When skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Cricket World Cup final in 2023 against an undefeated Indian team, he knew he was going against conventional wisdom. A fast bowler whose appointment to captaincy was a stroke of genius, Pat Cummins was a leader both on the field and off.
In this new edition of the top seller, award-winning sports writer Ron Reed and journalist Chris McLeod pay tribute to the Australian champion and women’s tennis World No. 1. With up-to-date statistics and analysis of all her games including her 2022 Australian Open and 2021 Wimbledon wins, Tokyo Olympics campaign and the 2021 US Open.
Kyrgios celebrates Australia’s ultimate tennis headliner featuring yarns, quotes, interviews and stats on the small-town boy discovering his natural talents at a sport he initially didn’t like.
Ayrton Senna da Silva was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships for McLaren in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He died in
an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix for Williams. Senna began his motorsport career in ......
The Untold Story of Australia's First Land Speed Record
A rollicking ride through the early days of Australian motorsport. Set in 1900 - 1918 in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, the true story of bitter rivalry between two Brisbane car importers/ dealers: E.G. Eager & Son and Canada Cycle and Motor (CCM). There are four main characters.
Ron Taylor’s broad involvement with horse racing from 1948, when he began his journalistic career, to the present day has given him a knowledge of the sport and its participants that is unique in the industry today.
Gordon Bennett, the Father of International Motor Racing
James Gordon Bennett was born in 1841, a spoilt only son who took over as publisher of the New York Herald from his
millionaire father. Bennett tirelessly supported pioneering fields of technology and sport, always with speed in mind. In 1899,
fascinated by the new motor cars, he instigated the International Gordon Bennett Cup. The inaugural race ......
Lewis Hamilton is the record breaking driver of Formula 1, having won first world championship in 2008 and his 4th championship in 2017. His rivalry with Nico Rosberg and his incredible career from Karting champion to one of the greatest drivers on the planet with the likes of Senna and Schumacher in his sights. His rivalry with Nico Rosberg ......
When the first lockdown came, finding himself without cricket for the first time in his life, Geoffrey Boycott sat down and began to write a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of his Test match appearances.
