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Diving into the world's largest iceberg
Canadian diver Jill Heinerth was the first woman to enter the caves of a giant iceberg
Baseball's bionic man
The revolutionary surgery that saved baseball pitcher Tommy John's elbow and career.
The longest tennis match of all time
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut battle it out at Wimbledon in the longest match of all time.
Jens Voigt: Riding the Tour De on a child's bike
The unusual solution that kept a cyclist in one of the world's greatest races
Nadine Angerer: ’s penalty-saving heroine
How Nadine Angerer became 's penalty saving heroine
Britain's Golden Relay
Britain's 4x100m relay team cause one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history in Athens
Yohann Gene - The Tour de 's first black cyclist
Yohann Gene from Guadeloupe made history by being the first black man to race in the Tour
The first Women's Euros
Between 1982 and 1984, UEFA held the first European Competition for Women's Football
Nick Skelton's bid for gold
British showjumper Nick Skelton's 33 year quest for an Olympic medal.
Sydney Olympics’ vault fault
At the Olympics in 2000, a fault with gymnastics equipment changed the course of a final
The most controversial three seconds in basketball history
The USSR faced the USA in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final
Coaching the world's best tennis players
Tennis coach Rick Macci on training future world number ones Serena and Venus Williams
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson was disqualified 48 hours after winning the Olympic 100 metre final in 1988
Kosovo’s first Olympic medal
Majlinda Kelmendi won the first medal for Kosovo since the country gained independence.
Rose Reilly
Banned from playing football in her native Scotland, Rose Reilly represented Italy.
Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
How I helped bring down Lance Armstrong
One journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong
The bizarre twist in South Africa’s ultramarathon
Runner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.
China's first golf champion
Shanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.
How baseball helped bridge the US-Cuba divide
How the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba
The day we beat the All Blacks
Gareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.
Tonton Zola Moukoko: The best Championship Manager player ever
The cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom
The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup
Diana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup
Kuwait at the 1982 World Cup
The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot
Zaire's infamous World Cup free-kick moment
How Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.
Ruud Krol: The World Cup meets Total Football
How the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup
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.
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
The Maccabiah Games
The first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
Kenya's first Winter Olympian
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
