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21) Kushti
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Hindi
Description
Khusti is set in a village in North India, notorious for its obsession with wrestling. One day, Chander, a new postmaster, arrives in Khusti and falls in love with Ladli the daughter of a fierce wrestler, Avtar Singh. Chander mistakenly mixes up the mail between Avtar and his rival Jiten causing Avtar to challenge Chander to wrestle an opponent of his choice The Great Khali in exchange for his daughters hand in marriage.
23) Rudy
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Although people have told Rudy all his life he's not good enough, smart enough or big enough, nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame.
25) The mighty macs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
26) Ice girls
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old aspiring figure skating champion Mattie Dane is forced to put her dreams on ice after a bad fall -- and her mother's decision to relocate the family to a new town. But a chance encounter with the owner of a local skating rink rekindles Mattie's passion to compete and sets up an intense rivalry with a talented classmate who'll stop at nothing to win"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pele. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of Baurú, Brazil, so poor that he couldn't afford a real soccer ball.
28) The hammer
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the life of deaf UFC fighter, Matt Hamill, The Hammer tells the story of what it takes to be a champion, on and off the mat. Raised among those with the ability to hear, Matt later finds himself no less an outsider amidst the Deaf Community. But through sheer determination, he uses his 'perceived' disability as an asset, and becomes not only the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Championship, but an inspirational force to...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Hindi
Description
The story is based on the life of Indian cricketer and the current ODI and T201 captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The film chronicles the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a budding cricketer from Ranchi becoming the most successful captain of an Indian cricket team.
30) Bennett's war
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Marshall Bennett is a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit who survives an IED explosion in combat overseas, and is medically discharged with a broken back and leg and sent back to the U.S. When he gets home to his family farm, he discovers that his dad, Cal, is behind in the mortgage and may lose the farm. Against all odds, Marshall pledges to help his family by the only means he knows how, as a motocross racer.
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
JB Bernstein is a once-successful sports agent who may have to close his business. To save it, he comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Setting off for Mumbai, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called 'Million Dollar Arm' where two young finalists emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the US with a goal: get them signed as pitchers to a major league team. While the boys learn the game, they teach JB the meaning of teamwork...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Metlakatla is Alaska's last Native Indian reserve. For hundreds of years two distinct traditions have defined their community, fishing and basketball. Watch as two cousins lead their local High School team toward a shot at their first state championship in over 30 years. In the aftermath of an unimaginable tragedy, a basketball title has the ability to breathe new life back into this small town.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The California Angels are a struggling baseball team praying to win a pennant. Their luck changes as their biggest fan, 11-year-old Roger, begins giving the coach tips from a real live angel. The team not only climbs back into the pennant race, but learns to believe in themselves.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust...
36) The game plan
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman has an ego bigger than a football field. Joe is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the 8-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad. As the big game gets closer, he begins to realize the most meaningful win he can achieve is the heart of the one little fan who counts the most.
37) Hoosiers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town Indiana high school basketball team to become a contender for the state championship.
38) Cinderella man
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
"Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true"--Container
40) Moneyball
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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