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The most successful Paralympian in history
Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals
Winning gold at the first Paralympics
In 1960, the first Paralympic Games took place
The Gambia's first Paralympic Games
In 2012, The Gambia made their first appearance at the Paralympic Games
The invention of Padel
In 1969, Enrique and Viviana Corcuera created Padel while on holiday
Formula E: The world’s first electric car championship
Nelson Piquet Jr competed in the first Formula E race in 2014, featuring 20 electric cars
The Iron Ladies
How a Thai men’s volleyball team made up of gay and trans athletes won a championship
Brian McKechnie: New Zealand's double international sportsman
Brian McKechnie has been in New Zealand teams for both international rugby and cricket
The first African Cup of Champions
In 1964, the first ever African Cup of Champions took place in Ghana
The drone that started a riot
How a politically charged match between Serbia and Albania descended into violent chaos
Agnes Keleti: The world's oldest living Olympian
Hungarian Agnes Keleti is the world's oldest living Olympian at 103
Brojen Das: Bangladesh's Channel swimming champ
In 1961, Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from to England
The football fans who built their own stadium
When Union Berlin had financial problems, their fans volunteered to renovate the stadium
First international for Netherlands women's football
Dutch footballer Ellen Popeyus was 16 when she played for her country in the first match
Battle of the Surfaces
Rafael Nadal takes on Roger Federer on a tennis court made of half grass and half clay
The Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics
How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team
Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess'
In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history
Puerto Rico upsets the USA in Olympic basketball
In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball
Fighting Norway's boxing ban
In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing
’s first black national footballer
Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career
Maria Costello: the record-breaking female motorcyclist
In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course
The ice hockey team sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi
In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn
Ron Grant: First man to run around Australia
In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia
The Ice Mile
In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water
How Fanny Blankers-Koen became the 'flying housewife’
Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London
George Best scores a double hat-trick
On 7 February 1970, Manchester United's George Best scored six goals in an FA Cup game
The Super Bowl helmet catch
How the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots with an "insult to Einstein"
The woman who sailed solo around the world
In 1978, Naomi James became the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn
Exploring the caves of the world's biggest iceberg
In 2000, Jill Heinerth became the first person to dive under the caves of a vast iceberg
When Chelsea took on Tromsø in an Arctic blizzard
In 1997, Chelsea played part-timers Tromsø at home – in the Arctic north of Norway.
Murderball: Inventing wheelchair rugby
In 1976, a group of Canadian friends created a game they initially called 'murderball'
Becoming the 60m fastest woman in the world
At 60m, Nelli Cooman is a former indoor world record holder, running 7:00 seconds.
