This is the story of The Barkley: one of the most brutal endurance races you’ve probably never heard of. And what it reveals about our relentless hunger for pushing our bodies to the limit.

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How did China and the US mend their relationship in the 1970s through... ping pong? This is the story of how two players changed the course of history.

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Niccolò Cannone is known to rugby fans as one of Italy’s most physical and dependable forwards. But why does he dream of playing in one of the world's most brutal sports once he's retired?

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Women have been competing in Nordic combined at the World Cup and World Championship level, but the Olympics? Still off-limits.This is the story of Annika Malacinski, one of the world’s top women in Nordic combined and a leading voice fighting for Olympic inclusion.

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Welcome to Legacy Spotlight, the new series from Stak, where every two weeks we tell you a sports story in under 15 minutes. Stories that go beyond scores, stats, and trophies. Stories that go to the heart of why we all love sport. Stories that remind us why we care. Sports stories that matter.

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Eric Morante is abruptly pulled from The Golden Gloves - without warning. And no one will tell him why.

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Extraordinary sporting stories that really matter. From Stak, this is Defiant. The fourth series of the award-winning Legacy.

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 Eric Morante prepares for a fight that could change everything: not just for himself, but for amputee boxers everywhere.

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What was a grassroots movement teaching amputees how to fight is now a nationwide movement. And as a result, Eric Morante has set himself a new mission. 

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Extraordinary sporting stories that really matter. From Stak, this is Defiant. The fourth series of the award-winning Legacy.

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Eric Morante had lost his leg, his purpose, and entered some of the darkest years of his life. But then, his childhood passion offers a lifeline.

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Eric Morante was 21 years old, a fiercely loyal squad leader already on his third tour in Iraq, when a sequence of events would turn his whole world upside down…

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