World Sports Encyklopedia

How many sports are there in the world?
Afters years of research, we have to admit that we still do not know... that is, we do not know exactly. So far, we have accumulated information on as many as 8,000 international, national, historical, traditional and indigenous sports, of which more than 3,000 are included in this book. Contemplating the major and Olympic sports, you\'ll find entries from the rich cultures of vastly distant regions such as Nigeria, Mongolia, Arab countries, the Maori cultures, India, the Inuits, and many more. Detailed information about each sport\'s rules, equipment, history, origins, governing bodies, and etymology of the sport\'s name is included with each entry. Accompanying the exhaustive text are photos from leading sports agencies and individual photographers, sports art, color charts and tables, drawings, etchings and engravings, as well as illustrations of rare sports commissioned specifically for this volume.
World Sports Encyclopedia, thanks to its incredible scope, is a radical departure from previous international encyclopedias, which have focused mainly on well-known, major, or international sports, barely noticing the great multitude of indigenous, traditional, historical, regional, and folk sports and games of various nations and ethnic minorities. The lesser-known sports covered in this massive volume are fascinating not only for their differences, but also for their similarities, showing features common in all peoples the world over.

• ponad 3500 haseł dotyczących dyscyplin sportowych
• omówienie sportów pochodzących ze wszystkich kontynentów i kultur świata
• pochodzenie, historia, sprzęt i zasady dyscyplin sportowych
• tabele i wyniki
• zdjęcia, ilustracje, rysunki, mapy i wykresy