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The 100 Greatest British Sporting Moments was a British television programme in the 100 Greatest / 100 Worst
100 Greatest / 100 Worst

The 100 Greatest is a popular long-running United Kingdom TV strand on Channel 4. These are normally public polls, voted for by visitors of the Channel 4 website....
 strand on Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in early 2002 and reviewed the top 100 sporting moments as voted for by viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The show was presented by Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an England-born film actor and ex-Association football, having represented Wales national football team. He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is now known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour....
 and featured input and commentary from various sporting personalities and celebrities.








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The 100 Greatest British Sporting Moments was a British television programme in the 100 Greatest / 100 Worst
100 Greatest / 100 Worst

The 100 Greatest is a popular long-running United Kingdom TV strand on Channel 4. These are normally public polls, voted for by visitors of the Channel 4 website....
 strand on Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in early 2002 and reviewed the top 100 sporting moments as voted for by viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The show was presented by Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an England-born film actor and ex-Association football, having represented Wales national football team. He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is now known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour....
 and featured input and commentary from various sporting personalities and celebrities.

The List

  • 1st - Sir Steve Redgrave - record breaking 5th consecutive Olympic gold medal in 2000 (Rowing)
  • 2nd - England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     winning the 1966 FIFA World Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 3rd - England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     beating Germany 5-1
    Germany 1 England 5 (2001)

    Germany 1?5 England was a famous Football match held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich on September 1, 2001. It was a qualification match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification ....
     in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier in 2001 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 4th - Manchester United's
    Manchester United F.C.

    Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
     incredible comeback in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final
    1999 UEFA Champions League Final

    The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a association football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the UEFA Champions League 1998?99....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 5th - Ian Botham
    Ian Botham

    Sir Ian Terence Botham, Order of the British Empire is a former English cricket team Test Match cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator....
     turns around the Ashes for England in 1981 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 6th - Diego Maradona
    Diego Maradona

    Diego Armando Maradona is a former Argentina Association football player, and current coach of the Argentina national football team. For the FIFA Player of the Century award, he finished first in the internet voting portion, sharing the overall award with Pel?....
    's goals for Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
     against England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
    1986 FIFA World Cup

    The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. It was won by Argentina national football team , who beat Germany national football team 3-2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 7th - Muhammad Ali
    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
     v George Foreman
    George Foreman

    George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
    : The Rumble in the Jungle
    The Rumble in the Jungle

    The Rumble in The Jungle was an historic boxing event that took place on 30 October 1974, in the Stade Tata Rapha?l in Kinshasa, Zaire . It pitted then world Heavyweight champion George Foreman against former world champion and challenger Muhammad Ali....
     in 1974 (Boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
    )
  • 8th - Jayne Torvill
    Jayne Torvill

    Jayne Torvill, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom ice dancer who with her skating partner Christopher Dean won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics....
     and Christopher Dean
    Christopher Dean

    Christopher Colin Dean, Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom famous figure skating who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill....
     winning gold at the 1984 Winter Olympics
    1984 Winter Olympics

    The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
     (Ice dancing
    Ice dancing

    Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....
    )
  • 9th - Dennis Taylor
    Dennis Taylor

    Dennis Taylor is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Taylor is well known for his sense of humour and his trademark over-sized glasses....
     winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship final
    1985 World Snooker Championship final

    The 1985 World Snooker Championship final was played on the weekend of 27/28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was contested between defending World Snooker Championship Steve Davis and Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor, appearing in his second final....
     (Snooker
    Snooker

    Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
    )
  • 10th - Björn Borg
    Björn Borg

    is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Sweden who is widely regarded by observers and tennis players as one of the greatest players in the sport's history....
    's and John McEnroe
    John McEnroe

    John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is an American former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam title singles titles?three at Wimbledon Championships and four at the U.S....
    's tie break at Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     in 1980 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 11th - Jesse Owens
    Jesse Owens

    James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an United States Athletics athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 metres relay team....
     winning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics
    1936 Summer Olympics

    The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 12th - Eric Cantona
    Éric Cantona

    Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French former association football of the late 1980s and 1990s. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United F.C....
    's kung-fu kick at Selhurst Park
    Selhurst Park

    Selhurst Park is a United Kingdom football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace F.C., of which Simon Jordan is chairman....
     in 1995 (Football, violence
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 13th - Roger Bannister
    Roger Bannister

    Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, Order of the British Empire is an England former athlete best known as the first man in history to run the mile in Four-minute mile....
     running the mile in under four minutes in 1954 (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 14th - Michael Owen
    Michael Owen

    Michael James Owen is an England Association football striker who currently plays for and captains English Premier League club Newcastle United F.C.....
    's goal for England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 15th - Michael Thomas
    Michael Thomas

    Michael Lauriston Thomas is an England former Association football. He is remembered most for the last minute goal he scored for Arsenal F.C. against Liverpool F.C., scored in the final minute of the final Football League First Division match of the 1988-89 in English football season, winning Arsenal the League title on goals scored....
    ' winning goal for Arsenal against Liverpool in the 1989 Championship decider (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 16th - Goran Ivaniševic
    Goran Ivaniševic

    Goran Ivani?evic is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon as a Wild card ....
     winning Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     in 2001 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 17th - Kevin Keegan
    Kevin Keegan

    Joseph Kevin Keegan, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , commonly known as Kevin Keegan, is a former international association football, and former manager of several English clubs and the England national football team....
     succumbs to Alex Ferguson's mind games live on Sky in 1996 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 18th - David Beckham
    David Beckham

    David Robert Joseph Beckham Order of the British Empire is an England association football who currently plays in midfielder for Italy Serie A club A.C....
     scoring from the halfway line for Man Utd against Wimbledon in 1996 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 19th - Jonah Lomu
    Jonah Lomu

    Jonah Tali Lomu, New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He had sixty-three Cap as an All Blacks after debuting in 1994....
     scoring four tries against England
    England national rugby union team

    The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France national rugby union team, Ireland national rugby union team, Scotland national rugby union team, Italy national rugby union team, and Wales national rugby union team....
     in the 1995 Rugby World Cup
    1995 Rugby World Cup

    The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted by South Africa, and had the distinction of being the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country....
     (Rugby Union
    Rugby union

    Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
    )
  • 20th - Gareth Edwards
    Gareth Edwards

    Gareth Owen Edwards Order of the British Empire is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played Rugby union positions#9. Scrum-half, considered by many to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game....
    ' try for the Barbarians
    Barbarian F.C.

    The Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain....
     against the All Blacks
    All Blacks

    The New Zealand national rugby union team, often referred to by their nickname the All Blacks, is the representative side of New Zealand in rugby union....
     in 1973 (Rugby Union
    Rugby football

    Rugby football may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of football developed in different areas of England....
    )
  • 21st - Marco van Basten
    Marco van Basten

    Marcel "Marco" van Basten is a Netherlands Association football manager, currently in charge of the Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, having stepped down as coach of the Netherlands national football team upon their exit from Euro 2008....
    's winning goal for the Netherlands
    Netherlands national football team

    The Netherlands national football team is the national Association football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association....
     in Euro '88
    1988 UEFA European Football Championship

    The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany. It was the eighth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 22nd - The Republic of Ireland
    Republic of Ireland national football team

    The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Republic of Ireland in Association Football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Croke Park in Dublin....
     reaching the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup
    1990 FIFA World Cup

    The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from 8 June to 8 July. Italy was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1990 FIFA World Cup by FIFA on 19 May 1984, making it the second country to host the event twice....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 23rd - Ryan Giggs
    Ryan Giggs

    Ryan Joseph Giggs Order of the British Empire is a Welsh association football who has played for Manchester United F.C. for the entirety of his club career to-date....
    ' goal for Manchester United against Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup Semi-Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 24th - Red Rum
    Red Rum

    Red Rum was a racehorse who achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977. He came second in 1975 and 1976....
    's third Grand National win in 1977 (Horse Racing
    Horse racing

    Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
    )
  • 25th - England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     beating the Netherlands 4-1 in Euro '96 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 26th - George Best
    George Best

    George Best was a Northern Irish professional association football player, best known for his years with Manchester United F.C.. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders....
     scoring six goals for Manchester United against Northampton in 1970 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 27th - Frankie Dettori
    Frankie Dettori

    Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, Order of the British Empire is an Italian thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy....
     winning seven races in a day in 1996 (Horse Racing)
  • 28th - Tiger Woods
    Tiger Woods

    Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
     winning four consecutive major golf championships
    Men's major golf championships

    The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf....
     in 2001 (Golf
    Golf

    Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
    )
  • 29th - Manchester United
    Manchester United F.C.

    Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
     winning the European Cup in 1968 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 30th - Garry Sobers
    Garfield Sobers

    Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers Order of Australia is a former cricketer who captained West Indies cricket team. His first name of Garfield is variously abbreviated as Gary or Garry....
     scores 6 sixes in one over in 1968 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 31st - Celtic
    Celtic F.C.

    The Celtic Football Club is a Scotland Association football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League....
     winning the European Cup
    UEFA Champions League

    The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
     in 1967 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 32nd - Liverpool F.C.
    Liverpool F.C.

    Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, and it is the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in the history of Football in England; the club has won List of football clubs in England by major honours won than any other English cl...
     winning the UEFA Cup
    UEFA Cup

    The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
     to complete a set of three cups in 2001 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 33rd - Muhammad Ali
    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
     lighting the Olympic Flame at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    1996 Summer Olympics

    The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
  • 34th - Daley Thompson
    Daley Thompson

    Francis Morgan Oyod?l? Thompson Commander of the Order of the British Empire , known commonly as Daley Thompson, is a former decathlon from England....
     retaining the decathlon gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    1984 Summer Olympics

    The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 35th - Paul Gascoigne
    Paul Gascoigne

    Paul John Gascoigne , often referred to as Gazza, is a retired England football , who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation....
    's winning goal for England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     against Scotland
    Scotland national football team

    The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in FIFA football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England national football team, whom they played in the world's Scotland v England in 1872....
     in Euro '96 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 36th - Carlos Alberto
    Carlos Alberto Torres

    Carlos Alberto Torres is a former Brazilian football , one of the most highly regarded defenders of all time. He captained Brazil national football team to victory in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and is a member of the World Team of the 20th Century, as well as the U.S....
    's fourth goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup
    1970 FIFA World Cup

    The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. Mexico was chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1970 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in October 1964....
     Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 37th - Linford Christie
    Linford Christie

    Linford Christie Order of the British Empire is a former Athletics who specialised in the 100 metres. He is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100 m at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games and the World, Commonwealth, and European championships....
     winning 100 m gold in the 1992 Summer Olympics
    1992 Summer Olympics

    The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
  • 38th - Mark Spitz
    Mark Spitz

    Mark Andrew Spitz is a retired American swimmer, best known for winning Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement surpassed only when Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics....
     winning seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    1972 Summer Olympics

    The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
    (Swimming
    Swimming

    Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
    )
  • 39th - Barry McGuigan
    Barry McGuigan

    Finbar Patrick McGuigan Order of the British Empire, more commonly known as Barry McGuigan , nicknamed the Clones Cyclone, is a former professional boxing who became a world Featherweight champion....
     winning the World Featherweight title in 1983 (Boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
    )
  • 40th - Lance Armstrong
    Lance Armstrong

    Lance Armstrong is an United States professional Road bicycle racing who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 Tour de France to 2005 Tour de France....
     winning the 1999 Tour de France
    1999 Tour de France

    The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history....
     (Cycling
    Cycling

    Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
    )
  • 41st - Gordon Banks
    Gordon Banks

    Gordon Banks, Order of the British Empire is a former English football , elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin and before Dino Zoff ....
    ' save against Pele at the 1970 World Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 42nd - Great Britain winning the 4x400 m relay at the 1991 World Championship (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 43rd - Ayrton Senna
    Ayrton Senna

    Ayrton Senna da Silva, was a Brazilian race car driver and three-time Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions. He was killed while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and is the most recent Grand Prix driver to die at the wheel of a Formula One car....
    's first lap in the 1993 European Grand Prix
    1993 European Grand Prix

    The 1993 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Donington Park on April 11, 1993. It was the third round of the 1993 Formula One season....
     (Formula One
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
    )
  • 44th - Ellen MacArthur
    Ellen MacArthur

    Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, Order of the British Empire is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock, England in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight....
     finishes second in the 2001 Vendée Globe
    Vendée Globe

    The Vend?e Globe is a circumnavigation single-handed sailing Yacht racing, sailed non-stop and without assistance. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years....
     (Sailing
    Sailing

    Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
    )
  • 45th - Brian Lara
    Brian Lara

    Brian Charles Lara is a former West Indian cricketer, who is widely regarded as one of the finest batsmen ever. This elegant left handed batsman topped the Test cricket batting LG ICC cricket ratings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records....
     scores 375 runs against England in 1994 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 46th - Olga Korbut
    Olga Korbut

    Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusians, Soviet Union-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics for the USSR team....
     winning 3 gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    1972 Summer Olympics

    The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
     (Gymnastics
    Artistic gymnastics

    Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics. Competitive gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting ....
    )
  • 47th - Tanni Grey-Thompson
    Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Dame Tanni Carys Davina Grey-Thompson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh athlete and TV presenter....
     winning 4 gold medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
    2000 Summer Paralympics

    136 Countries participated on the 2000 Paralympics. Many of the same venues of the Sydney Olympics were used, including the Olympic Stadium, Stadium Australia....
     
  • 48th - Boris Becker
    Boris Becker

    Boris Franz Becker is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic Games gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17....
     winning Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     aged 17 in 1985 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 49th - Paul Gascoigne
    Paul Gascoigne

    Paul John Gascoigne , often referred to as Gazza, is a retired England football , who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation....
    's tears during the 1990 World Cup Semi-Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 50th - Mike Tyson
    Mike Tyson

    Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
     biting Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
     during their rematch in 1997 (Boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
    )
  • 51st - Archie Gemmill
    Archie Gemmill

    Archibald "Archie" Gemmill is a Scottish former football , most famous for a goal he scored against the Netherlands national football team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup....
    's goal for Scotland against Holland in the 1978 World Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 52nd - Arsenal
    Arsenal F.C.

    Arsenal Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in Football in England, having won thirteen Football League First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cup...
     winning the 1979 FA Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 53rd - Carl Lewis
    Carl Lewis

    Frederick Carlton Lewis is a retired American Athletics athlete who won 10 Olympic Games medals including 9 golds, and 10 IAAF World Championships in Athletics medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired....
     winning four gold medals for the 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m relay and long jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    1984 Summer Olympics

    The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 54th - Nadia Comaneci
    Nadia Comaneci

    Nadia Elena Comaneci is a Romanian gymnastics, winner of five Olympic Games gold medals, and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event....
    's Perfect 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics
    1976 Summer Olympics

    The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
     (Gymnastics
    Artistic gymnastics

    Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics. Competitive gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting ....
    )
  • 55th - Denis Law
    Denis Law

    Denis Law is a retired Scottish Football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s.Law's career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town F.C....
    's backheel relegates
    Promotion and relegation

    In many sports leagues around the world , promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season in which teams are transferred between divisions....
     Man Utd
    Manchester United F.C.

    Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
     in 1974 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 56th - Sebastian Coe
    Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe

    Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, Order of the British Empire is a British former top-level Athletics and former Conservative Party politician....
     v Steve Ovett
    Steve Ovett

    Stephen Michael James Ovett OBE , is a former Middle distance track event from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 Metre at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, U.S.S.R., and set world records for 1500 m and one mile....
     at the 1980 Summer Olympics
    1980 Summer Olympics

    The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 57th - Scotland beating England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     in the 1977 British Home Championship
    British Home Championship

    The British Home Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams, England national football team, Scotland national football team, Wales national football team and Northern Ireland national football team from the 1883–84 season until the 1983-84 season....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 58th - Henry Cooper
    Henry Cooper (boxer)

    Sir Henry Cooper Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great in South East London, is a retired England heavyweight boxing and was the British, European and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion in 1970....
     knocks down Cassius Clay
    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
     at Wembley in 1963 (Boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
    )
  • 59th - Stuart Pearce
    Stuart Pearce

    Stuart Pearce Member of the Order of the British Empire is an England Association football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of the England national under-21 football team....
    's penalty for England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     against Spain
    Spain national football team

    The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the . They are the current European Champions, having won the Euro 2008....
     in Euro '96 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 60th - Liverpool
    Liverpool F.C.

    Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in Liverpool, England. The club plays in the Premier League, and it is the Football records in England#Most successful clubs overall in the history of Football in England; the club has won List of football clubs in England by major honours won than any other English cl...
     winning the 1977 European Cup (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 61st - Aldaniti
    Aldaniti

    Aldaniti , , was a famous racehorse who won the Grand National on 4 April 1981. Jockey Bob Champion famously recovered from cancer while Aldaniti recovered after suffering a career threatening injury....
     and Bob Champion
    Bob Champion

    File:Bob Champion crop.jpgBob Champion MBE is an English Jump Jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. Champion was diagnosed with testicular cancer in July 1979....
     winning the 1981 Grand National
    Grand National

    The Grand National is the most valuable National Hunt racing horse racing in the world. It is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year....
     (Horse Racing
    Horse racing

    Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
    )
  • 62nd - Emil Zátopek
    Emil Zátopek

    Emil Z?topek was a Czech Republic Athletics probably best known for his amazing feat of winning three gold medals in athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki....
     winning three gold medals for the 5,000 m, 10,000 m and marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics
    1952 Summer Olympics

    The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 63rd - Tommie Smith
    Tommie Smith

    Tommie Smith is an African American former track and field and wide receiver in the American Football League. Smith was the winner of the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
    's and John Carlos
    John Carlos

    John Wesley Carlos is an African American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was the bronze-medal winner of the 200-meter at the 1968 Summer Olympics....
    ' Black Power salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics
    1968 Summer Olympics

    The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City in October 1968....
  • 64th - Nigel Mansell
    Nigel Mansell

    Nigel Ernest James Mansell Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship and Champ Car ....
    's tyre-blowout in the 1986 Australian Grand Prix (Formula One
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
    )
  • 65th - Jean van de Velde
    Jean Van de Velde

    Jean Van de Velde is a France golfer who is known mainly for his loss at The Open Championship in 1999.Van de Velde was born in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes ....
    's 18th hole at the 1999 Open Championship
    The Open Championship

    The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
     (Golf
    Golf

    Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
    )
  • 66th - Bob Beamon
    Bob Beamon

    Robert "Bob" Beamon is an United States former track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, which remained the world record for 23 years....
    's long jump gold and world record at the 1968 Summer Olympics
    1968 Summer Olympics

    The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City in October 1968....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 67th - Australia
    Australian cricket team

    The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the equal oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883 in 1877 ....
     v South Africa
    South African cricket team

    The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas are a national cricket team representing South Africa. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa....
     in the 1999 Cricket World Cup
    Cricket World Cup

    The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council , with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years....
     Semi-Final (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 68th - Eddie the Eagle
    Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards

    Michael Edwards , better known as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, was the first competitor to represent British Olympic Association in Olympic Games ski jumping....
     competes at the 1988 Winter Olympics
    1988 Winter Olympics

    The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary, Alberta and opened by the List of Governors General of Canada: Jeanne Sauv?....
     (Skiing
    Skiing

    Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
    )
  • 69th - Real Madrid
    Real Madrid

    Real Madrid Club de F?tbol is a professional association football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the Football records in Spain in Football in Spain and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey, a record nine UEFA Champions League and two UEFA...
     winning 7-3 in the 1960 European Cup Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 70th - Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first President of South Africa of South Africa to be elected in a universal suffrage democratic election, serving in the office from 1994?99....
     & Francois Pienaar
    Francois Pienaar

    Jacobus Francois Pienaar captained and played for the South African South Africa national rugby union team national rugby union team from 26 June 1993 until 10 August 1996....
     at the 1995 Rugby World Cup
    1995 Rugby World Cup

    The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted by South Africa, and had the distinction of being the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country....
     (Rugby Union
    Rugby union

    Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
    )
  • 71st - Gilles Villeneuve
    Gilles Villeneuve

    Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve was a Canada racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec....
     v René Arnoux
    René Arnoux

    Ren? Alexandre Arnoux is a retired France racing driver who is a veteran of 12 Formula One seasons . In 2006 he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired F1 drivers....
     at the 1979 French Grand Prix
    1979 French Grand Prix

    The 1979 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 1 July 1979 at Dijon-Prenois.It marked the first victory of a turbocharged car in Formula One....
     (Formula One
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
    )
  • 72nd - Jimmy Glass
    Jimmy Glass

    James "Jimmy" Glass is a former football goalkeeper, who is chiefly remembered for List of goalscoring goalkeepers the last minute goal which kept Carlisle United F.C....
    , the goalkeeper, scoring to keep Carlisle
    Carlisle United F.C.

    Carlisle United F.C. are an England association football team based in Carlisle, Cumbria. The club currently play in Football League One after gaining promotion from the Football League Two at the end of the 2005-06 in English football season, which they finished as champions....
     in The Football League
    The Football League

    The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for English football sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional Football clubs from England and Wales....
     in 1999 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 73rd - John Curry
    John Curry

    John Curry was a United Kingdom Figure skating. He was the 1976 Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics and World Figure Skating Championships....
     winning figure-skating gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics
    1976 Winter Olympics

    The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4-February 15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria....
     (Skating
    Skating

    There are several varieties of skating:*Ice skating and various sub-forms:**Speed skating**Tour skating**Figure skating*Roller skating and various sub-forms:...
    )
  • 74th - Jeremy Guscott
    Jeremy Guscott

    Jeremy Clayton Guscott is a former rugby union Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & 12. Inside centre who played for Bath Rugby, England national rugby union team and the British Lions....
    's winning drop goal for the British Lions
    British and Irish Lions

    The British and Irish Lions Combined rugby union sides from the then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland toured in the Southern Hemisphere from 1888 onwards....
     in 1997 (Rugby Union
    Rugby football

    Rugby football may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of football developed in different areas of England....
    )
  • 75th - John Barnes
    John Barnes (footballer)

    John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is a Jamaica-born former professional English football player whose most successful spells were for Watford F.C....
    ' goal for England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     against Brazil
    Brazil national football team

    The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions....
     in 1984 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 76th - Derek Redmond
    Derek Redmond

    Derek Anthony Redmond is a retired British Athletics . During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, European Championships in Athletics and Commonwealth Games....
     finishes the 400 m helped by his father at the 1992 Summer Olympics
    1992 Summer Olympics

    The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 77th - England
    English cricket team

    The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end of 1996....
     beating Pakistan
    Pakistani cricket team

    The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international cricket team representing Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board . Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test cricket and One Day International status....
     in near-darkness in the 3rd Test in 2000 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 78th - Pat Cash
    Pat Cash

    Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon championships in 1987....
     winning Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     in 1987 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 79th - Cambridge
    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
     sinking in the 1978 Boat Race (Rowing)
  • 80th - Ricky Villa
    Ricardo Villa

    Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa is an Argentina football coach and former professional midfielder....
    's goal for Tottenham
    Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

    Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
     against Man City
    Manchester City F.C.

    Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football Football team based in the city of Manchester. They are currently members of the English Premier League....
     in the 1981 FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
     Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 81st - Cathy Freeman
    Cathy Freeman

    Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, Order of Australia is an Australian athletics who is particularly associated with the 400 metres race. She became the Olympic champion for 400m in the 2000 Sydney games, at which she lit the Olympic Flame....
     winning 400 m gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    2000 Summer Olympics

    The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 82nd - Virginia Wade
    Virginia Wade

    Sarah Virginia Wade is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles....
     winning Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     in 1977 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 83rd - Ben Johnson's drug-assisted
    Doping (sport)

    In sports, the use of performance-enhancing drugs is commonly referred to by the disparaging term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions....
     100 m gold and world record at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    1988 Summer Olympics

    The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 84th - Stanley Matthews
    Stanley Matthews

    Sir Stanley Matthews, Order of the British Empire was an English Football player. Often regarded as one of the greats of the Football in England, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as the first European Footballer of the Year and the first Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year....
     and Blackpool
    Blackpool F.C.

    Blackpool Football Club are an England Association football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool. They have been a member of the The Football League since 1896, except for the 1899?1900 in English football season, which was spent in non-League football....
     winning the FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
     in 1953
    FA Cup Final 1953

    The 1953 FA Cup Final, also known as the Matthews Final, was the eighth to be held at Wembley Stadium after the Second World War. The Association football match was contested between Blackpool F.C....
     (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 85th - Mary Peters
    Mary Peters (athlete)

    Order of the British Empire Mary Peters DBE is a former British Sportsperson, competing mainly in the pentathlon and shot put....
     winning gold in the pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    1972 Summer Olympics

    The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 86th - Sunderland winning the FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
     in 1973 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 87th - Don Bradman's final Test Innings against England in 1948 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 88th - Martina Navratilova
    Martina Navratilova

    Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
     wins her 9th Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     title in 1990 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 89th - Bert Trautmann
    Bert Trautmann

    Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann Order of the British Empire is a German football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City F.C. from 1949 to 1964....
     plays on with a broken neck in the 1956 FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
     Final (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 90th - Denise Lewis
    Denise Lewis

    Denise Lewis Order of the British Empire is a British athletics who specialises in the heptathlon. Her greatest triumph was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
     winning gold in the heptathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    2000 Summer Olympics

    The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 91st - Devon Malcolm
    Devon Malcolm

    Devon Eugene Malcolm is a former England cricketer.Malcolm was one of England's few genuinely fast bowling of the 1990s. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he settled in England, making his first-class cricket debut for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1984 and qualifying to play for England in 1987....
     gets hit on the helmet and then takes 9-57 for England against South Africa in 1994 (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 92nd - Shane Warne
    Shane Warne

    Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer who is widely regarded as the greatest leg spin Bowler in the history of cricket....
    's “Ball of the Century
    Ball of the Century

    The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply That Ball, is the nickname given to a cricket delivery bowled by Australia national cricket team's Shane Warne to England national cricket team's Mike Gatting....
    ” first ball against England in the 1993 Ashes Series
    The Ashes

    The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England cricket team and Australia national cricket team. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated sports rivalry and dates back to 1882....
     (Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
    )
  • 93rd - Mary Decker
    Mary Decker

    Mary Slaney is an United States former track and field athlete, who holds seven American records in her sport. In 1981 she married marathon runner Ron Tabb....
     falls over behind Zola Budd
    Zola Budd

    Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd , is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, in less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 meters, and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships....
     during the 3,000 m final at the 1984 Summer Olympics
    1984 Summer Olympics

    The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 94th - Rene Higuita
    René Higuita

    Jos? Ren? Higuita Zapata...
    's scorpion kick against England
    England national football team

    The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
     in 1995 (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 95th - Arthur Ashe
    Arthur Ashe

    Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States of America Ashe, an African American, is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes....
     winning Wimbledon
    The Championships, Wimbledon

    The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
     in 1975 (Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    )
  • 96th - Don Fox
    Don Fox

    Don Fox was an England rugby league player in the 1950s and 60s for Featherstone Rovers and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He is the brother of Peter_Fox_ and Neil Fox , and together they formed one of the legendary rugby league families....
    's missed kick in the 1968 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final (Rugby League
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
    )
  • 97th - Ronnie Radford
    Ronnie Radford

    Ronnie Radford is a former England footballer who notably scored a memorable goal in the 1971-72 FA Cup for Hereford United F.C. during their Hereford United v Newcastle United 1972 of Newcastle United F.C.....
    's goal for Hereford
    Hereford United F.C.

    Hereford United Football Club are an England professional Football Football team based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League One in the 2008-09 in English football....
     which helped defeat
    Hereford United v Newcastle United 1972

    Hereford United v Newcastle United was a football match played on 5 February 1972 at Edgar Street, Hereford. The match was an FA Cup Third Round Replay after the first match had resulted in a 2–2 draw....
     Newcastle
    Newcastle United F.C.

    Newcastle United Football Club is an England football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1892 in football after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End F.C....
     in the 1972 FA Cup
    FA Cup

    The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
     Third Round (Football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
    )
  • 98th - Florence Griffith-Joyner
    Florence Griffith-Joyner

    Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an United States Athletics athlete.Griffith was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in the Jordan Downs, Los Angeles, California public housing complex....
     winning 100 m gold and setting a world record at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    1988 Summer Olympics

    The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
     (Athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
    )
  • 99th - Duncan Goodhew
    Duncan Goodhew

    Duncan Alexander Goodhew Order of the British Empire is one of the most instantly recognisable United Kingdom swimming Sportsperson. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic Games gold and bronze medals at the Swimming at the 1980 Su...
     winning 100 m breaststroke gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics
    1980 Summer Olympics

    The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
     (Swimming
    Swimming

    Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
    )
  • 100th - Naseem Hamed
    Naseem Hamed

    Naseem Hamed is a United Kingdom boxing and former Bantamweight and Featherweight champion born to Yemeni parents who emigrated to Sheffield. Hamed adopted the moniker "Prince" Naseem Hamed....
     beating Kevin Kelley
    Kevin Kelley

    Kevin Kelley is a professional boxing and former television commentator....
     at Madison Square Garden
    Madison Square Garden

    Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
     in 1997 (Boxing
    Boxing

    Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
    )


Other 100 Greatest Shows

The 100 Greatest is a popular long running TV strand on Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
 Television that is usually broadcast in the weekend schedule in three or four hour blocks throughout the year.

Shows in this series have included the following:
  • 100 Greatest
    100 Greatest / 100 Worst

    The 100 Greatest is a popular long-running United Kingdom TV strand on Channel 4. These are normally public polls, voted for by visitors of the Channel 4 website....
     Sporting Moments (presented by Vinnie Jones
    Vinnie Jones

    Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an England-born film actor and ex-Association football, having represented Wales national football team. He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is now known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour....
    )
  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments
  • 100 Greatest Funny Moments (presented by Rob Brydon
    Rob Brydon

    Rob Brydon is a Wales actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive....
    )
  • 100 Greatest Scary Moments
    100 Greatest Scary Moments

    The 100 Greatest Scary Moments was a British television programme in the 100 Greatest / 100 Worst strand on Channel 4.It was broadcast in the United Kingdom in late 2003 and reviewed the top 100 scary moments in Film, Television, Music and Radio, as voted for by viewers in the United Kingdom....
     (presented by Jimmy Carr
    Jimmy Carr

    James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr, Jr. is an England comedian, author, actor and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter, known for his deadpan, satire and often very Black comedy....
    )
  • 100 Greatest No. 1s (2001 - presented by Graham Norton
    Graham Norton

    Graham William Walker is an Irish people actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton....
    )
  • 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005 - presented by Jimmy Carr
    Jimmy Carr

    James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr, Jr. is an England comedian, author, actor and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter, known for his deadpan, satire and often very Black comedy....
    )
  • 100 Greatest TV Ads (2000 - presented by Graham Norton
    Graham Norton

    Graham William Walker is an Irish people actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton....
    )
  • 100 Greatest TV Moments (1999 - presented by Graham Norton
    Graham Norton

    Graham William Walker is an Irish people actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton....
    )
  • 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (2000 - presented by Zoe Ball
    Zoë Ball

    Zo? Louise Ball is an England television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting 1990s kids show Live & Kicking....
    )