Sport: Top 10 books

1 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Yearbook 1999 edited by Peter Nichols (Oddball, paperback, pounds 14).

2 Football Memories, Brian Glanville (Virgin, hardback, pounds 16.99).

3 Twelve Grand: The Gambler As Hero, Jonathan Rendall (Yellow Jersey, paperback, pounds 10).

4 Red and Raw - A Post-War History of Manchester United v Liverpool, Ivan Ponting (Andre Deutsch, hardback, pounds 14.99).

5 Tear Gas and Ticket Touts, Eddy Brimson (Headline, paperback, pounds 6.99).

6 Raceform Horses in Training 1999, (Raceform, paperback, pounds 13.95).

7 Conquests and Crises - the 1998 Tour de France, Velo News (Velo Press, paperback, pounds 16.95).

8 Playing for Keeps - Michael Jordan And The World He Made, David Halberstam (Random House USA, hardback, pounds 21.50).

9 Stats Inc Major League Handbook 1999, Bill James (Stats Inc, paperback, pounds 16.95).

10 Cold Dawn - My National Velvet, Dido Harding (Mainstream, hardback pounds 15.99).

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