Sporting Profiles

This is a collection of profiles of many famous sporting figures of today. It includes Fred Perry, Jackie Stewart, George Best, Nick Faldo, Denis Compton, Steve Redgrave, Michael Atherton, Rory Underwood, Allan Border, David Lloyd and Laura Davis. It also features interviews with sporting celebrities. The sports looked at are football, golf, cricket, rugby, tennis, rowing and motor racing, and the book also examines the more serious side of sport, such as the problems facing teenage tennis superstars like Jennifer Caprati, who are deprived of their childhoods. The opposite approaches to captaincy shown by Mike Gatting and Mike Atherton are discussed, highlighting the differences to be found in the same sport.

Title - Sporting Profiles

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ISBN 13 - 9781857934045

Imprint - Pavilion

Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers

Date Published - 05/10/1995

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 164 x 240 x mm

Weight - 1 g

Languages - English