The Wheel of Sport

How do you stop the greatest batsman of all time? Bowl dangerously towards his body and his head.

Don Bradman was an unstoppable force in Australian cricket. A remarkable sportsman that had a batting …

One of the biggest games of every AFL season is between suburban rivals Collingwood and Carlton. However, few fans know the origin of this fierce rivalry that dates back to the start of the 20th Cent…

The field of sprinters that lined up for the 200m at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were the greatest there had ever been. Two Americans and an Australian took the medal places. There was mild…

Kevin Keegan and John Toshack were a defining strike partnership in the 1970s. Playing for Liverpool, they linked together so well, a local TV network decided to test whether there was anything more …

In 1997, the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, was challenged by IBM to play against their computer 'Deep Blue'. This is the extraordinary story of man versus machine. It was an international new…

Nadia Comaneci appeared at her first Summer Olympic Games in Montreal 1976. The expectations were high but nobody could've predicted the remarkable achievements of this extraordinary teenager. Even t…

James 'Buster' Douglas was a middling fighter that, after a change of coach and a string of wins, found himself in a showdown with Mike Tyson. The infamous Tyson came into the fight as the undefeated…

Rober Falcon Scott, Ernie Shackleton and Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen were the great explorers in this 'heroic age'. The South Pole had not been conquered. It was the last major feat to explore…

This is the story of the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices an unfunded Scottish sprinter made in order to compete in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Allan Wells managed to do the unthinkable…

A Cuban immigrant entered her first ever marathon in New York City 1979. Six months later, she stormed the field at The Boston Marathon. She was an unknown. A novice. An enigma. But after the celebra…

Torquay United FC, a struggling team on England's south coast, were destined for relegation out of the Football League in 1987. They found themselves down in their last game before an outside influen…

Gus Johnson was a terrific basketball player. He had admirers across America. Johnson's exceptional leap had gained notoriety and allowed Johnson to elevate his game to an impressive level. However, …

Fashion and football started to become intertwined during the post-war period when fans started to treat match day as an occasion worth dressing for. Old clips of Liverpool's Spion Kop show fans pack…

Common knowledge tells you that the first ever World Cup was hosted in Uruguay, 1930. However, a charismatic entrepreneur managed to organise an international soccer tournament well before FIFA was e…