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The ice hockey team sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi
In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn

Maria Costello: the record-breaking female motorcyclist
In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course

Germany’s first black national footballer
Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career

Fighting Norway's boxing ban
In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing

Puerto Rico upsets the USA in Olympic basketball
In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball

Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess'
In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history

The Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics
How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team

Battle of the Surfaces
Rafael Nadal takes on Roger Federer on a tennis court made of half grass and half clay

First international for Netherlands women's football
Dutch footballer Ellen Popeyus was 16 when she played for her country in the first match

The football fans who built their own stadium
When Union Berlin had financial problems, their fans volunteered to renovate the stadium