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The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby
Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as on it. For every thrilling last-minute Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal to win the world cup or Jonah...
Games People Played: A Global History of Sport
Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sport. The book shows how sport has been practiced, experienced and made meaningful by players and fans throughout history. It...
Ten Out: The remarkable bowlers who have taken all ten wickets in an
Ten Out pays homage to those who have taken all ten wickets in a first-class innings. Going right back to William Lillywhite, for his feat in 1837, all told there...
The Greatest Ever Boxing Matches: 100 Epic Encounters from the History
$12.00 AUD
This title includes 100 epic encounters from the history of boxing. It includes topics ranging from the bare-knuckle fights of the nineteenth century to the big business of the modern...
Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches,
Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes readers on the ultimate journey through the NFL's history to present his calls on the greatest players and...
The Knockout: Sport's Most Decisive Moment
Swift, brutal and utterly final: with knockouts, there are no grey areas; a KO is a KO. But what actually is a knockout, and why are we so fascinated by...
Concussion (Movie Tie-in Edition)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered something he could not ignore. The NFL tried to silence him. His courage would change...
Feeding the Monster: How Money, Smarts, and Nerve Took a Team to the
$12.00 AUD
Seth Mnookin was given access never before granted to a reporter for this fascinating inside account of the Boston Red Sox. As a result he has written perhaps the best...
The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top
Just in time for the 2016 Olympic Games and the fortieth anniversary of Nadia Comaneci's "Perfect 10," an exciting and insightful account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent...
Retro Cricket
p>Retro Cricket is a celebration of the game from the end of World War II to the end of the 1970s _ the great series, the very best players, the...
The Boys of Winter: The Perfect Rugby Book for Father's Day
England have been in four Rugby World Cup finals and only won one of them. In 2003, this team was the one that did it. Nearly 20 years on, with...
As Leeds Go Marching On: A History of Leeds United Through Stories,
As any Leeds United fan will tell you, following the Whites is certainly never boring. Almost as famous for their periods of chaos as for their moments of glory, over...
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination
The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics...
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination
The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics...
Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World
In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth...
Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years
$20.00 AUD
Muhammad Ali is a force of nature. Over the past forty years, he's proven himself a one-of-a-kind boxing champion, a charismatic media darling, and a world-class personality. Here at last...
The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
From Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless , comes an extraordinary new book in the vein of Into the Wild, the story of the legendary...
The Times Test Cricket: A history of the ultimate game, 150 years in
An illustrated history of unforgettable tests, legendary players and record-breaking performances. This is the story of Test cricket and how it came to dominate the global sporting calendar. With access...
The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
"Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended....
Forza Ferrari: How F1's Most Famous Team Can Win Again
'Every F1 fan knows the magic Ferrari brings to the sport of F1. The passion of the tifosi is one-of-a-kind. Nate does a fantastic job of capturing the heart, soul,...
Olympia: The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
In the northwestern corner of the great peninsula of the Peloponnese, close to the meeting point of the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers, lies a peaceful river valley overlooked by the...
Ten Moments that Shook the Sports World
Want to know what really happened? Stan Isaacs knows. He was there! "The Shot Heard Round the World," in 1951. "The Fight of the Century," in 1971. The horror of...
Match of the Day Football Almanac: Six Decades of Trophies,
A fun, witty and informative guide to the football season, featuring fan-favourite football memories, published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the BBC's beloved Match of the Day. Do you...
Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind
Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the best-known figure of the ancient world- the Roman gladiator Bestselling author Harry...
Cricket: The Definitive Guide to the International Game
Cricket is the compelling story of how the game has developed across the world from the birth of the famous Ashes rivalry between England and Australia in the late 19th...
The Times Test Cricket: A history of the ultimate game, 150 years in
An illustrated history of unforgettable tests, legendary players and record-breaking performances. This is the story of Test cricket and how it came to dominate the global sporting calendar. With access...
Advantage Play: Technologies that Changed Sporting History
Advantage play. noun. legal methods used to gain an advantage, in contrast to cheating. Advantage Play tells the dramatic stories of thirteen technological breakthroughs in two thousand years of sporting...
The Boys of Winter: The Perfect Rugby Book for Father's Day
*WINNER OF RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024* THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A gripping book that brings that unforgettable match back to pulsating life' Daily Mail 'Fans will relish'...
The Times Test Cricket: A history of the ultimate game, 150 years in
An illustrated history of unforgettable tests, legendary players and record-breaking performances. This is the story of Test cricket and how it came to dominate the global sporting calendar. With access...
The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods
The inside story of legendary golfer Tiger Woods' magnificent run, when he won all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, becoming the greatest player of his generation-a show...
The Hunt for Mount Everest
'The definitive back story of Mount Everest' Stewart Weaver, co-author of Fallen Giants 'Craig Storti has given us the Everest book that we've needed all along' Scott Ellsworth, author of...
A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football
A TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A truly important book.' MEGAN RAPINOE'Hardhitting and clear sighted.' THE TIMES'Impassioned . . . joyous.'...
Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global
Tennis's gladiatorial beauty, its stylish duelling and fashionable court-wear make it a romantic's dream. Ever since young men and women first came together to play on vicarage lawns, this most...
Pain and Privilege: Inside Le Tour
' Pain & Privilege contains a wealth of information, presented in an immediate and appealing way.' - The Canberra Times A profound insight into the stories behind the image of...
The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods
The inside story of legendary golfer Tiger Woods' magnificent run, when he won all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, becoming the greatest player of his generation-a show...
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in their Own Words
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...
Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge
Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge is the most comprehensive offering on the subject; as eminently readable as it is an essential reference. It covers all 10 previous World Cups...
NFL Moments: 125 Icons and Stories that Define the NFL
Over its 105-year history, the NFL has built franchise empires, created icons, integrated itself into the fabric of American culture and captivated fans around the globe. At the core of...
Football: The Ultimate Book
A comprehensive coffee table book about the world's most popular sport football. From the history and development of the sport over time, to the best players and most influential clubs...
A Ramble Through the History of Walking
'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of...
Ten Out: The remarkable bowlers who have taken all ten wickets in an
Ten Out pays homage to those who have taken all ten wickets in a first-class innings. Going right back to William Lillywhite, for his feat in 1837, all told there...
La Roja
La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played...
The Official History of the FIFA World Cup
Fully updated - includes the full story of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Official History of the FIFA World Cup is the definitive inside story of the 22...
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in their Own Words
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...
Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those who know football? Far from it: this is a story of glory...
Chariot of Knowledge
Discover the lost history of the Ancient Olympic Games. In popular belief, the Olympic Games were primarily a Greek invention. Yet, this perception covers a secret history that connects the...
The Greatest Scarlets XV Ever
$40.00 AUD
Following on from the success of The Greatest Welsh XV Ever by Eddie Butler and The Greatest Welsh Tries Ever by Gerald Davies, another high-profile rugby personality tackles yet another...
Who Beat the All Blacks?
$12.00 AUD
This book commemorates one of the top ten greatest rugby moments ever, a match on 31 October 1972. The teams and score: Llanelli 9 New Zealand 3. The day's events...