Illustrated sports encyclopedia

Book - 2023

"The Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia is the ultimate illustrated guide to the diverse world of sport, from the best known ball-sports, athletics, and water sports to the most obscure racket sports and races (anyone for a game of pickleball?). The book showcases different sports by grouping them into categories including team sports, target sports, winter sports, wheels and motors, horse sports, and extreme sports"--

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Genres
Informational works
Illustrated works
Encyclopedias
Published
New York, NY : DK 2023.
Language
English
Edition
New edition, Third edition
Item Description
"The ultimate guide to sports from around the world."--Cover
Previously published as Total Sports.
Includes index.
Physical Description
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN
9780744081459
  • Sports are for everyone. Team sports. Soccer
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Volleyball and netball
  • Football
  • Rugby union
  • Australian rules and handball
  • Ice hockey and field hockey
  • Cricket
  • Other teams
  • Racket sports. Tennis
  • Table tennis and badminton
  • Squash
  • Different rackets
  • Athletics and gymanstics. Sprinting
  • Distance events
  • jumping
  • Throwing
  • Weightlifting
  • Gymnastics
  • On the floor
  • Target sports. Golf
  • Curling and bowls
  • Ten-pin
  • Snooker and pool
  • Archery
  • Aiming high
  • Water sports. Swimming
  • Diving
  • Rowing and kayaking
  • Sailing
  • Windsurfing
  • Surfing
  • More splash
  • Combat sports. Boxing
  • Wrestling
  • Judo and Jujitsu
  • Karate and tae kwon do
  • Fencing
  • A new challenge
  • Winter sports. Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Bobsled and luge and skeleton
  • Speed skating and ice skating
  • Fresh snow
  • Horse sports. Horse racing and polo
  • Show jumping and eventing
  • Wheels and motors. Formula 1 and Indycar
  • Rallying
  • Motorcycles
  • Drag racing
  • Cycling
  • Mountain biking and bmx
  • Skateboarding
  • Power on
  • Extreme sports. Free driving and cliff diving
  • Skydiving
  • Freeride mountian biking and ultra-running
  • Extra extreme
  • Olympic games. Olympic history
  • Summer Olympics
  • Winter Olympics
  • Paralympic games
  • Glossary. Index. Acknowledgments.