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Soccer around the World

Author : Charles Parrish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Soccer around the World written by Charles Parrish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future. How popular is soccer worldwide? Here's one indicator: 3.2 billion people—nearly half of the planet's population—tuned in to watch the 2010 World Cup on television. Soccer matches attract a gargantuan number of fans from around the globe due to the popularity of the sport itself but also because of the nationalism it inspires and the entertainment spectacle of the big games. Distinguished authors and sports authorities, Charles Parrish and John Nauright, examine how soccer impacts societies worldwide by shaping national identities, providing common ground for diplomatic issues, and forging economic and social development. This one-volume geographic guide studies the places in which soccer has a major impact, examining each region's teams, major tournaments, key players, and international performance. The authors organize the book geographically by region and country, with entries reviewing the history of the sport and cultural impact on the area. Each profile concludes with fascinating game-based statistics, such as winners of major tournaments and top goal scorers. The book covers 20 countries including England, Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Cameroon, and Korea.

Soccer in a Football World

Author : David Wangerin
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592138853
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Soccer in a Football World written by David Wangerin and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Beckham’s arrival in Los Angeles represents the latest attempt to jump-start soccer in the United States where, David Wangerin says, it “remains a minority sport.” With the rest of the globe so resolutely attached to the game, why is soccer still mostly dismissed by Americans? Calling himself “a soccer fan born in the wrong country at nearly the wrong time,” Wangerin writes with wit and passion about the sport’s struggle for acceptance in Soccer in a Football World. A Wisconsin native, he traces the fragile history of the game from its early capitulation to gridiron on college campuses to the United States’ impressive performance at the 2002 World Cup. Placing soccer in the context of American sport in general, he chronicles its enduring struggle alongside the country’s more familiar pursuits and recounts the shifting attitudes toward the “foreign” game. His story is one that will enrich the perspective of anyone whose heart beats for the sport, and is curious as to where the game has been in America—and where it might be headed.

Soccer Around the World

Author : Tracey West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439753753
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book Soccer Around the World written by Tracey West and published by . This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an original, fact-filled story about Maya and Miguel meeting a soccer star and learning all about the differences and similarities in the way the game of soccer is played in different countries of the world. Original.

How Soccer Explains the World

Author : Franklin Foer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061864706
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book How Soccer Explains the World written by Franklin Foer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about. . . . Bristles with anecdotes that are almost impossible to believe.” —New York Times Book Review “Terrific. . . . A travelogue full of important insights into both cultural change and persistence. . . . Foer’s soccer odyssey lends weight to the argument that a humane world order is possible.” — Washington Post Book World A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy. From Brazil to Bosnia, and Italy to Iran, this is an eye-opening chronicle of how a beautiful sport and its fanatical followers can highlight the fault lines of a society, whether it’s terrorism, poverty, anti-Semitism, or radical Islam—issues that now have an impact on all of us. Filled with blazing intelligence, colorful characters, wry humor, and an equal passion for soccer and humanity, How Soccer Explains the World is an utterly original book that makes sense of our troubled times.

20 Soccer Superstars

Author : Mauricio Velazquez de Leon
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615329471
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book 20 Soccer Superstars written by Mauricio Velazquez de Leon and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the careers and lives of twenty outstanding soccer players, including David Beckham, Birgit Prinz, Thierry Henry, and Marta.

Soccer around the World

Author : Charles Parrish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610693035
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Soccer around the World written by Charles Parrish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two leading sports authorities explore the culture of soccer around the world, considering the sport as a means to better understand a society's past, present, and future. How popular is soccer worldwide? Here's one indicator: 3.2 billion people—nearly half of the planet's population—tuned in to watch the 2010 World Cup on television. Soccer matches attract a gargantuan number of fans from around the globe due to the popularity of the sport itself but also because of the nationalism it inspires and the entertainment spectacle of the big games. Distinguished authors and sports authorities, Charles Parrish and John Nauright, examine how soccer impacts societies worldwide by shaping national identities, providing common ground for diplomatic issues, and forging economic and social development. This one-volume geographic guide studies the places in which soccer has a major impact, examining each region's teams, major tournaments, key players, and international performance. The authors organize the book geographically by region and country, with entries reviewing the history of the sport and cultural impact on the area. Each profile concludes with fascinating game-based statistics, such as winners of major tournaments and top goal scorers. The book covers 20 countries including England, Brazil, Egypt, the United States, Cameroon, and Korea.

Sports around the World [4 volumes]

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884301X
Total Pages : 2056 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Sports around the World [4 volumes] written by John Nauright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 2056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

The World's Greatest Soccer Players

Author : Matt Doeden
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429639253
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book The World's Greatest Soccer Players written by Matt Doeden and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the achievements and career statistics of soccer's greatest stars.

Soccer

Author : Vera R. Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536132205
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Soccer written by Vera R. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection investigates the time-motion characteristics of collegiate soccer games, repeated-sprint ability in female players, and skill-based assessments of collegiate male and female players. In females, research has shown few between-position differences in physiological characteristics. Additionally, female field players can display similar aerobic fitness to elite players as assessed by the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1. The authors suggest that collegiate female players may need further development in high-intensity running and repeated-sprint ability. Afterwards, they present research supporting the idea that that turfgrass maintenance on soccer fields in Slovenia differs significantly, and several managers lack knowledge about proper turfgrass management. However, the maintenance budget is not the most important factor in determining the appearance of the soccer fields. A subsequent review is presented with the goal of reviewing the trainability of short sprinting in youth soccer players. The authors examined studies from 2005 to the present which focused on improving sprint or agility performances, and included a description of the training protocol, pre-and post-test measures (mean and standard deviation) for the training group and the control group. The findings demonstrate progress in short straight-line sprinting and in agility performance with different training regimes. Another study is presented analysing the evolution of the physical condition in young elite soccer players during the full competitive period throughout eight seasons. In this study, one hundred and eleven young soccer players belonging to the reserve team of a Spanish professional soccer academy were examined. The last study describes the perceived exertion of soccer players in the pre-season and in-season periods and to analyses the differences in the perceived effort between friendly and official matches in relation to the minutes played in young soccer players.

Soccer Diplomacy

Author : Heather L. Dichter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813179548
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Soccer Diplomacy written by Heather L. Dichter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the game of soccer is known by many names around the world—football, fútbol, Fußball, voetbal—the sport is a universal language. Throughout the past century, governments have used soccer to further their diplomatic aims through a range of actions including boycotts, carefully orchestrated displays at matches, and more. In turn, soccer organizations have leveraged their power over membership and tournament decisions to play a role in international relations. In Soccer Diplomacy, an international group of experts analyzes the relationship between soccer and diplomacy. Together, they investigate topics such as the use of soccer as a tool of nation-state–based diplomacy, soccer as a non-state actor, and the relationship between soccer and diplomatic actors in subnational, national, and transnational contexts. They also examine the sport as a conduit for representation, communication, and negotiation. Drawing on a wealth of historical examples, the contributors demonstrate that governments must frequently address soccer as part of their diplomatic affairs. They argue that this single sport—more than the Olympics, other regional multisport competitions, or even any other sport—reveals much about international relations, how states attempt to influence foreign views, and regional power dynamics.

The World Through Soccer

Author : Tamir Bar-On
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781442234734
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The World Through Soccer written by Tamir Bar-On and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses soccer to provide insights into worldwide politics, religion, business, ethics, leadership, childhood, philosophy, and art. It examines the way soccer influences and reflects these aspects of society, and vice versa. Each chapter includes a selection of players ...

One Love

Author :
Publisher : Lannoo Uitgeverij
ISBN 13 : 9789020965865
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book One Love written by and published by Lannoo Uitgeverij. This book was released on 2006 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning and emotional photography book shows through hundreds of images how football unites people all over the world, how much fun the great game can be and how many emotions surround it. For this project, photographer Levon Biss travelled all ove

The Country of Football

Author : Roger Kittleson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520279085
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Country of Football written by Roger Kittleson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In time for Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup, this book uses the stories of star players and other key figures (based on over 40 interviews) to create a contemporary history of Brazilian soccer from the 1950s to the present. It also explores race and class tensions in Brazil and shows how soccer is central to the country's dramatic trajectory toward modernity and economic power"--

The World of Soccer

Author : Ashley Jude Collie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781886749870
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The World of Soccer written by Ashley Jude Collie and published by . This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes many aspects of soccer including the World Cup, the Olympics, legends and superstars, game rules and soccer over in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia.

Top Soccer Tournaments Around the World

Author : Mauricio Velazquez de Leon
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615329501
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Top Soccer Tournaments Around the World written by Mauricio Velazquez de Leon and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains information about the top soccer tournaments around the world.

Soccer Around the World

Author : Dale E. Howard
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780516480466
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Soccer Around the World written by Dale E. Howard and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharp, exciting photos and text written with knowledge and enthusiasm make this book delightful to read. Soccer Around the World starts with a brief general history, followed by histories of the game in various countries including the U.S.

Basketball and Its Greatest Players

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1615305580
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Basketball and Its Greatest Players written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing crowds for its displays of both raw athleticism and spectacular showmanship, basketball has become one of the most exciting spectator sports in the United States, as well as the world. Players renowned for their maneuverability and skillAir Jordan and his classic acrobatic moves, for instancehave intensified the level of competition in professional leagues and inspired everyday fans to shoot hoops in friendly games. This engaging volume examines the history and evolution of basketball and some of its most influential players.