
British sport has a long and glorious tradition of the little guy pulling off the impossible. From village clubs to unfancied national teams, these are the moments that remind us why we watch in the first place.
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Leicester City, Premier League Champions 2016
Handed relegation odds at the start of the season, Claudio Ranieri's foxes somehow waltzed to the Premier League title. Half the country were in tears, the other half were checking their betting slips.

Buster Douglas vs Mike Tyson, backed by Frank Bruno's nation
Okay, Douglas was American, but the whole of Britain stopped to watch Iron Mike get floored by a 42-1 underdog. It cracked open the idea that Tyson was unbeatable.

Eric Liddell at the 1924 Paris Olympics
The Scottish sprinter famously withdrew from his best event over religious conviction, then switched discipline and won anyway. Chariots of Fire barely needed to dramatise it.

Ronnie O'Sullivan's amateur-era rise
Before he was the Rocket, O'Sullivan was a teenager from Essex tearing apart seasoned professionals. His maximum break at the 1997 World Championship took just 5 minutes 20 seconds.

Wimbledon FC winning the 1988 FA Cup
A club that had been in the Football League for only eleven years somehow beat the dominant side of the era at Wembley. Lawrie Sanchez and Dave Beasant became unlikely legends overnight.

Bob Champion and Aldaniti, Grand National 1981
Champion had beaten cancer and Aldaniti had recovered from a catastrophic leg injury β together they won the Grand National in one of sport's most emotional stories ever told.

Headingley 1981 β Botham's Ashes
England were asked to follow on and were 500-1 to win the Test. Ian Botham had other ideas, smashing an iconic innings that turned the series and became the stuff of pub legend.

Andy Murray's first Wimbledon title, 2013
The weight of an entire nation sat on his shoulders, and Murray delivered in straight sets against Djokovic. Grown adults openly wept on the Centre Court hill.
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