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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Pyrros Dimas - Greek Weightlifting Legend

    How the 'Lion of Himara' became a Greek hero by battling injury at the Athens Olympics

  2. Denmark's Shock Win at the European Championship

    How the Danish football team won the Euro 1992 tournament despite failing to qualify

  3. Bangladesh's Channel Swimmer Hero

    How Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from France to England in 1961.

  4. The 1976 US Olympic Boxing Team

    The American boxers acclaimed for one of the best team performances in Olympic history.

  5. Yugoslavia Football Riot

    How violence at a Red Star Belgrade vs Dinamo Zagreb game heralded the war in Yugoslavia.

  6. The Torino air disaster

    In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.

  7. The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe

    How the women's hockey team won the first Olympic gold for their country in 1980.

  8. Dawn Fraser - Triple Olympic Champion

    How the rebellious Australian swimmer shattered records in the 1950s and 60s

  9. Terry Fox and the Marathon of Hope

    The cancer patient who inspired Canada with an attempt to run across the country in 1980

  10. Shaul Ladany - the Great Survivor

    The Israeli race-walker who survived the Holocaust and the Munich Olympics shootings

  11. Chess City

    In 1998, the world's most expensive chess centre opened in a remote region of Russia.

  12. Gail Devers

    The American sprinter who recovered from serious illness to win the Olympic 100 metres.

  13. Stirling Moss Wins the Mille Miglia Motor Race

    How the British driver Stirling Moss won one of the most epic races of all time in 1955

  14. How Baseball Helped Bridge the US-Cuba Divide

    How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba

  15. Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey Riots

    In 1969, a match between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia sparked unrest in Prague.

  16. Women's Boxing

    The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.

  17. England at Croke Park

    The historic rugby match between Ireland and England in Dublin in 2007.

  18. Josia Thugwane - South African Marathon Hero

    The story of the first black South African to win an Olympic gold in athletics in 1996

  19. Black Day for Democracy

    How two Zimbabwean cricketers risked their careers to protest again President Mugabe.

  20. Women in the Locker Room

    In 1978, US female sports journalists won a major victory in their fight for equality

  21. Dorando Pietri - Hero of the 1908 London Olympics

    The dramatic marathon that turned an Italian sweet-maker from Capri into a celebrity

  22. Cathy Freeman, the Star of the Sydney Olympics

    The aboriginal runner who lit the Olympic cauldron and went on to win the 400m event

  23. The Toughest Dog-Sled Race in the World

    The first woman to win the Iditarod race through 1000 miles of wilderness in Alaska

  24. Olga Korbut - The Sparrow from Minsk

    The Soviet gymnast who charmed the world at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

  25. The Ice Bowl

    The epic NFL game which made the reputation of Green Bay Packers' coach Vince Lombardi.

  26. The Greatest Long Jump Battle in History

    In 1991, two Americans both beat the iconic long jump record at the World Championships.

  27. Evel Knievel in Las Vegas

    How the legendary motorcycle stuntman made his name with a jump outside a casino in 1967.

  28. Farewell to East German football

    How the East German team won their last ever match - just before the country disappeared.

  29. 'Collision in Korea'

    How an international wrestling tournament wowed secretive North Korea in 1995

  30. Rifaat Turk: Arab Superstar in Israeli Football

    How a Jaffa fisherman's son broke down barriers by making Israel's national team

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