First women's cyclo-cross world championship
Female cyclo-cross riders take part at the world championship in 2000 for the first time
- 9 mins
- 02 Feb 2023
BBC Sounds - Sporting Witness - Available Episodes
Sporting Witness
The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
Episodes (526 Available)
Calciopoli: The Juventus scandalIn 2006, a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football
- 9 mins
- 26 Jan 2023
Tiger Woods wins his first majorAt the age of 21, Tiger Woods won the US Masters in 1997 by dominating the golf course
- 9 mins
- 19 Jan 2023
First woman to win Olympic gold in windsurfingBarbara Kendall overcame injury to win gold in windsurfing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics
- 9 mins
- 12 Jan 2023
Kenya's first Winter OlympianHow cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero.
- 9 mins
- 05 Jan 2023
The Maccabiah GamesThe first Maccabiah Games, a multi-sport event for Jewish athletes, were held in 1932
- 9 mins
- 29 Dec 2022
The Mongol Rally: Racing in one of the greatest road trips on EarthRacing from England to Mongolia in a car with a tiny engine
- 9 mins
- 22 Dec 2022
Nicol David: How to be a number 1 squash player for 9 yearsNicol David on becoming world number 1 in squash and staying there for 9 years in a row.
- 9 mins
- 15 Dec 2022
Ruud Krol: The World Cup meets Total FootballHow the Netherlands' style and flair stole the show at the 1974 World Cup
- 9 mins
- 08 Dec 2022
Zaire's infamous World Cup free-kick momentHow Zaire's reaction to Brazil's free-kick in the 1974 World Cup became folklore.
- 9 mins
- 01 Dec 2022
Kuwait at the 1982 World CupThe Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot
- 9 mins
- 24 Nov 2022
When Diana Ross missed a penalty at the World CupDiana Ross' iconic penalty miss at the 1994 World Cup
- 9 mins
- 17 Nov 2022
The Golden Girls of ZimbabweHow the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
- 9 mins
- 10 Nov 2022
Tonton Zola Moukoko: The best Championship Manager player everThe cult hero whose real life didn't match his computer stardom
- 9 mins
- 03 Nov 2022
The day we beat the All BlacksGareth Jenkins relives Llanelli Rugby Club’s iconic 1972 victory over the All Blacks.
- 9 mins
- 27 Oct 2022
How baseball helped bridge the US-Cuba divideHow the Baltimore Orioles became the first Major League team to play in communist Cuba
- 9 mins
- 20 Oct 2022
China's first golf championShanshan Feng was the first Chinese golfer ever to win a major championship back in 2012.
- 9 mins
- 13 Oct 2022
The bizarre twist in South Africa’s ultramarathonRunner Nick Bester notices something suspicious at South Africa’s Comrades ultramarathon.
- 9 mins
- 06 Oct 2022
How I helped bring down Lance ArmstrongOne journalist's 12 year pursuit of drug cheat Lance Armstrong
- 9 mins
- 29 Sep 2022
Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic championDerartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
- 9 mins
- 22 Sep 2022
