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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Sergey Bubka - Pole Vault Legend

    How the legendary Ukrainian athlete won his toughest World Championship in 1997.

  2. John Daly - The "Wild Thing" of Golf

    How the maverick golfer became a superstar overnight by winning the US PGA as a rookie.

  3. Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan

    How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident.

  4. Eddy Merckx - Tour De France Legend

    Memories of the Belgian cyclist so feared he was known as "The Cannibal".

  5. Boris Becker - Teenage Wimbledon King

    How the unseeded German teenager became Wimbledon champion in 1985.

  6. Sheryl Swoopes - Queen of Basketball

    The Olympic gold medallist who became one of the first stars of the women's NBA.

  7. Fred Perry - Tennis Legend

    The British tennis player who became a global celebrity in the 1930s

  8. The First Women's Cricket World Cup

    Women players from England and the West Indies recall the inaugural tournament in 1973.

  9. Maradona's Failed Doping Test

    How the Argentine superstar was expelled from the USA 1994 soccer World Cup.

  10. Tibet's Football Team

    How a retired Danish footballer formed the Tibetan national team in 2001.

  11. Celtic's "Lions of Lisbon" win the European Cup

    How the Glasgow team became the first in Britain to win the top prize in club football

  12. Francis Chichester Sails the World

    The British yachtsman who set records going round the globe single-handedly in 1967

  13. Chrissie Wellington - The Iron Lady

    How the late-developing British triathlete came from nowhere to become the world's best.

  14. The 5:19 Football Riot in China

    How Chinese fans rioted in 1985 after losing a World Cup qualifier to Hong Kong

  15. Kerry Packer's Cricket Revolution

    How the Australian tycoon brought big money, and controversy, into the sport in 1977.

  16. The Japanese Women's Football Team

    How a World Cup win brought a boost to Japan after the huge earthquake in 2011.

  17. Simon Beresford 鈥� Marathon Runner with Down's Syndrome

    The first person with Down's Syndrome to complete the London Marathon.

  18. Janet Guthrie - First Woman at the Indy 500

    How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race

  19. Red Rum

    The racehorse who became a legend in Britain for winning the Grand National three times.

  20. The Rise and Fall of Parma Football Club

    How a small Italian city enjoyed fleeting football glory before it was hit by scandal

  21. Kirsty Coventry - how the new President of the International Olympic Committee won gold

    How the new president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, won Olympic gold

  22. Lucho Herrera - Colombian Tour de France Hero

    How a former gardener from the Colombian mountains won cycling's most famous climb.

  23. John Surtees - Motorsport Legend

    The only person to win world championships on motorbikes and in racing cars

  24. Pakistan Cricket Bus Attack

    In 2009, gunmen attacked a visiting cricket team in Lahore. We hear from two survivors.

  25. Lionel Rose - Aboriginal Boxing Hero

    The aboriginal fighter who became world bantamweight boxing champion in 1968.

  26. Nancy Kerrigan Attack

    How an attack on the golden girl of ice-skating horrified America in 1994

  27. FC St Pauli - Germany's "Pirate" Football Club

    The story of the Hamburg football team adopted by punks and fans from around the world.

  28. Doug Williams - First Black Quarterback at the Super Bowl

    How the Washington Redskins quarterback made history at the 1988 Super Bowl.

  29. South Korea's King of Computer Gaming

    How Lim Yo-hwan, also known as Boxer, became one of the biggest names in eSports.

  30. Jutta Kleinschmidt - Woman Winner of the Paris-Dakar Rally

    The first and only woman to win one of the biggest events in motorsport.

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