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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!

    Pat Smullen: Champion [2021] hardback

    €9.99€26.00

    Pat Smullen was one of the greatest Irish jockeys ever. In a career laden with success, his position as one of the best Irish flat jockeys ever was long established,...

    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,...

    Johnny Green: Push Yourself Just A Little Bit More [2006]

    €5.99€13.00

    Johnny Green, ex-road manager of The Clash and author of A Riot of Our Own, gets behind the security cordon of Le Tour de France to provide an insider's account...

    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...

    Ian Harrison: Great Sporting Moments [2004]

    €9.99€23.99

    This book is a photographic collection of the great moments in sporting history. Who can forget the moment when the young Henry Cooper floored Cassius Clay? Or when Roger Bannister...

    George Best: Blessed [2001] hardback

    €7.99€25.70

    George Best needs little introduction. A legend in his own lifetime, he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced. At his peak he brought glamour and grace...

    Graeme Obree: Flying Scotsman [2004] paperback

    €5.99€11.99

    The story of a cyclist who took on the world and rewrote the record books. Graeme's story starts with his tough upbringing in Ayrshire, where he found his escape by...

    Simon Barnes: Meaning of Sport [2006] hardback

    €6.99€22.10

    What is it about sport that holds us in such thrall? Why is it so profoundly important? In a beguiling journey from the Olympic Games in Athens to the World...

    Tommy Byrne: Crashed and Byrned [2008] paperback

    €4.99€15.70

    This is the thrilling, warts-engine-oil-and-all autobiography of the only racing driver Ayrton Senna ever feared - the 200mph flawed genius of Tommy Byrne.It tells the surreal tale of a poverty-stricken...

    Thomas Geraint: According to G [2025]

    €21.99

    Geraint Thomas is one of Britain's most loved sports stars. He's won Olympic gold medals, finished first, second and third at the Tour de France, and stayed at the top...

    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...

    Brian Corcoran: Every Single Ball [2006] paperback

    €6.99€14.99

    'You might never have seen a hurling game in your life, but within ten minutes of seeing Brian Corcoran play, you'd know and say, "That man with that helmet is...

    Barton Wayne: True Genius: George Best [2025]

    €11.99

    'Remember me for the football' was George Best's last wish before his untimely death, aged just 59.'True Genius' is the definitive family-backed account of his remarkable career, now to be...

    Balague Guillem: Rise of the Villans [2025]

    €17.99

    Featuring exclusive interviews with Unai Emery, Monchi, Morgan Rogers and more, this is the behind-the-scenes account of Unai Emery's Aston Villa revolution, from the award-winning bestseller Guillem Balague. In October...

    Damon Hill: Watching the Wheels [2017]

    €6.99€16.90

    The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller, shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book Award.In 1996, Damon Hill was crowned Formula One World Champion. For the first time ever he tells the story...

    Michael McDonnell: Great Golf Quotes [2007] paperback

    €4.99€9.10

    There is a commonly held belief that golfers are calm and contained and never give vent to their feelings in public. The truth, however, indicates otherwise. There is as much...

    Seamus King: Classic Munster Hurling Finals [2007] paperback

    €7.99€20.71

    Covers nineteen of the greatest Munster finals since the war, including1952 Cork deprive Tipp of 4-in-a-row 1963 Waterford shock Tipp 1966 Cork back from the wilderness 1973 Richie Bennis's winning...

    Ronan O'Gara: Ronan O'Gara [2008] paperback

    €5.99€16.90

    Ronan O'Gara is quite simply one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. A brilliant kicker both from the hand and at penalty goals, a sublime orchestrator of play...

    Raphael Honigstein: Klopp: Bring the Noise [2017] paperback

    €19.50

    The definitive insight into the man behind Liverpool's Champions League 2019 victory Jurgen Klopp was confirmed as manager of Liverpool FC in October 2015 to a rapturous reception. His super-sized...

    Ivan Rendall: The Chequered Flag [1993] hardback

    €12.99€18.56

    "The Chequered Flag" is a complete record of the world's most popular sport at the top level. The author gives a year by year narrative account of motor racing from...

    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...

    Kevin Markham: Hooked [2009] paperback

    €6.99€28.56

    What makes playing a golf course a great experience? Kevin Markham spent over a year travelling around Ireland by camper van to find out. He played and rated every 18-hole...

    Richard Corrigan: The Clatter of Forks and Spoons [2008] hardback

    €12.99€35.71

    A cookbook with memoirs and opinions by Richard Corrigan, presenter of the BBC's Full on Food and one of Britain's leading chefs. Richard Corrigan is one of Britain's most respected...

    Ralph Riegel: Three Kings [2008] hardback

    €10.99€17.13

    The old rivalries between these three counties are around as long as the GAA itself, and as hard-fought and intensely felt now as any time over the past hundred and...

    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...

    Tim Ecott: Neutral Buoyancy [2001] hardback

    €7.99€18.56

    Four days after his mother's funeral, Tim Ecott went scuba diving for the first time. What began as a way of deflecting his grief became a life long obsession. Tales...

    Daire Whelan: Who Stole Our Game? [2006] paperback

    €7.99€15.70

    In the 1950s, League of Ireland grounds were packed to capacity every week. Yet, fifty years on, with more media attention and more money than ever being pumped into football,...

    Jimmy Burns: Barca [2000] paperback

    €5.99€12.84

    Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barca, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barca has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship...

    Garry Nelson: Left Foot Forward [1996] paperback

    €6.99€9.99

    Garry Nelson is not one of football's household names yet he made almost 650 League appearances in a career stretching back to 1979. This book describes the 1994-5 season at...

    Chris Taylor: The Beautiful Game [1999] paperback

    €6.99€11.41

    Latin Americans feature highly on any list of soccer's greatest ever players, and all debate about the greatest ever team begins with the Brazil sides of 1958 and 1970. Off...

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