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Unbelievable stories from the world of sport. From minor-league underdogs to Olympic heroes. Listen for inspiring tales of courage, drama, myths and legends.

NEW SEASON: Bill Walton鈥檚 The Grateful Team. Basketball, the Cold War, and rock band The Grateful Dead collide in this incredible true story. Presented by the late NBA star Bill Walton. Starts19 May.

Unbelievable stories from the world of sport. Amazing Sport Stories brings you the greatest twists and personal journeys from sport history. Listen for inspiring tales of courage, drama, myths and legends from all over the globe.

From minor-league underdogs to Olympic champions. These are sporting heroes you鈥檒l wish you鈥檇 known about and now probably won鈥檛 forget.

Previous seasons include The Legend of Takhti, about the Iran wrestling hero who died under mysterious circumstances. Or The Black 14, about the group of Black American football players who took a stand against racism in the game. And Chasing Mountains, the story of five female mountaineers battling to make climbing history.

All told in mini seasons and one-off documentary episodes. #AmazingSportStories

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Bill Walton鈥檚 The Grateful Team: Ep 3

    Mon 2 Jun 2025

    The showdown between two rivals for an Olympic medal. Can Lithuania triumph in tie-dye?

  • Bill Walton鈥檚 The Grateful Team: Ep 2

    Mon 26 May 2025

    Lithuania vs the US Dream Team. Who will win?

  • Bill Walton鈥檚 The Grateful Team: Ep 1

    Mon 19 May 2025

    One basketballer鈥檚 journey from the USSR to the NBA - and a Grateful Dead concert

  • Trailer: Bill Walton鈥檚 The Grateful Team

    Mon 12 May 2025

    Basketball, the Cold War, and rock band The Grateful Dead collide in this true story

  • Claressa Shields: Battles beyond boxing

    Mon 23 Sep 2024

    How a girl from one of America's most deprived cities became a boxing legend

  • Tackles and tailenders

    Mon 16 Sep 2024

    Rudie van Vuuren, the Namibian doctor who played at both the cricket and rugby World Cups

  • Just win the day

    Mon 9 Sep 2024

    Basketball player Sebastien Bellin credits sport with helping him survive a bomb attack

  • The Legend of Takhti: Ep 3

    Mon 2 Sep 2024

    Following Takhti鈥檚 death, Tehran is on edge. From its depths, a legend is born

  • The Legend of Takhti: Ep 2

    Mon 26 Aug 2024

    Gholamreza Takhti is dead. His death sends rumours spiralling through society

  • The Legend of Takhti: Ep 1

    Mon 19 Aug 2024

    Gholamreza Takhti, Iran's most loved wrestler, tackles the world of fame and politics

  • Trailer: The Legend of Takhti

    Mon 12 Aug 2024

    Exploring Iranian wrestling legend Gholamreza Takhti鈥檚 journey of life, death and legacy

  • The Olympic defectors

    Mon 5 Aug 2024

    A single glance changes an Iraqi weightlifter's life forever

  • Breaking the Olympics

    Mon 29 Jul 2024

    Breakdancing's journey from the streets of New York to the Olympic stage

  • The business of losing

    Mon 22 Jul 2024

    What's it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Meet the Washington Generals

  • Around the world in 200 marathons

    Mon 15 Jul 2024

    Nick Butter spent nearly two years running a marathon in every country in the world

  • Wimbledon: 'New balls, please'

    Mon 8 Jul 2024

    How working as ball boys at Wimbledon in the 1960s changed two young men's lives

  • Copper Bullets: Ep 4

    Mon 1 Jul 2024

    One year after the crash, Zambia awaits the Africa Cup of Nations final

  • Copper Bullets: Ep 3

    Mon 24 Jun 2024

    Can the newly formed Zambian football team honour the legacy of the KK11?

  • Copper Bullets: Ep 2

    Mon 17 Jun 2024

    Relatives of Zambia鈥檚 fallen footballers cope with their loss as a new team is formed

  • Copper Bullets: Ep 1

    Mon 10 Jun 2024

    The stars of Zambia's 1993 football team die in a plane crash. A dream is shattered

  • Trailer: Copper Bullets

    Mon 3 Jun 2024

    A nation鈥檚 dreams were shattered when Zambia's football team was killed in a plane crash

  • The woman in black

    Mon 27 May 2024

    Lea Campos took on one of football's most powerful men for the right to referee

  • Fixing the Crazy Gang

    Mon 20 May 2024

    A young woman finds herself at the heart of one of English football's most infamous teams

  • Poker's new deal

    Mon 13 May 2024

    How a card game went from smoky back rooms to the global sporting mainstream

  • Chasing Mountains: Ep 4

    Mon 6 May 2024

    We have a winner 鈥� or so we think. Questions are being asked

  • Chasing Mountains: Ep 3

    Mon 29 Apr 2024

    The mountaineers are climbing the final peaks, and three of them are neck-and-neck

  • Chasing Mountains: Ep 2

    Mon 22 Apr 2024

    Then there were five. Two super-fast new challengers are powering up the peaks

  • Chasing Mountains: Ep 1

    Mon 15 Apr 2024

    A near-death experience motivates a mountaineer to scale the world鈥檚 highest peaks

  • Trailer: Chasing Mountains

    Mon 8 Apr 2024

    The female climbers vying to make history

  • Ghost story

    Mon 1 Apr 2024

    A runner defies the athletics authorities who tried to take him off the track

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