Biography: Sport

Jack Beresford was the first British Olympian to win medals of any colour in five consecutive Olympic Games. His record of 3 Gold and 2 silver meda...

Dr Tony Ryan Award finalist, 2019'A wonderfully insightful, detailed and emotional biography of the legendary trainer's later years' Racing Post'[C...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet' Barry McGuigan 'A superb ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE ''One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet'' Barry McGuigan ''A supe...

Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetimes finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is jus...

WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 'Beautifully written, meticulously researched and stuffed with rich sporting and soci...

A Financial Times Sports book of the Year 2018 pickWho''s better: Ronaldo or Messi? Ask any football fan and they''ll have an opinion. For the best...

Derek Dougan was no ordinary footballer. A flamboyant Northern Irish goalscorer, his unwillingness to accept injustice and mismanagement won him as...

In Heart of Dart-ness, TV's Ned Boulting sets out to answer the forty-something year old question: What exactly is darts? Is it a sport, a freak sh...

'Unbeaten is one of the best sports books Ive read in years' Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A LifeRocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded lege...

Covering Mike Tyson's rise through the amateur and professional boxing ranks, this book follows the Brooklyn native from his early years as a yo...

Walter Smokey Alston is best known for his long and successful tenure as manager of the Dodgers--first in Brooklyn, then in Los Angeles. Yet few...

I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking ...

After watching his career as a professional baseball player go down in flames, Cy Young Award-winner Barry Zito discovered a real connection with G...

This is the story of two single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyages: Robin Knox-Johnstons in 1968/69 and Ellen MacArthurs in 2004/05. Although ...

FORE is the story of four professional caddies who were raised within a few doors of each other in a small road in the Birkdale area of Southport a...