Encyclopedia of World Sport

This work provides students and scholars with a historical and cross-cultural survey of sports from around the world, together with articles on such topics as violence, ritual, and the legal and medical aspects of sport.;The text was compiled with the advice of a board of scholars of sport, and written by an international team of 150 experts from the fields of sports history, physical education, anthropology, geography, psychology, and sociology.;Topics covered include acrobatics, aggression, African games, badminton, basketball, biathlon, bobsledding, boxing, coaches and coaching, Commonwealth Games, disabled sports, extreme sports, football, hang gliding, Highland games, judo, lacrosse, motorcyce racing, media, netball, pigeon racing, polo, rugby league, rugby union, skiing snooker, soccer, steeplechase, swimming, tennis, traditional sports, umpires and umpiring, wrestling, and yachting.