Illustrated sports encyclopedia
Edition
American edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Summary
"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"--
Notes
"The ultimate guide to sports from around the world."--Cover
Previously published as Total Sports.
Includes index.
Contents
- 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.