The most successful Paralympian in history

In 2000, Brazilian footballer Ronaldo Nazario, known as Ronaldo, suffered a career-threatening knee injury whilst playing for Inter Milan at the age of 24. His physiotherapist, Nilton Petroni, said it was the ‘worst football injury’ he had ever seen. Over the next two years, Nilt ...  Show more

Host nation Brazil were World Cup favourites in 2014, but the German team dismantled Brazil's defense and spirit by scoring five goals in 29 minutes.Germany's Thomas Müller tells Uma Doraiswamy how they inflicted Brazil's heaviest defeat.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by ar ...  Show more

Every four years, the Modern Olympic Games is a celebration of athletic excellence. From modest roots in 19th Century Athens, to a worldwide phenomenon which will feature almost 15,000 athletes in Paris 2024, the Modern Olympics has developed into the largest sporting festival in ...  Show more

In 1984, Ethiopia suffered one of its worst ever famines. A BBC news report from the area shocked the world - and led to a huge global fundraising campaign.In 2014, Lucy Burns spoke to Dawit Giorgis, who was in charge of Ethiopia's internal relief effort during the crisis.Eye-wit ...  Show more

On 30 April 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself in a bunker in the German capital Berlin as Soviet Red Army soldiers closed in. But first he married his lover Eva Braun, and dictated his will. In 1989, Traudl Junge, one of Hitler’s secretaries who was in the bunker when he died, sha ...  Show more

Former European and Commonwealth Champions and and previous British Record holder Iwan Thomas joins the Fozcast for a wide-ranging chat on life in athletics, the highs of winning medals to the realities of money in sport. Iwan reveals the truth about Olympic medals, what it’s rea ...  Show more