Encyclopedia of world sport: from ancient times to the present

Spanning wide world of sports, this volume is packed with everything you could possibly want to know about hundreds of sports. Along with detailed information on how sports are played around world, Encyclopedia of World Sport explores emotions and issues surrounding sporting life and looks at sport as an essential part of human experience. Readers will find fascinating entries on baseball and badminton, tennis and takraw, as well as on an incredible range of activities played around globe from ancient times up to present. Lucid and authoritative, this work--called the newest sporting bible by The Times of London--covers every Olympic sport, obscure activities such as buzkashi and jousting, and indigenous games in dozens of nations. In addition to its coverage of individual sports, Encyclopedia examines history and evolution of sport as a societal institution as well as events and influences shaping contemporary sporting world. Entries provide unique coverage of aggression, ethics, sports psychology, media, law and medicine, development of women's sports, and business and politics of modern sport. The Encyclopedia of World Sport is definitive reference on history, practice, and culture of sports throughout world.