Irish author Conor Niland is the winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2024; 'The Racket' is the first book about tennis to take th…
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Month: November 2024
Latest ‘Turf Wars’ book will interest not only Yorkshire folk but football fans everywhere
Yorkshire's role in setting English football on its way to dominate world sport is traced in a new book reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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SJA British Sports Awards back on TV, with Sportsman of the Year Alex Yee among winners at Sky Studios
Olympic champions Alex Yee and Keely Hodgkinson claim Sportsman and Sportswoman titles respectively, with Team GB rowers at Paris 2024 named Team of …
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Six projects shortlisted for SJA Sport for Change Award 2024
Judging panel has narrowed down the entries for the seventh edition of the prize, which will be presented as part of a special SJA British Sports Awar…
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Knighted by Spurs fans, ‘football man’ Bill Nicholson’s story is told in wonderful book
A new biography by Steve Perryman and Norman Giller provides the definitive record of a Spurs legend who won the league as a player and the Double as …
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Sports writers, Steve Ovett and Banana Surprise… the British Sports Awards on TV, 46 years ago
Ahead of the announcement of the SJA British Sports Awards 2024 winners on Sky Sports on Wednesday 20 November, SJA secretary Philip Barker looks back…
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Sports Journalists’ Association opens SJA Academy Award 2024 to entries, in association with talkSPORT
Students, graduates, or those without formal training among those eligible to enter; submissions must be made before deadline on 15 January, 2025...…
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Watch and follow the SJA British Sports Awards 2024 on Sky Sports on November 20
Excitement is building ahead of the announcement of the Sportsman, Sportswoman and Team of the Year at the SJA British Sports Awards 2024...…
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‘A man with a genuine tale to tell’ – Francis Lee’s life story is a delightful read
A heavyweight autobiography reviewed by Eric Brown reveals the inside story of Francis Lee's four lives, the treachery, the betrayals and his ascent t…
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‘How to Read F1’: Jennie Gow launches guide to the ‘best sport in the world’
BBC F1 presenter Jennie Gow's entertaining A to Z of Formula 1 is an ideal companion for those who have loved the sport for years and those new to the…
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