Thursday 26 October 2006

Top 100 Sporting Moments

Radio 5's vote on the Top 100 Sporting Moments of all time went like this-

1. England win the 1966 World Cup
, 2. Ian Botham's 1981 Headingley Test, 3. Steve Redgrave's five Olympic rowing golds, 4. England 5 - 1 Germany, 5. Ali v Foreman, Rumble in the Jungle, 6. Manchester Utd win 1999 European Cup, 7. Bannister's breaks the four-minute mile, 8. Jesse Owens' four Olympic golds, Berlin 1936, 9. Gareth Edwards's try for the Barbarians, 10. Maradona's "hand of god" and wonder goal, 1986, 11. Hillsborough Stadium tragedy of 1989, 12. David Beckham's free kick v Greece, 2001, 13. Celtic win the European Cup, 1967, 14. Ayrton Senna's death in F1, 15. Lance Armstrong's Tour de France comeback, 16. Torvill and Dean dance to Olympic gold, 17. Brazil 4 - 1 Italy, World Cup 1970, 18. Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor, world snooker final, 19. McEnroe v Borg singles final,Wimbledon 1980, 20. Michael Owen's goal v Argentina, World Cup '98, 21. Gazza's tears for England at Italia 90, 22. Paula Radcliffe's world record London Marathon, 23. Gordon Banks' save from Pele, 24. Daley Thompson wins second decathlon gold, 25. Archie Gemmill's Scotland goal, World Cup 1978, 26. Black Power Salute, 1968 Olympics, 27. Republic of Ireland reach W Cup quarters, 28. Mark Spitz's seven Olympic swimming golds, 29. Europe win the 1987 Ryder Cup, 30. Munich Air Disaster of 1958, 31. Eric Cantona's kung fu kick, 32. Scotland beat England, 1967, 33. England v Scotland, Euro 96, 34. Gary Sobers hits six sixes, 35. Michael Thomas wins league title for Arsenal, 36. Ovett and Coe's Olympic rivalry, 1980, 37. Cassius Clay v Sonny Liston, 1964, 38. Frankie Detorri wins seven races at Ascot, 39. Jonah Lomu demolishes England, 1995, 40. Bob Beamon's smashes long jump record, 41. Ben Johnson stripped of 100m gold, 42. Liverpool win fourth European Cup, 43. Linford Christie's Olympic 100m gold, 44. Jonathan Edwards triple jump gold, 45. Barry McGuigan wins world boxing title, 46. David Sole leads out Scotland, Grand Slam 1990, 47. Michael Schumacher wins sixth F1 title, 48. Red Rum wins first Grand National, 49. Michael Johnson's 200m world record, 50. George Best scores for Man Utd, 1968, 51. South Africa win 1995 World Cup rugby, 52. Don Bradman, Bodyline Series, 53. Boris Becker wins Wimbledon aged 17, 54. Brian Lara's 375 for West Indies, 55. Munich Olympic Massacre, 1972 Olympics, 56. Jeremy Guscott's drop goal for British Lions, 1997, 57. GB men's 4x400m relay gold, 1991, 58. Nick Faldo wins 1996 US Masters, 59. Pete Sampras' seventh Wimbledon title, 60. Olga Korbutt's 1972 gymnastics gold, 61. Heysel Stadium disaster, Belgium 1985, 62. GB women's Olympic curling gold, 63. Tiger Woods' first US Masters win, 64. Real Madrid 7 - 3 Eintracht Frankfurt, 65. Henry Cooper floors Cassius Clay, 66. Emil Zatopek wins triple gold at 1952 Olympics, 67. Nigel Mansell's burst tyre, 1986, 68. Aldaniti wins Grand National, 69. Cathy Freeman's Olympic 400m gold, 70. USA beat USSR at ice hockey, 71. Lennos Lewis beats Mike Tyson, 72. USSR beats USA at basketball, 73. Northern Ireland v Spain, World Cup '82, 74. Jim Laker's 10-wicket haul, 75. Sandy Lyle's 1988 US Masters win, 76. Martina Navratilova's nine Wimbledon titles, 77. Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon, 1977, 78. Hungary beat England 6-3, 79. Mike Tyson becomes heavyweight champ, 80. Spurs do the double, 1960, 81. Derek Redmond in tears at Barcelona Olympics, 82. Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon, 83. Denise Lewis wins heptathlon gold, Sydney 2000, 84. Jackie Stewart's third F1 title, 1973, 85. Mike Tyson bites Holyfield's ear, 86. Stanley Matthews-inspired Cup final of1953, 87. Desert Orchid's Cheltenham Gold Cup win, 88. James Hunt wins F1 title, 1976, 89. Mary Peters wins pentathlon gold, 1972, 90. Tommy Simpson's death in Tour de France, 91. Martin Offiah's try, 1994 Challenge Cup, 92. Dennis Compton wins The Ashes, 93. Bernhard Langer's missed putt, 1991 Ryder Cup, 94. Devon Loch loses Grand National, 95. Don Fox Challenge Cup miss, 96. Tony Jacklin wins 1969 Open, 1970 US Open, 97. Fred Perry wins Wimbledon in 1936, 98. Shergar wins 1981 Derby, 99. Len Hutton's 364 for England, 100. Lester Piggott's ninth Derby win.

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