Everyone knows about Brazil's beautiful beaches, the Amazon rainforest, and the wonderful Carnival of Rio de Janeiro. But there is a lot more to Brazil than this: here you can find interesting old towns, modern cities, and thousands of different kinds of animals and plants. It is home to worldfamous artists and writers, and international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics, too. What other interesting things can you see here? Why is there music and dancing on its streets?
Explore this little book to discover just a few of the words about sport and sporting competition that you'll find in the Advanced Learner's Dictionary. You can use the quiz at the beginning to teast your knowlege and inspire you to discover new words on a range of sports and sporting events.
When we were kids we both wanted to be sporting superstars. There was just one thing standing in our way – we weren’t all that good. But we were really good at science, so we combined our love of sport with our need to know why and how, and we became sports scientists. Now we get to do experiments with sports stars to discover the secrets behind their success. We analyse games to understand the tactics of the winning team. And we even get to help athletes break world records by inventing better ways of training. But every now and then, when no one’s watching, we still pretend to be sporting superstars!
With drama, vigor and enthusiasm, Robert Hardy chronicles the arrival of the longbow in Britain and its gradual adoption as the most in the English military arsenal, and its coming of at the battles of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. Also examined is the longbow as a sporting and hunting weapon, and its status in Britain today.
The Art of Sport captures moments of action, drama and skill from the world of sport. It gives an all-inclusive taster from the world's sporting circuit, showcasing spectacular, bizarre and stunning images from the world of sport. The book offers a fascinating selection of sports pictures taken by Reuters photographers who have had the vision and ability to see and capture extraordinary sporting moments.
