Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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06/12/2025 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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29/11/2025 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Sporting Witness
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Sporting Witness
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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Colonel Gaddafi鈥檚 son plays in Italy鈥檚 top football league
Italian top-flight side Perugia made the unusual signing of Al-Saadi Gaddafi in 2003
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The race that stops a nation
Michelle Payne describes being the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
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Sofia Mulanovich鈥檚 first world surfing championship win
Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich became the first South American to win a world surfing title
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Mira Rai: Child soldier to sky runner
Mira Rai served in the Nepalese civil war as a teenager before becoming a sky runner
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When Greg Louganis hit his head on a diving board
At the Seoul 1988 Olympics, the US diver hit his head while attempting a reverse 2陆 pike
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The first Esports tournament
In 1972, the first ever Esports tournament was held at California's Stanford University
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Between two giants: Thrilla in Manila鈥檚 referee
Carlos Padilla on refereeing Ali v Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila fight 50 years ago
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Second time around
German high jumper Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth on winning two Olympic golds 12 years apart
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Bula Choudhury 鈥� India's record breaking swimmer
: In 2004 Bula Choudhury became the first woman to swim the straits of the seven seas
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Oscar De La Hoya: 鈥業 knocked him down, he knocked me down鈥�
WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya's showdown against Ike Quartey from Ghana
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The photo which exposed a goalkeeper's fake injury
In 1989, one photo caught Chile鈥檚 goalkeeper faking injury in a World Cup qualifier
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Organising the first Women's Rugby World Cup
How four women organised the first Women's Rugby World Cup held in Britain in 1991
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The referee who invented the red card
How a referee invented the red and yellow card system to caution and send off a player.
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Shuttlecock scandal
The Olympic badminton match that should have been a classic, but caused a controversy
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Jack Brabham: A champion in his own construction
Jack Brabham won the Formula 1 world title in 1966 in a car he built himself
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The first Women's Euros
Between 1982 and 1984, UEFA held the first European Competition for Women's Football
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Irish hurling legend Christy Ring
The day Irish hurling legend Christy Ring was honoured by his rivals.
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West Germany 1990: The making of an iconic football shirt
How West Germany's 1990 football shirt was created and became a design classic
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Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
In July 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the title
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World Cup whisky
How a bet and a case of whisky changed an East German footballer's life forever
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South Africa鈥檚 unifying Rugby World Cup win
In 1995, post-apartheid South Africa hosted, and won, the Rugby World Cup
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Eric Murangwa Eugene: How football saved the goalie鈥檚 life
Eric Murangwa Eugene's life was saved when gunmen recognised him as a footballer
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Goalie v Gull
How Eddy Treijtel killing a seagull by mistake with a goal kick became football folklore
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Bayern Munich's Champions League redemption
In 2001 the Champions League final was contested by the two previously beaten finalists
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Revolutionising sumo: The Mongolian influence
How Mokonami Sakae, a Mongolian sumo wrestler, made his mark in the sport.
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The 5-19 football riot in China in 1985
Hong Kong inflicted an unexpected footballing defeat on China at the World Cup qualifier
