History of sport

This book analyzes the 2018 and 2019 men's and women's World Cups to understand how the use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) affected each tournament.

This book presents a kaleidoscopic view of the multidisciplinary field of research developed within Brazilian social sciences to study football as a major cultural and social phenomenon in the country.

This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in British film.

This book looks at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games as a complex nation-building project.

This book is the first to deal with physical culture in an Irish context, covering educational, martial and recreational histories.

Si vous n'avez jamais vu Connor McDavid patiner, vous ne savez rien de ce qu'est l'art.

Premier match des séries de la saison 1985-1986, au Forum de Montréal.

Pendant quinze ans, Christian Tétreault a tenu une chronique sportive à la radio.

Les 100 plus beaux moments des Canadiens pour célébrer le centenaire de la LNH

Le récit met en évidence les exploits des joueurs au fil des décennies, mais aussi quelques tragédies venues les assombrir.

The story of one of the most significant and overlooked seasons in professional baseball, told through the travails of the Spokane Indians On June 24, 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team crashed to the bottom of a deep ravine in Washington state's Cascade mountains, killing nine players.

A professional baseball prospect given little chance of making the big time, Octavio "e;Cookie"e; Rojas nevertheless flourished at the sport's top level during a 16-year major league career.

The basis for the new Peacock television series: The classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans' obsession with the bloody and brutal gladiatorial games.

Welcome To A Whole New Underwater World.

Great cyclists are born, but winning cyclists are made by the brains of their managers.

American cycling has a long tradition of riding and racing on a shoestring and a prayer.

In 2016, after twenty years in St.

On New Years Day, 1975, Catfish Hunter left the Oakland As for a $3,000,000 contract with the New York Yankees, becoming, at the time, the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history.

In an age dominated by overhyped athletes who are sometimes short on character, JoJo Whites story offers a refreshing look back at one athletes careera career that was the product of genuine good values.

Doping is as old as organized sports.

The Award-Winning, International Best-Seller';I have success, money, women.

With a comb in his pocket, his glamorous blonde wife by his side, and an unyielding will backed by blazing speed, Jacques Anquetil became cycling's leading ambassador as the sport left behind the post-war era of Fausto Coppi to embrace the promise of the freewheeling sixties.

A guide to mental toughness from the author of 80/20 Running: "e;Fitzgerald's research will help you become your own sports psychologist.

What if all the best Tour stages happened in one race?

West Virginia's championship teams at WVU and Marshall and athletic superstars like Jerry West and Mary Lou Retton are familiar to all, but few know the untold story of sports in the Mountain State.

West Virginia's championship teams at WVU and Marshall and athletic superstars like Jerry West and Mary Lou Retton are familiar to all, but few know the untold story of sports in the Mountain State.

Germany did not have professional players or a national league until the 1960s, yet it became one of the most successful football nations in the world.

The ultimate guide to Real Madrid.

From is genesis as Newton Heath LYR Football Club founded in 1878 all the way to the global sporting and commercial superpower that it is today, this is the history of Manchester United Football Club as you have never seen it before.

Arsenal 101 is an entertaining compendium of Arsenal's fascinating history, facts, games, stories, personalities, legends and footballing adventures.

"e;A manifesto to cure modern football's cornucopia of ills.

What is the purpose of history today, and how can sporting research help us understand the world around us?

Against the backdrop of the recent and renewed political and policy interest in the safety and security in European football contexts, this book examines the ways in which the regulation of insecurities in European football has been advanced by European institutions and organizations, and contested by football supporters, from the 1980s to the present day.

Girls love bad boys, and it's no different in the world of pro wrestling.

Nottingham Forest Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about Forest.

Manchester United On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the club's distinguished past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Red Devils history - with an entry for every day of the year.

Rangers On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments in the history of one of the world's greatest clubs, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable Gers diary - with an entry for every day of the year.

It's Not All About The Old Firm tells the inside stories of some of the Scottish game's greatest achievements - how heroes and legends have overcome the odds, plus Celtic and Rangers.

For 125 years, the GAA has been a fixed point in a fast-changing age, and this oral history marks the125th anniversary of the Association.

In 100 GAA Greats, John Scally celebrates the most significant players Gaelic games have brought us in their 125-year history.

Voices from Croke Park charts the journeys of 12 true greats of the Gaelic games, each of whom has helped shape the rich history of football and hurling.

Olympic Education is not only a text book for students and teachers in physical and sport education but also for course instructors and coaches in children`s youth sport programmes, as well as for executives in sports federations.

This volume of wide-ranging essays by sport historians and sociologists examines the complex relations of war, peace and sport through a series of case studies from South and North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia and New Zealand.

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis' Elis JamesRULE #1: DON'T WATCH THE BALLYes, football is about stars, goals and glory.

1923: Life in Football 100 Years Ago takes a deep dive into the matches, personalities and events that lit up the game a century ago.

The story of how one small boy's near impossible dream became a reality.