Updated for the Womens World Cup 2023 Information. The companion volume to the Encyclopedia of Socceroos Centenary Edition (2022), this is a 120,000-word Encyclopedia, with players and data to end March 2023 just in time for the Womens World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand.
Michelle Ford was the only non-East German woman to win a Gold Medal in the pool at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. On the eve of the 2024 Olympics, Ford tells her story from champion swimmer in suburban Sydney to international athlete advocate, as well as the fight for justice for the swimmers who missed out on medals in 1980 due to state-sanctioned ......
The Devil Wears Prada meets the Wolf of Wall Street meets I Don’t Know How She Does It with just a dash of Marion Keyes. Set in glorious Sydney sunshine, Jill Valentine’s debut novel reveals some of the nastier deals (and ‘blue hushing’) underscoring the high pressure worlds of finance and hospitality, while proving that kindness and great ......
A myopic on the four tours of Australia undertaken by Manchester United and Northern Ireland superstar, George Best, from the height of his fame and celebrity status in 1967, to being someone well past his best days in 1990.
The biography of Adrian Noddy Alston, a flamboyant striker who was part of the first Socceroos squad to make the World Cup in 1974, and who has spent his entire non-football working life working with people with a disability.
Andy Bernal's life is a story of life, hope, and redemption that is raw, honest, and heartfelt. He was the first Australian to play in La Liga, played with Ipswich Town, Reading, Sydney Olympic, and the Socceroos, and became an agent with SFX.
Inside the Central Coast Mariners 2023 A-League Championship
The inside story of the A-League champions in 2023, the Central Coast Mariners, from the Director of Athletic Development, also known as The Vibe Manager.
Phil Wilkins was chief cricket writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald from the 1960s until the turn of the century. In his autobiography, he remembers great players and historic events, including Rod Laver, Ian and Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry and Shane Warne, England's Freddie Trueman, ......
Joey Rippa is set to hit the big time in football after an English Premier League manager spots him in a friendly match, but the surf-loving Aussie dude isnt so convinced about heading to England or being a pro footballer.
