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"‘. . . being a player from India defines who I am. When I play, it’s for my parents, my coach, and my country.’ Meet Saina Nehwal—India’s star badminton player and World Number 4, Padma Shri and Khel Ratna awardee, the girl who brought laurels to India by winning an Olympic...

For more than four decades, Jim Maxwell has called the cricket for the ABC. Since 1973 he has covered 285 Test matches, including over 50 Ashes Tests, six tours to the West Indies, seven to the subcontinent, and five World Cups. His distinctive voice, dryly understated humour and immense...

From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly impossible: he won three road race World Championships in a row, ensuring his entry into the history books as one of the greatest riders of all time. But to look at Peter’s record in isolation is to tell only a fraction of his story, because Peter doesn’t just win: he entertains. Every moment in the saddle is an opportunity to express his personality, and nobody else has succeeded in making elite cycling look so much fun.

Glenn McGrath is an Australian cricket great - a fast bowler both feared and admired by top-level cricketers around the world. Off the field, his life was touched by tragedy with the death of his first wife, Jane, from breast cancer yet also marked by a determination to celebrate her life and make sure her legacy helps thousands of others through the Jane McGrath Foundation - now one of Australia's biggest and most effective breast cancer charities

The amazing life story of Britain's world conquering triathlete, Chrissie Wellington. Chrissie Wellington is the world's No 1 female Ironman triathlete, the current quadruple World Champion and World Record holder. In 2009 she was voted 'Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year' and in 2010 was awarded the MBE. She is the undefeated champion of Triathlon, having won nine Ironman titles from nine races.

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer...

What happens when you find you have exceptional children? Do you panic? Put your head in the sand? Or risk everything and jump in headfirst? As mother to tennis champions Jamie and Andy Murray, Scottish national coach, coach of the Fed Cup and general all-round can-do woman of wonder, Judy Murray is the ultimate role model for believing in yourself and reaching out to ambition. As a parent, coach and leader, she is an inspiration who has revolutionised British tennis.

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. After a childhood filled with neglect Ruby yearned for another path. Determined not to let...

Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in 1972 Virginia. A World War II veteran, Yoast helped to mold the lives of hundreds of men and women through his...

Berättelsen om den sagolika triumfen i Tokyo Året är 2021. OS i Tokyo har flyttats fram ett år och idrottarna är rastlösa. Ett av de största guldhoppen på plats är det svenska hopplandslaget. Det finns bara ett problem: Sverige har inte tagit guld på 97 år. Med allt på spel...

Som personlig træner for Diego Maradona opdagede Fernando Signorini, at fodboldstjernen havde to personligheder; den generte Diego og den arrogante Maradona: ”Diego ville jeg følge til verdens ende, men Maradona ville jeg ikke gå et eneste skridt med,” sagde Signorini til Maradona...

Utsedd till Sveriges främste idrottare genom tiderna. Vinnare av Wimbledon fem år i rad. Sex gånger mästare i Franska öppna mästerskapen i Paris. Björn Borgs rekordbrytande triumfer på tennisbanor runt om i världen fick en hel värld att häpna och börja viska om det nästan onaturligt...

Erling Haaland er en af meget få spillere, der kan overtage arven fra Lionel Messi og Cristiano Ronaldo, som har været verdens bedste fodboldspillere de seneste 15 år. Ingen af de to havde dog scoret lige så mange mål som Erling Haaland, da de var på hans alder. I bogen medvirker Haalands...

Tæt på Lamine Yamal fortæller hele historien om et af verdens største fodboldtalenter. Bogen går tæt på hans vej fra gaden i Rocafonda til FC Barcelona og det spanske landshold – baseret på fakta, rekorder og de afgørende øjeblikke i hans karriere. Med korte kapitler og skarpe...

23-årige Kylian Mbappé er et kæmpe fodboldtalent, og mange fodboldfans forventer, at han skal overtage tronen de næste mange år som verdens bedste fodboldspiller efter Messi og Cristiano Ronaldo. I bogen fortælles den ukendte historie om hans fattige opvækst i et socialt boligbyggeri i...

Tæt på Rasmus Højlund fortæller om fodboldstjernens opvækst og karriere i blandt andet FC København og Manchester United og på det danske fodboldlandshold. I bogen medvirker en række nøglepersoner, der har haft indflydelse på Rasmus Højlunds eksplosive udvikling som fodboldspiller...

Wins, walkouts and wrong turns with darts' biggest character 'The whole darting world loves him’ Luke Humphries This is the true, unvarnished story of 'The Bullet': BDO World Champion, PDC Masters winner, Premier League giant-killer. Stephen Bunting grew up throwing darts in smoky Merseyside...

Instant Sunday Times bestseller An inside look at the competitive world of Formula One and trailblazer Susie Wolff's 20-year career, taking listners from the driver’s seat and the F1 paddock all the way to the future of the sport. This program is read by the author with an afterword read by...

As glórias do futebol não são feitas apenas por aqueles que fazem ou participam de gols. às vezes o herói é justamente quem evita o momento mais esperado de uma partida: o goleiro. Sujeito estranho. Nem existia antes de 1871, quando foi definido que um...

Quem é camisa 10 de verdade? Antes de mais nada, quem não é: grandes armadores como Didi e Gérson começavam sua tarefa lá atrás, não jogavam como Pelé ou Zico. Roberto Dinamite vestia a 10, mas era centroavante. Sócrates e...