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Amazing Sport Stories Episodes

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    Trailer: Copper Bullets

    A nation鈥檚 dreams were shattered when Zambia's football team was killed in a plane crash

  2. Trailer: Chasing Mountains

    The female climbers vying to make history

  3. The worst betrayal

    The boxing champion betrayed by a teammate and sent to a Nazi concentration camp

  4. The woman in black

    Lea Campos took on one of football's most powerful men for the right to referee

  5. The unfriendly friendly

    USA v Iran. The soccer game that lead to death threats and the closure of US airspace

  6. The Olympic defectors

    A single glance changes an Iraqi weightlifter's life forever

  7. The never-ending tunnel

    Welcome to the 200-mile underground race where hallucinations are all but guaranteed

  8. The long ride home

    The sisters who fled the Taliban to cycle for all Afghan women

  9. The Legend of Takhti: Ep 3

    Following Takhti鈥檚 death, Tehran is on edge. From its depths, a legend is born

  10. The Legend of Takhti: Ep 2

    Gholamreza Takhti is dead. His death sends rumours spiralling through society

  11. The Legend of Takhti: Ep 1

    Gholamreza Takhti, Iran's most loved wrestler, tackles the world of fame and politics

  12. The Christmas truce

    The beautiful moment football replaced fighting in World War One

  13. The business of losing

    What's it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Meet the Washington Generals

  14. Tackles and tailenders

    Rudie van Vuuren, the Namibian doctor who played at both the cricket and rugby World Cups

  15. Surfing the ocean鈥檚 mountains

    The Nazare surfers who put their lives in the ocean鈥檚 hands.

  16. Surfing the ocean鈥檚 mountains

    The Nazare surfers who put their lives in the ocean鈥檚 hands

  17. Special: Curses and superstitions

    This St Patrick鈥檚 Day, we ask what drives sports fans to believe in curses

  18. Running for change

    Bobbi Gibb's battle to give women the right to run marathons.

  19. Running for change

    Bobbi Gibb's battle to give women the right to run marathons

  20. Poker's new deal

    How a card game went from smoky back rooms to the global sporting mainstream

  21. Leon Edwards: Saved by sport

    How a UFC champion escaped a violent gang life to win MMA's biggest prize

  22. Just win the day

    Basketball player Sebastien Bellin credits sport with helping him survive a bomb attack

  23. Introducing鈥�.Powerplay: The House of Don King

    Exploring the life and crimes of one of sport鈥檚 biggest characters

  24. Introducing Amazing Sport Stories

    Sport but not as you know it. Amazing Sport Stories kicks off on 30 October 2023

  25. Ghost story

    A runner defies the athletics authorities who tried to take him off the track

  26. Fixing the Crazy Gang

    A young woman finds herself at the heart of one of English football's most infamous teams.

  27. Fixing the Crazy Gang

    A young woman finds herself at the heart of one of English football's most infamous teams

  28. Evaristo: Brazil鈥檚 unsung hero

    A Barcelona legend who holds a goalscoring record not even Pele matched

  29. Ear wrestlers and high kickers

    How ripped ears and high kicks help preserve a rare part of Alaskan culture

  30. Copper Bullets: Ep 4

    One year after the crash, Zambia awaits the Africa Cup of Nations final

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