📚 | 2025 LONGLIST VAR. Fans hate it, players hate it, managers hate it and pundits love to hate it. But why? @daisychristo.bsky.social's persuasive book examines why football has struggled so much with video technology, compared to so many successes in other sports.

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? 🗣️ “It’s a hard recommend from me.” @mattmwilliams.bsky.social takes us through David Walsh and Pippa York’s new book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞. Check out Matt’s thoughts in full.

🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB – LONGLIST SPECIAL 🗣️ “There’s something for everybody on this list…” Host @theadriandurham.bsky.social and Neil Foggin discuss the process of deciding the 2025 longlist from 150 to just 15 books. Haven’t seen the longlist episode? Watch here: bit.ly/LonglistSpecial2025

📚 | 2025 LONGLIST "Shedding light on why female athletes are outperforming men in endurance events, despite the obstacles put in their way." @emmajourno.bsky.social and @lilycanter.bsky.social joined forces to uncover the history behind sexism in sports in their longlisted book Ultra Women.

📚 | 2025 LONGLIST Sir James Anderson's book gives you a front-row seat on not only England's journey during this time, but also his own coming of age story from being an outsider growing up in Burnley, to becoming one of the greatest bowlers of all-time.

NEW: Several renowned sports journalists in contention for prestigious @bookieprize.bsky.social as longlist of 15 books is announced 📚 🏆 Along with the coveted trophy, there is also a £30,000 prize for the winner… #WHSBOTY #sportsmedia #sportsjournalism

Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY

Missed the latest episodes of Sports Book Club? We’ve got you covered… Check out three of our most recent episodes on rugby, boxing and cricket. 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 🎙️ bit.ly/RoyFrancis 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥 🎙️ bit.ly/thelastbell 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 🎙️ bit.ly/findingtheedge

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? @mattmwilliams.bsky.social takes us through F1 journalist Frank Hopkinson’s 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐰. 🏎️ The book details the evolution of the sport from the curves of Monza to long-lost circuits like Pescara. Check out Matt’s thoughts.

One more batch hoping to get on the Longlist for @bookieprize.bsky.social 2025. We make our decision on the Longlist very soon so these are hoping to make an impression quickly. There is at least one of these that I’m very excited has been entered…

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? @mattmwilliams.bsky.social delves into Christopher Clarey’s 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫: 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲. 🎾 The book details Rafael Nadal's most mind-blowing record of 14 French Open titles. Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book below.

We’re into the latter stages of the US Open! 🎾 We’ve taken a look back at the strongest tennis entries of our William Hill Sports Book of the Year award to date. The Racket – @conorniland.bsky.social Searching for Novak – Mark Hodgkinson Althea – Sally H. Jacobs The Master – Christopher Clarey

Entries for the 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award close tomorrow! 🏆 ⏱️ Want to submit a last-minute entry? Enter here: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25

Another batch ducks under the wire hoping to make it onto the Longlist for @bookieprize.bsky.social 2025. Some of these have only just been released so have good reason... Those who chose to wait til now to enter may come to regret it given the number of books being entered so late…

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? Matt Williams delves into Ben Robinson's 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧. The book details how Notts County, the world's oldest professional football club, found itself within one of the biggest scandals in football history. ⚽️ Check out Matt’s thoughts.

There’s just 48 hours until entries close for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award! 📖 Yet to submit your entry? Follow this link: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 ⬅️

The US Open starts this weekend, so we’re revisiting #WHSBOTY winner Connor Niland's memory of competing there. 🎾 In 2011, days after food poisoning, he retired vs Novak Djokovic in Round 1. His book The Racket won our 35th award and is our only tennis winner. ✍️

Entries for this year's #WHSBOTY award will close in just ONE week. 🏆 Still haven’t submitted your entry? Follow this link: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 👈

Author Tony Collins spoke with Sports Book Club host Adrian Durham and Neil Foggin about his most recent book, 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬: 𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫. 📖 Former rugby league star Martin Offiah, who penned the book's foreword, also participated in the panel. Full episode: bit.ly/BookClub_Ton...

Sports authors and publishers… There’s just 10 days to go until entries close for this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. 🏆 Want to submit your entry? Follow this link: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 👈

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? @mattmwilliams.bsky.social gives his thoughts on Donald McRae’s latest book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠, an account of being ringside with some of the sport’s greatest fighters. Sports Book Club episode: bit.ly/BookClubTheLastBell

Sports authors and publishers… Time is running out to enter the 2025 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. ⌛️   Want your sports book to be in contention for the most prestigious prize in sports literature? Enter here: wh.bet/SBOTY_Entry_...

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? The fifth edition of The Hundred is underway and @mattmwilliams.bsky.social has given his thoughts on Richard Whitehead's 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, a detailed account of the Ashes series of 1954-55.  Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book. ⤵️

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? @mattmwilliams.bsky.social delves into @nedboulting.bsky.social's ‪𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐢𝐬𝐭: (𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥) 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, a behind-the-scenes account of Boutling’s cycling stories from across the world. Check out Matt’s thoughts. ⤵️

📢 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑷𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑺… Not entered the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award 2025? 🤔 Get your entries in now for a chance to be this year’s winner and receive £30,000, a trophy, and the opportunity to be featured on our Sports Book Club Podcast. Enter here: bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25

This year’s British Open will see the biggest contingent of LIV Golf players in any major since 2023 (19). 👀 Author Alan Shipnuck breaks down the inside story of the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf in his #WHSBOTY 2024 entry, 𝐋𝐈𝐕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐞. ⛳️ Is The Open the best major? 🤔

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? Simon Hughes, a football journalist and author, explores the life and achievements of Egyptian footballer and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, both on and off the pitch, in 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐡: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲. ⚽️ Check out Matt's thoughts on the book. ⤵️

🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB   YouTube Boxing has gained a lot of traction in recent years… Are you a fan of the influencer-led events?   Former #WHSBOTY winner Donald McRae delves into the subject in his latest book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🥊   Listen here: bit.ly/BookClubTheLastBell

There's not long left to enter this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award! 🏆 Submit your entry today, and you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to be featured on our Sports Book Club Podcast. 🎙️ Time is running out... Submit your entry at bit.ly/ENTRIESSBOTY25 👈

🎾 Our 2024 winner, @conorniland.bsky.social, got a first-hand experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the First Round of the US Open back in 2011. Only Andy Murray came close to anything Conor had faced before on the tour. 😳 Will Novak progress to the semi-finals of Wimbledon today? 🤔

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? Matt Williams gives his thoughts on Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson’s 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. The book explores the physiological and psychological differences between the sexes.  Check out Matt’s standout chapters. ↩️

Today marks the 60th British GP! 🇬🇧 The life of an F1 driver can be tough despite the glamour, and in his 17 years in the sport Jenson Button saw all it had to offer. 📖 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐌𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 Is he the greatest British driver to never win at Silverstone? 🤔

🏆 Looking for your next cycling read before the 2025 Tour de France? We have you covered... Take a look back at our 2017 award-winning book, 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧: 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞. 📖 With a foreword by Bradley Wiggins, author Andy McGrath details into the life and career of the icon, Tom Simpson. 🚴

🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB 🗣️ “Boxers, they talk in such open ways that fewer other sportsmen and women do…” #WHSBOTY Award-winning author Donald McRae details his relationship with Tyson Fury in his latest book, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🥊 Listen here: bit.ly/BookClubTheLastBell

🎙️ | SPORTS BOOK CLUB Our latest episode of Sports Book Club with talkSPORT 2 is now live! 🙌 Award-winning writer Donald McRae joins host Adrian Durham and Neil Foggin to discuss his new book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠. 🥊 Listen here: bit.ly/BookClubTheLastBell 👈

The 2025 Women’s Euros kicks off today! 🙌 We’ve taken a look at England Head Coach Sarina Wiegman’s book 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬’ 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 📖 Will the Lionesses win back-to-back titles? 🏆

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? 🗣️ “Molly is examining the path to success in the women’s game…” Just in time for Wimbledon, Matt Williams delves into Molly McElwee’s 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬 – foreword by Billie Jean King. 🎾 Check out Matt’s thoughts. ⤵️

Both English sides remain in this year’s #FIFACWC! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️ Looking for your next football fix? Check out our three 2025 football episodes of Sports Book Club with talkSPORT 2. 🙌 🎙️ bit.ly/LeonGladwell 🎥 bit.ly/DaisyChristodoulou 🎥 bit.ly/MiguelDelaneyBookClub

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? Huw Turbervill shares stories of cricket past and present in his latest book 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞. 🏏 Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book. ⤵️

The first day of the Test is drawing to a close but you can get another cricket fix by watching Jimmy Anderson on Sports Book Club! 🎙️ Watch #EnglandCricket’s most capped player in Test history discuss his latest book 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲. Watch here: youtu.be/57d-RDHJAk4

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? 🗣️ “This one again expertly places the football of the 1980s into its social and political context…” Matt Williams delves into Jon Spurling’s 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐫: 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝟖𝟎𝐬. ⚽️ Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book. ⤵️

Today marks Day One of #RoyalAscot 2025! 🏇 We’ve taken a look back at our last horse racing book to be shortlisted for the #WHSBOTY award (2023). 🏆 📖 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 ✍️ Kathryn Scanlan

The 125th #USOpen begins today! 🇺🇸 It’s been 30 years since our one and only golf #WHSBOTY winner, 𝐀 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝: 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 by John Feinstein (1995). ⛳️ Do you have a favourite golf autobiography or book? Let us know in the comments. 👇

🗣️ "There should be a statue of Brian Flynn outside of pretty much every football ground in Wales…” We spoke with Elis James as Wales started their World Cup qualifying campaign. ⚽️ 📖 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧: 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 by Leon Barton 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 by @ffwtbol.bsky.social

🗣️ “He was an incredible competitor… Probably the sports best ever competitor.” Throwback to last year’s #WHSBOTY award-winner Conor Niland on his admiration specifically for ‘King of Clay’ Rafael Nadal. 🎾 Will you be watching the men’s #FrenchOpen final later today? 👀

🗣️ “The injuries are part and parcel of the job…” Jimmy Anderson sat down with host Adrian Durham and Neil Foggin on Sports Book Club to discuss his new book 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞, detailing the toll his injuries had on his career on and off the pitch. Episode link: youtu.be/57d-RDHJAk4

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? Matt Williams looks at Jay Mwamba’s 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐨, which details the 1993 plane crash that killed Zambia's national football team through meticulous research talking to both players and presidents.  Check out Matt’s thoughts on the book. ⤵️

🗣️ "The best high-end football experience in the country…" 🎙️ Throwback to Leon Gladwell's appearance on Sports Book Club when he spoke on his book 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥'𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬. Have you been to Munich's Allianz Arena? The venue for tonight's #UCL final. ⚽️

📚 | #WHSBOTY What are we reading this week? 🗣️ “The battle begins with yourself…” Former professional footballer Dean Windass tells stories of his life away from the pitch in his book 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥. Check out Matt’s standout chapters of the book. ↩️

Looking for your next fix of football content ahead of tonight's #UECL final? 🤔⚽️ TWO football episodes from our Sports Book Club podcast are available to watch on YouTube. ✅ ✍️ I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR 📹 youtu.be/MifSml9Tn5A ✍️ States of Play 📹 youtu.be/un4lZIte6lw