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Formula One 2023 is a thrilling book written by the talented Bruce Jones. Published by the renowned Welbeck Publishing Group on February 16, 2023, this book is a must-read for all Formula One enthusiasts and sports lovers. Delving into the world of high-speed racing, Bruce Jones masterfully captures the excitement, tension, and triumph of this sport. This book belongs to the sports genre and is a testament to Jones's deep understanding and love for Formula One racing. It is an immersive read that will keep you on the edge of your seat, as you navigate through the 2023 Formula One season with the author. Published by Welbeck Publishing Group, this book is a testament to their commitment to publishing quality sports literature. Grab a copy of Formula One 2023 today and get ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride!

Viva Vejle er fortællingen om Vejle Boldklub i medgang og modgang igennem mere end 130 år. Klubben blev etableret i slutningen af 1800-tallet, og den havde sin storhedstid i sidste del af 1900-tallet.VB er klubben der har opfostret spillere som Allan Simonsen, Ulrik Le Fevre, Thomas Gravesen, John Sivebæk og Tommy Troelsen.Viva Vejle fortæller om VB's største opture og dybeste nedture. Bogen er også fortællingen om, hvordan Vejle og VB's historie er sammenvævet og har præget hinanden. Gennem interviews med de sidste 60 års nøglepersoner i og omkring klubben og byen tegner journalist og forfatter Lars Werge et nærgående portræt af den klub han siden barndommen i 1970'ernes Vejle har været en forbedrelig fan af.

'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. But it's also about the intense calculations and movements being made by the twenty-one other players on the pitch. It's about the ticking clock, and the bellowing fans, and their impact on player psychology. It's about the coach, the club owner, and the director of football, who are watching, scouting and scheming from the side-lines. It's about money and data, about geopolitics and architecture, and even about climate change.Football is the most popular sport in the world, and Tifo Football is one of the world's most popular football channels. In this short, illustrated guide, its creators share fifty-two simple 'rules' for understanding and enjoying the beautiful game-both on and off the pitch.Covering the key concepts, tactics and philosophies that are shaping the sport today, How to Watch Football reveals surprising new perspectives on familiar elements of gameplay, while highlighting lesser-known aspects of the industry and its history.Whether you're a casual fan or a football obsessive, the fifty-two golden rules in this pocket-size guide will deepen your delight in the world's favourite sport.

"A comprehensive illustrated guide to Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the 1950s through today"--

In Liverpool F.C. - Legends we've collected stories on dozens of Liverpool FC's most celebrated players managers and games. With expert commentary and lavish photography, you'll explore and rediscover the attributes that made these players, managers and teams iconic, as well as the moments that propelled them to greatness. From past greats like Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish to modern giants such as Mo Salah there's something for every Liverpool fan here. Over a century, Liverpool has provided fans with hundreds of unique personalities, countless unforgettable moments and some of the greatest feats of sporting brilliance ever seen. From its humble beginnings in the northwest of England to the global phenomenon it has become today, the club has evolved and changed almost beyond recognition. But the exploits of the soccer heroes of years past continue to stand the test of time.

Bogen introducerer til mange forskellige måder at arbejde med bevægelse på i skolen. Til disse måders pædagogiske baggrund, samt til hvilke handlemuligheder lærere har for at inddrage bevægelse i skolen.

Bogen tager læseren med ind i en af verdens hurtigst voksende sportsgrene; kvindefodbold. Forfatterne - sportsjournalist Tina Müller og kvindefodboldekspert Amalie Bremer - kårer de bedste spillere, fortæller om de største legender, de mest markante klubber og genopliver kvindefodboldhistoriens vildeste øjeblikke, som fx da Danmark vandt VM-finalen i Mexico i 1971 foran 115.000 tilskuere på Estadio Azteca. Ofte har disse kvindelige spillere ikke bare kæmpet for dem selv på banen, men har også uden for banen taget kampe, der har været med til at bringe pige- og kvindefodbolden derhen, hvor den er i dag.

The players, the goals, the games, the scandals and the glory: the story of French football's chequered coming of age over the last 40 years.French football is an enigma: a puzzling jumble of brilliance and farce, flair and frailty, stunning success and abject failure. Its domestic league is mocked on social media as an uncompetitive 'Farmers League' and its clubs derided for underachieving in European competition. But France have reached four of the past seven men's World Cup finals, French players star week in, week out for the world's grandest clubs and the very best of French football - the roar of the Vélodrome, the glamour of the Parc des Princes, the shimmering brilliance of Zinédine Zidane, Éric Cantona and Kylian Mbappé - stands comparison with anything the sport has to offer. When it comes to scandal, meanwhile, the French are the best in the business, be it sensational match-fixing affairs, squabbles over sex tapes or meltdowns within the national squad.In this fascinating and exhaustively researched book, the first of its kind in the English language, Tom Williams brings to life French football's chequered coming of age over the last 40 years. He details how the starry-eyed romanticism that characterised the national team in the early 1980s gave way to an Italian-style pragmatism that would lead Les Bleus to the summit of the international game in the late 1990s. He delves into French football's rich history and explains the myriad ways - tactical, technical and cultural - in which France has shaped the game's evolution around the world.Featuring exclusive interviews with great figures of the French game such as Alain Giresse, Jean-Pierre Papin, Luis Fernandez, Guy Roux, Emmanuel Petit, Robert Pirès, Blaise Matuidi and Camille Abily, and with a cast of characters that also includes Michel Platini, Thierry Henry, Arsène Wenger, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Karim Benzema, Chris Waddle, Neymar Jr and Lionel Messi, it's a book no football fan will want to miss.

"A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--

Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of karate. This long awaited book - Karate: Its History and Practice - is the ultimate guide to the history and development of karate, co-authored by Koyama Masashi, Wada Koji, and Kadekaru Toru, three leading experts in the Naha and Shuri traditions of karate. Translated into English by Alexander Bennett, a highly respected budo practitioner and researcher, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and practice of karate.Karate finally made its debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is gaining worldwide attention on many different levels: as a sport, a vehicle for education, and as a way of life. The release of this book could not be more timely, as it is the ultimate resource for karate practitioners and researchers around the world who have been eagerly waiting for a comprehensive guide to this martial art. Get your hands on this book and explore the fascinating world of karate like never before!

On Saturday August 15, 1992, a multi-billion dollar behemoth was born, as the inaugural season of the Premier League kicked off, changing the face of English football forever. Now, as well as the best players from the British Isles, English football would be able to attract some of the top talent from around the globe - from Jurgen Klinsmann and Dennis Bergkamp to Luis Suarez and Eric Cantona. In Premier League Legends we celebrate the very best entertainers, goal-getters and deadly destroyers from the past three decades of action. We kick off with a rundown of the top 100 players and some of the most iconic names of the Premier League era, while we also dive into the Four Four Two archives to unearth in-depth features and exclusive interviews with the likes of Juninho, David Ginola and Paolo Di Canio and relive some of the glorious goals, superb skills and show-stopping saves we've been privileged to witness ever since that historic Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1992.

"Celebrate the ... story of sneakers and basketball in this ... illustrated history of the beloved game told through the lens of iconic shoes. It is the story of Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars, synonymous with basketball from the very beginning and perfect for the sport's plodding and low-visibility early years; ... how sneaker brands enhanced and even help create some of the game's greatest stars, from Walt Frazier and his signature PUMA Clydes to the icon of all icons, Michael Jordan, and the rise of Air Jordan. [The book even examines] how innovations in the game evolved as the sneakers evolved, and vice versa--just look at that sloping back to front and strong base of support in Steph Curry's Under Armour Curry One. A story of who wore what and why, legendary players and visionary shoe designers, brilliant marketing gambits, and classic on-court moments in a game that grows more popular every year, here is [a] book for hoops fans and sneak obsessives alike"--

Vi er opflasket med den forestilling, at idræt og religion hører til i hvert sit rum, men frem for at betragte idræt og religion som tilhørende hver sin livssfære, fokuserer Ove Korsgaaard på samspillet og modspillet mellem dem og med det omgivne samfund og belyser dynamikken mellem kropskultur og religion i tre udvalgte historiske epoker: antikken, tidlig moderne tid og moderne tid. Kristendommens historie er nemlig vævet uløseligt sammen med kropskulturens historie.Kropskulturen udgør en kampplads, hvor der fra tid til anden opstår voldsomme stridigheder om, hvilke idrætter og kropslige aktiviteter, der skal fremmes, og hvilke der skal forbydes. Ove Korsgaards tilgang til kropskulturens historie bygger på den tankegang, at de intense og dramatiske udtryks- og oplevelsesformer, som kendetegner idrætten, udgør en strømførende forbindelse mellem handlinger og holdninger. Sagt med andre ord: Kropskulturen rummer et kropsligt udtryk for en given kulturs værdier og idealer.

En fodboldkamp som omdrejning for verdenshistorienDen eneste gang, Vesttyskland og Østtyskland mødtes i en fodboldkamp, var under VM-slutrunden i Vesttyskland 22. juni 1974.Kampen fandt sted midt i verdenshistorien. Få uger forinden var den vesttyske Bundeskanzler, Willy Brandt, trådt tilbage som følge af en spionskandale. Fængslerne i Vesttyskland husede medlemmer af Rote Armé Fraktion, der havde udøvet terrorvirksomhed. Og ned gennem de to tysklande dannede Muren den konkrete grænse mellem Østen og Vesten.Den Kolde Krig var i fuld gang, og sport blev brugt af statslederne som reklame for ideologierne. Våbenkapløbet fandt både sted på fodboldbaner og stadioner, og det materialiserede sig i disse år også med opstilling af atomvåben mange steder på europæisk jord.Samtidig var VM 1974 en fodboldslutrunde, der markerede mange nybrud: Kampene blev sendt direkte på tv i farver og med langsom gengivelse af scoringer og kritiske situationer. Samtidig var det slut med Brasiliens sportslige dominans i fodboldspillet, som nu blev præget af blandt andet hjemmeholdet Vesttyskland med stjerner som Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller og Günter Netzer.Den tyske journalist og forfatter Ronald Reng har skrevet en medrivende beretning med udgangspunkt i fodboldkampen – men bogen fortæller om et splittet Tyskland og et Europa, der var præget af kold krig, spionage, terrorisme og stigende vækst. Alt dette indkapsler forfatteren på fornem vis i en samtidshistorisk fortælling på højeste niveau.Ronald Reng lader en lang række tilsyneladende bipersoner fortælle historien. Han kalder dem tidsvidner, der fylder historien med liv.”1974 – Et tysk møde” beskriver de modsætninger i de tyske befolkninger, der for en enkelt aftens vedkommende i Hamburg midt i politisk højspændte måneder og år bragte borgerne sammen både i ånden, på tribunerne og i et fællesskab.Bogen har et særligt dansk forord af Tysklands-ekspert og fodboldfan Lykke Friis, der er direktør for Tænketanken Europa. Og den er oversat og bearbejdet til dansk af journalist og forfatter Lars Werge.

""Legends of the Game: 100 Famous Sports Stars"" is a comprehensive anthology celebrating the achievements and legacies of some of the most iconic athletes across various sports disciplines. The book provides captivating narratives and insights into the lives and careers of these legendary figures, offering readers a glimpse into their remarkable journeys, triumphs, and challenges. From iconic basketball players and football quarterbacks to legendary golfers and tennis champions, ""Legends of the Game"" showcases the diversity and talent that have shaped the world of sports. Each profile offers a detailed exploration of the athlete's contributions to their respective sport, highlighting their records, accolades, and enduring impact on sports history. Through engaging storytelling and vibrant imagery, ""Legends of the Game"" pays tribute to the indomitable spirit of these sports stars and inspires readers to celebrate the power of athleticism, perseverance, and excellence.

"This work is the first comprehensive historical survey of intercollegiate athletics at American universities"--

The Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters. Globetrotter is the fascinating biography of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant who took an obscure group of Black basketball players from Chicago's South Side, created the Harlem Globetrotters, and turned them into a worldwide sensation.

Do pinstripes get you peeved? Do you wish the "House That Ruth Built" would get condemned? Are you convinced that George Steinbrenner is in league with Lucifer? Then this is the book for you! Let's face it, Yankees-haters have two favorite teams: their team, and whatever team is playing against the Yankees that day. Now, the Bronx Bomber bashers have their own handbook that shows how anyone, anywhere, of any age, can hate the Yankees like a pro in no time! Full of fun facts and anecdotes from around the league-as well as helpful, easy-to-follow rituals, chants, and keys to helping every non-Yankee fan focus their rage, disappointment, and burning jealousy from opening day right up until the Yanks walk away with yet another completely undeserved World Series Championship!

In 1967 Peter Ward crashed in a training ride. While recovering, he wrote the iconic King of Sports: Cycling Road Racing, which hasn't been republished since - until now.

A rousing history of the penalty kick and its introduction in English football by a famed British writer & editor.Football, in the 1880s, was a rough and dangerous game. To address the abhorrent state of the sport, William McCrum, an amateur Irish goalkeeper and the author's great-grandfather, proposed the penalty kick, a new and drastic sanction introduced to the game in 1891. For over a hundred years, this extraordinary phenomenon has not only regulated the conduct of football (also known as soccer) but has also inspired game theories and infiltrated classics of contemporary literature.An enthralling portrait of a lost age, The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger is a family history, a social history, and a history of the world's most popular sport. It considers an extraordinary phenomenon as it examines the penalty kick’s psychological—even philosophical—grip on our imaginations, with its distillation of risk and chance into the penalty shoot-out, an all-or-nothing moment.

The origins of the Olympics date back to Ancient Greece as a festival to the god Zeus but remarkably the four year cycle established then is still integral more than 2000 years later. After setting the scene in Olympia, Joanne traces the evolution of the modern games prompted by the endeavours of a Shropshire doctor William Penny Brookes and taken on by Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He steered the modern Olympics through their formative and rocky early editions under his famous mantra " it's not the winning but the taking part". There's the one legged gold medal gymnast, the athlete whose fame persuaded a town to change their name to his and the novice swimmer who'd never seen a full size pool till he made his debut, the Olympics never fail to surprise and enthral. With more than 100 images the book focuses on people and events, the great, the good and the bad over more than a century, revealing some unusual backstories plus many heartwarming and heartbreaking outcomes that linger long in the memory. It's little wonder as we approach Paris 2024 that the Olympics still attract even the most armchair fans worldwide.

Stanley Coveleski's life was a story of triumph and tragedy.He was born in the Coal Region town of Shamokin, PA in 1889, the eighth child of Polish immigrants, and went to work as a breaker boy when he was twelve. But he escaped the 12-hour work days in the mines by throwing stones at a can tied to a tree-his own crash course in how to pitch a baseball.Years later, he was one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball.In a season marked by personal and team tragedy-the death of his wife and his teammate Ray Chapman, who is the only player to die as a result of being hit by a pitch-Covey pitched three complete-game victories in the Cleveland Indians' 1920 World Series championship.Covey, one of 17 pitchers still allowed to throw a spitball after it being outlawed before the 1921 season, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.Check out this interview about the book...

This book provides a historical-sociological analysis of recreational scuba diving practices. Starting from a national case study, Greece, the book analyzes the gradually evolving global institutional arrangements of this version of underwater recreational activities. Based on the author¿s experience as a former diving instructor and on an historical and sociological research of scuba diving in Greece, the book examines the stages of institutionalization of scuba diving as a leisure practice on a global scale, from 1945 to the present day. It combines two traditions: the phenomenological approach of underwater multisensory embodied experience and tourism studies. The two main research questions that the project answers are (a) how scuba diving has historically been shaped as a leisure activity, (b) how has underwater experience been conceptually shaped as a leisure activity. This case is an excellent example for exploring the relationship between society, technology, body and modern practices of self in the late modernity world, under a phenomenological and historical perspective.

This is a "deep dive into the archives and legends of the sport, and the result is a rousing tale of the 100 greatest moments in football lore. ... From hidden gems and classic tales to famous moments told from previously unheard perspectives, this book is the football book for even its most ardent fans. [Includes such moments as] Patrick Mahomes's magic to the Ice Bowl, ... Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass, [and] a plethora of football 'miracles'"--

Long before the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season, Boston's now nearly forgotten "other" team, the 1914 Boston Braves, performed a baseball "miracle" that resounds to this very day. The "Miracle Braves" were Boston's first "worst-to-first" winners of the World Series. Shortly after the turn of the previous century, the once mighty Braves had become a perennial member of the National League's second division. Preseason pundits didn't believe the 1914 team posed a meaningful threat to John McGraw's powerful New York Giants. During the first half of that campaign, Boston lived down to such expectations, taking up residence in the league's basement.Refusing to throw in the towel at the midseason mark, their leader, the pugnacious George Stallings, deftly manipulated his daily lineup and pitching staff to engineer a remarkable second-half climb in the standings all the way to first place. The team's winning momentum carried into the postseason, where the Braves swept Connie Mack's heralded Athletics and claimed the only World Championship ever won by Boston's National League entry. And for 100 years, the management, players, and fans of underperforming ball clubs have turned to the Miracle Braves to catch a glimmer of hope that such a midseason turnaround could be repeated. Through the collaborative efforts of a band of dedicated members of the Society for American Baseball Research, this benchmark accomplishment is richly revealed to the reader in The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions. The essence of the "miracle" is captured through a comprehensive compendium of incisive biographies of the players and other figures associated with the team, with additional relevant research pieces on the season. After a journey through the pages of this book, the die-hard baseball fan will better understand why the call to "Wait Until Next Year" should never be voiced prematurely.

This book examines how since its arrival in 1867 with British immigrants, football has become the key cultural signifier of national identity in Argentina over the long twentieth century. With the international exploits of players such as Luis Monti, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Diego Maradona, the sport has projected Argentina onto the global consciousness not seen in any other way.In this book, Mark Orton challenges existing myths surrounding the nativisation of football in Argentina away from British influence, as he shows how the game provided a conduit for the assimilation of millions of European immigrants in the early decades of the century into a new Argentine ¿race¿. The book also examines how football gave some of the ¿voiceless others¿ such as women, Afro-Argentines, indigenous people and those in the interior an arena to project themselves in an Argentine society that was masculine, white and Buenos Aires-dominated.