Throughout history, there have been amazing examples of the sporting underdogs triumphing against their more favoured opponents. The exploits of Muhammad Ali, when he came back after three years out of the sport to regain the world heavyweight title in 1974, is still considered one of the greatest individual achievements of all time. Another unlikely sporting hero was John Daly when he won the 1991 US PGA Championship. Daly hadn’t even been set to play, but a chance dropout by somebody else opened up a space for him to participate. He went on to win the championship, despite being a…
Is the Leicester City story the greatest team sporting achievement of all time?









