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Seb Coe - the best-written sports autobiography of the decade

Seb Coe has produced perhaps the best-written sports autobiography of the past decade, a fantastic story of a serial over-achiever which manages to engage the reader on every page.

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Jessica Ennis's autobiography now out

Over the years, British sport has been blessed with many truly great days and nights, occasions when the outstanding nature of an individual or team achievement has succeeded in lifting national spirit.

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This year's top five sports books

Here’s our top five football books of the year – available to win as one package in a fantastic pre-Christmas competition.

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More best sports books of the year

As we complete the second half of our sports book review of 2012, however, honourable mentions are due to three Olympians whose autobiographies were far from bland, money-making opportunities.

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Sports Book Review: Pursuing Lance Armstrong

Following the 'doping trail' of the Tour de France legend.

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Book review: Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets

A fascinating mix of prescient comment and contemporary observations from English cricket’s ‘Golden Age’ in the 1950s when, for a while, England were considered the world’s best team.

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Sports book review: Lifting the lid on the beautiful game

It’s interesting to read some of the online comments written in the wake of this book’s publication and wonder whether anyone believes they’ve been duped.

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Sports book review: A history of the goalkeeper

Many readers will recall from their schooldays that when it came to picking the football teams to contest frenetic lunchtime matches, unless someone volunteered to go in goal, it was invariably the...

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Sport book review: The amazing story of Tommy Banks

Ah’m Tellin’ Thee - The biography of Tommy BanksBy Ian Seddon

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Up Pohnpei - one of the most inspirational sports books you'll ever read

If you’re not inspired by the time you’ve finished this outstanding book, you’ll probably spend the rest of your days at Acme Umbrella Parts.

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Sport book review: Duncan Edwards - The Greatest

No doubt groups of ancient Greeks once sat a shared a glass of wine while discussing who they believed was their greatest wrestler or most accomplished discus thrower.

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The Real McCaw

New Zealand captain Ritchie McCaw, one of the finest rugby players of all time, has written an absorbing autobiography.

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The tough pre-Premier League greats

No doubt groups of ancient Greeks once sat a shared a glass of wine while discussing who they believed was their greatest wrestler or most accomplished discus thrower.

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The Cobra: Pulling no punches inside or outside the ring

There is a widely-held belief amongst sports writers that those who ply their trade within the ‘boxing game’ burden themselves unnecessarily.

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The F1 guide is a labour of love

Book review: Formula 1: All The Races By Roger Smith

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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac 2013 now out

In 1864, as he pondered over the options for generating an income during his retirement, John Wisden happened upon the idea of writing and publishing an annual amalgam of cricketing and other sporting...

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Willie Watson - England’s most successful double international

Watson’s feat will never be repeated which guarantees his place in Britain’s sporting pantheon.

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Sports book: The Grand National's unique sporting theatre

Given the furore the unexpected victory caused at the time, it’s a wonder no-one has written a book about Foinaven, winner of the 1967 Grand National, although following the publication of David Owen’s...

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Sports book review: Take a swim on the wild side

A couple of hours into a country walk on a hot day when laden with a small rucksack that’s beginning to weigh a little too heavily, is there a more welcoming moment than happening upon a clear, shallow...

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Drinker and gambler - but still a tennis genius

It’s unclear how much writing of his autobiography Jimmy Connors actually did, but there’s no doubt that The Outsider is the story of a fascinating character.

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