This week's top 10 sports books

1 The Sporting News Baseball Guide, (The Sporting News, paperback, pounds 13.95)

2 Football Hooligans - Knowing the Score, Gary Armstrong (Berg, paperback, pounds 14.99)

3 Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff - the ABC of an Obstinate Maestro, Frits Barend and Henk Van Dorp (Bloomsbury, hardback, pounds 16.99)

4 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Yearbook, edited by Peter Nichols (Oddball Publishing, paperback, pounds 13.00)

5 All Madden - `Hey, I'm Talking Pro Football!', John Madden and Dave Anderson (Harper US, paperback, pounds 5.50)

6 The Summer Game - Australia in Test Cricket 1949-71, Gideon Haigh (Text Publishing, hardback pounds 21.95)

7 The Phillys African Football Yearbook 1998, edited by Filippo Ricci (Mariposa, paperback, pounds 12.99)

8 Manchester the Greatest City, Gary James (Polar Publishing, hardback, pounds 24.95)

9 Stats Inc Major League Handbook 1998, Bill James (Stats Inc Publishing, paperback, pounds 16.95)

10 A Savage Business - the Comeback and Comedown of Mike Tyson, Richard Hoffer (Simon and Schuster, hardback, pounds 15.99)

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