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    From the history of Irish sports to biographies of international athletics superstars, these books in our sports collection make for excellent reading. Whether you’re passionate about football, rugby, or any other sport, these books bring the drama, dedication, and triumphs of the sports world to life. Find your next great sports read at Chapters Bookstore!

    Conor Niland: The Racket [2024] paperback

    €12.99€15.99

    'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It's Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar'A really wonderful read ... Conor Niland has delivered an all-timer for tennis and sports...

    Johnny Sexton: Obsessed: The Autobiography [2024] hardback

    €21.99

    'Sexton will go down as Ireland's greatest ever player' Gordon D'Arcy, Irish TimesNo Irish rugby player has ever achieved more, or been a source of more inspiration to teammates and...

    Ronnie O'Sullivan: Unbreakable [2023] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    In a career spanning over three decades, Ronnie O'Sullivan's journey to becoming the greatest snooker player of all time has been filled with extremes.A teenage snooker prodigy, Ronnie turned professional...

    Roddy Collins: The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game [2022] hardback

    €8.99€20.99

    The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of a career as a player (at sixteen clubs), manager...

    Anita Bean: The Complete Guide to Strength Training 5th edition [2015] paperback

    €42.00

    The Complete Guides series blends expert information and accessibility. The Complete Guide to Strength Training is the ultimate resource for anyone wanting to increase strength and resculpt their body. Featuring...

    Padraic Maher: All on the Line: A memoir of hurling and commitment [2022] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    Padraic Maher is one of the greatest hurlers of his generation and an icon in his beloved Tipperary.Winner of three All-Ireland senior hurling medals and six All-Star awards, Maher was...

    Gary Neville: The People's Game: A View from a Front Seat in Football: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER [2022] paperback

    €4.99€7.99

    *AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW* __________The beautiful game is under threat. The greed and selfishness of the biggest clubs is harming the sport, with smaller clubs struggling for financial survival and...

    Owen Doyle: The Ref's Call: Memoir of a Rugby Referee [2022] paperback

    €3.99€5.99

    'A genuine presence on the field, Owen refereed with the perfect balance of respect and authority' Keith Wood'Highly respected with vast experience and knowledge, Owen Doyle contributed hugely to the...

    Books Sports Books 6 Book Mystery Box

    €29.99

    Get 6 New Sports books when you buy the Chapters Bookstore Sports Book Box. Chapters Mystery box contains only new books. Free Shipping anywhere in Ireland. No country loves sports...

    Kellie Harrington: Kellie [2022] hardback

    €5.99€19.99

    Kellie Harrington grew up in Dublin's north inner city and was in danger of going down the wrong path in life before she discovered boxing. Her local boxing club was...

    Dan Martin: Chased By Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling [2022] paperback

    €5.99

    This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography.Known, thanks to his racing style and attitude, for being one of road cycling's last romantics, Dan has always shied away from revealing too much...

    Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery [2021] hardback

    €5.99€7.99

    'brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... I would recommend this book to everyone.' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live'so honest ... everybody should read Hooked to understand...

    Spillane Pat: In the Blood [2023] hardback

    €11.99€20.99

    Pat Spillane is one of the best-known sportspeople in Ireland. Selected for the GAA's Team of the Millennium and winner of eight All-Ireland senior football medals, he is one of...

    Ciaran Murphy: This is the Life [2023] paperback

    €10.99€14.99

    The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and...

    Guenther Steiner: Surviving To Drive: A Jaw-dropping [2023] paperback

    €17.99

    'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes...'-----------------------------Guenther Steiner...

    Miguel Delaney: States of Play [2024] paperback

    €17.99

    'In this excellent investigation, Delaney reveals the ugly side of the beautiful game.' - Oliver Bullough'Majestic... the essential guide to how the people's game has become the plaything of the...

    Christopher Norris: The Complete Guide to Exercise Therapy [2013] paperback

    €4.99

    A new title in the Complete Guide series - Exercise Therapy will perfectly complement the Complete Guide to Sports Injuries and the Complete Guide to Clinical Massage. Dr Christopher M....

    Paul Perris: The Boy on the Shed:A remarkable sporting memoir with a foreword by Alan Shearer [2019] paperback

    €4.99

    Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the YearShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardThe Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year The Times Sports Book of the...

    Hailpin Sean Og O: The Autobiography [2014] paperback

    €4.99

    Sean Og O hAilpin, the iconic hurler of his generation, tells his own story. Sean Og O hAilpin became synonymous with Cork hurling during a period when the Rebel County...

    Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World [2023] paperback

    €5.99

    'Women's sports have needed a manifesto for a very long time, and with Lauren Fleshman's Good for a Girl we finally have one' Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and David...

    Oliver Kay: 9780954766450 [2017] paperback

    €4.99€5.99

    WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'This football book is about something even...

    Eddie Hearn: Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success [2020] paperback

    €5.99

    __________ WINNER AT THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2021 HEALTH AND FITNESS *The Sunday Times Number One Business Bestseller*Out now: the knockout book about success and mindset, by one of...

    Calling the Shots: How to Win in Football and Life [2022] paperback

    €5.99€7.99

    The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David Dein.There's no doubt that Dein has been one of the most significant...

    Palmer Tom: Football's Greatest Moments (Ultimate Football Heroes - The No.1 football series): Collect Them All! [2023] paperback

    €9.10

    Discover the most memorable moments in football history in this fascinating Ultimate Football Heroes collection!From the invention of the modern sport all the way to the present day, bestselling author...

    Rickson Gracie: Breathe: A Life in Flow [2021] paperback

    €19.50

    From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracie's stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie...

    Liverpool FC: Klopp [2024] hardback

    €33.80

    With a foreword from Jurgen Klopp."I said when he was appointed, 'fasten your seatbelts and get ready for take-off,' and I wasn't wrong. He took us on some journey" Sir...

    Christopher M Norris: The Complete Guide to Clinical Massage [2013] paperback

    €3.99

    A practical guide to a burgeoning specialist area for fitness professionals and physiotherapists. A comprehensive guide to clinical massage techniques, tackled in Chris Norris's clear and accessible style. Packed with...

    Jonathan Wilson: Two Brothers [2022] paperback

    €5.99€7.99

    Two Brothers tells the story of a great sporting family, uncovering new details, exposing myths and placing Jack and Bobby Charlton in their historical context. It's a book about two...

    Micheal O Muircheartaigh: From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain [2006] hardback

    €9.99€27.13

    Micheal O Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms - sporting and non-sporting - go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games....

    Sonny Bill Williams: You Can't Stop The Sun From Shining [2021] paperback

    €4.99€5.99

    'The book is as compelling and open-hearted as Williams is... It is full of the beguiling Sonny Bill sunshine' Don McCrae, Guardian 'Excellent' David Walsh, Sunday Times __________Out now: the...

    Keys Colm: Chasing Sam Maguire [2023] hardback

    €34.99

    It is almost one hundred years since the Sam Maguire Cup was first awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship, the pinnacle of sporting ambition for generations of...

    Graham Ian: How to Win the Premier League [2024] hardback

    €28.60

    'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein'Fascinating and educational. An enjoyable and informative read' Sir Kenny Dalglish'Deserves a place among the great modern books on football'...

    Jonathan Wilson: Angels With Dirty Faces [2023] paperback

    €5.99

    'ABSORBING' Guardian'ENTHRALLING' New Statesman'EPIC' Evening Standard'INESCAPABLE' The Sunday Times'MAGISTERIAL' Irish ExaminerFully revised and updated, the definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stefano,...

    Steiner Guenther: Surviving to Drive [2024] paperback

    €11.99

    **THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph...

    Perkins: Women's Health Lift to Get Lean [2015] paperback

    €2.99€3.99

    Research shows that building muscle helps the body burn more calories 24/7 and that resistance training is the most effective way to torch body fat. Yet that message is still...

    Peter Schmeichel: One: My Autobiography: The Sunday Times bestseller [2021] paperback

    €2.99€4.99

    'Why me? How could a boy from a Copenhagen tower block say I want to be a champion with Manchester United and Denmark and make it happen?'Peter Schmeichel is a...

    Willie Anderson: Crossing The Line [2022] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    Irish rugby has produced many charismatic figures over its history. None more than Willie Anderson. Immortalised for his defiant stance in the face of the All Blacks' Haka, the Ulsterman...

    Eimear Ryan: Grass Ceiling The: On Being A Woma [2023] paperback

    €6.99€14.99

    What is it like to be a girl, or a woman, in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play on the boys' team, more people pay attention - but you...

    John Scally: 101 Great Gaa Controversies [2023] paperback

    €7.99

    100 Great GAA Controversies is a collection of fascinating accounts from the field with appearances from some famous and infamous personalities, like Joe Brolly, Ger Loughnane, Pat Spillane and Babs...

    Philly Mcmahon: CHOICE (MCMAHON) [2018] paperback

    €6.99€12.99

    BGE Irish Sports Book of the Year and eir Sports Book of the YearIn The Choice Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the deeply personal story of his brother, John, a...

    Eamon Dunphy: Only a Game?: The Diary of a Professional Footballer [1987] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    The 40th anniversary edition of the classic inside account of a season at a professional football club"The best book about football I have read by someone who has actually played...

    Cora Staunton: Game Changer [2019] paperback

    €4.99€14.30

    Cora Staunton is an iconic figure in the world of modern GAA. In this ground-breaking autobiography, she reveals her extraordinary journey from teenage rookie to the highest-scoring forward in the...

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