2017 Africa Cup of Nations: Complete Tournament Record

2017 Africa Cup of Nations: Complete Tournament Record
Author: Simon Barclay
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2017-02-18
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1326951912

Cameroon's victory over Egypt in the final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon brought the 31st edition of this tournament to an exciting close. This book includes a full summary of all the previous tournaments, then covers the whole of the qualification process for 2017 and then the Finals tournament in detail. 172 pages of statistics in all, including head to head records for each team, possession, goal attempts, scorers, assists and more.

Guinness World Records 2018

Guinness World Records 2018
Author: Guinness World Records
Publisher: Guinness World Records
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1912286181

The record-breaking records annual is back and packed with more incredible accomplishments, stunts, cutting-edge science and amazing sporting achievements than ever before. With more than 3,000 new and updated records and 1,000 eye-popping photos, it has thousands of new stats and facts and dazzling new features. There is so much to explore inside. Go on a whirlwind tour of the planet’s most amazing places, from the largest swamps to the deepest points on Earth. Find out what happens when you give an octopus a Rubik’s Cube, and why all you need to defend yourself from a crocodile is a rubber band! You’ll also find all your favorite records and categories such as Big Stuff, Collections, Mass Participation and Fun with Food, plus the year’s most significant sporting achievements. Our editors have also taken inspiration this year from the world of superheroes – both fictional and real-world – so look out for our feature chapter charting your favorite caped crusaders in comic books, TV shows and movies. We also meet the real-life record-breakers with genuine superpowers, such as the Canadian strongman vicar who can pull a jumbo jet and an actual cyborg who uses technology to augment his senses. You’ll also learn all about the science of superheroes, such as who the fastest and strongest superheroes would be if they came to life, and who would win in a royal rumble between Superman, Batman, Hulk and Dr Strange! Also new this year is a celebration of the superlative with infographic poster pages that explore the most exciting absolutes, such as the longest, tallest, fastest and heaviest. Does the longest sofa outstretch the longest train? Is the tallest Easter egg bigger than the tallest snowman? Find out in this amazing new edition. You’ll also find these special pages available as free poster downloads at guinnessworldrecords.com! From science to showbiz via stunts and sports, there are real-life heroes all around us in all shapes and sizes, achieving the extraordinary every day. There’s only one book where you’ll find so many amazing facts all in one place, and that’s Guinness World Records 2018!

Guinness World Records 2017

Guinness World Records 2017
Author: Guinness World Records
Publisher: Guinness World Records
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2016-11-15
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1910561665

The ultimate annual book of records is back and crammed with more than ever before! Guinness World Records 2017 is bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. Want to know the highest anyone has travelled on a skateboard, or the largest loop-the-loop completed in a car? Dying to know just how many tricks a cat can do in one minute? The answers to these questions and so much more are right inside. New in this year’s edition are exciting infographic features exploring the fascinating details on topics such as animals, the human body, sports, and explorations. And of course all your favorite record categories are updated for 2017, such as the world’s new tallest dog! And as ever, our team of world-class photographers have traveled the globe to capture amazing images of the year’s most impressive record holders. Let us know your favorite! Do try this at home... Want to be a record-breaker? Inside you’ll find challenges you can try in the back yard, in the kitchen, in your bedroom, or even in the gym. Who knows, you may become a world record holder yourself! Bonus content for the US edition Find exclusive pages just for the USA featuring amazing records from the X Games and a special look at the 125th anniversary of basketball.

Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora

Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora
Author: Akinloyè Òjó
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2018-09-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351119885

This book considers how the establishment and/or improvement of gender equality impacts on the social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental and political developments of human societies in Africa and its Diaspora. An interdisciplinary team of contributors examine the role of gender in development against the background of Africa’s convoluted and arduous history of state formation, slavery, colonialism, post-independence, nation-building and poverty. Each chapter highlights and stimulates further discussion on the struggles that many African and African Diaspora societies grapple with in the perplexing issue of gender and development - concentrating on gains that have been made and the challenges yet to be surmounted.

World Soccer Records 2025

World Soccer Records 2025
Author: Keir Radnedge
Publisher: Welbeck
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2024-10-29
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1802798641

The best-selling collection of soccer facts, stats and stories is back for another fully updated edition! World Soccer Records 2025 offers lively, fun and fascinating facts and stats from the world of international soccer. Focusing on all the major world and continental tournaments, national team records, exceptional matches and the stars who made it all possible, this exhaustively researched annual tells the stories of these key moments and the players and coaches behind them. This new edition includes updated stats and facts for all recent major tournaments, awards and international teams. You'll also find the latest record-breaking achievements of more than 35 featured nations from around the world, including a sidebar with key stats, as well as updates and records for most of the other 170+ FIFA members.

Football (Soccer) in Africa

Football (Soccer) in Africa
Author: Augustine E. Ayuk
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 3030948668

This volume provides an analysis of the history, origins, and development of football in Africa. It brings together an edited assemblage of essays that describe and analyse football in nine African countries, including Cameroon, DRC, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda, from a social science perspective. The selection of these countries highlights the three major foreign languages and powers that have governed the continent; The English, the French, and Arabic, and provides a prism through which to analyze and compare how football developed in the various countries throughout Africa. This comparative methodology allow readers to identify similarities and differences in the progression of the game on the continent, and by focusing on football, an important relic of European colonialism in Africa, underscores the continued dependence on, and domination of Europeans on the Africans. In situating the genesis of the game, contributors examine and analyze the history, development, management, and mismanagement by bureaucrats at the political level as well as at various football federations throughout the continent.

Match! Football Records

Match! Football Records
Author: MATCH
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1529026733

If you love the Match Annual then you'll love Match! Football Records Book! Discover over a thousand epic footie records and bonkers player facts, from the makers of the UK's #1 football magazine! From fastest goals to top scorers and most red cards to tallest stars, this footy mad book is packed full of brilliant records and stats about all your favourite players and teams. Includes amazing player facts, biggest transfer fees, fantastic footie legends, trophy trivia, stunning stadiums, incredible strange-but-true revelations, all the firsts, and the fastest, tallest, boldest facts about the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the World Cup. Discover more footy fun in this awesome series, with MATCH! Joke Book, MATCH! Build Your Own Club, MATCH! Puzzle Book and MATCH! England Football Heroes.

Football in the Middle East

Football in the Middle East
Author: Abdullah Al-Arian
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2022-08-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1787389278

Far and away the most popular sport in the world, football has a special place in Middle Eastern societies, and for Middle Eastern states. With Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this region has been cast into the global footballing spotlight, raising issues of geopolitical competition, consumer culture and social justice. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines the complex questions raised by the phenomenon of football as a significant cultural force in the Middle East, as well as its linkages to broader political and socioeconomic processes. The establishment of football as a national sport offers significant insight into the region’s historical experiences with colonialism and struggles for independence, as well as the sport’s vital role in local and regional politics today–whether at the forefront of popular mobilisations, or as an instrument of authoritarian control. Football has also served as an arena of contestation in the formation of national identity, the struggle for gender equality, and the development of the media landscape. The twelve contributions to this volume draw on extensive engagement with the existing body of literature, and introduce original research questions that promise to open new directions for the study of football in the Middle East.

COPA90: Our World Cup

COPA90: Our World Cup
Author: Copa90
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2018-04-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0241335310

The World Cup's kicked off! Who's going to take home the trophy? How will Spain get on with the sudden arrival of Hierro? Will Ronaldo add the World Cup to his absurdly large trophy cabinet? Will the press leave Raheem Sterling alone for five minutes? ----------------------------- COPA90 is THE home of global football fan culture. Their fridges are stocked, their phones are fully charged and the flags are flying. They are ready for the world cup. Get yourself a copy of COPA90: Our World Cup: A Fans' Guide to 2018- the REAL fan's guide to the event of the year. This isn't just about the star players. This is about: · All 32 nations, their rising stars and their biggest legends · Russia's stadiums and cities. The COPA90 team have been there. They know where to go. · The EPIC underdogs · Nightmare performances... Beckham, we're looking at you, mate Get in on the action and wow everyone with your World Cup knowledge!

Reputation and Image Recovery for the Tourism Industry

Reputation and Image Recovery for the Tourism Industry
Author: Gabby Walters
Publisher: Goodfellow Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1911396692

Crises and disasters that impact tourism can have extensive reputational implications for the organisations and destinations involved. This text uses real life cases studies to contextualise the relevant theories and unpacks examples of best practice to show how carefully managed response strategies can ensure the organisation’s future survival.