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Sporting Witness

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

Episodes (367 Available)

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P.T. Usha - India's 'queen of track and field'
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
9 mins
16 Jan 2020
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Togo bus attack
In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.
9 mins
09 Jan 2020
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Wrexham's FA Cup giant-killing
In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.
9 mins
02 Jan 2020
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The BBC's first female football reporter
In 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.
9 mins
26 Dec 2019
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The shot heard around the world
How a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades
9 mins
19 Dec 2019
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Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber
The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest
9 mins
12 Dec 2019
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The Cold War's strangest sport
How international Morse code competitions became popular behind the Iron Curtain.
9 mins
05 Dec 2019
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Nigeria's 'Superfalcons' wow the Women's World Cup
How the Nigerian team put women's football on the map in Africa in 1999
9 mins
28 Nov 2019
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The Blind Cricket World Cup
In 1998, India hosted the first international tournament for blind cricketers.
9 mins
21 Nov 2019
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Magic Johnson and HIV
In November 1991 the basketball legend stunned America by announcing he was HIV positive.
9 mins
14 Nov 2019
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The death of Robert Enke
The German goalkeeper who killed himself in November 2009, shocking the football world.
9 mins
07 Nov 2019
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New York Marathon women's protest
How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.
9 mins
31 Oct 2019
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Chester Williams - South Africa's black rugby hero
The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.
9 mins
24 Oct 2019
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The policeman who won the Rugby World Cup
How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.
9 mins
17 Oct 2019
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Muhammad Ali: The 'Last Hurrah'
In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38
9 mins
10 Oct 2019
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India's long jump queen
How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.
9 mins
03 Oct 2019
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Western Samoa stun Wales
In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.
9 mins
26 Sep 2019
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The world's longest horse race
In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.
9 mins
19 Sep 2019
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Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty
How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.
9 mins
12 Sep 2019
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The pole-vaulter who insulted the Soviet Union
In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd
9 mins
05 Sep 2019