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After living away for years, Sandy Lafonde returns to her childhood home at the Watishka First Nation reserve. Little has changed since she left - a local gang menaces the area, the community is splintered, and the Cree youth are left restless and frustrated. Sandy realizes that she needs to do something to help, so she proposes to start a junior hockey team. Drawing on her own past, Sandy steps in as coach and tries to reign in the star player, hot-headed Sheldon Lambert, a 15-year-old hockey prodigy who just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favourite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best – and most mysterious – sports academy in the world for a few months now. She and the rest of her class were selected because they all shared a determination and willingness to improve. Now the gang are on their way to Japan for the rugby World Cup – but they’re going to need some more teammates.

Ya desde su publicación, "Quidditch a través de los tiempos" se convirtió en uno de los libros más populares de la biblioteca de Hogwarts. Leído por Harry Potter, Hermione Granger y muchos otros, es la guía indispensable del juego más famoso del mundo mágico. Desde el pantano Queerditch en el siglo XI hasta convertirse en el sofisticado deporte que es hoy, "Quidditch a través de los tiempos" te transportará a aquellos momentos tanto de triunfo como de desesperación (para quienes apoyen a los Chudley Cannons) que forman parte del quidditch. Apréndelo todo sobre la historia y las reglas del juego, desde algunas de las 700 faltas (y en qué final de la Copa del Mundo se cometieron todas) hasta la diferencia entre un Transylvanian Tackle y un Woollongong Shimmy.

For 14-year-old Krissy, her new life maxim is pretty sad: First choices out. Second choices in. It's been that way since dialysis left her disabled. Her limitations went from none to a ton, and now they stand in the way of her dream - to compete in dog agility with her runty Sheltie pup, Aslan. Krissy has seen videos of agility handlers sprinting, spinning, and twisting as they race with their dogs through the intricate obstacle courses. It's a beautiful sport. Like dance. Like art. And surely impossible for someone like her.

Zoe Alamandar has one goal: Win the State Field Hockey Championships and earn a scholarship that will get her the hell out of Central New York. She and her co-captain, Ava Cervantes, have assembled a fierce team of dedicated girls who will work hard and play by the rules. But after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds a new goal: Make sure no girl feels unsafe again. Zoe and her teammates decide to stop playing by the rules and take justice into their own hands.

Willow Covington has conquered every obstacle thrown at her to become one of the best figure skaters in the nation until a devastating injury shatters her Olympic dreams. She’ll do anything to get back on the ice, though, and if that means rehabbing while blocking shots and slapping a puck around, so be it. Coach says no dating, but that’s A-Okay with her anyway - she’s singularly focused on her goal. If only the team captain, Brodie Windom, wasn’t so infuriatingly hot as he shows her the ropes.

When Miho's boyfriend breaks up with her without warning, all she can see is red - the color of blinding fury and pain, and the color of the fire she sets in an oil drum on the beach, burning every scrap of their memories. It's spring of senior year in Oahu, and while her friends are getting ready for college, Miho's deep in her misery, delivering pizzas on her bike. But then inspiration strikes: she'll do a triathlon.

Ihr Leben lang hat Audrey auf diesen Moment hingefiebert: Sie und ihre beste Freundin Emma haben die Chance, bei der Olympiade zu zeigen, dass sie zu den besten Turnerinnen der Welt gehören. Aber es kommt anders als geplant. Denn ihr Trainer, dem beide Mädchen vertrauen, seit sie drei Jahre alt sind, wird wegen Missbrauch an ihrer Mannschaftskollegin verhaftet. Das Team steht vor einem Scherbenhaufen. Obwohl Audrey in Leo, dem Sohn der neuen Trainerin, ihre große Liebe findet, hat sie keine Ahnung, wie sie Olympia bestehen soll.

With just two weeks until Worlds, the largest international cheerleading competition of the season, Max Turner and her teammates are preparing to take the stage and show everyone what they can do. After a great season, it looks like they are sure to make the final round, and possibly even land in the top spot. But, with everything on the line, Max makes a mistake that could jeopardize her place on not only her team, but also her teams’ place at the Worlds championship. Knowing the entire cheer world will be watching, Max tries to keep her secret from her friends, family, and coach.

A hilarious story of three outfielders, one crazy, one cranky, and one able to move like the wind. Their potential to win ball games is phenomenal...if only their coach could get them under control!

These two two thrilling, classic baseball stories written by the legendary Zane Grey are read with a respectful nod to the play-callers of a bygone era. The story "The Red-Headed Outfield" tells the hilarious story of three unique outfielders and the coach who has to deal with their wild ways. The touching tale of "Old Well Well" recounts the last days of a legendary baseball fan and his final wish to watch his nephew play in the big leagues.

Clay Summers has a reputation for being a jerk. He was one of the youngest teenagers to be signed to Team Loco, a professional motocross racing team, and he knows it’s because of his dedication to the sport. Clay doesn’t have time for friends, family, or girlfriends. Autographs and publicity stunts annoy him to no end. All he wants to do is ride his dirt bike. Avery Dunn just graduated high school and she has no idea what to do next. Tired of living in her small town, she dreams of traveling the world and getting paid to do it.

Just when everything is starting to come together in life and love, fate throws a curveball at wannabe cowgirl Devon Brooke. She has some tough decisions to make regarding cowboy McKennon Kelly, her future plans, and her beloved horse Faith. Devon is devastated when a simple mistake causes serious consequences for her horse, and she falls hard back to square one losing hope she can ever amount to the equestrian she wants to be. No longer running from his past, McKennon is desperate to bring Devon back to the saddle and honor his show pen promise.

The coach's only daughter is a robot. At least, that’s what they call her. Robot, Ice Princess...it all means the same thing: She won't lose sight of her figure-skating goal no matter what it costs. Even if her dad’s team needs her. Even if the captain of said team learns her biggest secret: that the ice princess has game.

A competitive diver, 17-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before her dive is locking eyes with Van - her neighbor, former best friend, and forever crush - kissing his girlfriend on the sidelines. But that can’t be all. Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window...looking right back at her.

One crack and the walls will shatter. When you’re the new white kid in an Oklahoma town hemorrhaging with racial and class divisions, accidentally taking the wallet from a dead black man isn’t a simple matter. James embarks on a tortuous journey to navigate tensions in the town while trying to correct the mistake he never should have made. His efforts are hampered by his inability to understand racial prejudice and by those who refuse to let him cross entrenched racial and class barriers.

Die 12-jährige Ava hat ihr Pferd verloren und möchte erstmal nichts mehr mit Pferden zu tun haben. Doch dann lernt sie die blinde Stute Soraya mit der außergewöhnlichen, silbernen Fellfarbe kennen. Die Stute übt eine enorme Anziehungskraft auf Ava aus und vertraut nur ihr, sonst niemandem. Mithilfe von Sorayas Besitzern, dem alten Silvester und seiner Enkelin Elsie, beginnt Ava langsam, Soraya in ihr Herz zu schließen, denn ohne sie hat Soraya keine Zukunft. Eine magische Pferdefreundschaft beginnt.

Mathias er okay god til at spille fodbold - indtil han en dag finder et par gamle fodboldstøvler. Med de støvler spiller han ikke bare godt, han spiller FANTASTISK. Men det er næsten for godt til ikke at have en bagside. Og det har det også ... en GYSELIG bagside. FC Genfærd er en fodboldgyser om venskab både på banen og uden for - og om at ville vinde for enhver pris.

Alyssa Duncan is a beast on the soccer field. As the Copperheads' starting goalie, she might be the difference between a state title and total defeat - and she likes it that way. When a concussion takes Alyssa out of the lineup, her rising-star teammate Becca Miller takes over in goal. Becca turns out to be pretty good, too. And what seemed like a temporary change might not be so temporary after all. Will Alyssa heal in time for playoffs? And even if she recovers, what kind of beast will she have to be to knock Becca back to her old position?

Schools rugby star Eoin Madden has never been busier - he’s captain of the Junior Cup team, he’s training with Leinster and he's hoping to be chosen for the Ireland team for the first-ever Under 16 World Cup. But it’s not all fun and games, as Eoin also has to deal with grumpy friends, teachers piling on the homework - and a ghost on a mission that goes back to the very origins of the game of rugby. But what does the restless spirit need, and can Eoin help him?