Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People to Help You Reach the Top of Your Game

Description

Get inspired to reach the top of your game with 50 incredible true stories of sporting legends. Award-winning journalist Rick Broadbent has interviewed some of the greatest sporting legends of our time. In this gripping collection of 50 true stories, he shares the most exciting and jaw-dropping accounts of success, failure, injury and bravery in sport, which will in turn inspire kids to find the confidence and resilience they need to reach the top of their game. An ideal book for any young sports fan who enjoys reading about their favourite heroes, such as Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams.

Rick Broadbent writes on a range of sports for The Times. He has worked at the Olympic Games, football and rugby world cups and all golf majors. The only Times journalist to interview the mute wrestler Kendo Nagasaki, he has been nominated as SJA feature writer of the year and has been shortlisted three times for the William Hill book prize. This is his first book for children.

Totally inspiring and filled with fun trivia and memorable stories to captivate sports fans of all ages. * BookTrust * Lots of people should read this book - it's not just centered on one sport and it's appealing to girls as well as boys. -- Sophie, Jack and Martin * Teen Titles *