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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Shane Warne and the 'Ball of the Century'

    In 1993, the Aussie spinner made his Ashes debut with the delivery that made his name

  2. The closest Tour de France ever

    How American Greg Lemond won cycling's biggest race by just 8 seconds in 1989.

  3. The football war

    The World Cup qualifiers that preceded a brief but bloody conflict in Central America

  4. Little Mo, tennis great

    Maureen Connolly was the first woman to win a tennis Grand Slam in 1953

  5. USA wins the first Women's World Cup

    Carin Jennings-Gabarra recalls her part in America's 1991 World Cup win

  6. Germany's 'Golden Goal' heroine

    In 2003, Nia K眉nzer's extra-time header won Germany its first women's football World Cup

  7. Tony Hawk, skateboard king

    How mastering a virtually impossible trick made the US skateboarder a household name.

  8. Japan's women footballers lift the nation

    In 2011, winning the soccer World Cup lifted Japan's morale after the Fukushima disaster.

  9. Kenya's World Cup cricket fairytale

    In 2003, Kenya stunned cricket by reaching the World Cup semi-final.

  10. Liverpool - The kings of Europe

    How Liverpool won their first European Cup in 1977, starting a decade of domination.

  11. Spurs dream of European glory

    How Tottenham Hotspur took on Anderlecht in a battle for the 1984 UEFA Cup

  12. Secretariat - America's superstar racehorse

    How one of the greatest racehorses of all time won the US Triple Crown in 1973.

  13. The Torino air disaster

    In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.

  14. Desir茅 Wilson - Formula One winner

    In 1980 the South African racing driver became the only woman to win a Formula One event.

  15. Paula Radcliffe

    The British runner who set a famous world record at the 2003 London Marathon.

  16. Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion

    How a deaf American rider dominated the fast and dangerous sport of women's motocross

  17. Brian Lara's batting world record

    In April 1994, the great West Indies batsman hit 375 runs against England in Antigua

  18. The King of Comrades

    How Bruce Fordyce won South Africa's famous Comrades Marathon nine times in the 1980s.

  19. Marcus Trescothick and mental illness

    The England cricketer who gave up his international career because of depression.

  20. The man who ran around Australia

    In 1983, Ron Grant became the first person to run 13,383 kilometres of Australian coast.

  21. Bangladesh's football heroes

    How the national football team helped the country's fight for independence in 1971.

  22. Weightlifting in a hijab

    How Kulsoom Abdullah won the right to compete in weightlifting in Islamic dress.

  23. Ireland's historic rugby Grand Slam

    In 2009 Brian O'Driscoll led Ireland to their first Six Nations championship in 61 years

  24. The birth of skiing

    How the British invented downhill skiing at the start of the 20th Century.

  25. Why I invented the sports bra

    When Lisa Lindahl couldn't find a comfortable bra to run in, she decided to design one

  26. South Africa Win The Rugby World Cup

    How sporting victory in 1995 helped unite South Africa after apartheid.

  27. Paul Pritchard And The Totem Pole

    The British adventurer who was seriously injured on a climb, but returned 18 years later.

  28. The Gay Games

    The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.

  29. Diane Crump - Pioneering Female Jockey

    The inspiring story of the first woman to ride in America's top horse race.

  30. Mark Edmondson And The Biggest Upset In Tennis

    How a former part-time hospital cleaner won the Australian Open in 1976.

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