British Sports Book Awards

The 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.
The awards were founded by David H. Willis.

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Previous winners

Best overall winner

2011 Promised Land – Anthony Clavane
2012 Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson – Paul Kimmage
2013 Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend – Steven Reid
2014 The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters – Michael Calvin
2015 Proud - Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin
2016 My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey
2025 My Beautiful Sisters - Khalida Popal

Best Autobiography/Biography

2012 Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson – Paul Kimmage
2013 Seven Deadly Sins – David Walsh
2014 The Outsider - Jimmy Connors

Best Autobiography

2003 Niall Quinn: The Autobiography – Niall Quinn and Tom Humphries
2004 Woody and Nord – Gareth Southgate and Andy Woodman
2005 Playing with Fire – Nasser Hussain
2006 Frank: Fighting Back – Frank Bruno with Kevin Mitchell
2007 Back from the Brink – Paul McGrath
2008 My Manchester United Years – Bobby Charlton
2009 Black and Blue – Paul Canoville
2010 Open: An Autobiography – Andre Agassi
2011 Beware of the Dog – Brian Moore
2015 Proud - Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin
2016 Formula One and Beyond: The Autobiography – Max Mosley
2017 No Nonsense: The Autobiography - Joey Barton
2018 Unbroken - Martine Wright with Sue Mott

Best Biography

2003 Jack & Bobby: Story of Brothers in Conflict – Leo McKinstry
2004 Keeper of Dreams – Ronald Reng
2005 Basil D'Oliveira – Peter Oborne
2006 Lance Armstrong: Tour de Force – Daniel Coyle
2007 The Death of Marco Pantani – Matt Rendell
2008 In Search of Robert Millar – Richard Moore
2009 Regga – Clay Regazzoni – Christopher Hilton
2010 Harold Larwood – Duncan Hamilton
2011 Trautmann's Journey – Catrine Clay
2015 Bobby Moore: The Man in Full - Matt Dickinson
2016 Speed Kings – Andy Bull
2017 The Maverick Mountaineer - Robert Wainwright
2018 Ali: A Life - Jonathan Eig

Best International Autobiography

2016 My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey
2017 Find a Way - Diana Nyad
2018 Form - Kieren Fallon

Best Football Book

2007 Sir Alf – Leo McKinstry
2008 Provided You Don't Kiss Me – Duncan Hamilton
2009 Inverting the Pyramid – Jonathan Wilson
2010 Cantona – Philippe Auclair
2011 Promised Land – Anthony Clavane
2012 A Life Too Short – Ronald Reng
2013 Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World – Graham Hunter
2014 The Nowhere Men - Michael Calvin
2015 Thirty-One Nil - James Montague
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo – Guillem Balagué
2017 Forever Young - Oliver Kay
2018 The Billionaires Club - James Montague

Best Cricket Book

2007 Sixty Summers: Cricket Since the War – David Foot and Ivan Ponting
2008 More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years – John Major
2009 The Way It Was – Stephen Chalke
2010 Golden Boy – Christian Ryan
2011 Slipless in Settle – Harry Pearson
2012 Fred Trueman – Chris Waters
2013 On Warne – Gideon Haigh
2014 The Great Tamasha - James Astill
2015 Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan - Peter Oborne
2016 Chasing Shadows: The Life & Death Of Peter Roebuck – Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge
2017 A Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket - Mark Nicholas
2018 Over and Out, Albert Trott - Steve Neal

Best Rugby Book

2008 Ripley's World – Andy Ripley
2009 Seeing Red: Twelve Tumultuous Years in Welsh Rugby – Alun Carter and Nick Bishop
2010 Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary – John Daniell
2011 The Grudge – Tom English
2012 Higgy – Alastair Hignell
2013 The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players – Stephen Cooper
2014 City Centre - Simon Halliday
2015 Beyond The Horizon - Richard Parks
2016 No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland – Tom English
2017 The Battle - Paul O'Connell
2018 Wrecking Ball - Billy Vunipola with Gershon Portnoi
2019 Sevens Heaven – Ben Ryan
2020 My Life and Rugby: The Autobiography – Eddie Jones
2021 Exe Men: The Extraordinary Rise of Exeter Chiefs – Robert Kitson
2022 The Flying Prince: Alexander Obolensky – Hugh Godwin

Best Horse Racing Book

2011 The Story of Your Life – James Lambie
2012 Beyond the Frame – Edward Whitaker
2013 Her Majesty's Pleasure – Julian Muscat
2014 Henry Cecil: Trainer of Genius - Brough Scott
2015 Cheltenham Et Al - Alastair Down

Best Cycling Book

2015 The Race Against The Stasi - Herbie Sykes
2016 The Racer – David Millar
2017 Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography - Chris Boardman
2018 Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire - Andy McGrath
2022 'Desire Discrimination Determination Black Champions in Cycling' - Marlon Lee Moncrieffe

Best Golf Book

2012 The 100 Greatest Ever Golfers – Andy Farrell
2013 Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend – Steven Reid

Best Motorsports Book

2012 Ultimate E-Type – Philip Porter
2013 That Near-Death Thing – Rick Broadbent

Best Illustrated Book

2003 Peter Alliss’ Golf Heroes – Peter Alliss
2004 Football Days: Classic Photos – Peter Robinson
2005 The Olympics Athens to Athens: 1896–2004 – M Jacque Rogge
2006 Speed Addicts: Grand Prix Racing – Mark Hughes
2007 1966 Uncovered: The Unseen Story of the World Cup in England – Peter Robinson and Doug Cheeseman
2008 Goodbye Gay Meadow – Mathew Ashton
2009 In The Frame: Great Racing Photographs – Edward Whitaker
2010 Centre Court: The Jewel in Wimbledon's Crown – John Barrett and Ian Hewitt
2011 61 The Spurs Double
2012 Wimbledon – Ian Hewitt and Bob Martin
2013 21 Days to Glory – Team Sky and Dave Brailsford
2014 Incredible Waves: An Appreciation of Perfect Surf - Chris Power
2015 The Age Of Innocence - ed. Reuel Golden
2016 1/1000: The Sports Photography of Bob Martin – Bob Martin
2017 The Lane - Adam Powley, Steve Perryman and Martin Cloake
2018 The History Makers - Sarah Juggins and Richard Stainthorpe

Best New Writer

2003 Kings of the Mountains: How Colombia's Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation's History – Matt Rendell
2004 John Daly: Letting the Big Dog Eat – Gavin Newsham
2005 Feet in the Clouds – Richard Askwith
2006 My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes – Gary Imlach
2007 The Hour: Sporting Immortality the Hard Way – Michael Hutchinson
2008 The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo – Mark Law
2009 When Friday Comes – James Montague
2010 Eclipse – Nicholas Clee
2011 Bounce – Matthew Syed
2012 The Ghost Runner – Bill Jones
2013 Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth – Adharanand Finn
2014 Land of Second Chances - Tim Lewis
2015 Night Games - Anna Krien
2016 Two Hours: The Quest To Run The Impossible Marathon – Ed Caesar
2017 And The Sun Shines Now - Adrian Tempany

Outstanding Sports Writing Award

2014 Everest - Harriet Tuckey
2015 Alone - Bill Jones
2016 Barbarian Days: A Surfing Tale – William Finnegan
2018 Centaur - Declan Murphy and Ami Rao

Best Publicity Campaign

2010 The Man Who Cycled the World – Campaign by Madeline Toy
2011 It's All About the Bike – Campaign by Mari Yamazaki
2012 Run! – Campaign by Clare Drysdale
2013 Be Careful What You Wish For – Campaign by Bethan Jones
2014 Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography - Campaign by Karen Geary and Rebecca Mundy
2015 The Second Half by Roy Keane with Roddy Doyle - Campaign by Elizabeth Allen, with Jane Beaton from Kew Publicity
2016 The World of Cycling According to G – Campaign by Fiona Murphy