National Icons

The veterans take centre stage as we pit the great quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Tom Brady up against each other. We focus on swimming's remarkable five-time Olympian Dara Torres, and there's a head-to-head between two enduring stars of cricket, Jacques Kallis and Brendon McCullum. Finally we look at two boxers who kept coming back, the great Floyd Mayweather junior, and George Foreman.

The lefties are up front this week, starting with Arjen Robben of the Netherlands and Bayern Munich up against the great Argentine Diego Maradona. We look at the quirky left-handed style of the great tennis hero John McEnroe. Then it's head-to-head clashes between golfers Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, and a couple of superstars of badminton, Lin Dan against Carolina Marin.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! The NBA's regular season record breakers, the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors face-off with former record holders the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls in this episode of National Icons! We also profile other icons, from football, Zlatan Ibrahimović and MMA champion Conor McGregor. Plus, MotoGP rising star Tito Rabat.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Some of the biggest names in America Sport go head to head, featuring the kings of New York Jeter v Rodriguez, plus Super Bowl superstars Montana v Brady, and Manning v Luck, all facing off in this episode of National Icons!

This week we look at great comebacks, and there were none better than the America's Cup, all but gone down 8-1 in best of 17 race. Surfing great Mick Fanning has one of the great comebacks - from a shark attack. Olympic cyclist Anna Meares broke her neck, then returned to win more gold, while golfer Steve Stricker's confidence plummeted almost as far as his ranking, before a stellar return.

The ultimate battle of sport's power couples. Did they prosper or fail? We look at Rory McIlroy v Caroline Wozniacki, Laura Trott v Jason Kenny, Ana Ivanovic v Bastian Schweinsteiger in this episode of National Icons.

All good things must come to an end but some of sport's biggest icons have gone way earlier than anyone expected. In this episode we look at the shock retirements of Formula One greats, a couple of basketball megastars and two of Sweden's greatest ever athletes.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Some of the biggest names in cricket go head to head, featuring the kings of the sport Bradman v Tendulkar, plus spin doctors Warne v Muralitharan, and England's Team of Champions, all facing off in this episode of National Icons.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! And in this all-female episode of National Icons, the stars of tennis go head to head - with Serena Williams against legend of the game Martina Navratilova. We meet Beitske Visser, who is one of a handful of women pushing for a Formula 1 drive. Plus, we profile Ronda Rousey and the US women's national football team and list the top-five female golfers.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Some of the biggest names in rugby go head to head, featuring the kings of the fly-half Wilkinson v Carter, plus mammoth centres De Villiers v Williams, and All-Black greats Lomu v McCaw, all facing off in this episode of National Icons!

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Our World Champion special clashes two of the best - in F1, Jenson Button takes on Jacques Villeneuve, and in football, it's World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and Andrés Iniesta. We've also got insight into life after World Championships for Sir Chris Hoy - and look at iconic World Championship venue, the Bird's Nest in Beijing.

They are the scandals which have rocked the sporting world. In this episode of National Icons we investigate Russia's track and field Olympic ban and Caster Semenya's battle for acceptance. We also look at France's football bad boys and the Australian tennis brats who can't stay out of trouble.

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Some of the biggest names in water sport go head to head, featuring the kings of the sport Spitz v Phelps, plus surfing icons Slater v Medina, and sailing superstars Ainslie v Spithill, all facing off in this episode of National Icons!

The ultimate battle for supremacy! Some of the biggest names in winter sports go head to head, featuring the kings of snowboarding Rice v White, plus the glamour girls of skiing Mancuso v Vonn, and American Alpine legends Miller v Ligety, all facing off in this episode of National Icons!

The two meanest and fastest bowlers in the world go head to head - Mitchell Johnson and Dale Steyn. Some players have represented two countries, Eion Morgan is one of those. Keeper-batsmen can be a potent weapon in today's game, who was better? Adam Gilchrist or MS Dhoni and two comprehensive Ashes victories against each other pits Australia vs England in an iconic battle of championship teams!