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Sporting Witness

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, we bring you a new programme telling the inside story of the key moments from sporting history.

Sporting Witness will use archive material and personal recollections from the athletes themselves and those who knew them.

The programme will cover the big Olympic stories - and some that you may not have heard before - but which have mythical status in their home countries.

Sporting Witness will also bring listeners key moments from sports such as football and cricket.

Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (30)
coming up (13)
Previous programmes:
by year (33)

Available now on BBC iPlayer

  1. Play the latest programme

    Nancy Kerrigan attacked

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    Listen now (9 minutes)

    Available since today.

    How an attack on the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, shocked the USA in 1994.

  2. Also available

    1. Hassiba Boulmerka

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      Listen now (10 minutes)

      Available since Friday.

      How Algerian runner Hassiba Boulmerka defied death threats to win Olympic gold in 1992.

    2. American Football's "Greatest Game"

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      Listen now (10 minutes)

      Available since Fri, 10 Feb 2012.

      How the "Greatest Game" in American Football turned the sport into a modern phenomenon.

    3. London's Austerity Olympics

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      Listen now (10 minutes)

      Available since Fri, 3 Feb 2012.

      How the 1948 Olympics helped London emerge from its post-war gloom.

    4. Zambian football crash

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      Listen now (10 minutes)

      Available since Sat, 28 Jan 2012.

      How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.

See all 30 programmes available now.

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AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR 2011

Andre 'Dede' Ayew, Samuel Eto'o, Gervinho, Seydou Keita and Yaya Toure are nominated for the 2011 BBC African Footballer of the Year award

Find out more on the African Footballer of the Year website

Coming up

Tomorrow, 23:50 on BBC World Service

The inside and personal story of the key sporting moments from Olympic history

See all 13 programmes coming up.

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