Brazil 1-7 Germany: Brazil's heaviest defeat
Host nation Brazil were World Cup favourites in 2014, but the German team dismantled Brazil's defense and spirit by scoring five goals in 29...
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20 of 668 episodesPickles the dog finds the World Cup trophy
Pickles the dog became an unlikely hero before the 1966 World Cup when he found the stolen Jules Rimet trophy on his daily walk. Stardom bec...
When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World Cup
In 1994, the USA hosted the FIFA World Cup for the first time. The choice of host nation was a controversial one because, at that time, the...
Mexico’s Cachirules scandal
In 1988, a scandal took place in Mexican football, which saw the men’s team banned from the 1990 World Cup. Mexico had fielded over-age play...
Shakhtar Donetsk win the UEFA Cup
When Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup in 2009, it was meant to be the start of a new chapter for independent Ukraine. However, when war bro...
Leicester City’s Premier League win
In 2016, Leicester City pulled off one of football’s greatest shocks. The club won the English Premier League despite starting the season as...
Nigeria’s 12-year wait for gold
At the Sydney Olympics in 2000 the Nigerian 4x400m relay team surpassed expectations by winning silver in dramatic fashion. But, in the year...
The Juventus match-fixing scandal
In 2006, Italy's most successful team, Juventus, were relegated from the Italian top division due to their involvement in the Calciopoli mat...
Making Escape To Victory
The 1981 film Escape To Victory is a World War Two tale of a football match in a prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany starring Sylvester Sta...
The Fabiola Rule
In the 1990s, rollerblading had separate competitions for men and women. That changed in 2000, when the two were combined into one mixed com...
International football's biggest ever beating: 31-0
In April 2001, the small island nation of American Samoa took on Australia in the World Cup qualifiers. You could only play for the team if...
'Fan man' crashes heavyweight championship
In November 1993, James Miller interrupted the highly anticipated world heavyweight championship rematch between Evander Holyfield and Riddi...
First official penalty shootout
On 5 August 1970, a pre-season match between second division Hull City and European giants Manchester United changed football forever. With...
The Czech Republic at Euro 96
In 1996, the Czech Republic played in their first major football tournament since the country's formation three years earlier. The unfancied...
The first Women’s Six Nations Rugby Championship
Nathalie Amiel was a star of French rugby for more than fifteen years, from when she started playing internationally aged 15. She was part o...
The English samurai
In 1977, Michael Jay from England becomes the first foreigner to take part in the Soma Nomaoi which celebrates classical martial arts and mi...
Emil Zatopek at the Helsinki Olympics
In 1952, the Summer Olympics took place at the height of the Cold War in Helsinki, Finland. Czechoslovak army officer Emil Zatopek achieved...
The X Games
In 1995, Canadian BMXer Jay Miron took part in the first ever Extreme Games. A celebration of action sports like skateboarding and BMXing, t...
The split in darts
In the 1970s and 80s the sport of darts was booming in the UK. It was on TV almost every week and the sport’s stars were household names. Bu...
Sibling success on the slopes
In 2003, skiing history was made when Croatian siblings Janica and Ivica Kostelić became the first sister-brother duo to win World Cup Alpin...