Every Sport · Every Era
The Greatest Moments in Sport
Moments that stopped time, from Olympic stadiums to boxing rings to Centre Court, cricket grounds and gridirons. Scroll through the stories that made legends of the people who lived them.
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Sport Is Made of Seconds That Last Forever
A punch, a jump, a final lap, a single shot with the clock running out. Moments of Legends collects the instants across every sport, every country, every era, where the outcome stopped being a guess and became history. No league tables, no live scores, just the stories behind the moments people still talk about decades later.
Ice Hockey · 1980
The Miracle on Ice
At the height of the Cold War, a roster of American college amateurs takes on a Soviet side that had turned Olympic hockey into a formality, and wins.
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Football · 1986
The Hand of God and the Goal of the Century
Four minutes apart in the same quarter-final, Diego Maradona scores the World Cup's most notorious goal and its most celebrated one.
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Athletics · 2008
9.69 Seconds, Slowing Down
A 21-year-old Jamaican sets a 100 metres world record while easing off and celebrating before he reaches the line.
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147 Moments, 13 Sports
Which Moment Made You a Fan?
Every sport has one. Scroll back up, pick your era, and relive it.
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