Sport Podcasts
Group of supporters watching a game of football

The selection of Sport podcast episodes listed below are available long-term:

The History of Football Greg Jenner and his guests discover the history of the beautiful game (from the You're Dead to Me podcast) (47 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07n8q35


The First Paralympic Games About the first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960 (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00kcpsp


Torvill and Dean British ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean talk about their performance of Ravel's Bolero (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01sbmk2


Premier League Captains Lineker, Shearer and Wright debate (argue) over who's the greatest Premier League captain (from the Match of the Day: Top 10 podcast) (39 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p086w1p3


Four-Minute Mile How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954 (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00t6kgp


Boat Race Mutiny The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987 (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00q88yw


Red Rum The racehorse who became a legend in Britain for winning the Grand National three times (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (10 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p04yzcw4


Rumble in the Jungle In October 1974 one of the greatest boxing matches of all time took place in Zaire (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00l845y


The birth of skiing How the British invented downhill skiing at the start of the 20th Century (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswmw9


Why I invented the sports bra When Lisa Lindahl couldn't find a comfortable bra to run in, she decided to design one (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswmw8


The Climbing Pioneer Who Conquered El Capitan Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose' - 3,000ft of vertical granite wall (from the Sporting Witness podcast) (9 min) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csv048

In addition there are many others featured in the BBC Sounds'

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