Sporting events and management

Written by a team of international contributors, from Australia, Europe and the USA, the text uses international case studies and examples to illustrate and highlight discussion.

This book examines the relationships between sport event hosting and community development goals.

The fifth edition of Strategic Sport Marketing integrates sport marketing frameworks, theory and practical cases to show students and practitioners how to develop and execute successful sport marketing strategies.

Through the contributions of women working in the creative industries, this timely book explores the role of creativity in their lives, the experiences that have positively contributed to and supported their creativity and their work, as well as how gendered considerations intersect with their involvement in the cultural sphere.

Narrated in alternating voices by mother Nancy and sister Elizabeth, Go, Gwen, Go is an inspiring story about Olympian Gwen Jorgensen and her family.

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport Facility Operations Management goes beyond the basic theories of sport facility management to include relevant practical professional experiences connecting facilities, people, and technology.

Sports marketing is one of the fastest growing areas of marketing communication.

Offering a complete introduction to sport development policy and practice, this book covers key theory, themes, issues, and debates in sport development, without assuming any prior knowledge on the part of the reader.

The rapid global growth of the sport industry has prompted the need for a more commercial approach to the management of sport clubs.

World football is in crisis.

Known for his 'lightning reflexes' and unique playing style, Hugo Lloris has always set himself apart from other goalkeepers.

Advances in technology have always had a significant impact on sport.

The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history.

This Reader provides comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature in sports tourism.

60 years of observation: an American journalists memoir about Tokyos modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball.

Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men's basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott, the first African American scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This is the first book in English to offer an overview of the development of the sport industry in Spain and Portugal, examining the social, economic, cultural, and political impact sport has had in this region and on world sport more broadly.

This book explores the intersection of contemporary sport, advertising, promotional culture and wider society.

This is the first book to address the link between culture and sport management.

Coaches, managers and athletes frequently ask about how they can recover as fast as possible from fatigue and improve subsequent performance.

The London 2012 Paralympic Games - the biggest, most accessible and best-attended games in the Paralympics' 64-year history - came with an explicit aim to "e;transform the perception of disabled people in society,"e; and use sport to contribute to "e;a better world for all people with a disability.

By representing their experience of modernity as different from the West in their respective Olympic Games, Asian nations reveal much about the ambitions and anxieties of being an Asian host in the continuing western Olympic hegemony.

The development of both elite, high performance sport and mass participation, grassroots-level sport are central concerns for governments and sports governing bodies.

In Live Sports Media: The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry from his own perspective as an Emmy Award-winning producer at ESPN, at a time of seismic shifts in the industry.

This book adds to the theoretical development of the emerging fields of experiential learning and outdoor education by examining the central concept, 'experience', and interrogating a central claim of experiential learning: whether, and if so how, a short-term singular experience can transform a participant's life as a whole and in a permanent way.

We are entering a new era of leisure.

This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history.

What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events such as the Olympics and the World Cup?

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

A historic look at the fabled 1983-84 Boston Celtics and an unforgettable season.

Governance is at the centre of the work of all sport organizations, from small sport clubs to international sport federations.

From the history-steeped 'home of cricket' at Lord's, to the mecca of Indian cricket at Eden Gardens, this encompassing guide ranges across five continents to bring you the best cricket venues the world has to offer.

This is a book written by those at the sharp end of leisure service contract management.

This book provides a comparative analysis of sport and physical activity policies, processes, and practices across the home nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) of the United Kingdom.

This book features international authors discussing the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context.

Relationship marketing is an important issue in every business.

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

The first edition of The Price of Football quickly established itself as the go-to guide to understanding football club finance for the serious fan.

Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon, to define its traditions, and present leading research on the development and significance of football played on sand.

Golf is big business around the world.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, Sport, Education and Corporatisation offers an important critique of the intersection between sport organisations, commercial agendas and educational development.

The hosting of sports events - whether large international events, or smaller niche events - can have a significant and long-lasting impact on the local environment, economy and society.