The Gay Games

The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.

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Zimbabwe's Paralympic pioneer

How Elliot Mujaji won the first ever Paralympic gold medal for his country in 2000.

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The Palestinian women's football team

How Honey Thaljieh started a soccer team for women in the occupied West Bank

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When Col Gaddafi's son played football in Italy's Serie A

In 2003, A.C. Perugia signed Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan dictator

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Fighting for women's boxing

The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.

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Ghana's runaway sprinters

How two Ghanaian athletes escaped during the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1990

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Kuwait at the football World Cup

The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot

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The athlete who changed the rules on sex tests

How a Spanish woman hurdler won the right to compete despite having male chromosomes

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The Scottish club that toppled Real Madrid

Led by Alex Ferguson, Aberdeen beat the Spanish giants to win a European trophy in 1983

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Anthony Robles

The one-legged wrestler who won a national college title in the United States in 2011

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Indonesia's badminton heroine

How Susi Susanti won the first Olympic gold medal for her badminton-obsessed country

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Arsenal's last-minute championship win

In 1989 Arsenal won the English football league with an extra-time goal against Liverpool

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Maria Mutola - Mozambique's athletics queen

How the legendary 800-metre runner finally won an Olympic gold medal in 2000

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Enith Brigitha - First black swimmer to win an Olympic medal

In 1976, the Dutch swimmer blazed the trail for future black athletes in swimming

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Denmark's shock Euros win

How the Danes won the Euro 92 championship despite not even qualifying for the tournament

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The Van Basten wonder goal

How an amazing volley gave Holland their first victory at a big international tournament

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Football's Coming Home

How England sparked a mood of national euphoria at Euro 96 before it ended in tears

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The Panenka penalty

How the Czechoslovak midfielder created a daring new style of penalty at Euro 76

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France’s Euro 2000 triumph

Robert Pires on how the French became European champions in dramatic style

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Bjorn Borg

The Swedish tennis superstar who won Wimbledon five times in a row

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Stacy Dragila - Queen of the Women's Pole Vault

The American vaulter who won the first ever Olympic women's competition at Sydney 2000

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The first Tokyo Olympics

How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games

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Zamzam Farah - Somalia's inspiring runner

The Somali 400-metre runner who was forced to seek asylum after the London 2012 Olympics

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The Golden Couple of the first Tokyo Olympics

British runners Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell were stars of the 1964 Olympics

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Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker

How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records and won Paralympic golds.

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Hou Bin wows the world

The Chinese athlete who lit the Paralympic flame after a stunning feat of strength.

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Brazil's blind sprinting legend

How Terezinha Guilhermina went from a Brazilian favela to Paralympic glory.

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India's first Paralympic champion

In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal.

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The struggle for women's football in Afghanistan

Former captain Shamila Kohestani on why football in Afghanistan was more than a game

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The Queen of Women's Beach Volleyball

How America’s Misty May-Treanor won an Olympic gold medal three times.

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