket passion into innovation by creating the tech

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