Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon
How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.
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The first Homeless World Cup
How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.
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Shun Fujimoto - Japan's injured Olympic hero
The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.
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Mitchell Johnson's Ashes
How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen
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Man Vs Horse
Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out
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Albert Johanneson: The first black FA Cup finalist
How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.
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The Arsenal 'Invincibles'
When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten
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Kabaddi鈥檚 Asian Games golden debut
The 2010 Asian Games saw women鈥檚 kabaddi included for the first time
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Battle of Bramall Lane
The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.
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The start of the J.League
How the first match of Japan's first professional football league kicked off in Tokyo
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Indian weightlifting鈥檚 鈥業ron Lady鈥�
How weightlifter Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal
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Winning the hardest dog-sled race in the world
In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first female winner of the Iditarod
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Bomb scare at The Grand National
The story of the 150th Grand National which was disrupted by an IRA bomb scare.
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Ernst van Dyk: Ten-time Boston Marathon winner
How wheelchair racer Ernst van Dyk won the Boston Marathon a record-breaking tenth time.
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The Marseille bribery and match fixing scandal
In 1993, European champions Marseille were charged with bribery and match fixing.
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First women's Six Nations Rugby Championship
French rugby star Nathalie Amiel reflects on winning the first Six Nations in 2002
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Ammo Baba: Iraq's footballing hero
The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq
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Irene Van Dyk: Netball鈥檚 goal shooting star
She is the most capped netballer of all time
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The boxing referee who started a riot
A New Zealand referee quit after starting a riot during the Summer Olympics of 1988
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The first Basketball World Cup
In 1950, Argentina hosted, and won, the inaugural Basketball World Cup
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Muay Thai: World champion Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu
American Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu became one of the most successful Muay Thai fighters
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The Vatican's mini-World Cup
In 2007, trainee priests competed to win the first football Clericus Cup
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First women's cyclo-cross world championship
Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time
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Calciopoli: The Juventus scandal
In 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football
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Tiger Woods wins his first major
At the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course
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First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfing
Barbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
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Kenya's first Winter Olympian
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
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The Maccabiah Games
The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
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The Mongol Rally: Racing in one of the greatest road trips on Earth
Racing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine
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Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 years
Nicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
