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The Dumptruck: King of sumo
How a Hawaiian-born wrestler stormed the traditional world of Japanese sumo in the 1980s
Zola Budd
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The superstar American race-horse who was the first mare to win the Breeders' Cup
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The Tibetan football team
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Bangladesh's football heroes
How the national football team helped the country's fight for independence in 1971.
Nigeria's Paralympic heroine
The shot-putter with dwarfism whose gold medal celebration went viral on social media.
Yale women rowers protest
In 1976, the Yale rowing team stripped naked to demand equal treatment for women's sport.
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The Port Said stadium riot
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Novak Djokovic: The road to success
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India's Luge pioneer
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Vonetta Flowers: The first black Winter Olympic champion
How the American bobsledder made history at the 2002 games in Utah
Morten Andersen: The NFL Hall of Fame kicker
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Dan Jansen - from tragedy to triumph
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The Queen of Paralympic Snowboarding
Bibian Mentel-Spee campaigned for her event to be in the games, then won the first Gold.
The first Winter Paralympic Games
Two athletes from Finland and Britain the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976.
Kelly Gallagher
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Saving Fabrice Muamba
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The women cross-country skiers who fought to race
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Tanya Streeter
In 2002, free diver Tanya Streeter attempted to reach a record depth of 160m.
The Mozart of Table Tennis
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Cricket in North Korea
In 2008, a group of western cricketers took their sport to the Axis of Evil.
Jahangir Khan: The king of squash
The legendary Pakistani player who went undefeated for five years in the 1980s
Janet Guthrie: The first woman at the Indianapolis 500
How the pioneering racing driver broke the gender barrier at America's top motor race
Man City win their first Premier League
Defender Micah Richards on the most exciting finish ever to the English football season.
The footballer trapped in Syria
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Ryneldi Becenti - Native American basketball hero
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The Miracle of Istanbul
Liverpool's incredible comeback to win the Champions League final in 2005
