British Sports Book Awards

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The Telegraph Sports Book Awards
Awarded forBritish sports books
Sponsored byThe Telegraph
CountryEngland
Hosted by National Sporting Club
First awarded2019
Last awardedActive
Website https://sportsbookawards.com/

The Sports Book Awards (previously National Sporting Club Book Awards then Telegraph Sports Book Awards) is a British literary award for sports writing. It was first awarded in 2003 as part of the National Sporting Club. Awards are presented in multiple categories. Each category is judged by one of: sports writers and broadcasters, retailers and enthusiasts. The winners from each category are then opened to public vote through a website to choose an overall winner. The other major sports writing award in Britain is the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

Contents

The award was founded by David H. Willis. [1]

Sponsors

The awards' original sponsors included Ladbrokes, Virgin Publishing, Butler and Tanner and WH Smith. As of 2015, new sponsors included Cross Pens, Sky Sports, The Times, Littlehampton Book Services, Robert Walters, TalkSPORT, Freshtime, Human Race Group, Arbuthnot Latham and Procorre.

Previous winners

Best overall winner

Best Autobiography/Biography

Best Autobiography

Best Biography

  • 2003 Jack & Bobby: Story of Brothers in ConflictLeo McKinstry (Collins Willow)
  • 2004 Keeper of DreamsRonald Reng (Yellow Jersey Press)
  • 2005 Basil D'OliveiraPeter Oborne (Little Brown)
  • 2006 Lance Armstrong: Tour de ForceDaniel Coyle (Collins Willow)
  • 2007 The Death of Marco PantaniMatt Rendell (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
  • 2008 In Search of Robert MillarRichard Moore (HarperSport)
  • 2009 Regga – Clay RegazzoniChristopher Hilton (Haynes Publishing)
  • 2010 Harold LarwoodDuncan Hamilton (Quercus) [8]
  • 2011 Trautmann's JourneyCatrine Clay (Yellow Jersey Press)
  • 2015 Bobby Moore: The Man in Full - Matt Dickinson (Yellow Jersey Press) [3]
  • 2016 Speed KingsAndy Bull (Bantam)
  • 2017 The Maverick Mountaineer - Robert Wainwright (ABC)
  • 2018 Ali: A Life - Jonathan Eig (Simon & Schuster)

Best International Autobiography

Best Football Book

Best Cricket Book

Best Rugby Book

Best Horse Racing Book

Best Cycling Book

Best Golf Book

Best Motorsports Book

Best Illustrated Book

Best New Writer

Outstanding Sports Writing Award

Best Publicity Campaign

Sports Book Retailer of the Year

Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing

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