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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    The drone that started a riot

    How a politically charged match between Serbia and Albania descended into violent chaos

  2. The first African Cup of Champions

    In 1964, the first ever African Cup of Champions took place in Ghana

  3. Brian McKechnie: New Zealand's double international sportsman

    Brian McKechnie has been in New Zealand teams for both international rugby and cricket

  4. The Iron Ladies

    How a Thai men鈥檚 volleyball team made up of gay and trans athletes won a championship

  5. Formula E: The world鈥檚 first electric car championship

    Nelson Piquet Jr competed in the first Formula E race in 2014, featuring 20 electric cars

  6. The invention of Padel

    In 1969, Enrique and Viviana Corcuera created Padel while on holiday

  7. The Gambia's first Paralympic Games

    In 2012, The Gambia made their first appearance at the Paralympic Games

  8. Winning gold at the first Paralympics

    In 1960, the first Paralympic Games took place

  9. The most successful Paralympian in history

    Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals

  10. Winning Olympic gold in a borrowed boat

    How Denmark's 49er sailing team won gold by borrowing the Croatian team's boat

  11. Bringing breaking to the world stage

    Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport in Paris

  12. Greek sprinters scandal at the Athens Olympics

    In 2004, a doping scandal broke involving two of the host nation's biggest stars

  13. Cyprus's first Olympic medal

    How a young sailor from Cyprus achieved success in the 2012 Olympics

  14. Conchita Martinez: The woman who stopped Navratilova

    In 1994, the 22-year-old Spanish tennis star won Wimbledon

  15. The murder of Andres Escobar

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

  16. The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis

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

  17. Muhammad Ali started MMA

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

  18. The last great days of the Soviet Union

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

  19. The forgotten Women's World Cup

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

  20. John Aldridge鈥檚 touchline temper at USA '94

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

  21. Manchester United's record-breaking treble

    How Manchester United became the first team to win the treble

  22. The fatal crash of Ayrton Senna

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

  23. Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

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

  24. The first Venice Cup

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

  25. Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

    In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

  26. Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

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

  27. The first transgender pro golfer

    In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

  28. The man who swam the Amazon

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

  29. The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

    Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

  30. First black cricketer to represent England

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

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