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28 of our favourite sports books of 2022
Formula One's compulsive perfectionist and more of the week's best sportswriting
What it's like to play football on your period and more of the week's best sportswriting
Ronaldinho's decline from Barcelona greatness to Paraguay prison and more of the week's best sportswriting
The Second Captain who went in search of George Gibney and more of the week's best sportswriting
James McClean and football’s unhealthy obsession with depoliticising the poppy, and the week's best sportswriting
A detailed blueprint to fix Manchester United and more of the week's best sportswriting
Manchester City 'a sportswashing instrument,' and more of the week's best sportswriting
How Martin O'Neill's Nottingham Forest reign crumbled and more of this week's best sportswriting
Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan has curated the top 10 perfect books to bring on your holidays
The story of Arsenal's tragic lost star in the making and more of the week's best sportswriting
'Sports can’t sink much lower than Mayweather-McGregor' and 25 more of the best articles from 2017
Dublin GAA star Philly McMahon's 'The Choice' named Sports Book of the Year
Here are the 7 sports books shortlisted for the William Hill prize
Here are the 16 sports books longlisted for the William Hill prize
Controversial portrait of McGregor's Dublin, booing Gatlin and the week's best sportswriting
'The beginnings of the sexual revolution in Derry’ and more of the week's best sportswriting
Conor Murray on Anthony Foley's death and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here are our 16 favourite sports books from 2016
Olympic medal predictions, the return of Caster Semenya and the week's best sportswriting
The world champion Irish wrestler, Michelle Smith revisited and the week's best sportswriting
The football-loving terrorist, Caitlyn Jenner's complex Olympic memories and the week's best sportswriting
Watching Rocky II with Muhammad Ali and more of the week's best sportswriting
The rugby star given a shot at the NFL and all the week's best sportswriting
Why Conor McGregor is UFC's most important fighter - 50 of the best sports articles of 2015 (part 1)
Why Chelsea players have a right to feel betrayed by Mourinho and all the week's best sportswriting
Tyson Fury's 'disturbed' mental state & David Simon on baseball; the week’s best sportswriting
Brendan Rodgers is Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting and all the week’s best sportswriting
25 years on from Friday Night Lights, a day with JJ Watt and all the week's best sportswriting
Incredible Gatlin, pre-season insight and all the week’s best sportswriting
Brazil's demise, Sampras' reflection and all the week’s best sportswriting
Mo's missed drug tests, Kimbo v Shamrock and all the week's best sportswriting
'Farcical' LOI, Di Maria an uninterested bystander and the week's best sportswriting
Tiger's fall, Ireland to win the World Cup and cricket emerging: It’s the week’s best sportswriting
Ken Early on Steven Gerrard and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
The other Irish cricketer who captained England and the rest of the week’s best sportswriting
Remembering Páidí Ó Sé and David Gillick on mental strength; the week’s best sportswriting
Cruyff on football's lost values and Roger Goodell's parental paradox; it's the week's best sportswriting
The GAA's role in the NFL's future and the craziest stunt in wresting; it's the week's best sportswriting
The value of Di Maria and behind the scenes of MNF; it's the week's best sportswriting