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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
Battle of Bramall Lane
The only game in English football history to be abandoned due to a shortage of players.
Kabaddi’s Asian Games golden debut
The 2010 Asian Games saw women’s kabaddi included for the first time
The Arsenal 'Invincibles'
When Arsenal went a full Premier League season unbeaten
Albert Johanneson: The first black FA Cup finalist
How South African Albert Johanneson became the first black footballer in the FA Cup final.
Man Vs Horse
Can a man beat a horse in a race? Since 1980 a Welsh town has been trying to find out
Mitchell Johnson's Ashes
How Australia's Mitchell Johnson recovered from ridicule and destroyed England's batsmen
Shun Fujimoto - Japan's injured Olympic hero
The Japanese gymnast who won a team gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee.
The first Homeless World Cup
How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.
Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon
How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.
Jana Novotna: From choker to champion
How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998
The first Women's World Cup sticker album
How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.
First women's Tour de
Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De in 1984
Nigeria's path to the Women's World Cup
How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.
The first female NBA referee
In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee
Cricket's Blackwash test series
The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash
Pat Rafter wins The US Open
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997
The first cricket helmet
In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.
Rugby's greatest upset
How Japan shook the world by beating South Africa at the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup
Chuck Wepner: The real-life Rocky who floored Ali
How American boxer Chuck Wepner knocked Muhammad Ali to the canvas in 1975
The first hijabi figure skater
Zahra Lari made history by becoming the first figure skater to compete in a hijab
Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike
Tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her streak of becoming World and Commonwealth champion.
The Netherlands beat England at the Home of Cricket
How the Netherlands embarrased England at Lord's in the 2009 T20 Cricket World Cup
1964: When surfing came to Australia
How Manly Beach in Australia hosted the first official World Surfing Championships.
Meeting Mr Pilates
Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a studio in New York to Mary Bowen
England win the Rugby World Cup
Sir Clive Woodward and George Gregan recount England's victory over Australia in 2003
Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick
In 2010, Egypt completed an unprecedented treble in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Lindsey Jacobellis: Almost
How snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis lost gold in 2006's Winter Olympics
The creation of chessboxing
How Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh combined two of his ions – chess and boxing
When West Brom went to China
In 1978, West Bromwich Albion became British ambassadors in China.
The birth of the Fifa computer game
Jan Tian says his devotion to coding the first EA Sports Fifa game nearly broke him
