Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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25/10/2025 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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18/10/2025 GMT
Personal stories of amazing moments from sporting history, told by people who were there
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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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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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Second time around
German high jumper Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth on winning two Olympic golds 12 years apart (R)
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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
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Creating Hawk-Eye and goal-line tech
In 2000, Paul Hawkins turned his cricket passion into innovation by creating the tech
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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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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 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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Surfing the biggest waves in the world
Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazar茅
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Minda Dentler - Ironman World Championship
Minda Dentler was the first female wheelchair athlete in the Ironman World Championship
