Sportsbiografier

Pironi: The Champion that Never Was relates the remarkable story of motor racing's forgotten man, ex-Ferrari F1 driver and offshore powerboat racer, Didier Pironi. The book charts an incredible journey which took the young Parisian to the heights of triumph and the depths of despair. Before he joined the legendary Ferrari stable, Pironi was already a Formula Renault, Le Mans and grand prix winner. By 1982, the time had surely come for the enigmatic Frenchman to become his country's first Formula 1 world champion. He was to come tantalisingly close to achieving that lifetime ambition, ahead in the world championship and in pole position for the German Grand Prix - before crashing so disastrously in practice. Over the next five years he fought a long and painful battle to return to the cockpit to reclaim the title that had eluded him that grim morning. It was not to be. Thereafter Didier turned his attention to offshore powerboating where his remarkable life would come to a shattering end in the icy waters of the English Channel.

Ned Boulting's highly anticipated follow up to How I Won the Yellow Jumper

Opdateret version.På papiret er Nikolaj Jacobsen verdens bedste landstræner. I hvert fald i håndbold.Modargumenterne er svære at finde. Nyslået guldvinder ved de olympiske lege i Paris i 2024og tre verdensmesterskaber på stribe. Suppleret med OL-sølv og EM-sølv i løbet af sine sekset halvt år som landstræner. Prøv lige at slå det CV. At han så også har vundet mesterskabersom klubtræner i henholdsvis Bundesligaklubben Rhein-Neckar Löwen og AalborgHåndbold, understreger blot hans bedrifter.Som spiller var han en af verdens bedste venstrefløje. ”Tryllemusen” kaldte de den tidligereGOG-fløj i storklubben THW Kiel. Da håndboldherrernes medaljeæra satte ind, satte enknæskade en stopper for drømmene i rødt og hvidt. I dag er de mere end realiseret somverdens bedste landstræner i selvsamme farver.Kurt Lassen fortæller om hvordan Nikolaj Jacobsen udviklede sig fra legebarn til verdensbedste træner. 'NIKOLAJ' er den opdaterede version af hele historien om Nikolaj Jacobsensliv og karriere, med et forord af Morten Stig Christensen.

Viktor Axelsen er Danmarks mest unikke sportsmand. Han er verdensmester og olympisk mester i badminton, begge dele uden at tabe et eneste sæt. Og han har vundet flere af de største turneringer i verdens næstmest spillede sport.  I 'Vindervilje' fortæller Viktor Axelsen om at være drevet af en særlig mentalitet. Han gør op med alt, der hedder plejer og søger konstant sportslig og personlig udvikling. I bogen fortæller han åbnet om at bruge utraditionelle metoder, begå fejl og lære af dem, have markante holdninger og tage opsigtvækkende valg både privat og professionelt.Han fortæller blandt andet om sin kontroversielle flytning til Dubai, om at skabe sit eget setup og samarbejdet med B.S. Christiansen, om at flyve fra en turnering i et isolationskammer og selvfølgelig også om sportslige højdepunkter.Samtidig brænder Viktor Axelsen for at motivere andre - fra sportsudøvere til erhversfolk. Med erfaringer fra sin succesfulde karriere og konkrete råd vil inspirere læseren til at jagte sit fulde potentiale.

A biography of the Yorkshire and England cricketer Brian Close, one of the game's greatest characters.

Mad Dog is the riotous, adventurous and moving story of Mickey Lewis, one of English football's most combative midfielders and then one of the game's most inspirational coaches. Drawing on more than 100 hours of interviews, this is an exploration of what Lewis's legacy can teach us about leadership, life and the game we love.

A frank account of what it takes to reach the top from one of hurling's all-time greats.

Ny udgave af Joakim Jakobsens klassiker om verdens største cykelløb. Opdateret til og med Tour'en 2021, hvor danske Jonas Vingegaard blev en sensationel nummer to.Det er den ultimative fortælling om, hvordan verdens bedste cykelryttere gennem mere end 100 år har presset deres kroppe og hoveder gennem umenneskelige strabadser på de franske landeveje og bjergtoppe. Hårdheden, taktikken og enkeltmandspræstationerne har fascineret publikum, så løbet i dag er verdens største årlige begivenhed. En scene, hvor helte taber stort og frygteligt eller lider sig til sublime sejre. Og hvor heroisme, snyd og brændende rivalopgør hvert år skrives ind i historien.Joakim Jakobsen fortæller hele historien bag løbet og følger dets udvikling år for år fra 1903. Han går tæt på de afgørende etaper og tegner portrætter af store og små mestre fra den første vinder til den seneste hersker.Fås også i illustreret udgave i stort format, som indeholder til og med 2020-Tour'en.

No Place for a Girl is the little-known but hugely inspirational story of pioneering woman jockey Karen Wiltshire's fight for acceptance in the male-dominated world of 1970s horseracing. Her obsession brought the reward she craved as she became the first female professional jockey to win a Flat race, beating her male counterparts.

Karen Dobres never expected to for football - let alone help revolutionise it. In Bitch Invasion, Karen shares her hilarious and heartfelt journey from someone who 'always zoned out when bloody football was on the telly' to becoming a Director at Lewes FC - the first football club in the world to pay its women and men players equally.In 1994, Karen could barely sit through a match at Wembley. Fast forward to 2023, and she's leading multi-million-pound deals for the women's team of her local club. How does a trained counsellor and former catwalk model end up navigating the male-dominated world of football? And how did she turn her 'imposter syndrome' into a tool for change?With bisexual pirates, vegan snacks, and even a designated breastfeeding area, Lewes FC is no ordinary football club. It's a pioneering force for equity, inclusion, and innovation. Through Karen's witty, self-deprecating storytelling, Bitch Invasion gives readers an insider's view of the quirky yet revolutionary culture at Lewes FC. From organising Suffragette flash mobs to introducing Prosecco on tap at the stadium, Karen brings to life her experiences at this fan-owned, debt-free, gender-equal club where everyone - from local supporters to Hollywood stars - helps shape the future of the game.From 2017, when women's football was still fighting for recognition, to the present day, Bitch Invasion is the story of how one woman helped lead the charge for gender equality, challenging football's entrenched hegemony, not just for one club, but across the UK.

A female focused NF memoir from a model who disrupted the whole ethos of the football patriarchy.

The inside story of one football's club's astonishing revival

An adventurer, firefighter, and jiu-jitsu practitioner embarks on a journey of a lifetime—a 1,000 mile voyage through the Canadian sub-arctic—after recovering from a life-threatening illness.

The rise and fall of one of America’s first Black sports celebrities

Most know Marvelous MarvinHagler from his epic battles against Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, and hiscontroversial split-decision loss to Sugar Ray Leonard. But it is his escapefrom riot-torn Newark in the late 1960s, the unbreakable bond he built with thePetronelli brothers, and his 1980 title fight against Britain's AlanMinter--with its deep racial overtones--that tells the real story of Hagler.In Blood& Hate, New York Times bestselling author Dave Wedge tells the rivetingand inspirational tale of how Hagler overcame incredible odds, joined withGoody and Pat Petronelli to rise through the rigged ranks, and morphed from afatherless teenager in Brockton, Massachusetts, into Marvelous Marvin Hagler, one of the top boxers ever and the longest-reigning undisputed middleweightchamp in history.Through exclusive interviews with Bob Arum, thePetronelli and Hagler families, and a who's who of the boxing world, Blood & Hate reveals fascinating details about Hagler's earlylife as well as the legendary Minter fight, and once and for all delivers thedefinitive chronicle of Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Mitch 'Blood' Green hadmore things going for him to make big money in boxing than nearly any fighterin history. A six-foot-six, 225-pound heavyweight with a chiseled physique anda traffic-stopping look, Green had street credibility for days--he was the gang leaderof the Black Spades--and four New York Golden Gloves heavyweight titles. But his penchant formayhem, drugs, and chaos, while keeping him in the news, torpedoed his pro boxingcareer. He lost a high-profile decision to Mike Tyson at Madison Square Garden, got into a tabloid-grabbing late-night street fight with Tyson at anafter-hours boutique in Harlem, and then disappeared. Until Charles Farrellfound him. In The Legend of Mitch "Blood" Green and Other Boxing Essays, Farrell captures life in the boxingbusiness from its deepest interior, and offers additional portraits of charactersas wide-ranging as Donald Trump, Floyd Patterson, Bert Cooper, Charley Burley, PeterMcNeeley, and Muhammad Ali. Trenchant, fearless, and often flat-out funny, there has neverbeen a boxing book like this, and there will never be another.

Read this collection of illegal hunting and fishing stories, which prove that life as a game warden is surprisingly dangerous and thrilling.Two conservation officers attempt to chase down a motorboat in their canoe. A married couple illegally catches more than 60,000 crappies over a 12-year span. A duo of poachers run over Tom Chapin’s motorbike—and nearly kill him in the process. As a Minnesota game warden for 29 years, Tom investigated hundreds of harrowing and exhilarating cases. In Poachers Caught!, he shares 36 of his most memorable ones with you.Throughout his career, Tom meticulously wrote daily reports and was a stickler for taking photographs to enhance his records. So the stories recounted here are as realistic and factual as possible. From the vividly detailed capture of illegal night hunters to the deconstruction of major fish poaching operations, Poachers Caught! allows you to experience each riveting encounter as if you were there.The tales of true crime are action-packed, shocking, and wildly entertaining. They appeal to anyone with an interest in hunting, fishing, and law enforcement, as well as anyone who’s concerned about the protection of our natural resources. Tom’s writing serves as a tool for educating people about poaching and for promoting ethics in nature. It also yields a heightened appreciation for the wildlife officers who protect out fish and wildlife resources.Tom says, “I always believed a game warden’s job should focus on this one concern: providing an equal playing field for all who purchase a hunting or fishing license.”