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Algerian players secretly left their French clubs to form their own national team in 1958
The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2
The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe.
He scored a goal for the US and upon his return to Haiti was taken by the secret police
The racing driver who suffered a horrific crash, but then became a successful Paralympian
The Canadian rower who defied a horrific injury to win an Olympic medal in 1992
How the young Muhammad Ali became boxing world champion after two controversial fights.
In 1984, the British skaters charmed the world with their performance of Ravel's Bolero
How the legendary Austrian skier won one of the most exciting Olympic downhill races ever
In 1964, Britain won an Olympic event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship.
