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Celebrate the 2023 Women's World Cup and the unstoppable rise of England's legendary Lionesses! Discover the incredible moments and players that have changed the women's game.

Joel Selwood’s remarkable leadership is well-known across AFL football. Selwood will not only go down in history as an icon of the game – a record breaker – but also as a selfless leader who supported his team through one of the club’s most successful periods in its history. After Selwood was made captain of the team in 2012, Geelong made the finals in all but one season, playing in seven preliminary finals and two Grand Finals – culminating in Geelong’s tenth premiership in 2022. Now, for the first time, Selwood tells his story in his own words.

O que é necessário para levar uma equipe ao máximo sucesso e mantê-la no topo por um bom tempo? Sir Alex Ferguson é um dos poucos líderes que sabem de fato a resposta a essa pergunta. Nos 38 anos em que atuou como técnico de futebol, ele alcançou a impressionante marca de 49 troféus e fez do Manchester United uma das maiores marcas do mundo. Nesse audiolivro franco e inspirador, ele revela os segredos por trás de sua carreira repleta de recordes.

Da Pietro Mennea a Roberto Baggio, da Marco Pantani a Valentino Rossi, da Alberto Tomba a Federica Pellegrini, da Valentina Vezzali ai fratelli Abbagnale, dalle più emozionanti vittorie della Ferrari ai trionfi degli azzurri di Enzo Bearzot e Marcello Lippi. Bastano questi nomi per evocare ricordi ed emozioni, esultanze e delusioni cocenti, un comune sentire che ha saputo unire ilnostro Paese, da Nord a Sud.

Fußball oder Leben? Die Philosophie der Ballesterer. Eine Alltagsfibel von Leidenden für Leidende. Im Mittelpunkt steht jemand, der eigentlich immer im Vordergrund stehen sollte - der Fan. Fußballfan zu sein, ist in erster Linie die unaufhörliche Leidensgeschichte persönlicher Rückschläge. Es ist eine Tatsache, dass jener Verein, auf den man Woche für Woche besonderes Augenmerk legt, schlechter spielt, schlechter geführt wird und überhaupt weniger erfolgreich ist als jeder andere Verein derselben Liga oder Qualifikationsgruppe.

Fußball ist Ihre Leidenschaft und in Ihrem Leben dreht sich alles um den Ball? Sie haben vielleicht selbst jahrelang gekickt und möchten nun die Seiten wechseln? Dann werden Sie zum Held für den jungen Nachwuchs und legen Sie als Trainer den Grundstein für tolle Erfolge – wie das gelingt, zeigt Ihnen dieses Buch! Deutschland ist eine fußballverrückte Nation und fast jedes Dorf hat seinen Verein. Allerdings ist das kein Selbstläufer.

Il 18 gennaio del 1977 a Roma muore Luciano Re Cecconi, centrocampista della Lazio e della nazionale. Muore per via del colpo di pistola sparato da Bruno Tabocchini, un orafo della capitale. Muore perché - raccontano - stava fingendo un furto proprio in quella gioielleria, e aveva fatto irruzione gridando: "Fermi tutti, questa è una rapina!" Ma il caso non è affatto chiaro, e le testimonianze restano contrastanti.

I've been playing soccer for a long time, and believe me; I've made plenty of mistakes along the way. Every mistake taught me something, but sometimes the costs were a little higher than I wanted to pay at the time. Look, there's no instant way to be as good as Pele was in his prime or being able to steal the show like Beckham! But you can get started today. That's why I'm taking what I've learned and packing it into a fun, straightforward audio guide for you to listen to and put into practice immediately.

How does a sheet of plastic become a soccer ball? Follow each step in the process - from strengthening the plastic to boxing up a brand new ball - in this fascinating book!

This guide is your Rosetta Stone for soccer Spanish. From chilenas to Chicharito, the key words and examples from real life soccer moments will amuse and educate you.

Harry Barker's soccer book is a fun way to turn learning the English alphabet into an enjoyable experience. He uses one of the world's most popular sports as a background along with teaching certain aspects of the game of soccer. This primer is a best seller among an audience learning English as a second language.

So many coaching books require complex equipment, copious resources, and fantastic facilities. In writing Practice Soccer at Home, we are seeking to offer a guide for those times when we train alone, in our backyard, with little more than a ball and our immediate environment.

One of the worst mistakes you can do when it comes to trying out for a club is to pick a club where you would never be able to play in. Even if you make it through the tryout and actually get a place in the squad, you would never be able to compete with the other players because they are just too skilled. In this book, I will explain how to avoid this trap and actually tryout out for a club where you have a chance to compete with the starting elevens.

As an energetic six-year-old, Beth Mead was taken to a weekly local football session by her mum. Finding a passion for the game, Beth often found herself as the only girl on the team. Despite being laughed at for this, she let her natural talent do the talking. At 16, Mead was signed to Sunderland where she made a name for herself as a top goalscorer. Putting off offers from Arsenal until she completed her university degree, Mead continued juggling work, study and football until she graduated. She then signed to Arsenal and earned a place as a Lioness, representing the England national team.

Born into a footballing family, Leah Williamson followed in the footsteps of her mother who cut her hair short so she could play with the boys. Williamson began playing at Scot Youth, a boys' team in Bletchley, quickly becoming their star striker. Williamson went on to join Rushden & Diamonds Centre of Excellence, before joining Arsenal at the age of nine, where she has remained, making her senior team debut in 2014 at the age of 17. Representing England since 2010, Williamson has played at an international level since the age of 13, and was made permanent captain of the Lionesses in 2022.

When Leah unearths a mysterious time capsule in her local park with her two best friends Mimi and George, she opens up a whole new world of adventure. Transported a hundred years back in time, she finds a women's football team in crisis. Can she and her friends lead them back to victory? The odds are against them, but time is on their side!

In this book, Gyan bares his soul. He seeks no sympathy; he simply wants his side of an often-one-sided story to be heard, introducing us to names, people and influences we did not know before.

Este es un libro sobre el partido de fútbol más legendario de la historia: el del 22 de junio de 1986, en el Mundial de México, cuando la selección argentina enfrentó a Inglaterra y le ganó con dos goles de Maradona, uno convertido con la mano, el otro inscripto en el firmamento de las obras de arte.

This book tells the story of women's football in England since its 19th-century inception through pen portraits of its trailblazers. The game might have once been banned because of its popularity – find out about the subversive women who kept organising their teams and matches despite the prohibition, who broke barriers and set records – the legends of the game who built the foundations of the stage upon which today's stars flourish.

Felix Brych hat in seiner langen Karriere alles erreicht, was man sich als Schiedsrichter wünschen kann. Er hat Bundesliga, Champions-League, Europa- und Weltmeisterschaften gepfiffen. 2017 und 2021 wurde er Weltschiedsrichter des Jahres. Dabei ist Schiedsrichtersein keine dankbare Aufgabe. Der Perfektionsanspruch, höchst emotionale Erwartungshaltungen und extreme Öffentlichkeit einerseits sowie eine starke Präsenz unter Persönlichkeiten auf dem Platz, beständige Kritik der Öffentlichkeit und die notwendige Akzeptanz von Fehlbarkeit andererseits, sind außergewöhnlich.