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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Iranian Football's "Mr Hat-Trick"

    How the Irish-born footballer, Eamon Zayed, became a folk hero in Iran.

  2. O.J. Simpson Makes American Football History

    How his 1973 season with the Buffalo Bills made O.J. Simpson a superstar.

  3. Chioma Ajunwa: Making Olympic History

    How Nigerian athlete Chioma Ajunwa stunned the world at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996

  4. The Creation of Ironman

    How one of the world's hardest endurance events was invented in Hawaii in 1978.

  5. Nawal El Moutawakel - Pioneer of Muslim Women's Athletics

    How a Moroccan woman hurdler took victory at the 1984 Olympics and inspired a generation.

  6. 'Fast Freddie' Spencer - Motorcycling's Child Prodigy

    The American motorbike rider who won his first world championship aged 21

  7. The Olympic Hero Who Rescued His Fellow Sailors

    How Canadian Lawrence Lemieux was hailed for his sportsmanship at the 1988 Olympics.

  8. Alison Hargreaves

    Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.

  9. Sergey Bubka - Pole Vault Legend

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

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

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

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

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

  12. Eddy Merckx - Tour De France Legend

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

  13. Boris Becker - Teenage Wimbledon King

    How the unseeded German teenager became Wimbledon champion in 1985.

  14. Sheryl Swoopes - Queen of Basketball

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

  15. Fred Perry - Tennis Legend

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

  16. The First Women's Cricket World Cup

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

  17. Maradona's Failed Doping Test

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

  18. Tibet's Football Team

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

  19. 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

  20. Francis Chichester Sails the World

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

  21. Chrissie Wellington - The Iron Lady

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

  22. The 5:19 Football Riot in China

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

  23. Kerry Packer's Cricket Revolution

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

  24. The Japanese Women's Football Team

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

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

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

  26. Janet Guthrie - First Woman at the Indy 500

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

  27. Red Rum

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

  28. The Rise and Fall of Parma Football Club

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

  29. 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

  30. Lucho Herrera - Colombian Tour de France Hero

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

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