Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE Phil Knight By Phil Knight In 1962, fresh out of business school, phil knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, athletic shoes from japan. Selling the shoes from the...
Maradona: The Hand of God By Jimmy Burns The definitive biography of Maradona, fully updated with new material following his death in 2020.Anyone doubting that Diego Maradona was more than just a soccer player had only to witness the outpourings after his death on...
A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke On 10 November 2009 German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old. Viewed from outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a...
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew By Shehan Karunatilaka Retired sportswriter W.G. Karunasena is dying. He will spend his final months drinking arrack, upsetting his wife, ignoring his son, and tracking down Pradeep S. Mathew, an elusive spin bowler he considers...
Moneyball By Michael Lewis Just before the 2002 season opens, the Oakland Athletics must relinquish its three most prominent (and expensive) players and is written off by just about everyone—but then comes roaring back to challenge the American League record for...
The Fox : Harry Hopman and the Greatest Dynasty in Tennis History By Michael Sexton The Fox: Harry Hopman and the Greatest Dynasty in Tennis History is the story of how one man drove a tiny nation to dominate a global sport. The Grand Slams, Wimbledon crowns and...
Overthrowing Cricket's Empire : How Every Team Beat England for the First Time By Jarrod Kimber and Abhishek Mukherjee Cricket was once used as a tool to colonise. What happens when those countries grow up? Overthrowing Cricket's Empire unearths the audacious stories...
Haaland: The Incredible Story Behind the World's Greatest Striker By Lars Siversten Norwegian striker Erling Haaland is only in his first season at Manchester City and yet he has taken the Premier League - and world football stage - by storm. At the halfway point in...
Brutal: My Autobiography By Iwan Thomas Running has been Iwan Thomas's life. He put everything into becoming and remaining an elite athlete to such a point that his efforts left him scarred.Iwan reveals the highs of his career, but also his battles with the dark side...
The Premier: Big Business and Great Football By Jimmy Burns The Premier: Big Business and Great Football explores the history and evolution of the world’s most popular football league. Discover the curiosities and stand-out moments of the greatest Premier League...