Sporting Witness Episodes Available now
The plasterer who fought a boxing legend
Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997
First black cricketer to represent England
In 1980, Roland Butcher became the first black cricketer to play for the England team
Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion
In 2005, badminton champion Rajeev Bagga took his total of Deaflympic gold medals to 14
F1's only six-wheeled winner
In 1976, the first person won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car
Women's Marathon Agony
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
International football's biggest ever beating
How American Samoa were beaten 31-0 by Australia in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers
Zamalek Stadium Disaster
One of Africa's worst sporting disasters happened in Cairo in 1974
Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid
Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics
Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar
How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport