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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!

    Ivan Fallon: The Life of Tony O'Reilly [1994] hardback

    €5.99€24.27

    Among rugby enthusiasts, he is still considered as probably the best player ever to come out of Ireland. In the business world, he was the youngest ever chief executive of...

    Brian O'Driscoll: A Year in the Centre [2006] paperback

    €4.99€10.40

    What a season. Leinster were looking for Heineken Cup glory, Ireland were chasing their first Grand Slam in fifty-seven years, and the Lions went to New Zealand seeking only their...

    Mike Cronin: The GAA [2009] hardback

    €14.99€29.99

    Ireland without the GAA would be unimaginable. As it moves past its 125th anniversary, this is the story of how it carved for itself a unique place at the heart...

    David Tossell: Big Mal [2009] paperback

    €5.99€10.40

    Malcolm Allison is one of the most controversial figures of the last half-century of English football. Leader of the famed 'West Ham Academy', his playing career was cut short by...

    Hanif Abdurraqib: There's Always This Year [2025] paperback

    €14.30

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A NEW YORK TIMES, TIME, GUARDIAN, WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, KIRKUS and BOOKRIOT BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD...

    Lily Canter: Ultra Women [2025]

    €11.99

    SHORTLISTED FOR WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A celebration of female bodies, female pioneers...

    Jeff Benedict: The Dynasty [2020] hardback

    €12.99€32.50

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots-the greatest sports dynasty of the 21st century.It's easy to...

    Masatoshi Nakayama: Best Karate: v.1: Comprehensive [1978]

    €7.99€16.90

    This volume is one of a series presenting all karate and kumite' practiced by the Japan Karate Association. Each chapter contains photographs of an instructor of the Association executing a...

    David Goldblatt: The Age of Football [2019] paperback

    €12.99

    'Magnificent . . . Goldblatt is the doyen of sports historians and brings to this account his forensic and telling eye for detail' - Mail on SundayA Sunday Times Best...

    Rory O'Connor: The Rory's Stories Guide to the GAA [2017] hardback

    €9.99

    Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory's Stories Guide to the GAA sends up a certain kind of lad obsessed with the GAA...

    Matthew Polly: Bruce Lee [2019] paperback

    €7.99€14.30

    A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'For anyone interested in Lee's legacy, this is a roundhouse kick of a biography' - Sunday Times'At last, Bruce Lee has the powerful...

    John Richardson: Dream On [2009] paperback

    €5.99€14.27

    John Richardson - a regular bloke who enjoys a round of golf in his spare time - set himself the challenge of playing a scratch round at Clandeboye Golf Club...

    Ben Hogan: Ben Hogan's Five Lessons [2024] hardback

    €26.00

    Over the past sixty-five years, millions of golfers have studied Ben Hogan's Five Lessons, making it the bestselling golf book of all time. Now, Hogan's masterpiece has received the definitive...

    Watson Mat: Auto Biography [2025]

    €28.60

    Discover the highly entertaining, clued-up and panoramic guide to cars by Mat Watson, the world's most followed car journalist on social media, available for pre-order now! 'A car reviewing powerhouse'...

    Joe Cole: Joe Cole, Luxury Player [2025]

    €29.99

    The long-awaited memoir from England, Chelsea and West Ham legend, Joe Cole 'I want to tell you about how football - English football - felt different for me. For much...

    Simon Cooper: Frankel [2020] trade paperback

    €6.99€21.41

    In horse racing greatness is defined by speed. Being the second fastest counts for little. You have to win. And win. And keep winning until every challenger of your generation...

    Cavendish Mark: Believe [2025]

    €20.99

    The final word on a record-breaking career from cycling's most formidable sprinter.Mark Cavendish is the stand-out British cyclist of our most golden generation. With his 35th Tour de France win...

    Joe O. Muircheartaigh: Princes of Pigskin [2007] hardback

    €9.99€24.70

    Kerry is the most successful county in Gaelic football with a long history and many heroes. This collection of interview-based essays surveys Kerry footballers since 1903, their first All-Ireland success....

    Dr. Bob Rotella: Golf is a Game of Confidence [2004] paperback

    €5.99€11.41

    From the author of the bestselling GOLF IS NOT A GAME OF PERFECT comes a masterly illumination of golf's mental game. When that book was published, Dr Bob Rotella made...

    Nick Townsend: The Sure Thing [2014] trade paperback

    €5.99€21.41

    THE BOOKIES ALWAYS WIN.Yet, for over four decades Barney Curley has proved himself a rare exception. The country's most renowned and fearless gambler, a man who will back his judgement...

    Paul Little: Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors [2025] hardback

    €5.99€27.13

    Tells the definitive story of Ireland's infamous 1982 World Cup qualification campaign, while painting a vivid picture of 1980s Ireland through the eyes of a young football fan.By writer Paul...

    Ken Doherty: Ken Doherty - Life in the Frame - My Story [2011]

    €4.99€20.80

    Ken Doherty is one of the most talented and successful snooker players ever to have picked up a cue, and the only player ever to win the Under 21, Amateur...

    Andrew Downie: Doctor Socrates [2018] paperback

    €5.99€11.99

    'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, author of All Played Out. A stunning new biography of Socrates, the iconic captain of the...

    Paul Canoville: Black and Blue [2008]

    €4.99€14.30

    Paul Canovilles story is one of extreme racist bigotry, shattering career-ending injury, a decline into drug abuse, battles against cancer, family tragedy and a determination to beat the odds. Canoville...

    Masaaki Hatsumi: Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense [1995] paperback

    €5.99€15.60

    A manual of self-defence techniques using a long or short stick. The book shows some 50 moves, each demonstrated in photographs with step-by-step instructions. Step-by-step instructions and over 300 photographs...

    Bruce Thomas: Bruce Lee [2002] paperback

    €6.99€16.90

    In the 1970s Bruce Lee emerged as the world's greatest fighting star - an accolade he has kept ever since. A star first in Hong Kong and then in Hollywood,...

    David Walsh: Inside Team Sky [2014] paperback

    €3.99€4.99

    The inside story of Team Sky's challenge for the 2013 Tour de France. After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure...

    Chris Lee: Shades of Green [2025]

    €13.99€19.50

    Join acclaimed football writer Chris Lee on a journey of discovery around Ireland to learn about one of the world's oldest soccer cultures. How did Association football - denounced as...

    John Perry: Sport Psychology [2023] paperback

    €22.10

    Think about your favourite sport. Now ask yourself how much of success in that sport is down to physical skills and how much is down to mental skills?We all know...

    Herbie Sykes: The Race Against the Stasi [2016] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    Cycling Book of the Year - Cross British Sports Book AwardsAn award-winning cycle book, this is an astonishing story of love and betrayal, of the madness at the heart of...

    Eoghan Corry: The GAA Book of Lists [2005] paperback

    €6.99€11.41

    Can you name the ten phrases only used by GAA writers? Or ten GAA competitions that no longer exist? How about ten GAA players that have been to the Olympics?Do...

    Adrian Russell: The Double [2019] paperback

    €6.99€17.99

    The greatest achievement in GAA history finally gets its due: Adrian Russell's The Double is a singular triumph. - Michael MoynihanOn 16 September 1990, Cork's footballers ran out on the...

    Diarmuid O'Flynn: Hurling [2008] hardback

    €9.99€27.13

    Hurling is an ancient game, one that was used to practise and refine the art of war. Today, the tradition continues, the tribal passions remain and hurling is Ireland's greatest...

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