It's Not The Winning That Counts
The Most Inspiring Moments of Sporting Chivalry
Seiten
2010
Abacus (Verlag)
978-0-349-12207-6 (ISBN)
Abacus (Verlag)
978-0-349-12207-6 (ISBN)
* An homage to the greatest moments of sporting chivalry - from round-the-world yachtsmen to National Hunt jockeys, via footballers, tennis players and runners
Sport has always delivered thrilling victories and gut-wrenching defeats, but moments of good sportsmanship are increasingly rare. It's Not the Winning that Counts celebrates, among others, the football team who kicked their penalties wide because they refused to believe their opponents would foul them, the round-the-world yachtsman who turned back to rescue a rival; the tennis player (Jimmy Connors!) who deliberately double faulted in a Grand Slam final to cancel out line calls that had gone against his opponent.
In the era of the dive, the head butt and the professional foul, Max Davidson takes a roll call of the white knights of sport, from David Beckham to Freddie Flintoff, Jesse Owens to Mohammed Ali.
Sport has always delivered thrilling victories and gut-wrenching defeats, but moments of good sportsmanship are increasingly rare. It's Not the Winning that Counts celebrates, among others, the football team who kicked their penalties wide because they refused to believe their opponents would foul them, the round-the-world yachtsman who turned back to rescue a rival; the tennis player (Jimmy Connors!) who deliberately double faulted in a Grand Slam final to cancel out line calls that had gone against his opponent.
In the era of the dive, the head butt and the professional foul, Max Davidson takes a roll call of the white knights of sport, from David Beckham to Freddie Flintoff, Jesse Owens to Mohammed Ali.
Max Davidson is a novelist, critic and journalist. He is also a life-long armchair sports fan, with the passion and argumentativeness of the breed.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 234 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-349-12207-5 / 0349122075 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-12207-6 / 9780349122076 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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