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Published to coincide with the RTE radio series "Hurling's Top 20", author and broadcaster Colm Keane profiles 20 of the greatest hurling legends to grace the game: from Christy Ring,...

George Best is considered the greatest footballer of our time. No other imposed himself so completely on to the romantic imagination. No other was so emblematic of the era during...

Since its establishment in Thurles on 1 November 1884, the GAA has born some of the most memorable and captivating events in Irish history. From the 'Bloody Sunday' massacre in...

'The greatest Gaelic footballer of all time.' Pat SpillaneWhen Colm Cooper retired from inter-county football in 2017, he left behind a remarkable legacy. The holder of five All-Ireland medals and...

At Sandown Park on the 25 April 2015, riding Box Office, two jumps from home, the realisation hit me. This is it. This is really the end.I was now a...

The exclusive diary of Mick McCarthy, award-winning manager of the Irish football team, detailing the blood, sweat and tears and pure joy of the year leading up to the 2002...

Niall Quinn is the sort of target man that wingers love to aim for, and his forward partners enjoy playing alongside, sure that they will be able to feed off...

The Sydney to Hobart yacht race is one of the world's major sporting events. In 1998, it became one of the world's major sporting disasters. Six sailors tragically perished, countless...

On 19 July 1972, Muhammad Ali defeated Al "Blue" Lewis in 11 rounds at Croke Park, Dublin. It was an extraordinary week both for Ali and the sporting and cultural...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SPORT'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the...

Bellies and Bullseyes is simply the greatest account there will ever be about the sport of darts - as told by one of its most legendary characters - Sid Waddell....

Football lies at the heart of popular culture in both England and Italy. It is played, watched, written about and talked to death by millions virtually every day of the...

A lavish, illustrated companion to the Tour de France that makes for the perfect gift for any cycling fan.The Official History of the Tour de France - fully revised and...

Munster's victory in the 2006 Heineken Cup was the culmination of an epic journey to the pinnacle of European club rugby. This book tells the story of that journey, in...

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of bikes, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of cycling.

It was a blustery late spring day in 1954 and a young Oxford medical student flung himself over the line in a mile race. There was an agonising pause, and...

With a foreword by McLaren CEO Zak Brown and written with inside access, this is the real-time, unfolding story of one of F1's greatest ever teams, as they rise back...

THE UNMISSABLE NEW BOOK FROM GUENTHER STEINER, AUTHOR OF THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, SURVIVING TO DRIVE. WITH A FOREWORD BY TOTO WOLFF.Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog,...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year'Magnificent ... the pinacle of rugby writing' - Owen Slot, The TimesThe 1997 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa...

The vast majority of us can only dream of being an Olympic-level athlete - but we have no real idea of what that means. Here, for the first time, in...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 (FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR)------------A club on the rise. A city in flux. This is Union Berlin.No football club in the...

Four years after the crowning glory of 1966 and a decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a brash new era dawned in English football. As the 1970s took...

'Delighted to learn from this very enjoyable new book that the first ever game of football played in Austria was won by the Vienna Cricket Club.' - Tom Holland, Historian...

Nedum Onuoha was not a typical footballer. Picked by the Manchester City Academy aged ten, he was determined to continue his education despite the lure of a career under the...

Set against a backdrop ofeconomic recession, rampant hooliganism and suspect fashion, Go To War tellsthe story of how triumph and tragedy shaped English football during the 1980s.It was a decade...

Famous as Britain's leading and most outrageous jazz-singer, author of 14 books including three notorious autobiographies, expert, lecturer and writer on Surrcalism in particular and modern art in general, TV...

The Tour de France is a race like no other, so perhaps it's no surprise that it attracts racers like no other. The winner of the second Tour actually came...

From the world's number one golf coach, the pro who teaches the pros, comes the only guide you'll need to improve your game, whatever your level of play.Leadbetter's Faults and...

Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one...

When the GAA purchased what became known as Croke Park in 1913, they cannot have imagined it would become the third largest stadium in Europe, host over 80,000 people at...

People and place, sport and identity are at the heart of this book, telling the story of how the GAA has left a unique imprint on every Irish county and...

From the author of the best-selling and controversial UNLIMITED HEARTBREAK From 1933 to 1940 Limerick hurlers dominated the game. Mick Mackey was key in that era, driving his team to...

High risk, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, knife-edge decisions, rivalries and challenges in the toughest environment are all in a day's work for exceptional Irish sailor, Damian Foxall. From a remote...

If you're new to the sport or you feel you could sharpen up your knowledge of the game, this guide is for you. Inside you'll find easy-to-understand advice on the...

An intimate biography of tennis's living legend Rafael Nadal. Tennis is not short on history. When Nadal arrived on the scene in 2005, the record for men's singles titles at...

Many of us are guilty of choosing to binge-watch TV after a stressful day at work rather than hitting the gym to exercise - but what if you could do...

Darryl Grimason vividly and lyrically conveys in this book the all-consuming passion for fishing that has inspired him since boyhood. Whether describing a nostalgic attachment to his first special fishing...

This volume follows three riders on the Grand Prix show jumping circuit from the National Horse Show of November 1990 to the same show a year later. The riders are...