Our #tbt today is dedicated to the story of Eric "The Eel" Moussambani, the first Equatorial Guinea swimmer who partecipated in the Olympics Games in Sidney. In the years before the Olympics Games he had practised in a river, and later a 12-metre swimming pool in a hotel in Malabo, that he [...]

Jackie Mitchell lived in an age where women did not have too many opportunities to get involved in sports, but Jackie Mitchell just did it: she became a professional baseball pitcher. In 1931, at the age of 17, Mitchell was signed to a contract by the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. In her very [...]

A Formula 1 driver, a two-time CART series winner, an innovator, an athlete, a gold-medal winner at the Paralympics, but above all, a man with a true champion’s attitude:  Alex Zanardi. He started his career as a racing driver, but an on-track accident, because of which he lost both of his legs, [...]

The story of the czechoslovak long-distance runner Emil Zatopek,  better known as "The Human Locomotive". At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Zátopek won gold in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the marathon, breaking Olympic records in each event. Zátopek is the only person to win these three long distance events in the same [...]

We want to celebrate Nelson Mandela by telling the incredible happenings of the final of the Rugby World Cup 1995 Johannesburg, 24 June 1995. South Africa was at the time still deeply signed by its recent history of apartheid, racial segregation and inequality. The human rights’ fighter Nelson Mandela, depicted by the white [...]

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr., one of the greatest players in the history of NBA and the events that made his career even more than unforgettable. In 1991 Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV and in a press conference held on November, he made a public announcement that he would [...]

In May of 2002, the owners of Wimbledon F.C. had permission to move 70 miles away, to a town called Milton Keynes, despite protests from Wimbledon fans. For many Wimbledon fans, to lose their club was to lose their community. Despite the protests, it appeared Wimbledon would be without a football club until [...]

Australia 61 years ago, 1956. Australian John Landy made history when he became the second man to break 4 minutes in the mile, 46 days after Roger Bannister became the first in 1954. Landy is revered in Australia, where he served as the 26th Governor of Victoria, in part because of the [...]

We are in 1964 in Innsbruck, during the Winter Olympics. Eugenio Monti, known as The Flying Redhead, was an Italian skier who competed professionally in the championship circuit before switching over to the bobsleigh. The Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in 1964 was the year the sporting world believed the Italians would finally [...]

Kathrine Switzer is a woman who has changed history for both women and running. It was the 19th of April 1967 when Katherine registered her name for the Boston Marathon, something that no woman had done before. She wrote only her initials in the application form, not to mislead organisers, but because [...]