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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!

    John Giles: The Great and the Good [2013] paperback

    €5.99

    In The Great and the Good, Ireland's leading football pundit and legend of the game John Giles looks back on more than fifty years of football, at developments in the...

    Hulk Hogan: My Life Outside the Ring [2010] hardback

    €6.99

    Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, burst onto the professional wrestling scene in the late seventies and went on to become a world wrestling champion many times over. From humble beginnings,...

    Tim Noakes: Challenging Beliefs [2012] paperback

    €5.99€21.41

    Tim Noakes is one of the world's leading authorities on the science behind sport and a successful sportsman in his own right. Through a lifetime of research, he has developed...

    Lance Armstrong: Every Second Counts [2004] paperback

    €2.99€12.84

    In 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the history of sport after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just eighteen months before returning to professional...

    David Scarfe: The Wild Book [2017] hardback

    €6.99€7.99

    Let a little wildness in. Adventure is closer than you think. A lavishly illustrated celebration of the wonders that await in the outside world; the perfect gift for fans of...

    Tom Isitt: Riding in the Zone Rouge [2020] paperback

    €5.99

    'An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace' GUARDIAN'Occasionally funny and regularly poignant, brilliantly focused in its research . . . His drive, wit and...

    Sospiro Guido Di: The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong [2013] hardback

    €9.99€16.90

    LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2013 To spin or not to spin? - that is the metaphysical question.When a mortifying defeat to his teenage son rekindles his...

    Guillem Balague: Brave New World [2018] paperback

    €2.99

    The Sunday Times BestsellerThe exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs, told in his own wordsSince joining the club in 2014, Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Tottenham from...

    Guillem Balague: Cristiano Ronaldo [2016] paperback

    €4.99

    The definitive biography of Cristiano Ronaldo, named Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards 2016Fully updated to include the 2015-16 seasonCristiano Ronaldo is one of the...

    Guillem Bslsgue: Cristiano Ronaldo [2015] hardback

    €4.99

    WINNER OF FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2016CRISTIANO RONALDO is one of the greatest footballers of all time, yet for all his success on...

    John Mcenroe: But Seriously [2017] hardback

    €6.99

    He is one of the most controversial sportsmen in history and a legend of Open Era tennis. But after reaching the top of his game - what came next? A...

    David Millar: Racing Through the Dark [2012] paperback

    €4.99€6.99

    The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport.By his eighteenth birthday David Millar was living...

    Ruby Walsh: Ruby: The Autobiography [2010] hardback

    €4.99

    Ruby Walsh is a phenomenon. The only jockey to have won all four of the home Grand Nationals, Ruby's racing life is the stuff of dreams. A charming, much-loved sports...

    Steve Hodge: The Man With Maradona's Shirt [2010] hardback

    €6.99

    This is not a straightforward autobiography, it's a snapshot of a vanished era of football, based on meticulously kept diaries. The eighties and the early nineties was the last era...

    David Owen: Foinavon [2014] paperback

    €5.99

    It was the upset to end all upsets. On 8 April 1967 at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, a 100-1 outsider in peculiar blinkers sidestepped chaos extraordinary even by the Grand...

    Michael Hutchinson: Faster [2014] paperback

    €6.99

    For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to win....

    Tony Collins: The Oval World [2015] hardback

    €9.99

    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...

    Jimmy Burns: Maradona [2010] paperback

    €4.99

    Diego Maradona, is arguably the greatest and certainly the most widely-known footballer of the modern age. During his tempestuous career he played for top clubs in South America and Europe,...

    Christopher Yates: A Passion for Angling [1993] hardback

    €9.99

    Published to tie in with a BBC2 television series, this is the story of the piscatorial adventures of Chris Yates and Bob James, accompanied by film-maker Hugh Miles. With high...

    Judy Murray: Knowing the Score [2018] paperback

    €7.99€15.70

    The Sunday Times bestsellerJudy Murray provides the ultimate insight into life with her tennis champion sons Andy and Jamie.What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic?...

    Jim Whippy: Sea Fishing [2013] paperback

    €7.99

    Every yachtsman or motorboater has at some point entertained the idea of catching their own supper, but until Sea Fishing there hasn't been a book to guide them through it....

    Simon Wilde: Wisden Cricketers of the Year [2013] hardback

    €19.99

    Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has become known as 'cricket's bible', and in 2013 it celebrates its 150th anniversary. Many of its traditions are of great significance to all fans of the...

    Clive Forth: The Mountain Bike Skills Manual [2011] paperback

    €6.99

    More riders than ever are heading to the country on their mountain bikes. It's a sport that has exploded over the last twenty years, as people of all ages and...

    Nick Holt: The Mammoth Book of The World Cup [2018] paperback

    €4.99€10.99

    An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia. From its beginnings in...

    Andy Mitten: Bring On United [2024] hardback

    €28.60

    How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Manchester United interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...

    Robert Kitson: Around The World In 80 Minutes [2024] paperback

    €16.90

    A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT'A mesmerising, unforgettable journey around world rugby' - DONALD McRAE, Twice winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year'Magnificent......

    Tyson Fury: Gypsy King of the World [2020] paperback

    €5.99

    "He is the greatest fighter alive today" Daily ExpressTyson Fury is colossal - six feet nine inches tall and a whisker under 20 stones in weight. He is spectacularly fast....

    Geraint Thomas: Mountains According To G [2022] paperback

    €9.99

    Geraint Thomas's inside guide to twenty-five of the greatest cycling climbs in the world.Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribulations and...

    Christoph Biermann: Football Hackers [2019] paperback

    €7.99€21.41

    Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinkers - Financial TimesThe future of football is now. Football's data revolution has only...

    Matt & Tom Oldfield: Gerrard (Classic Football Heroes) - Collect Them All! [2017] paperback

    €3.99€9.99

    'Liverpool Champions of Europe. Stevie was on top of the world.'Gerrard tells of how a young boy from Merseyside would go on to captain his club for over a decade,...

    Simon Hughes: Chasing Salah [2024] paperback

    €2.99€8.99

    The definitive biography of Liverpool legend and most famous Egyptian footballer in the history of the sport, Mohamed Salah.Salah's achievements are, in many ways, unparalleled. A Champions League and Premier...

    Andy Murray: Hitting Back [2008] hardback

    €12.99€27.13

    'With Andy, the sky's the limit...' - John McEnroe. At Wimbledon in 2005, a young, brash Andy Murray came out of nowhere and thrashed star pros Georges Bastl and Radek...

    Sholto Radford: Walk [2018] hardback

    €6.99€11.41

    'Walking is man's best medicine'HippocratesWalk invites you to explore the benefits to be gained from the simple act of walking and spending time outdoors.A great natural way to boost your...

    Donald McRae: A Man's World [2015] hardback

    €14.99€26.00

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2015. 'I kill a man and most people forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this...

    Mark Verstegen: Core Performance Essentials [2006] paperback

    €5.99

    If you only have 30 minutes to exercise, this is the training programme for you! Fitness guru Mark Verstegen is often asked what you can do to get the best...

    Square Union: ONE WEEK IN JUNE Z44 [2010] hardback

    €7.99

    The U.S. Open, generally considered the pre-eminent golf championship in the world, is contested on some of the nation's finest courses. This book takes fans behind the scenes, giving them...

    Gerry Thornley: Front Up, Rise Up [2016] hardback

    €7.99€9.99

    For years they were the Cinderella province, the poor relations and the weakest link in Irish rugby, the so-called Development Province, who had never won a senior trophy since their...

    Sugar Ray Leonard: The Big Fight [2012] paperback

    €5.99€17.13

    Sugar Ray Leonard is quite simply one of the greatest fighters of the last fifty years. An artist and a showman he was always willing to take the difficult fight:...

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