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Dan Shanahan is a legend in modern hurling, a three-time All Star and winner of 'Player of the Year' in 2007. His time as an inter-county senior hurler coincided with the remarkable revival in Waterford's fortunes, which saw them win the Munster Final four times in the...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-10-31
ePub
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A breath of fresh air when he was introduced to Test cricket on the Australian tour of 2001-02, Shane Bond gave New Zealand a rare fast-bowling option until his tragic defection to the rebel Indian Cricket League in 2008 — a defection forced upon him, many believe, by...
Editeur :
Hodder Moa
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2010-10-28
ePub
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Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Anand versus Kramnik 2008, and featuring a foreword by World Champion Vishy Anand.The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2010-09-30
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Mammoth Books
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Brad Johnson grew up in Melbourne's western suburbs, never dreaming he'd one day become captain of the Western Bulldogs and the club's games record holder. He's the Doggies' pin-up boy a true working-class man - known as the 'smiling assassin'. But beware of the dog....
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E-Penguin
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2010-09-22
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When it comes to Australian sporting icons, Peter Brock sits at the top. After winning Bathurst by an unbelievable six laps in 1979, the 'King of the Mountain' made his way into our households and our hearts. Brock's colourful private life has triggered plenty of...
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E-Penguin
Parution :
2010-07-28
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Ronan O'Gara is 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 from the out-half position he has made his own, and a cool head in the pressure-cooker of club and...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-07-06
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- He's a champion sportsman at the highest level- a Clare 'All Star', playing one of the world's fastest, most challenging sports- hurling.
- He's cycled 7,000 km across a continent in 51 days.
- He's raised almost ?1 million for cancer charities.
- He's Tony...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-06-15
ePub
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In 1999, Lance Armstrong made world headlines with the most stunning comeback in the history of sport after battling against life-threatening testicular cancer just eighteen months before returning to professional cycling. His first book, It's Not About the Bike,...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-03-30
ePub
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Fabio Capello is a born winner. As a midfielder with Roma, Juventus and Milan, he won four Italian league championships and two cups, and played for his country 32 times, scoring a goal at Wembley in 1973 in Italy's first ever win in England. As a manager, Capello's...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2010-01-26
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Discover the ultimate read for any tennis fan. 'The first clear-eyed account of an...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-11-10
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'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of three World titles and four British championships, as well as a record six Macau GPs, he...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2009-11-10
ePub
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Bob Humphrys is one of the most famous names in sports journalism. As sports correspondent of BBC Wales's flagship news programme Wales Today, he was at the centre of every major story of the past twenty turbulent years. He was there right at the heart of Ruddockgate,...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-10-06
ePub
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The autobiography of football icon Jimmy GreavesJames Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves was one of the greatest footballers to have graced the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess. His gripping and characteristically humorous autobiography journeys from Jimmy's childhood...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2009-10-01
ePub
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Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game's one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a Boy's Own rollercoaster ride.Born with a natural genius for cricket, Botham began...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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Blade Runner is the inspirational memoir of Oscar Pistorius. Discover his incredible, emotional journey from disabled toddler to international sports phenomenon.At eleven months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. His mother wrote a letter...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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Eric Bristow MBE (1957-2018) might just have been the greatest darts player of all time.An unmistakable figure on the oche during his 1980s heyday, 'the Cheeky Cockney' became renowned not just for the number of world titles he won but for his arrogance on stage and off...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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There will never be another surfer like Miki 'Da Cat' Dora. For twenty years the dashing and enigmatic dark prince of California surfing dominated the Malibu waves and his peers' imaginations, blazing a trail that would inspire generations to come. But when the sport...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2009-09-15
ePub
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For the last three decades Brian Clough has been the most charismatic manager in football. Funny, outrageous, sentimental, he stands out sharply from the bland men in suits. Though his talent has earned him a fortune, he remains a working-class hero. As a player he was...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2009-05-27
ePub
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The biography of one of the most controversial figures in sports: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner For 34 years, he berated his players and tormented Yankees managers and employees. He played fast and loose with the rules, and twice could have gone to jail....
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-04-29
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John Daniell is a rubgy mercenary. A brutal word for an often brutal game. In 1996, when Rugby Union turned professional,John emigrated to France where he played for a decade in top competitions. His team ricocheted between fear and ecstasy, as they battled to save the...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2009-04-02
ePub
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