Sporting Witness Episodes Available now
New York Marathon women's protest
How six women runners staged a sit-down to demand equality for female athletes in 1972.
Chester Williams - South Africa's black rugby hero
The story of the only black player in the Springboks' World Cup winning team in 1995.
The policeman who won the Rugby World Cup
How a London-born policeman ended up featuring in an all-conquering New Zealand team.
Muhammad Ali: The 'Last Hurrah'
In 1980 the boxing legend came out of retirement for a last shot at a world title aged 38
India's long jump queen
How Anju Bobby George won India's first ever World Athletics Championship medal in 2003.
Western Samoa stun Wales
In 1991, the team from the South Pacific shocked Wales in the Rugby World Cup.
The world's longest horse race
In 2009 the first ever Mongol Derby was raced across the Mongolian Steppe.
Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty
How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.
The pole-vaulter who insulted the Soviet Union
In 1980, Poland's Władysław Kozakiewicz won Olympic gold, then insulted the Moscow crowd
The Queen of Mont Blanc
How Britain's Lizzy Hawker won the top race in mountain-running a record five times.
