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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    The murder of Andres Escobar

    In 1994, the footballer was shot dead following Colombia's exit from the World Cup

  2. The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis

    Liesl Herbst and her daughter Dorli played together at Wimbledon after World War Two

  3. Muhammad Ali started MMA

    Muhammad Ali鈥檚 controversial fight against professional wrestler Antonio Inoki in 1976

  4. The last great days of the Soviet Union

    In 1988, the Soviet Union made it to the final of Euro '88

  5. The forgotten Women's World Cup

    In 1971, an unofficial Women's World Cup took place in Mexico

  6. John Aldridge鈥檚 touchline temper at USA '94

    In 1994, tempers flared in a football World Cup match between Ireland and Mexico

  7. Manchester United's record-breaking treble

    How Manchester United became the first team to win the treble

  8. The fatal crash of Ayrton Senna

    In 1994, three time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna died in a crash

  9. Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

    Ghanaian Alice Annum tells the story of how she became known as 'Baby Jet'

  10. The first Venice Cup

    In 1974, an international female bridge competition was launched in Italy

  11. Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

    In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

  12. Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

    How Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins brought new audiences to snooker with his playboy lifestyle

  13. The first transgender pro golfer

    In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

  14. The man who swam the Amazon

    In 2007, Martin Strel became the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon

  15. The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

    Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

  16. First black cricketer to represent England

    In 1980, Roland Butcher became the first black cricketer to play for the England team

  17. Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion

    In 2005, badminton champion Rajeev Bagga took his total of Deaflympic gold medals to 14

  18. F1's only six-wheeled winner

    In 1976, the first person won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car

  19. Women's Marathon Agony

    In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain

  20. International football's biggest ever beating

    How American Samoa were beaten 31-0 by Australia in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers

  21. Zamalek Stadium Disaster

    One of Africa's worst sporting disasters happened in Cairo in 1974

  22. Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations

    How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid

  23. Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier

    The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics

  24. Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

    How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport

  25. The Elfstedentocht

    How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races

  26. Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager

    In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England鈥檚 men鈥檚 football team.

  27. Vanderlei de Lima and the sabotaged Olympic marathon

    Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima on how his lead in the 2004 Olympic marathon was destroyed

  28. The man who skied down Everest

    How Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Everest in 1970

  29. Caster Semenya

    In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender

  30. Roger Federer's first Men's Wimbledon win

    How Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men鈥檚 title for the first time in 2003

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