Sporting events and management

This book explores innovation in technology, products, and services in sport management in the Ibero-American region, one of the most rapidly developing regions in world sport.

This book explores innovation in technology, products, and services in sport management in the Ibero-American region, one of the most rapidly developing regions in world sport.

In 1974, the Brazilian sports official Joao Havelange was elected FIFA's president in a two-round election, defeating the incumbent Stanley Rous.

WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORTNOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing' -The Telegraph'[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful' -The TimesWhen cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Path news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.

WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORTNOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing' -The Telegraph'[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful' -The TimesWhen cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Path news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.

Der elektronische Sport, E-Sport genannt, wird zunehmend zu einem Massenphänomen.

This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK and, therefore, provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport.

This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK and, therefore, provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport.

*WINNER of the Charles Tyrwhitt Children's Sports Book of the Year 2024*INSPIRE YOUNG FOOTBALL FANS TO DREAM BIG WITH ENGLAND SUPERSTAR BETH MEAD.

This is a complete history of the England rugby union team - told by the players themselves.

FROM THE NO.

This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond.

This inspiring text unveils the storms and triumphs of coaching in the form of case studies.

¡Qué maravilla esta obra!

This book critically investigates the declining status of creative workers in contemporary societies following changes associated with the neoliberal creativity discourse - from the distribution of resources around cultural production to consumption, and from the management of 'labour time' to 'life time'.

This book critically investigates the declining status of creative workers in contemporary societies following changes associated with the neoliberal creativity discourse - from the distribution of resources around cultural production to consumption, and from the management of 'labour time' to 'life time'.

Olympic Laws: Culture, Values, Tensions is the first book to analyse fully the Olympic legal framework and its application to the IOC and the Olympic Games through a socio-legal lens.

This is the only book to introduce the history, organisation, management and development of sport in Australia.

Der spanische Rekordmeister Real Madrid ist zugleich der erfolgreichste Klub der Welt und schaut auf stolze 120 Jahre Vereinsgeschichte zurück.

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT'A mesmerising, unforgettable journey around world rugby.

Olympic Laws: Culture, Values, Tensions is the first book to analyse fully the Olympic legal framework and its application to the IOC and the Olympic Games through a socio-legal lens.

This book examines the deep connections between football and politics and explains what those relationships can tell us about sport and wider society.

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT'A mesmerising, unforgettable journey around world rugby.

Timed to be released at the start of 2008 spring training, Neil Sullivan's The Diamond in the Bronx chronicles the entire history of a stadium that has been home to the greatest dynasty in sports history, a stadium that will see its final Yankees game in 2008.

In seinem einmaligen und hochspannenden Rückblick nimmt uns der Co-Trainer und Assistent von Jürgen Klopp beim FC Liverpool mit auf eine fußballerische Achterbahnfahrt.

This book examines the deep connections between football and politics and explains what those relationships can tell us about sport and wider society.

This is the only book to introduce the history, organisation, management and development of sport in Australia.

In late 1998 and the early months of 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was an organization in crisis.

Who are currently the best players in world football?

Journey with Olympian and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall as he reflects on the joys and trials of running and, along the way, shows you how he found God in every step.

For as long as she can remember, Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross's life has been measured in seconds.

One of America's most heralded young divers, David Boudia twice went for Olympic gold, training obsessively and whole-heartedly for success.

Cultural policy intersects with political, economic, and socio-cultural dynamics at all levels of society, placing high and often contradictory expectations on the capabilities and capacities of the media, the fine, performing, and folk arts, and cultural heritage.

The study of football fandom is a fast-growing area of research in the sociology of sport.

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated.

This original and insightful book explores how horses can be considered as social actors within shared interspecies networks.

Artists are creative workers who drive growth in the creative and cultural industries.

In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote.

The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world.

Now in a fully revised and updated fifth edition, Managing Sport Organizations introduces the fundamentals of sport management across every industry sector, from youth and intercollegiate sport to professional leagues, and from community-level sport to international sport.

Though basketball dates back more than 120 years, it did not make its Olympic debut until 1936.

The first European Championship in ice hockey took place more than 100 years ago.

During the 2012 European Soccer Championship (popularly called the "e;Euro"e;), nearly one and a half million people attended the matches.

One of the Boston Globe's Best Sports Books of the Year: "e;Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny"e; (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times-bestselling author of Cinderella Man).

El latido eterno del fútbol celeste: 150 años de emociones.

There has never been a book about the inner workings of the golf business or its leading players from an insider's point of view.

The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant.

In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture-and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a mirror to the global contest for the sympathies of citizens worldwide.

Everything you always wanted to know about Olympic rituals and ceremonies but were too afraid to ask.

Sports have historically been part of a broader quest of regimes for prestige on the world stage, but also to project hegemony and power in an anarchic international system.