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This superb anthology showcases 100 years of peerless writing on the Ashes from The Cricketer magazine. Insightful new contributions from today's best cricket writers including Gideon Haigh, Sim …

In ‘The Half-Back, ‘ Ralph Henry Barbour masterfully combines elements of youth fiction and sports narrative to explore themes of ambition, perseverance, and camaraderie in the competitive world of h …

Do you remember a time when footballers’ perms were tighter than their shorts? When supporters still swayed on terraces? When a chain-smoking doctor played central midfield for Brazil? Take a nostalg …

Finding Seams On Apples is a compilation of wit, intelligence and fervour of an online cricket community, and one of the largest cricket forums, cricketweb.net. The 30, 000 members, from all over the …

Jamie Peacock is the ultimate modern forward in rugby league. Taking the hard hits, making the toughest yards and leading by example in the Super League and international arenas, ‘JP’ has come throug …

When the professional era dawned in 1995, Irish rugby was in a rut. Provincial matches attracted crowds of 300, the national team was only capable of one exceptional result a year and there was a gen …

England against Australia for the Ashes – it is one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in sport and almost its entire history has been covered in The Times. The whole story is here: from Shane Warn …

The Port Vale Miscellany – a book on the Valiants like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. Port Vale Football Club – the name gives no clue to its whereabouts, but this b …

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MBAPPÉ AND MESSI, NEYMAR, RONALDO For years, a personal battle has defined top-level European football – Messi vs Ronaldo. A rivalry like no other. Since they were firs …

So, you think you’re a true Nottingham Forest fan? A proper Garibaldi? Yes, you’ve a shirt or two but do you really know the history of the Club? Can you name the pub the club was founded in? Or who …