White's Sports Almanac 2008

Author:

By John White

Format:

Hardback

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General Sport

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Oct 2007
• ISBN: 1844424278
• Pages: 352
• Size: 216mm x 135mm

From Word of Sport:

There have been previous attempts to establish a yearly sports almanac for the UK but they've never quite lasted the distance. There's still plenty of interest in the genre however and it will be interesting to see whether this offering, from an author with an established trivia and quiz book background, will be able to fill the gap.

From the Publisher:

White's "Sports Almanack" will be a thorough and broad-ranging review of the sporting year 2006-07, covering the period from the beginning of September 2006 to the end of August 2007. It will provide coverage of both UK sport and the international sports scene, but the entries will be weighted in favour of the abiding interests of British sports fans (for instance, by far the greatest amount of coverage in the book will be devoted to football). Sport-by-sport, the entries will include narrative accounts of the major sports matches and competitions, results and statistical data, trivia items and quotes.

There will also be month-by-month coverage of the sporting milestones of the year and sections in the book devoted to the sports personalities of the year, business and sport, sport and the law, sport and the media, sports celebrities, sports awards and obituaries of prominent sports people.

Contents
Sports Personalities of the Year 2006-07; Sports Quotes of the Year 2006-07; Sporting Milestones 2006-07; Sports Review of the Year 2006-07; Football; Athietics; Boxing; Cricket; Formula One; Golf; Horse Racing; Rugby League; Rugby Union; Tennis; American Football; Australian Rules Football; Badminton; Baseball; Basketball; Bowls; Canoeing; Combat Sports; Cycle Racing; Darts; Diving; Equestrianism; Gaelic Football; Gymnastics; Hockey; Hurling; Ice Hockey; Motor Racing; Motorcycle Racing; Olympic Games; Rowing; Sailing; Skating; Ski Jumping; Skiing; Snooker; Squash; Swimming; Table Tennis; Volleyball; Winter Sports; Sport & Politics; Business & Sport; Sport & the Law; Stadium News; London Olympics 2012; Rules of Sport; Sports Equipment; Celebrity News; Media & Books; Obituaries; Sports Awards.