Sporting Witness Episodes Available now
The first cricket helmet
In 1977, batsman Dennis Amiss was the first cricketer to wear a protective helmet.
Pat Rafter wins The US Open
How the Australian tennis player surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997
Cricket's Blackwash test series
The West Indies beat England 5-0 in a 1984 test series that became known as Blackwash
The first female NBA referee
In 1997 Violet Palmer stepped out on court to become the first female NBA referee
Nigeria's path to the Women's World Cup
How the Nigerian women’s football team were the first African side in the 1991 World Cup.
First women's Tour de France
Marianne Martin talks about winning the first official women’s Tour De France in 1984
The first Women's World Cup sticker album
How Panini made their first football World Cup sticker album for the women's tournament.
Jana Novotna: From choker to champion
How the Czech player fought back from a tearful defeat to finally win Wimbledon in 1998
Chris Lewis shocks Wimbledon
How New Zealand's Chris Lewis, ranked 91 in the world, reached the Wimbledon men's final.
The first Homeless World Cup
How the football tournament first came about and challenged perceptions of homelessness.
