Sporting events and management

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics.

When the general public follow the Olympic Games on television, on the internet, even in the newspapers, they feel like they have themselves experienced the performances of the athletes.

When the general public follow the Olympic Games on television, on the internet, even in the newspapers, they feel like they have themselves experienced the performances of the athletes.

In 2008 China plans to use the Olympic Games to remake its national identity in the global marketplace.

In 2008 China plans to use the Olympic Games to remake its national identity in the global marketplace.

Australia is only a small player in the world's political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes.

Australia is only a small player in the world's political and economic landscapes, yet, for many decades, it has been considered to be a global powerhouse in terms of its sporting successes.

In recent decades, five to ten times as many persons have turned out for the Olympic flame relay as have watched Olympic sports contests live.

In recent decades, five to ten times as many persons have turned out for the Olympic flame relay as have watched Olympic sports contests live.

Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games should have been a pinnacle in Mexico's post-revolutionary development: a moment when a nation at ease with itself played proud host to a global celebration of youthful vigour.

Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games should have been a pinnacle in Mexico's post-revolutionary development: a moment when a nation at ease with itself played proud host to a global celebration of youthful vigour.

The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord.

The Balkan Games resulted on the one hand from the growth of modern European sport and the unsatisfactory performances of the Balkan athletes at national and international level, and on the other hand, from a desire to bring the Balkan peoples together in peace and concord.

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event.

For more than a century, the Olympics have been the modern world's most significant sporting event.

In 2008, as few in the world are unaware, China was host to the world via the Beijing Olympics.

In 2008, as few in the world are unaware, China was host to the world via the Beijing Olympics.

This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics - ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word - and the meanings generated by such representations.

This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics - ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word - and the meanings generated by such representations.

"The Powerhouse of Mental Strength 2"Fortsættelsen af ​​​​​rejsen ind the mental forces verden med Sami Duymaz aka Samuel Samiris.

This comprehensive, novel and exciting interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international authorities from the history of sport, social history, art history, film history, design history, cultural studies and related fields to explore the ways in which visual culture has shaped, and continues to impact upon, our understanding of sport as an integral element within popular culture.

This comprehensive, novel and exciting interdisciplinary collection brings together leading international authorities from the history of sport, social history, art history, film history, design history, cultural studies and related fields to explore the ways in which visual culture has shaped, and continues to impact upon, our understanding of sport as an integral element within popular culture.

Human Resource Management for Events still remains the only text to introduce students to the unique application of HR principles in the context of a highly complex event environment.

Over the last decade, the close relationship between culture and economy - or "e;the experience economy"e; - has risen on the agenda.

Over the last decade, the close relationship between culture and economy - or "e;the experience economy"e; - has risen on the agenda.

The difference between getting the shot and missing the shot comes down to split seconds and how you manage your gear and your technique.

The difference between getting the shot and missing the shot comes down to split seconds and how you manage your gear and your technique.

Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession.

Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession.

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration.

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration.

The "e;Serious Leisure Perspective"e; (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience.

The "e;Serious Leisure Perspective"e; (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience.

Sport and architecture are two elements of contemporary life that have a broad and profound impact on the world around us.

Sport and architecture are two elements of contemporary life that have a broad and profound impact on the world around us.

The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America.

The forthcoming Olympics in Rio in 2016, and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014, highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America.

Coaching adventure sports is part of the core work of many adventure educators but has been largely neglected in the adventure studies literature.

Coaching adventure sports is part of the core work of many adventure educators but has been largely neglected in the adventure studies literature.

Despite the mythology of sport bringing people together and encouraging everyone to work collectively to success, modern sport remains a site of exclusionary practices that operate on a number of levels.

Despite the mythology of sport bringing people together and encouraging everyone to work collectively to success, modern sport remains a site of exclusionary practices that operate on a number of levels.

London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948.

London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948.

Ethnography has become an important method for researching and interpreting the social world, not least in the field of sport and exercise studies.

Ethnography has become an important method for researching and interpreting the social world, not least in the field of sport and exercise studies.

The sports agent has become a highly significant figure in contemporary sport business.

The sports agent has become a highly significant figure in contemporary sport business.

The global geopolitics of sport is being transformed in and by East Asia.

The global geopolitics of sport is being transformed in and by East Asia.