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Wrexham's FA Cup giant-killing
In January 1992, the small Welsh club beat reigning English champions Arsenal.
Togo bus attack
In 2010, Angolan rebels opened fire on the team buses of the Togolese football team.
P.T. Usha - India's 'queen of track and field'
How the fastest woman in India came agonisingly close to Olympic glory in 1984
Stanley Matthews' Soweto team
How an English soccer legend ran a team of black players in apartheid-era South Africa
Rocky Bleier: The legendary comeback
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.
Knocking down Mike Tyson
In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.
Nancy Greene: The 'Tiger' of women's skiing
How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968
Kenya's first Winter Olympian
In 1998, a farmer called Philip Boit competed in the gruelling cross-country ski event.
India's luge pioneer
How Shiva Keshavan took part in one of the most dangerous Winter Olympic sports at 16.
Colin McRae: Rally legend
How the Scottish driver became the youngest ever rally World Champion in 1995
The remarkable life of Eva Szekely
The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely
Death at the Cricket World Cup
How the death of top coach Bob Woolmer threw cricket into turmoil in 2007.
Ironman's Ironwoman
Julie Moss put Ironman on the map by crawling to the finish of the World Championship.
The perfect bull-ride
In 1991, Wade Leslie became the first and only cowboy to achieve the maximum rodeo score.
Why I designed the prosthetic running leg
The inventor of the Cheetah Foot on the accident that led him to revolutionise para-sport
Parkour
How French teenagers invented a sport by running, jumping and vaulting around their town.
Mary Peters
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
Defying the Taliban
How Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir battled death threats to become a squash player.
The 'Crazy Gang' win the FA Cup
How Wimbledon won a shock victory over the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final
Fausto Coppi - Il Campionissimo
The great Italian cyclist whose private life scandalized Italy in the 1950s.
The Matthews Final
How legendary English footballer Stanley Matthews won the FA Cup for his team in 1953.
Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.
Ibtihaj Muhammad - Fencing in a hijab
The inspiring story of the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab at the Olympics.
Rulon Gardner - Wrestling Hero
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian champion considered unbeatable.
Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
Cheerleading's first World Championships
The first Cheerleading Worlds were held in 2004 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Greece's stunning football triumph
How rank outsiders Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship.
Andre Agassi
The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion
Beckham in Hollywood
The glitz and glamour of David Beckham's g for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007
Afghanistan's cricket heroes
How Afghan cricketers lifted the nation's spirits by reaching their first big tournament
Coe vs Ovett
British runner Sebastian Coe re his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics
