It's Not The Winning That Counts - The Most Inspiring Moments of Sporting Chivalry

** 'Sports fans will be delighted . . . elegant and erudite, strikes a blow for the idea that sport can elevate human character Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. * An homage to the greatest moments of sporting chivalry - from round-the-world yachtsmen to National Hunt jockeys, via footballers, tennis players and runners Zusammenfassung * An homage to the greatest moments of sporting chivalry - from round-the-world yachtsmen to National Hunt jockeys, via footballers, tennis players and runners

Product details

• Authors: Max Davidson
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2010
• EAN: 9780349122076
• ISBN: 978-0-349-12207-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, Manners: guides and advice