Through investigations into a wide range of sports, including how football agents really work, the betting industry and corruption, esports, the NFL's efforts to take over the world and the real cost of hosting events like the World Cup and the Olympics, the financial realities of our obsession with sport are exposed.

The most learner-friendly introduction to sport management ever published for students in higher education.

A collection of essays on marginalised accounts of sport, bringing to the fore an emerging field of discussion through theoretical debate from multidisciplinary perspectives.

A genuinely comparative analysis of sport policy -making in five countries - Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and North America. Focuses on issues such as drug abuse, government intervention and the provision of sport in schools.

In this work, leading authorities in the discipline look at how those engaging in sports development must be in the business of devising better and more effective ways of promoting interest, participation or performance in sport.

Addressing a number of prominent sports and sport stars, this book demonstrates the economic and cultural factors that have contributed to the popularity of sport stars. It also examines issues such as race and gender, the impact of professionalization, growing media coverage, and the role of agents.

A collection of short extracts on the subject of walking, hiking and climbing by more than 50 literary figures from around the world including Bill Bryson, Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Eric Newby, Colin Thubron, Mark Twain and many others.

Provides students of vocational aspects of sport and recreation with the knowledge and insight required to successfully enter the industry. This is a useful reading for the study of operational services and coaching, teaching and instruction courses. It provides an overall picture of working in recreation and sport.