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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    The Gambia's first Paralympic Games

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

  2. Winning gold at the first Paralympics

    In 1960, the first Paralympic Games took place

  3. The most successful Paralympian in history

    Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals

  4. Winning Olympic gold in a borrowed boat

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

  5. Bringing breaking to the world stage

    Breaking debuts as an Olympic sport in Paris

  6. Greek sprinters scandal at the Athens Olympics

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

  7. Cyprus's first Olympic medal

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

  8. Conchita Martinez: The woman who stopped Navratilova

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

  9. The murder of Andres Escobar

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

  10. The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis

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

  11. Muhammad Ali started MMA

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

  12. The last great days of the Soviet Union

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

  13. The forgotten Women's World Cup

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

  14. John Aldridge鈥檚 touchline temper at USA '94

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

  15. Manchester United's record-breaking treble

    How Manchester United became the first team to win the treble

  16. The fatal crash of Ayrton Senna

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

  17. Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

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

  18. The first Venice Cup

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

  19. Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

    In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

  20. Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

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

  21. The first transgender pro golfer

    In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

  22. The man who swam the Amazon

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

  23. The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

    Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

  24. First black cricketer to represent England

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

  25. Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion

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

  26. F1's only six-wheeled winner

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

  27. Women's Marathon Agony

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

  28. International football's biggest ever beating

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

  29. Zamalek Stadium Disaster

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

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

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

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