Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Alberto Juantorena: Cuba's 'White Lightning'
The Cuban runner who won a unique double at the 1976 Olympics and became a national hero
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Judit Polgar - Chess Prodigy
How the chess prodigy overcame sexism in her sport and defeated the all-time greats.
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Yale Women Rowers Protest
In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport
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Black Golfer at the Masters
In 1975, Lee Elder became the first African-American to play the prestigious tournament
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Rwanda v Uganda: The Match that Made History
The historic Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between footballing rivals Uganda and Rwanda
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India's World Cup Cricket Triumph
The unexpected victory at Lord's in 1983 which put Indian one-day cricket on the map
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Barry Sheene Crashes
The playboy British motorcyclist who suffered the fastest crash in motorcycling history
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Socceroos in Vietnam
How Australia's footballers won their first international tournament in Saigon in 1967.
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Boat Race Mutiny
In 1987, a group of Oxford University rowers led a famous rebellion against their coach.
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Beryl Burton - The Yorkshire Dynamo
The story of one of the best woman cyclists of all time and a record that still stands.
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Surfing Mavericks
The Californian who pioneered one of the most famous surfing breaks in the world in 1975
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The Black Stars of Ghana
How the Ghanaian football team won a famous Africa Cup of Nations victory in 1965
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The Ice Bowl
How the coldest game in American Football made the reputation of the Green Bay Packers
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Skating's Battle of the Brians
The 1988 Winter Olympic showdown between American Brian Boitano and Canadian Brian Orser
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South Africa win the Africa Cup of Nations
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of Apartheid
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The Harlem Globetrotters in the Soviet Union
How the American showmen won over basketball fans in Moscow during the Cold War
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FA Cup Giantkillers
How tiny Hereford United won a famous FA Cup victory over Newcastle in 1972
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The Indomitable Lions
How Cameroon shocked Maradona's Argentina at the 1990 World Cup
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Wimbledon Pioneers
The women's doubles partnership who broke new ground for Jewish and Black players
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Signing Michael Jordan
How the Chicago Bulls managed to pick the basketball legend in the 1984 NBA draft.
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Pakistan's First Women Cricketers
The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.
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The Dumptruck - King of Sumo
How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese Sumo in the 1980s
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Tegla Loroupe wins NY Marathon
How Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon
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Pele joins the New York Cosmos
Clive Toye's account of Pele's shock move to a US soccer team in 1975
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Racing the Stasi
in 1964, East German cyclist, Dieter Wiedemann, defected for love and the Tour de France
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The Three Degrees
How three black players revolutionised English football in the 1970s.
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John Surtees - Motorsport Legend
Memories of the only man to win the world championship in Formula 1 and motorcycle racing
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The Curse of the Bambino
How a misfield in the 1986 World Series convinced Boston Red Sox fans they were cursed.
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British Lions in Apartheid South Africa
In 1974 the British Lions made a famous and controversial rugby tour of South Africa.
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India's Hockey Gold
In 1948 at the 'austerity' Olympics, newly independent India won gold on the hockey pitch
