Sporting Witness
The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
- Website
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00j2pn5
- Description
- The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-16 23:30
- last episode published
- 2024-11-16 10:00
- publication frequency
- 8.29 days
- Contributors
- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 587
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-11-16 | Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were the undisputed King of Clay and King of Grass respectively. But who would win on a hybrid court made up of half grass and half clay? That was the idea from Argentinean creative entrepreneur and tennis fan Pablo del C... |
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| 2024-11-09 | In November 1973, Netherlands women’s football team lined up for their country’s first official international. It was a major step on the road to the development of the game, both in the Netherlands and in England, who were their opponents that day. No... |
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| 2024-11-02 | In 2008, Union Berlin played in the third division in German football. They were best known for the extraordinary atmosphere at their unique stadium, the Stadion An der Alten Försterei, which is surrounded by forest in East Berlin. But long term financ... |
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| 2024-10-26 | In 1961, Brojen Das, a swimmer from the Ganges Delta, set a new world record for swimming from France to England. It was his sixth attempt. The achievement earned him an audience with the Queen and made him a hero in what is now Bangladesh. Farhana Hai... |
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| 2024-10-19 | Hungarian Agnes Keleti is the world's oldest living Olympian at 103. Her gymnastics career was interrupted by the war when she was forced to flee Nazi persecution in Budapest because of her Jewish faith.She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 S... |
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| 2024-10-12 | The Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania in October 2014 was politically charged between the two nations. But the opening exchanges in Belgrade had passed without major incident, until a drone carrying a flag appeared in the sky above the pit... |
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| 2024-10-05 | In 1964, the first ever African Cup of Champions took place in Ghana, as teams from around the continent competed to be crowned the best team in African club football. It was won by Cameroonian champions Oryx Douala and Justice Baidoo speaks to Oryx Do... |
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| 2024-09-28 | Brian McKechnie is one of the few people in history to have represented New Zealand in both international rugby and international cricket. He has also been at centre of two of the country’s biggest major sporting controversies. He speaks to Will Yates.... |
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| 2024-09-21 | In 1996, Thailand watched in awe as the Iron Ladies, a men’s volleyball team made up of gay and trans athletes, triumphed over the country’s best and won the national championships. Yet despite their outstanding success, none of the team from the north... |
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| 2024-09-14 | Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet Jr recalls taking part at the launch of Formula E in Beijing, China in 2014. It was the world’s first racing championship for electric cars.The idea for the competition, going through some of the world’s most iconic citie... |
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