The Telegraph Sports Book Awards | |
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Awarded for | British sports books |
Sponsored by | The Telegraph |
Country | England |
Hosted by | National Sporting Club |
First awarded | 2019 |
Last awarded | Active |
Website | https://sportsbookawards.com/ |
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The award was founded by David H. Willis. [1]
The awards' original sponsors included Ladbrokes, Virgin Publishing, Butler and Tanner and WH Smith. As of 2015, new sponsors included Cross Pens, Sky Sports, The Times, Littlehampton Book Services, Robert Walters, TalkSPORT, Freshtime, Human Race Group, Arbuthnot Latham and Procorre.
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