The biggest drug story in Olympic history. The biggest fish they ever caught. After his bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1984 Games (August 4), Canada's Ben Johnson decided he needed some extra ...

Formula One was agreed as a recognised formula. 1947 World drivers' championship formalised. It was to take three more years before the first championship race, although there were races under F1 ...

The first action in a chain of events which led to the Crashgate scandal came when Renault sacked Nelson Piquet Junior after a season-and-a-half in which his best finish had been seventh. "A manager ...

Erika Roe made Twickenham's most famous streak while Bill Beaumont gave his half-time talk to an England side on course for a 15-11 win against Australia. "I was trying to get through to the boys - ...

For two years Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on this day in Lower Saxony, was one of the best drivers in the world driving one of the best cars (Auto Union). In his second grand prix at the Nürburgring ...

One of the great cheats in Olympic history, Boris Onishchenko, won Britain a gold medal. Consider his case for a second. In the modern pentathlon, he was world individual champion in 1971 before being ...

Bernie Ecclestone put an end to outlandish rumours linking him to the Great Train Robbery by coming clean about his association with the get-a-way driver Roy James. Ecclestone had long been linked to ...

The first fatality of a tragic weekend at Imola came when Roland Ratzenberger was killed after the front wing on his Simtek failed during qualifying and he flew off the track at high speed. He had ...

Britain's Randolph Turpin won the world middleweight title from Sugar Ray Robinson. This was Robinson's last fight on a whistlestop tour of Europe in which he'd won six non-title bouts. One of the ...

Jean Behra's promising career at Ferrari came to an end when he was involved in a punch-up with team manager Romolo Tavoni after the French Grand Prix at Reims. Fellow Ferrari driver Tony Brooks won ...