World Cup Fever

A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments

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Beschreibung

<p><b>A Sports Book of the Year in the <i>Irish Times, </i>the <i>FT</i> and the <i>Mail on Sunday</i></b><br><b><br>'T</b><b>he ultimate book for anyone who loves football, and plenty who don't ... Unmissable' <i>Mail on Sunday</i></b><b><br><br>'Kuper is a wry and sharp-eyed guide' <i>New Statesman</i></b><br><b><br>'A brilliant evocation of the joy of the football carnival and the absurdities of the global spectacle... an essential companion' David Goldblatt </b><br><br>It's the biggest sporting competition on Earth. A four-yearly chance for our greatest footballers to realise their ultimate dream. A month-long spectacle that's watched by billions. But the inaugural World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930, was semi-professional, poorly attended and haphazardly organised - so how did it become a bonanza of multinational sponsorship, dubious ethics and shadowy characters, and the ultimate stage for football's greatest drama?<br><br>Simon Kuper is one of very few people to have attended every World Cup since 1990. In <i>World Cup Fever </i>he looks back at each tournament he's experienced - from half-empty stands at Italia 90 to the French triumph as hosts in 1998, South Africa's national dream in 2010 and the troubling legacy of 2022 - to reveal a captivating portrait of sport in a globalised world. <br><br><i>World Cup Fever </i>is the story of how the tournament touches and sometimes even changes our lives, by one of the best writers on the beautiful game.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781805224112

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

233 x 151 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Profile Books