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Sporting Witness

BBC World Service

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Sporting Witness is a short BBC World Service podcast that tells the biggest stories in sport through the people who were actually there. Each episode is about nine minutes – roughly the time it takes to enjoy a cup of tea – and is built around one person’s memories.You don’t even have to follow sport to get hooked on our podcast. A lot of the episodes are about so much more – like identity, obsession, and politics. Take the surprising story behind the West Germany shirt from the 1990 World Cup final – a zigzag of black, red and gold that’s now one of the...

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Recent episodes

  • Germany’s first football shirt sponsorOct 31, 2026 · 11 min
  • The first Refugee Olympic TeamOct 24, 2026 · 11 min
  • Manchester City’s inflatable banana crazeOct 15, 2026 · 10 min
  • Mark Taylor's sporting sacrificeOct 10, 2026 · 10 min
  • Mr YouTube ManOct 3, 2026 · 10 min
  • The first female photographer in the Premier LeagueSep 26, 2026 · 11 min
  • The most successful ParalympianSep 19, 2026 · 10 min
  • The first Rubik's Cube world championSep 12, 2026 · 11 min
  • Norway v England 1981: 'Your boys took a hell of a beating'Sep 5, 2026 · 11 min
  • ‘Baby Jet’ Ghana’s sprinting superstarAug 29, 2026 · 11 min

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