Modern sports and games and are often thoroughly organized affairs, with complicated set of rules, sophisticated equipment, precise timing, measuring and scoring devices, spectators and extensive media coverage. Amongst the important games, football, cricket, basketball, tennis and hockey in particular have witnessed a complete transformation in the ways in which they are played and received by spectators, especially considering the international tournaments, media coverage and changes in rules.
This encyclopaedia, focusing on major games, has been therefore designed as a comprehensive series which concentrates on these five sports, analysing the growth, development, progress and proliferation of these sports within mainstream culture. Embarking on an incisive discussion of these matters, the encyclopaedia seeks to equip sports enthusiasts with books which are highly informative and insightful, and provide great source of material not just for sporting paraphernalia, but also for entertaining reading.
