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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.
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
Roger Federer's first Men's Wimbledon win
How Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men’s title for the first time in 2003
Caster Semenya
In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender
The man who skied down Everest
How Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura became the first person to ski on Everest in 1970
Vanderlei de Lima and the sabotaged Olympic marathon
Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima on how his lead in the 2004 Olympic marathon was destroyed
Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager
In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England’s men’s football team.
The Elfstedentocht
How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races
Lin Dan: Bton's all time superstar
How bton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport
Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics
Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid
