OTHER SPORTS
Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC 148 - At the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen met in a re-match for the UFC Middleweight Championship. The fight was considered the most highly anticipated bout in UFC history. On the undercard was Tito Ortiz v Forrest Griffin in their 3rd match against each other, and after the fight Tito Ortiz retired (10, 1 hour 30 minutes, 1 Disc, FOX - Goldberg/Rogan, PAL)
UFC 190 - At the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, reigning champion Ronda Rousey faced off against #1 challenger Bethe Correia for the Womens Bantamweight World Championship. With bad blood between the 2 fighters, Rousey came out swinging and won the fight with a KO after just 34 seconds (10, 40 minutes - Rousey/Correia fight only, 1 Disc, FOX - Goldberg/Rogan, PAL)
UFC 193 - At the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, reigning champion Ronda Rousey faced off against unbeaten challenger Holly Holm for the Womens Bantamweight World Championship. In the greatest upset in UFC history, Holm beat unbeaten Rousey in the 2nd round with a TKO after battering her with her boxing skills. Holm floored Rousey with a kick to the head then hit her with a couple of hammer blows before the fight was stopped (10, 36 minutes of the Rousey/Holm fight only + 46 minute "UFC: Beyond The Octagon" review of Rousey's career up to this fight, 1 Disc, FOX - Goldberg/Rogan, PAL)
UFC 207 - At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Womens Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes spectacularly retained her title with a shocking defeat of #1 challenger Ronda Rousey in just 48 seconds. The fight was Rousey's first since her defeat at UFC 193 (10, 43 minutes of the Nunes/Rousey fight only + 23 minute "UFC: Beyond The Octagon" preview of the fight, 1 Disc, FOX - Goldberg/Rogan, PAL)
UFC 229 - On the 6th October, 2018 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Khabib Nurmagomedov successfully defended his title against former Lightweight champion Conor McGregor. In the lead up to the fight there was a lot of bad blood between the 2 teams, and after Nurmagomedov won the fight on a 4th-round submission, he vaulted the ring into the crowd and waded into the McGregor support team. All hell broke loose, both in and out of the Octagon. This is a "UFC Main Event" re-broadcast which includes pre-fight stories on each fighter + the whole fight (9, 47 minutes, 1 Discs, ESPN - Rogan/Anik, PAL)
UFC257 - On "Fight Island" in Abu Dhabi, #2 ranked Dustin Poirier gained revenge for his loss to #4 ranked Conor McGregor in 2014 with a sensational 2nd round TKO. A hard-hitting 1st round went the way of McGregor, but Poirier repeatedly went after the Irishman's right leg with kicks and it paid off in the 2nd round, as McGregor weakened and Poirier finished the fight with a combination punch which put McGregor down. The TKO was the first of McGregor's career (9, 1 hour - Poirier v McGregor fight only, 1 Disc, BT Sport - Anik/Cormier/Felder, PAL)
WWE
WWE 24 : Becky Lynch - A 2019 Profile of WWE wrestling star Becky Lynch, who in 2019 became part of WWE's first female headliner at Wrestlemania 35. The profile, narrated by Lynch, follows her through her early career in her native Ireland, though the WWE NXT series and to her breakthrough with SmackDown Live. Includes archive action and interviews with other wrestlers involved in her story + Becky herself (9, 48 minutes, 1 Disc, BT Sport, PAL)
Cycling
2012 Tour De France - On a historic day in Paris, Bradley Wiggins became the 1st Britain to win the Tour De France. The actual winner of the stage was his SKY team-mate Mark Cavendish, who made history himself by winning a 4th straight final stage at the Champs-Élysées. Disc 1 is 45 minutes hi-lites of Stage 19 that Wiggins won, Disc 2 is Live coverage of Stage 20 from 88km left to the finish and Disc 3 is the Post Race + a 45 minute biography of Bradley Wiggins (10, 3 Discs, ITV - Liggett/Sherwen, PAL)
2013 Tour De France - In the 100th edition of the Tour de France, Team SKY's Chris Froome became the 2nd Britain to win the race, 1 year after Bradley Wiggins became the 1st. The actual winner of the final stage was Germany's Marcel Kittel but Froome's winning margin of 4 minutes was never troubled. Disc 1 is 45 minutes of hi-lites of the pen-ultimate stage, Stage 20 Annecy to Annecy-Semnoz, where Froome finished 3rd + the Pre-Race for Stage 21. Disc 2 is live coverage of Stage 21 and Disc 3 is the Post-Race (10, 3 Discs, ITV - Liggett/Sherwen, PAL)
2015 Tour De France - On an historic day in rainy Paris, Team SKY's Chris Froome became the 1st Britain to win the Tour de France twice. The actual winner of the final stage was Germany's Andre Greipel but Froome stayed out of trouble in the peloton to complete the race with an overall lead of 72 seconds. Disc 1 is 45 minutes of hi-lites of the pen-ultimate stage, Stage 20 Modane to Alpe d'Huez, where Froome almost lost the lead to an inspired charge from 2nd place Colombian Nairo Quintana + live coverage of the start of Stage 21. Disc 2 is live coverage of the end of Stage 21 and the Post-Race (10, 2 Discs, ITV - Liggett/Sherwen, PAL)
Chris Froome : How the tour was won - ITV look back at the 2015 Tour de France and discover how Team SKY's Chris Froome won his 2nd Tour title. On the same disc as "Back in Yellow" and "Tour de Force" (10, 45 minutes, 1 Disc, ITV, PAL)
Chris Froome : Back in Yellow - A behind-the-scenes look at how Chris Froome of Team SKY managed to win the 2015 Tour de France. On the same disc as "How the Tour was Won" and "Tour de Force" (10, 45 minutes, 1 Disc, SKY, PAL)
Chris Froome : Tour de Force - Chris Froome discusses in an interview how he managed to win the 2015 Tour de France. On the same disc as "Back in Yellow" and "How the Tour was Won" (10, 25 minutes, 1 Disc, BBC, PAL)
Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
2012 - Mens Race - The 158th running of the race proved the most eventful as underdog Cambridge claimed the win. The race was stopped after 10 minutes as a protester swam into the path of the boats, narrowly avoiding a potentially fatal accident. The race was held up for 30 minutes. Immediately after the re-start, the boats collided and Cambridge had one of their oars broken, effectively ending their race. Cambridge won by several lengths and when Oxford crossed the line, bowman Alex Woods collapsed in the boat and needed hospital treatment (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Legard/Topolski/Pommen, PAL)
2015 - Womens Race - For the 1st time in the competitions history, the Womens race was run over the same course as the Mens race; 4 miles and 374 yards from Putney Bridge to Chiswick Bridge. Oxford confirmed their favourite tag with a dominating win, finishing 6.5 lengths and 20 seconds ahead of Cambridge (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Legard/De Toledo/Vernon, PAL)
2015 - Mens Race - The Oxford mens team completed a clean-sweep of races, beating Cambridge by 20 seconds to win their 4th race in 5 years. Both teams were even up to the halfway point when Oxford surged ahead and coasted home. The win gave Oxford President skipper Constantine Louloudis his 4th win over Cambridge, only the 15th man to do so (10, 2 Discs, BBC - Legard/Triggs-Hodge/Pommen, PAL)
2019 - Mens Race - For the 3rd straight year, Cambridge won the boat race with a dominating win on the Thames. Cambridge started fast and took a 1/2 length lead after only 30 seconds, and despite an Oxford comeback that resulted in an oar-clash, Cambridge pulled away in the late stages of the race to comfortably win by a length. Cambridge featured two-time Olympic champion James Cracknell who, at the age of 46, became the oldest competitor to take part in the Boat Race (10, 1 Disc, BBC - Cotter/James/De Toledo, PAL)
2021 - Womens Race / Mens Race - After missing a year due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the race resumed but in a new location : The River Great Ouse in Ely, Cambridgeshire. The change of location suited Cambridge as the course, a straight 4,890 metre route, was their home training water. And the races went to form, as the light Blues of Cambridge won both the Womens and Mens race, but both by less than a length. Disc 1 is the Womens Race. Disc 2 is the Mens Race (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Cotter/Toledo/Holland, PAL)
Horse Racing
2016 - Cheltenham Festival : Foxhunter Steeple Chase - The annual race at the Cheltenham Festival for amateur riders had the added bonus of former Olympic Track Cyclist Victoria Pendelton making her debut in the race, only 13 months on from taking up the sport. In a closely fought race over 3 miles and 22 fences, the favourite "On the Fringe" ridden by Nina Carberry, won the race with Pendelton finishing in 5th Place on "Pacha Du Polder", only 3 lengths behind the winner. Includes the 5-part series "Switching Saddles" (2.5 minutes per episode) documenting her training for the race (10, 45 minutes, 1 Disc, Channel 4 - Holt/McGrath, PAL)
Netball
2019 - World Cup Bronze Medal Match - England (58) v (42) South Africa - England ended their tournament with a 3rd consecutive Bronze medal as they beat South Africa at the M&S Bank Arena. After a tight 1st Period, England started to pull away and held a 7 goal lead before comfortably seeing out the game for the win. The game was also the final match for out-going coach Tracey Neville. Coverage also includes the All Star game for Sport Relief (9, 2 Discs, BBC - Cookey/Merry, PAL)
Trail Running
2019 - Ultra-Trail World Tour - Hi-Lites of 8 Ultra-Marathon (over 50km) trail races from the 2019 World Tour. The races are Istria, Penyagolosa, Madeira, Mt.Fuji, Australia, Vienna, Western States and Eiger (9, Aprrox 15 minutes per race, 1 Disc, PAL)
2020 - Ultra-Trail World Tour - Hi-Lites of 5 Ultra-Marathon (over 50km) trail races from the 2020 World Tour, which was cut short due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The races are Hong Kong, New Zealand, Gran Canaria, The UTMB (which was only raced virtually) and the Golden Ring of Russia (9, Aprrox 15 minutes per race, 1 Disc, PAL)