History of Sport

The 1980s’ most memorable sporting moments show how sport became fully entwined in our national story.Travel back to the 1980s - to Botham's Ashes ...

Soccer players may get all the glory, but behind every great player is a great coach. And behind every great coach today stands a deep fraternity w...

Mike Donlin was a brash, colorful, and complicated personality. He was the most popular athlete in New York and was a star on the powerful New York...

In 1894 a group of friends had an idea and it led to the creation of Ajax, a football club for the people of Amsterdam. More than one hundred years...

Tears at La Bombonera is author Christopher Hylland's six-year journey living, working and travelling through South America - where football is a w...

Cup Final Day, 1986, and the eyes of the world are on Liverpool and Everton as they walk out on to Wembley’s lush green turf. Pumped with pride and...

A 3,162 km race. A 48-year-old man. A 100-year-old bike. Made mostly of wood. That he built himself. Tim Moore sets off to recreate the most appall...

We all know that the UK goes crazy during Wimbledon fortnight. In fact so much seems to be packed into those two weeks that Spencer Vignes collecte...

Although he never played a day in the white major leagues, John Henry "Pop" Lloyd was one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. A sho...

This book is a fascinating and entertaining mixture of the history and characters of the darts world. It features player profiles, trivia – includi...

Golf is one of the most popular games in the world. That is a strange thing to say, since almost all serious golfers actually have a love-hate rela...

The post-war era was British speedway’s golden age. Ten million spectators passed through the turnstiles of a record number of tracks at the sport’...

The Weight Lifted collects Chicago Tribune sportswriter Paul Sullivan’s coverage of the Chicago Cubs’ historic 2016 championship season. The 16-art...

The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Fli...