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West Ham United last won a major trophy in 1980, but the roller-coaster ride of the past three decades has produced enough twists and turns, heroes and villains and contrasting emotions to grace the script of the most thrilling TV soap opera.

Who controls football in Britain today?

Ever since he was a two-year-old golf prodigy, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods has often been viewed less as a human being and more as a ball-striking machine - and his carefully guarded image and emotionless persona seemed to guarantee that it would remain that way.

During a glorious but controversial career, Frank McGarvey won every major trophy in Scottish football.

On 6 February 1958, a plane took off from a snowy Munich airport carrying probably the finest club side the world has ever known.

Before the Thai millions and Abu Dhabi billions, Manchester City was always a club that attracted fierce controversy.

Cake: the utterly distinctive memoirs of Shane Curran.

Johnny Sexton - the man who pulled the strings for the Lions - gives an intimate insight into the rugby life in Becoming a Lion.

Geordan Murphy does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork.

'He's one of the best players I've ever played with.

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERThe behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FOOTBALL FANSThere's no one quite like Klopp.

Ronnie is snooker's most written and talked about player, and its greatest showman.

"e;Table Tennis - Tips from a World Champion?

What is the secret of Dutch Soccer?

The book gives a comprehensive overview of the history of Futsal, its greatest moments and its contribution to the development of soccer idols like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

As most other team sports, rugby is a sport of technical finesse, tactical boldness, and refined and complex physical development.

Want to learn to dribble and feint like Maradona or Ronaldinho, and to juggle the ball like Jay-Jay Okocha or Edgar Davids?

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis' Elis JamesRULE #1: DON'T WATCH THE BALLYes, football is about stars, goals and glory.

A fun football tale for little readers packed with laughs, friendship and a spot of superstition .

Discover the origins of the Lionesses that brought football home.

A history of golf's boom period from the founding of England's first golf club to the dawn of World War I.

Matt Jansen had it all.

WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEARWinner of The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cricket Book of the YearCricket 2.

The leaping Springbok on the green jersey of South Africa is one of the most iconic emblems in world rugby.

Scottish Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, quotes, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - a perfect stocking-filler for all fans of Scottish rugby.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEARThis is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team told by the players themselves.

Bart Starr was the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, the most meaningful and successful era of one of football's most storied franchises.

The essence of the Rules of Golf is simple.

Is there anyone who conducts themselves more decently than Gareth Southgate.

***'Footie book of the year.

***'Essential reading for anyone wanting to achieve their dreams.

*****Shortlisted for International Autobiography of the Year in the Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021'This account is often poetic and sometimes haunting.

*****A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"e;Felix White's beautifully, elegantly and passionately written book reminds me why I love cricket so much.

Ever wondered what it's like playing Test Cricket?

Completely revised and updated featuring two brand new chapters, in preparation for the 2019 Ashes seriesFrom the William Hill Award-Winning Author of A Lot of Hard Yakka comes Cricket's Greatest Rivalry: A History of the Ashes in 12 Matches by Simon Hughes.

Do you think you know the laws of football better than the officials?

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'Exquisite' Gideon Haigh'Magical, a head rush, a marvel' Rahul Bhattacharya'Startlingly original' Matthew EngelIn 1975 Patrick Eagar took some photographs which were unlike any cricket photographs anyone had seen before.

The inside, in-depth and indiscreet story of a season with Britain's worst football club, East Stirlingshire.

'The Fever PItch of five-a-side' TONY PARSONSA must-have for anyone who has ever played and enjoyed amateur football.

In October 2015, the Chinese Communist Party banned its 88 million members from excessive drinking, improper sexual relationships and holding golf club memberships.

Business success used to look like football.

This updated edition of the bestselling and wildly popular I Am the Secret Footballer features a new introduction and an additional chapter.

Twenty years ago, Liam Corwen and Dee Dee Ahmed were on the cusp of a better future, Liam as a promising footballer and Dee Dee as a singer in a girl band.

What do we think about when we think about football?

Opening with Wimbledon 2019, The Art of Tennis covers the excitement of the sport up to the profound silence of the Covid-19 pandemic-when no tennis was played for a year-through Wimbledon 2021.

"e;Essential Practices for Player Development is a must-have book for all coaches aiming to offer their players a progressive pathway of development across a season.

During a 90-minute match, an elite footballer must cover almost six miles as well as expend almost 1600 kilocalories of energy.