The first Refugee Olympic Team

In 1973, the head of the alcohol brand Jägermeister, Gunter Mast, decided he wanted to sponsor his local football team Eintracht Braunschweig. However, under the rules of the West German Football Federation, the DFB, advertising on shirts was banned. He launched a legal challenge ...  Show more

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Manchester City supporters became famous for an unusual sight on the terraces: inflatable bananas. What began as a light-hearted joke soon turned into one of the most memorable fan crazes in English football.Uma Doraiswamy tells the story of foo ...  Show more

Imagine being a national hero, one of the greatest athletes to ever come around in the history of your entire sport. Imagine winning just about every single trophy you could possibly win over the course of a career that stretched almost twenty years. Now imagine that, at the end ...  Show more

The 2007 Women’s World Cup was supposed to be a crash course between the defending champions, Germany, and the USA, whom the Germans had embarrassed in the semifinals of the previous World Cup. No one, however, told that to a 21-year-old, who turned the women’s game on its head b ...  Show more

Port Melbourne FC fights back after the local council ends their FIFA World Cup legacy dream; a 16 year old AFL player stands up to racism plus experts on what needs to happen; Australian men's test cricket team captain Pat Cummins on leadership.