19 December 2015
Jimmy Hill has died aged 87 following a battle with Alzheimer’s.
Hill will forever be remembered as one of the most influential figures...
Mickey Mantle's illustrious baseball career began in the 1950s when he was a teenage phenomenon out of Commerce, Oklahoma, thrust into the limelight of...
Young newcomer Evonne Goolagong was one month away from her 20th birthday when she scored straight-set victories over Billie Jean King in the semi-finals...
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé was Brazil's soccer superstar, and one of the greatest footballers ever. He was fantastic, fabulous and friendly -...
The exact beginnings of the Harlem Globetrotters are uncertain, although the team considers that their first-ever road game took place on 7 January 1927,...
Jackie Stewart - The Flying Scotsman - drove an Elf Tyrell
In 1973 at Watkins Glen (which was Jackie's 100th Grand Prix) Stewart's teammate Francois...
Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast, Nadia Comaneci, delighted crowds at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
She won three gold medals, a silver and a bronze, scoring...
Formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 1986, The Wonder Stuff amassed a sizeable local following and released an EP, It's A Wonderful Day, in 1987.
Along...
Five-year-old Tommy (Anthony Wilson) witnesses the murder of kindly policeman 'Mr Kool' (Ed Bernard) - a well respected and admired figure in the community...
Born David Holgate Grundy in Beighton near Sheffield in 1941, Berry started out singing in Yorkshire clubs as half of an Everly Brothers-type duo.
In 1961 he...
Australian band, Midnight Oil developed from an association struck up in 1974 between drummer Rob Hirst, bassist Andrew 'Bear' James and guitarist/keyboard player James...
This Communist movement in Cambodia (Kampuchea) was formed in the 1960s and controlled the country between 1974 and 1978. The Khmer Rouge was responsible...