British Sports Book Awards

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.

The award was founded by David H. Willis.

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.

Best overall winner

 * 2011 Promised Land – Anthony Clavane (Yellow Jersey Press)
 * 2012 Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson – Paul Kimmage (Simon & Schuster)
 * 2013 Bobby's Open: Mr Jones and the Golf Shot that Defined a Legend – Steven Reid (Corinthian)
 * 2014 The Nowhere Men: The Unknown Story of Football’s True Talent Spotters – Michael Calvin (Century)
 * 2015 Proud - Gareth Thomas and Michael Calvin (Ebury)
 * 2016 My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey (Arrow)

Best Autobiography/Biography

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

Best Autobiography

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

Best Biography

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

Best International Autobiography

 * 2016  My Fight, Your Fight – Ronda Rousey (Arrow)
 * 2017  Find a Way - Diana Nyad (Knopf)
 * 2018  Form - Kieren Fallon (Simon & Schuster)

Best Football Book

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

Best Cricket Book

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

Best Rugby Book

 * 2008  Ripley's World – Andy Ripley (Mainstream Publishing)
 * 2009  Seeing Red: Twelve Tumultuous Years in Welsh Rugby – Alun Carter and Nick Bishop (Mainstream Publishing)
 * 2010  Confessions of a Rugby Mercenary – John Daniell (Ebury Press)
 * 2011  The Grudge – Tom English (Yellow Jersey Press)
 * 2012  Higgy – Alastair Hignell
 * 2013  ''The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players – Stephen Cooper (The History Press)
 * 2014  City Centre - Simon Halliday
 * 2015  Beyond The Horizon - Richard Parks (Sphere)
 * 2016  No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland – Tom English (Arena Sport)
 * 2017  The Battle - Paul O'Connell (Penguin Ireland)
 * 2018  Wrecking Ball - Billy Vunipola with Gershon Portnoi (Headline)

Best Horse Racing Book

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

Best Cycling Book

 * 2015  The Race Against The Stasi - Herbie Sykes (Aurum Press)
 * 2016  The Racer – David Millar (Yellow Jersey Press)
 * 2017  Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography - Chris Boardman (Ebury Press)
 * 2018  Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire - Andy McGrath (Rapha)

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 (Icon Books)

Best Motorsports Book

 * 2012  Ultimate E-Type – Philip Porter
 * 2013  That Near-Death Thing – Rick Broadbent (Orion)

Best Illustrated Book

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

Best New Writer

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

Outstanding Sports Writing Award

 * 2014  Everest - Harriet Tuckey
 * 2015  Alone - Bill Jones (Bloomsbury)
 * 2016  Barbarian Days: A Surfing Tale – William Finnegan (Corsair)
 * 2018  Centaur - Declan Murphy and Ami Rao (Black Swan, Transworld Publishers)

Best Publicity Campaign

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

Sports Book Retailer of the Year

 * 2012 Waterstones
 * 2013 Foyles
 * 2014 Waterstones
 * 2015 Waterstones

Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing

 * 2012 Nick Hornby
 * 2013 Christopher Martin-Jenkins
 * 2015 Michael Parkinson
 * 2016 Brian Glanville
 * 2017 Hugh McIlvanney
 * 2018 John Woodcock