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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Barry McGuigan unites Ireland

    How the boxer's world championship bid brought together all sides in Northern Ireland.

  2. Peru Stadium Riot

    In May 1964, more than 300 people died at a football game between Peru and Argentina.

  3. Red Card for Zidane

    The referee who sent off the legendary French player in the 2006 World Cup final.

  4. North Korea - World Cup Giantkillers!

    How the footballers of communist North Korea shocked Italy at the 1966 World Cup.

  5. The Indomitable Lions: Cameroon at the World Cup

    How Cameroon shocked Argentina at the 1990 World Cup and put African football on the map.

  6. Brandi Chastain: It's Not About the Bra

    The American footballer who won the World Cup, then tore off her shirt to reveal her bra.

  7. Kathrine Switzer, women's marathon pioneer

    The American athlete who broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon

  8. Algeria's Revolutionary Football Team

    Algerian players secretly left their French clubs to form their own national team in 1958

  9. The Miracle of Bern

    The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2

  10. Born to Run - Mexico's Tarahumara Indians

    The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe.

  11. Joe Gaetjens - The Footballer Who Disappeared

    He scored a goal for the US and upon his return to Haiti was taken by the secret police

  12. Handcyclist Alex Zanardi

    The racing driver who suffered a horrific crash, but then became a successful Paralympian

  13. Silken Laumann - Unsinkable!

    The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992

  14. Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston World Heavyweight Championships 1964

    How the young Muhammad Ali became boxing world champion after two controversial fights.

  15. Torvill and Dean

    In 1984, the British skaters charmed the world with their performance of Ravel's Bolero

  16. Franz Klammer

    How the legendary Austrian skier won one of the most exciting Olympic downhill races ever

  17. British Bobsleigh Win

    In 1964, Britain won an Olympic event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship.

  18. The Miracle On Ice

    At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA faced the USSR in a Cold War hockey showdown.

  19. Kenya's First Winter Olympian

    How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero

  20. Dan Jansen

    The American speed-skater who overcame personal tragedy to win Olympic gold

  21. Katarina Witt

    The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

  22. The Best Of Sporting Witness

    A compilation of some of the most memorable stories from the series.

  23. Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m Final

    Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second

  24. Bob Beamon and the 'Leap of the Century'

    The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

  25. Martina Navratilova

    The tennis legend on defecting from Czechoslovakia and then winning Wimbledon in 1978.

  26. Derek Redmond - Never Give Up

    How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race.

  27. Flo-Jo - the American Sprinter with Hollywood Style

    Her husband and coach Al Joyner recalls Flo-Jo's four medal wins at Seoul in 1988

  28. Maradona's 'Hand of God'

    Former England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's historic goals in the 1986 World Cup.

  29. Four-Minute Mile

    How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.

  30. Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby

    Sporting Witness takes you back to the coronation derby in 1953.

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