Catalogue Search Results
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Legendary jockey, Frankie Dettori, shares his remarkable life story in this astonishingly intimate autobiography. When Lanfranco ?Frankie? Dettori arrived on British shores in 1985, aged just 14, he couldn?t speak a word of English. Having left school just a year earlier and following in the footsteps of his father, he was eager to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey, willing to do everything it took to make it. This was his first, but certainly...
Author
Description
A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound at birth, Tyson (named after his father's boxing hero) grew up to become one of the most unlikely heavyweight champions in history. This 'dream come true' soon turned to nightmare, however, as alcohol and cocaine abuse took hold and Tyson was stripped of his titles. What followed was the darkest moment of his life - detailed in this book for the first...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Appears on list
Description
Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands...
Author
Publisher
Polaris
Pub. Date
2020
Description
This is the story of Liverpool?s title win in the longest season, as told by the writers of The Athletic. Never in the history of football writing has a league race been covered in such depth by such a talented pool of writers as the newly-assembled staff of The Athletic. The result is an alchemical blend of inside access and expert analysis; great ideas and beautiful writing. Liverpool?s title win is relived in real time, in 360 degrees. Articles...
Author
Publisher
BookBaby
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Long before the days of running apps, designer running shoes and online marathon training programs, three-time Olympian Clarence DeMar self-coached his way to seven Boston Marathon victories- a record that remains unbroken today. More than one hundred years since winning his first marathon, Clarence ?DeMarathon? DeMar is still known as one of the greatest American distance runners of all time. Marathon, DeMar?s 1937 memoir, is a simple and honest...
Author
Publisher
Summersdale Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The high-pressure world of competitive sport has been shaken over the years by a series of major scandals. Involving drugs, sex, violence, money or pure and simple cheating, these incidents have ruined reputations, fuelled suspicions and shocked loyal supporters. Highlighting some of the most memorable cases from around the world, Norman Ferguson explores both recent and historic instances of dishonesty, betrayal and outrageous unsporting behaviour....
7) Leagues
Author
Publisher
Watts
Description
Profiles the top leagues and divisions in world football.
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2008
Description
At the cutting edge of sport, where winners go one way & losers the other, Ian Wooldridge made his living as a journalist. His gimlet eye went straight to the heart of pressure situations, detecting courage in the competitors, & raising the spirits of his readers with his celebration of genuine heroism.
10) Rampaging rugby
Author
Series
Stupendous Sports volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
Description
A humorous look at the history and rules of rugby football.
11) Simply the best
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date
2020
Description
David 'Bumble' Lloyd is one of cricket's great characters - hilarious, informative and insightful, and filled with boundless enthusiasm for the game. Now, in Cricket Characters, he tells the stories of the most important, influential, talented and entertaining characters he has come across in sixty years in the game. Following on from the bestselling successes of Last in the Tin Bath and Around the World in 80 Pints, in his new book...
Author
Publisher
Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2016
Description
10 gold medals don't come easy... First comes the graft. Thousands of hours on the pedals, forever turning left, following that black line round, pushing your body harder than it is designed to go. Then comes the sacrifice. All familiar pleasures stripped away in search of perfection. Then the pain. Muscles burning, stomach churning, an ache in the bones. To pull all of this together to achieve an Olympic gold is impressive; to be part of a couple...
Author
Publisher
Forum
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Sharron Davies is no stranger to battling the routine sexism the sporting world. She missed out on Olympic Gold because of blatant doping among East German athletes in the 1980s, and has never received justice. Now, biological males are being allowed to compete directly against women under the guise of trans 'self-ID', a development that could destroy the integrity of female sport. This callous indifference towards women in sport, argues Sharron and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Appears on these lists
Description
Khan looks back on his exhilarating boxing career that spanned 27 years from his first fight to his last. A role model for his Pakistani heritage, his Bolton upbringing and the best of British sport, Khan also reveals for the first time the full story of his life outside of the ring. Told with his trademark warmth, humour and honesty, Khan relives his highs and lows. He shares never-before-told stories about his greatest fights and rivalries. He reflects...
17) The final play
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, a legend on the Mighty Johns football team at Draven University, disappeared after scoring a record-breaking touchdown in front of 25,000 spectators. Ruggles, instead of celebrating, continued running, ball in hand, into a passageway that led under the field. He was never seen again. His disappearance had mystified the community for decades until another player, brilliant physics major, Merlin North, turns detective...
Author
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2020
Description
The Lost Shankly Boy is an enthralling tale of triumph over adversity and hope amid despair. It tells the story of George Scott, a poor boy from a fishing village in Aberdeen, who dreamed of a career in football and ended up rubbing shoulders with one of the game's managerial greats, Bill Shankly. He would assemble a team to rival the famous 'Busby Babes' - his very own 'Shankly Boys'. With Tommy Smith and Chris Lawler already at the club, he would...