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…

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 joining…

World Cup Willie, a roguish little lion with a Union Jack jersey, emerged as one of the leading personalities of the 1966 World Cup competition.…

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 at…

Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pelé was Brazil’s soccer superstar and one of the greatest footballers ever. He was fantastic, fabulous and friendly – even…

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, in…

There is a famous story about George Best after he had won one night at a casino and a bellboy found him in his hotel…

“I am the greatest,” claimed Muhammad Ali – and many still consider him to be the finest heavyweight boxer of all time. His catchphrase “float like…

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…

Roller Derby was born in Chicago during the Depression but didn’t achieve national prominence until the advent of television in the late 1940s. In 1949,…