World of Sports: A Book for Sports Fans All Over the Globe - Hardcover

Groundwater, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1741176913 ISBN 13: 9781741176919

Publisher: QUBM4, 2021

Synopsis

World of Sports is your guide to one of the world’s great obsessions, covering the teams, the games, the venues, the histories and the personalities that all come together to form something amazing.

Matches that freeze economies. Races that stop nations. Rivalries that stretch back through centuries. This is the world of sport, electrifying and fascinating, thrilling and endlessly revealing. You can’t hope to understand a nation without understanding its pastimes and its passions, and that, so often, is sport.

Organised into sections by world region, World of Sports features a line-up of sports, events and sporting venues that are both familiar and obscure, from world-famous match-ups to little-known quirks. There's also a focus on the world's best stadiums, and a calendar of sporting events so you can easily plan your next vacation to tie in with these. This is the ideal book for sports lovers who want to understand the full gamut of sports around the world, watch them all on TV and perhaps even travel to join the locals in their genuine objects of passion.
 
Illustrations by UK artist Paul Reid.

About this title

About the Authors

One of Australia’s most widely read travel writers, Ben Groundwater has worked in media for more than 20 years, and has been exploring the world his entire life. He’s the author of five travel and food books, a columnist and feature writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the former host of the popular travel podcast Flight of Fancy, and a sought-after industry commentator. Ben has twice been named “Travel Writer of the Year” by the Australian Society of Travel Writers. Follow his travels at instagram.com/bengroundwater.

In the UK you'll find the world's oldest football club, Sheffield F.C. This city is also home to illustrator Paul Reid. His work has featured in magazines and newspapers around the world, as well as across publishing and packaging projects. When he’s not in the studio you can usually find him out walking with his dog. Or being used as a climbing frame by his two children.

Edition details

• Publisher: QUBM4
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1741176913
• ISBN 13: 9781741176919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Reid Paul
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112