Nigeria’s ‘Mr Flag Man’ waited a year to be buried
The family of the man who designed Nigeria’s national flag have told…
How ‘Eric the Eel’ had one bad swim and became an enduring Olympic legend
The swimmer in Lane Seven was twenty-four months old when the most…
‘The hijab is part of me’ – beach volleyball star
As a 19-year-old about to make her debut at the 2016 Olympics,…
I was unfit and flipping burgers when I decided to win the Olympics
Watching the super-heavyweight boxers during my lunch break at McDonald’s, I was…
‘People were going crazy’ – how the Super Eagles took the world by storm
A new documentary looks at what Nigeria’s success in the 1990s meant…
‘I can go even faster’ – World marathon record holder
Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can get even closer to a…
“It put my life in great jeopardy” – the Tanzanian tackling a taboo
"For us here in Tanzania, it would have been the end of…
Ramla Ali: From refugee who fled war-torn Somalia to undefeated boxer, model & activist
Thunderous chants of "Ali, Ali, Ali" from a boisterous crowd reverberated around…
Wyomia Tyus: First back-to-back 100m Olympic Champion in the world
Before Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson-Herah,…
