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High quality shortlist for autobiography prize as the countdown begins ahead of 2017 Cross Sports Book Awards

William Finnegan's surfing tour de force Barbarian Days adds the Bookie Prize to his Pulitzer Prize

Will it be third time lucky for Times man Rick Broadbent with his wonderful story of the magnificent runner Emil Zátopek?

And then there were seven - shortlist revealed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2016

No Nonsense: Joey Barton's autobiography on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year longlist after just one day in the shops

Speed Kings by Andy Bull and Ed Caesar's Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon among winners at 2016 Cross Sports Book Awards

Authors on the platform: star line-up at London Festival of Sports Writing 2015

Donald McRae in running to be first writer to win William Hill Sports Book of the Year for third time as 2015 longlist is unveiled