F2 World of Football: How to Play Like a Pro is the kind of book that well-meaning parents and grandparents buy their football-obsessed children and grandchildren for Christmas. It will doubtless make an appearance under many Christmas trees this year, but I wonder just how many recipients will actually read it from cover. I suspect … More F2: World of Football
What does a world class sports person do when retirement arrives? Besides waving the flag to start the London Marathon or appearing on `A Question of Sport’, that is. It’s a question that footballer Steven Gerrard and F1 star Jenson Button will be pondering at the moment. Some are tempted to write books. I don’t … More From sporting hero to children’s author
The late Bill Shankly, manager of Liverpool FC, once made a remark about football being more important than life and death. On the evidence of this book, it’s view that’s shared by Steve Finan, albeit tongue-in-cheek. For years Steve and a continually changing group of like-minded colleagues in Dundee have enjoyed a weekly game of … More How To Be A Man by Steve Finan
Not for a moment do I doubt the bravery and skill of modern Formula One drivers. Even through the filter of a TV screen, which makes this high risk sport look like little more than a slot-racing game the commitment of drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg comes across loud and clear. Yet, at … More James Hunt by Maurice Hamilton
With its eye-catching graphics and `busy’ layout, Chris Hoy’s first non-fiction book is clearly aimed at the youngsters who’ve lapped up his Flying Fergus books. That said, I suspect a few adults will be taking a peak in the hope of boosting their own bike knowledge. Cycling has increased in popularity massively in the last … More Review: On Your Bike by Sir Chris Hoy
This time last year I was preparing for my first `long distance’ cycling event. I use the term advisedly because, although the 50 mile charity ride seemed like a major challenge at the time, I’ve realised it was pretty minor compared to the range of remarkable things that people are doing on bikes. Our attention … More The Breakaway: Cycling the Mountains of the Tour de France, by Rolf Rae-Hansen
While one of my friends is obsessed with sport to such a degree that he managed to arrange a visit to the athletics world championships in Beijing during his honeymoon, another regularly tells me he can’t stand sport of any kind. I’m somewhere in between, having spent enough on London 2012 tickets to leave a … More This Mum Runs, Jo Pavey
What does a top sportsman or woman do when they’ve retired? Some pass their experience and knowledge on to the next generation of aspiring stars, while others share their wisdom with the rest of us by turning to punditry. Still others do something completely different. While we watched him hurtling around the velodrome at London … More Sir Chris Hoy: On Your Bike
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