Amazing Sport Stories Episodes Episode guide
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Trailer: The Black 14
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
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Trailer: Frozen Out
Schoolgirl Justine’s fight for the right to play ice hockey on the boys’ team
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Trailer: Cursed?
Ireland’s β€cursedβ€ Gaelic football team – our next amazing sport story
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Trailer: Copper Bullets
A nation’s dreams were shattered when Zambia's football team was killed in a plane crash
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Trailer: Chasing Mountains
The female climbers vying to make history
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The worst betrayal
The boxing champion betrayed by a teammate and sent to a Nazi concentration camp
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The woman in black
Lea Campos took on one of football's most powerful men for the right to referee
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The unfriendly friendly
USA v Iran. The soccer game that lead to death threats and the closure of US airspace
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The Olympic defectors
A single glance changes an Iraqi weightlifter's life forever
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The never-ending tunnel
Welcome to the 200-mile underground race where hallucinations are all but guaranteed
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The long ride home
The sisters who fled the Taliban to cycle for all Afghan women
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The Legend of Takhti: Ep 3
Following Takhti’s death, Tehran is on edge. From its depths, a legend is born
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The Legend of Takhti: Ep 2
Gholamreza Takhti is dead. His death sends rumours spiralling through society
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The Legend of Takhti: Ep 1
Gholamreza Takhti, Iran's most loved wrestler, tackles the world of fame and politics
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The Christmas truce
The beautiful moment football replaced fighting in World War One
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The business of losing
What's it like to play for a team whose only job is to lose? Meet the Washington Generals
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Tackles and tailenders
Rudie van Vuuren, the Namibian doctor who played at both the cricket and rugby World Cups
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Surfing the ocean’s mountains
The Nazare surfers who put their lives in the ocean’s hands
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Special: Curses and superstitions
This St Patrick’s Day, we ask what drives sports fans to believe in curses
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Running for change
Bobbi Gibb's battle to give women the right to run marathons
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Poker's new deal
How a card game went from smoky back rooms to the global sporting mainstream
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Leon Edwards: Saved by sport
How a UFC champion escaped a violent gang life to win MMA's biggest prize
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Just win the day
Basketball player Sebastien Bellin credits sport with helping him survive a bomb attack
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Introducing….Powerplay: The House of Don King
Exploring the life and crimes of one of sport’s biggest characters
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Introducing Amazing Sport Stories
Sport but not as you know it. Amazing Sport Stories kicks off on 30 October 2023
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Ghost story
A runner defies the athletics authorities who tried to take him off the track
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Fixing the Crazy Gang
A young woman finds herself at the heart of one of English football's most infamous teams
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Evaristo: Brazil’s unsung hero
A Barcelona legend who holds a goalscoring record not even Pele matched
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Ear wrestlers and high kickers
How ripped ears and high kicks help preserve a rare part of Alaskan culture
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Copper Bullets: Ep 4
One year after the crash, Zambia awaits the Africa Cup of Nations final