<p>Phil Tufnell ndertakes an alphabetical journey around England's national summer game from a privileged perspective. This is a cricket book that will appeal to the true fan, the casual supporter and non-cricket lovers who have seen Phil on 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here' or 'They Think it's All Over' or 'Question of Sport' or listened to him on the radio. Written with Adam Hathaway a cricket writer for the Sunday Mirror.</p>

Phil Tufnell's A to Z of Cricket : The Ultimate Cricket Gossip Book

TUFNELL, PHIL

Sports Books

The Complete Record of the Fa Cup

MIKE COLLETT

Shane Warne, Bodyline and the World Series breakaway ...The touchstones of the Ashes loom large in the consciousness of two proud and competitive nations. This book joins the dots in a comprehensive account of the Ashes Tests, from their informal beginnings in the 1860s to the mightly battle of 2005 when England reclaimed the urn to Australia's 5-0 whitewash in 2007. The book reviews each decade with a feast of lively anecdotes and fascinating eyewitness accounts, highlighting legends of the game from Jack Hobbs to Dennis Lillee, as well as those unfortunately (or best) forgotten. Packed with argument-busting statistics and handsomely illustrated, this definitive volume tracks the development of cricket's ultimate contest from a money-making exercise to one of the world's most enduring and feisty sporting rivalries.

Ashes

Ken Piesse

This is a very different look at the World Cup. It is a book of drawings by 35-year-old Argentinian German Aczel, who now lives in Munich. Aczel, as he signs himself, has taken many of the iconic photographs from World Cup history and turned them into caricatures, giving each an added unique dimension. Aczel's art also looks forward to the 2010 finals to be staged in South Africa, the first time the African continent has held the tournament. The drawings are accompanied by short histories of each of the World Cups, which began in 1930 in Uruguay.

The World Cup 1930-2010

German Aczel

Athletics 2010

Reference

Peter Matthews

Almanacs & Yearbooks

Despite his false start in the 100 metres in the Daegu which meant he could not defend his title Usain Bolt is that rarity in the modern world - a man whose fame transcends his nationality, his race and even his sport. From Los Angeles to Beijing, from Kingston to Berlin, the name "Bolt" resonates immediately even with those with only a passing interest in any form of sport. Quite simply, Bolt is the world's fastest man. And the gangling Jamaican is the fastest man the world has ever seen by a considerable margin. The sprinter established himself in the world's psyche by winning three Olympic gold medals, the 100, 200 metres and sprint relay, all in world record times, at the 2008 Beijing Games, a unique achievement. Bolt stamped his personality on sporting history again a year later at the World Championships in Berlin when he won both individual sprints, again with never-before-seen performances, making him the first man to hold the Olympic and world titles for the 100 and 200 metres at the same. He may have astonished the athletics world with his fasle start but Bolt went on to retain his World 200 metres title and then acnhor the Jamaican 4x100 metres team to victory in a world record time. Can anyone ever beat Bolt? Can Bolt run even faster? Bolt now has his eyes on making another piece of sporting history by becoming the first man to win back-to-back Olympic 100 metres races when he lines up for the London Games in 2012. But the 6ft 5in tall Bolt is by no means an overnight sensation. His almost freak-like talents have been carefully honed and nurtured over almost a decade, ever since he took the 200 metres gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, which made him the competition's youngest-ever gold medallist at 16. In this book, award-winning athletics writer Steven Downes, who has followed the Jamaican since his global debut, charts Bolt's career so far and forward to the London Olympics.

Usain Bolt: The Story of the World's Fastest Man

Steven Downes

Biographies & Memoirs

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