Christmas 2024: Sport

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‘Football in the 1880s was an unruly, rough, and often dangerous game. To curb the state the sport was in, William McCrum proposed a new and drastic sanction. He called it a penalty kick.’In 1891, a contentious new measure…

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The sun gradually reaches the hollow, throwing shafts of light and bars of shadow across the trail, and I’m suddenly back in my body, back in time, the light flickering through the trees like flashing fields from a boxcar.Over the…

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A chilling and compelling exposé into the world of modern football 'Brave, forensic and utterly gripping.' - Tom Holland'Important, perfectly timed and hugely necessary.' - The Guardian'A must-read on how modern football…

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The story of the early athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture wars.In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women’s sports, declared he was now living as a…

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ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 ACCORDING TO TIME, NPR, Chicago Review of Books, Lit Hub, Medium, The Millions, Book Riot, and moreIt might do all of us some good to reconsider what 'making…

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The legendary 1966 World Cup hat-trick hero and now the only living player has the last word on England's greatest ever football team.FOUR FOR ENGLAND. THREE FOR HURST.'Images of us celebrating have taken their place in the nation’s…

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The first English language biography of the enigmatic and reclusive cyclist from Luxembourg who won the 1958 Tour de France and then disappeared.'Maunder's book is more than just a biography of the rise and fall of a complicated man . . .…

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An exploration in essays and photography of the contribution of Arsenal football club to Black British cultural historyArsenal is special. Its multicultural fandom reflects a changing city and a unique relationship with Black British…

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A timely and defiant manifesto unpacking the past, present and future of women's sport, from the Olympic gold medal-winning founder of The [Female] Athlete Project.'A must-read'-Laura Henshaw'A brilliant argument in favour of the case…

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'A must-read' - Daniel Storey'Superb, from the first page to the last' – Daniel TaylorFootball journalist Nick Miller lifts the lid on football club ownership: the defining issue shaping the modern game. Football club owners can take…

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Globe-spanning tour of soccer clubs that have shaped, and been shaped by, a century of political eventsCan a soccer match trigger a war? Can soccer push back against the tyranny of dictatorship or usher one into power? Kicking Off…