When Hearts’ dream season turned sour
In 1986, Edinburgh football club Heart of Midlothian, known as Hearts, came within touching distance of glory. Just a few years earlier, the...
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20 of 674 episodesWhen the NFL came to Europe
In 1991, the NFL decided to create an international league of American football teams. Six new teams were formed in the USA, one in Canada a...
The start of the Mexican Wave
On 15 October 1981, at a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees in the USA, American cheerleader Krazy George...
Nadal describes his historic Wimbledon win over Federer
Rafael Nadal was known for being one of the best clay court tennis players but, ever since he started playing at four years old, it was his...
The making of West Germany’s iconic 1990 football shirt
In July 1990, West Germany won the World Cup for the third time, beating Argentina 1-0 in Rome. The shirt the victorious players were wearin...
Rebuilding Ronaldo’s knee
In 2000, Brazilian footballer Ronaldo Nazario, known as Ronaldo, suffered a career-threatening knee injury whilst playing for Inter Milan at...
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...
Pickles 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...