Battle of the Surfaces

Rafael Nadal takes on Roger Federer on a tennis court made of half grass and half clay

• 9 mins

The Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics

How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team

• 9 mins

Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess'

In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history

• 9 mins

Puerto Rico upsets the USA in Olympic basketball

In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball

• 8 mins

Fighting Norway's boxing ban

In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing

• 10 mins

Germany’s first black national footballer

Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career

• 9 mins

Maria Costello: the record-breaking female motorcyclist

In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course

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The ice hockey team sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi

In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn

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Ron Grant: First man to run around Australia

In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia

• 8 mins

The Ice Mile

In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water

• 9 mins

How Fanny Blankers-Koen became the 'flying housewife’

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London

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