Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Battle of Bramall Lane
The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.
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The start of the J.League
How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo
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Indian weightlifting鈥檚 鈥業ron Lady鈥�
How weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal
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Winning the hardest dog-sled race in the world
In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first female winner of the Iditarod
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Bomb scare at The Grand National
The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.
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Ernst van Dyk: Ten-time Boston Marathon winner
How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.
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The Marseille bribery and match fixing scandal
In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.
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First women's Six Nations Rugby Championship
French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002
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Ammo Baba: Iraq's footballing hero
The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq
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Irene Van Dyk: Netball鈥檚 goal shooting star
She is the most capped netballer of all time
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The boxing referee who started a riot
A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988
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The first Basketball World Cup
In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup
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Muay Thai: World champion Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu
American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters
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The Vatican's mini-World Cup
In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup
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First women's cyclo-cross world championship
Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time
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Calciopoli: The Juventus scandal
In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football
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Tiger Woods wins his first major
At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course
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First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfing
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
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Kenya's first Winter Olympian
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
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The Maccabiah Games
The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
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The Mongol Rally: Racing in one of the greatest road trips on Earth
Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine
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Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 years
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
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Ruud Krol: The World Cup meets Total Football
How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup
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Zaire's infamous World Cup free-kick moment
How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.
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Kuwait at the 1982 World Cup
The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot
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When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup
Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup
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The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
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Tonton Zola Moukoko: The best Championship Manager player ever
The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom
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The day we beat the All Blacks
Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club鈥檚 iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.
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How baseball helped bridge the US-Cuba divide
How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba
