Best Sports Writing Award

SHORTLIST 2023

Dreaming the Impossible

Dreaming the Impossible

The Battle to Create a Non-Racial Sports World

By Mihir Bose

Dreaming the Impossible is the definitive book on racism in British sports, answering the question as to whether we can get to a truly non-racial sports world. Featuring interviews with some of the biggest names in sport past and present and drawing on his extensive knowledge and own personal experiences, Mihir Bose examines the way racism has affected Black and Asian sportspeople and how attitudes have evolved over the past fifty years.

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