The 1972 Munich Olympics—remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team—were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered 11 members of the Israeli team. In the first cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, Kay Schiller and Christopher Young ...
When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In <i>Soccer Empire</i>, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by tracing the story of World Cup socce ...
«С чего начать занятия йогой?» – этот вопрос мне ежедневно задают ученики и подписчики, и именно он подтолкнул меня к созданию книги. Перед тем как приступить к изучению йоги, вам необходимо понять главное: йога – это не спорт и даже не религия. Это духовный путь, следуя которому можно достичь баланса между телом и сознанием. Йога – сакральное знание, хранимое в манускриптах, совокупность духовных и физических практик: медитаций, асан, пранаям, ...
Two of the greatest basketball teams of the 1920's and 30's were both from New York. One was an all-black team called the Rens and the other was an all-white team called the Original Celtics.These two teams helped define the modern game of basketball. ...
Canada's first Olympic gold medallist couldn't walk until he was ten, and became the greatest runner of his generation. Who was the first Canadian to Win an Olympic Gold Medal? When Mark Hebscher was asked this simple trivia question, he had no idea that it would lead him on a two year odyssey, researching a man he had never heard of. Paralyzed as a child and told he would never walk again, George Washington Orton persevered, eventua ...
Covers the history of black football players moving to Canada to find opportunities denied them in the United States, from the 1940s to the present day Begins in the early days of the integration of football, introducing athletes who broke the colour barrier in Canada from coast to coast An in-depth look at an era where the NFL accepted black athletes, but not in leadership positions, prompting many to pursue quarterback careers north of the bor ...
