Biography: Sport

Proclaimed the young fighter from Louisville. Most boxing fans criticised this upstart and few believed he had the skills to justify such a stateme...

Laced with fascinating anecdotes, Raymond Mays'''' Magnificent Obsession reveals a pivotal figure in motor sport history, and describes the author'...

The most thrilling and controversial cricketer of his generation, Brian Lara is a hero to millions worldwide. A naturally attacking style and limit...

'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, author of All Played Out. A stunning new biograp...

The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey, the runner and mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016. 'Come-back races? I'v...

Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Peter Boardman visited three very different sacre...

Joe Tasker lies, struck down by illness, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb Dunagiri, his f...

It's the era of the silver jubilee, skinheads and bands like sham 69, The Jam, The Clash and The Sex Pistols. Tommy and his mates like nothing bet...

In the 1940s and 1950s, unable to field competitive eleven-man football teams, small towns across the United States started playing six-man footbal...

Ben Smith: Professional footballer. Recognise the name? Of course you don't. That's because most of Smith's years in the game were spent outside th...

The wildly entertaining Sunday Times bestseller'This book deserves to be seeded No. 1' Daily MailFifteen years after his massive bestseller Serious...

THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARKieren Fallon was one of the world''s greatest jockeys, but his career was littered w...

When Joanna Rowsell Shand, then fourteen, decided to take on a challenge set when British Cycling visited her school, she didn't realise the decisi...

The extraordinary, life-affirming autobiography of rugby legend DODDIE WEIR There has never been anyone quite like Doddie Weir. A giant of the gam...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLERMichael Dunlop is the greatest road racer on the planet. Brother of William, an accomplished rider himself, s...

Englishman David Hobbs `Hobbo to his friends and fans is one of motor racings most remarkable all-rounders. In a 41-year driving career he raced ...

BGE Irish Sports Book of the Year and eir Sports Book of the Year In The Choice Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the deeply personal story of his b...

'Brilliant' Guardian'Exuberant' Financial Times'Colourful' The TimesIn June 1986 Diego Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest footballer o...

''Poignant and compelling, an equine Bridget Jones.'' Racing PostBeing a stable lass is probably one of the hardest jobs in the country, and yet fo...

On 24 November 2012, four-time World Champion boxer Ricky Hatton dropped to his knees, felled by a sickening punch to the body in his first comebac...

In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. His race against the clock took him throug...

AB has become the most valuable cricketer on the planet' Adam GilchristAB de Villiers is one of the finest batsmen ever to play cricket, and yet hi...