CROSS British Sports Book Awards to be shown on Sky Sports
Thursday 4 June 2015 00:03, UK
Sky Sports will show highlights from this year's CROSS British Sports Book Awards following the star-studded ceremony at Lord's Cricket Ground.
The winners of a variety of categories, including Autobiography of the Year, will be announced on Wednesday at the historic home of the MCC.
A number of sports stars are expected to be in attendance, with former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, ex-England rugby international Will Greenwood, and former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams all due to appear.
Barney Francis, Managing Director of Sky Sports, said: "Sky Sports is delighted to support the British Sport Book Awards as we have done since they were launched in 2003 and we wish the Awards many more successful years."
Team Sky rider Chris Froome and Europe's Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter are both shortlisted for the 'Autobiography of the Year' award.
Sky Sports is sponsoring the 'New Writer of the Year' award, while other categories include 'Biography of the Year', 'Football Book of the Year', 'Cricket Book of the Year', and the 'Outstanding Sports Writing Award'.
You can watch highlights from the CROSS British Sports Book Awards this Saturday at 10am on Sky Sports 4 and 1pm on Sky Sports 2.
The programme will also be repeated on Sunday at 11.30am on Sky Sports 2 and 7pm on Sky Sports 5.
