Autobiography: Sport

Aged fifty, on a whim, Marion Dunn joined a boxing gym. Training to improve fitness quickly became something of an addiction, and then a source of ...

Growing up in a tiny shack in the Dominican Republic, Felipe Alou never dreamed he would be the first man born and raised in his country to play an...

As told to Leif Eriksson and Martin Svensson.Alexander Gustafsson grew up in Arboga, a small town in Sweden. A country boy, he started boxing when ...

Shortlisted for the 2017 Cross Sports Autobiography of the Year 'Full of illuminating anecdotes, piercing insights and unsparing self-analysis from...

Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lo...

Taking My Time tells both the tall tale of George Baker''''s life as a jockey, and the story of a second life emerging from the aftermath of his ho...

No tragedy, no challenge, has proved too hard for Susan Alberti.The woman from the working-class suburbs has battled boardrooms, courts, lymphoma a...

Steve Cherry was born into a large family in 1960 in the Nottinghamshire pit village of Calverton. His family initially assumed that he would follo...

A rare insider''s perspective on baseball''s great barnstorming age. The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an ...

This is the first biography of Alan The Horse Ameche, one of Americas great gridiron heroes. Born in 1933 to Italian immigrants, he grew up in Keno...

George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else wh...

Stumps & Runs & Rock 'n' Roll is Tim Quelch's sixty-year account of growing up and growing older with cricket, spanning the period between ...

Buck Ewing (1859-1906) was regarded by contemporaries as the greatest catcher and all-around player of his era. A lifetime .300-hitter, he playe...

Strong, reliable and known for his ability to work in pinpoint crosses from the left, Kenny was a firm fixture in the cup-winning Arsenal and Engla...

Lee McCulloch plays for Rangers and is club captain. He signed for his boyhood heroes in July 2007 in a GBP 2 million transfer from Wigan and he ha...

Your time will come This is the story of former Norwich City footballer Jeremy Goss. Gossy is, of course, most famous for the memorable goals he s...

Ralph Milne was born in Dundee and lived out many a young footballer's dream. On leaving school he signed for Dundee United and gradually forced hi...

Chris Sutton is one of the finest centre-forwards of his generation. He played for Norwich, Blackburn, Chelsea and Celtic for combined transfer fee...

Willie Miller is an Aberdeen legend. In a glittering career he won every domestic honour, played in two World Cup Finals for Scotland and led Aberd...

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing room with some of the most evocative names in inter...

In 2014, Kevin Pietersen's autobiography was one of the most talked about sporting media stories of the year, largely due to the shockwaves it sent...

In an era before big money arrived, Ian Redford, the son of a Perthshire farmer, was stigmatised as football's rich kid. But, in reality, there was...

Jamie Peacock is the ultimate modern forward in rugby league. Taking the hard hits, making the toughest yards and leading by example in the Super L...

For decades Peter O'Sullevan was one of the iconic sports commentators, providing the sound track for half a century of horseracing as he called ho...

The Iron Curtain tells the story of rugby pioneer Phil Larder, the first coach to break through the hidden wall between rugby league and union. The...

Leigh Adams has been one of the most successful speedway riders in the world. Having been a regular World Championship contender since 1996, he's s...

More than just the tale of one man and his football, Crops is a testament to the passion of generations for the beautiful game, as well as a heart-...

Chevrolet fans were wishing for a hero and Rex White made their dreams come true. He took on big muscle cars and eventually won both the 1960 Wi...

With this volume, David Nemec completes his remarkable trilogy of 19th-century baseball biographies, covering every major league player, manager...

''A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances'' Jojo Moyes''Today I sat on a bench facing the sea, the one where I waited for L ...

'The only book that will give you a hangover' Chris Evans Breakfast Show---The hilarious, no holds barred autobiography from sporting legend and br...

In this unique book, one of footballs greatest cult players reflects on the travails of the sport and draws upon his own experience to offer an hon...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful I am...

'He's one of the best players I've ever played with. As a forward, I'd say he's the best.' Johnny SextonSeán O'Brien does not come from a tradition...