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How the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots with an "insult to Einstein"

On 7 February 1970, Manchester United's George Best scored six goals in an FA Cup game

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London

In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water

In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia

In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn

In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course

Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career

In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing