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EPISODE · May 16, 2026 · 10 MIN

Leicester City’s Premier League win

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

In 2016, Leicester City pulled off one of football’s greatest shocks. The club won the English Premier League despite starting the season as 5000:1 outsiders. Just a year earlier, they had narrowly avoided relegation. Captain Wes Morgan looks back on that title-winning season, from the now-famous celebrations at the home of star striker, Jamie Vardy, to the moment he lifted the trophy in front of Leicester's home crowd. Presented by Helen Ledwick.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You’ll hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded.Recent episodes explore the forgotten football Women’s World Cup, the plasterer who fought a boxing legend, international football’s biggest ever beating and the man who swam the Amazon river. We look at the lives of some of the most famous F1 drivers, tennis players and athletes as well as people who’ve had ground-breaking impact in their chosen sporting field, including: the most decorated Paralympian, the woman who was the number 1 squash player in the world for nine years, and the first figure skater to wear a hijab. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the tennis player who escaped the Nazis, how a man finally beat a horse in a race, and how the FIFA computer game was created.(Photo: Captain Wes Morgan and manager Claudio Ranieri of Leicester City lift the Premier League Trophy. Credit: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

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