Biography: Sport

A gritty, engrossing, and concise account of a boxers meteoric career and tortured personal life.Kirkus Reviews If I wake up, I know I'm a succe...

Iconic ballplayer Rocky Colavito captivated fans during the 1950s and 1960s with his movie-star looks, boyish enthusiasm, powerful bat and canno...

Now in Paperback! This is the authorised biography of one of the best-liked bad boys in British motorsport. John Chatham, driver, racer, repairer, ...

Warren Gatland's In the Line of Fire is the ultimate chronicle of this summer's remarkable Lions tour to New Zealand - home of the fearsome All Bla...

This is the first full biography of Sydney Wooderson, Britain''s most popular sportsman during the 1930s and 1940s. A more unlikely sports hero is ...

When Manchester United re-signed their former youth player Paul Pogba for a world record fee in the summer of 2016, they made a powerful statement....

Growing up in Maplewood, New Jersey the only Black, Muslim-American in hijab, in middle school Ibtihaj discovered fencing, a sport traditionally re...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI , RONALDO ANDNEYMARThe world's greatest players, head to head.Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo haver...

Neymar is the youngest Brazilian ever to reach 35 international goals and time is on his side as he closes in on Pelé's long-standing record of 77....

Barcelona has long been regarded as a home of beautiful football. In July 2014, already boasting Lionel Messi and Neymar, Barça added Luis Suárez t...

Curt Flood, former star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a hero to many for selflessly sacrificing his career to challenge the legali...

Luis Suárez is one of the most brilliant and controversial players in world football.Signed by Barcelona in 2014 despite a lengthy ban for biting a...

Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. At the peak of ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is known throughout the world for his devastating ability and his carefully crafted image. A two-time Ballon d'Or winner with his...

Lionel Messi is a mesmerising talent who has continued to astound the world of football ever since assuming his role at the heart of a star-studded...

In 2009 Real Madrid paid £80m, a then record fee, to sign a ready-made superstar in an effort to keep pace with a Barcelona side that had won it al...

Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. 2016 saw him wi...

The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the first in which women over the objections of many, including Pope Pius XI and the founder of the modern...

In 1914 one of Britain's most famous sportsmen went off to play his part in the First World War. Like millions of others, he would die. Unlike mill...

WINNER OF THE 2014 SEYMOUR MEDAL sponsored by the Society for American Baseball Research and finalist for 2014 SABR Larry Ritter AwardThough his pi...

Tom Farndon, a shy young man from Coventry, set out on the road to speedway stardom in 1929. Within five years he had reached celebrity status matc...

Jamaican Usain 'Lightning' Bolt is arguably the most celebrated sportsman in the world. From the relative obscurity of being a world-class 200 metr...

Roger Conner, the Babe Ruth of the 1880s and inventor of the pop-up slide, ranks number one for 19th century players in home runs and was an expert...

Josh Allen re-wrote the Bills record book in 2020 as the team finished 13­3 and won its first AFC East title since Jim Kelly was behind center in 1...