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The contrast is striking. As the United States Women’s National soccer team has long dominated the sport—winners of four World Cups and four Olympic gold medals—the men’s team has floundered. They failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and three consecutive Olympics, and have long struggled when facing the world’s best teams. How could a country so dominant in other men’s team sports—and such a global powerhouse in women’s soccer—be so far behind the rest of the world in men’s soccer?

Here is the first full story of the Queen's racing enthusiasms and the first authentic account of Her Majesty's personal experience as a racehorse owner and racegoer, told with the help of trainers, jockeys, and others. This exhilarating volume traces the early years of the Queen's racing story, from childhood horse-lover to ebullient racegoer and owner of one of the finest string of racehorses in the world.

This guide is aimed at those wand to learn yachting. It is full of essential information and useful pointers and tips to help get you started. The book is a complete reference for every level of sailor, if you are a beginner and need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide. This book is the way to learn and develop and refresh your skills. It is the ideal book to keep on board your yacht.

Sports Romance at its best! Der 5. Teil der Windy City-Reihe als Hörbuch. Eigentlich dachte Hallie, sie hätte mit Rio DeLuca abgeschlossen. Er war ihr erster Crush, ihre erste Liebe – bis alles in tausend Scherben zerbrach. Jetzt, sechs Jahre später, beginnt sie ein Praktikum als Innenarchitektin – und zwar ausgerechnet in Chicago, der Stadt, in der Rio als gefeierter Eishockeyspieler lebt. Hallies Hoffnung, ihm nicht zu begegnen, wird jäh zerstört: Denn nicht nur, dass Rio ihr neuer Nachbar ist, nein, er wird auch noch ihr erster Kunde!

Soccer has been the world’s most popular sport for the last century, and an irresistible game for political and social leaders seeking shortcuts to the hearts of their people. Sometimes it worked, momentarily, but as renowned sports journalist Luciano Wernicke writes in this fascinating and original audiobook, the game and its glories have survived them all.

Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting 14 Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to let his racket do the talking. Until now.

The book is an account of the day to day exploits of an expatriate Manxman and an Australian chum who seek to shake off the retirement blues by walking Alfred Wainwright’s Coast to Coast path. It took 18 days to walk the 191 miles from the priory village of St Bees on the Irish Sea to arrive at the former smuggler’s stronghold of Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire coast. The trail passes through some of England’s most rugged and sublime countryside.

A 22-year-old cancer survivor and amputee, Terry set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland, in April 1980, aiming to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. His first months on the road in Atlantic Canada and Quebec were not only physically taxing—he ran the equivalent of a marathon a day—but frustrating, as Canadians were slow to recognize and support his endeavor. That all changed when he met a young man named Bill Vigars, who, on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society, led a campaign to ensure that every person in Canada knew the story of this outstanding young man.

The war seems a long way away to Maggie Flanagan. Her brother is somewhere across the sea, flying to protect England from the Germans and the Italians. But Maggie is more interested in kicking the footy and finding out who's going to play for St Kilda this season. When the war comes to Australia and Maggie sees what she's sure is a Japanese spy plan in the skies of Melbourne, it all gets very real. The Japanese attack Australia up north and American soldiers start appearing on the streets. Worst of all, it looks like the football season will be cancelled!

Sasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him - Albert Einstein, Humphrey Bogart, Marcel Duchamp - the game has consumed his life and his mind. First captivated by it as a member of his high school chess club, his passion was rekindled during an accidental encounter with chess hustlers on the streets of Kathmandu. In its aftermath, he forgot how to care about anything else. He played at all hours, for weeks at a time. Like a spurned lover, he tried to move on, but he found the game more seductive the more he resisted it.

Nobody's Gonna Die Today is a story that seems too crazy to be true. In this pause-resistant memoir, you will laugh, you will cry, and you will see how life, no matter its condition or circumstance, is always worth fighting for. Matt Branch is a former college athlete who played football at LSU from 2008-2012. In 2018, he was involved in a near death experience that resulted in the amputation of his left leg. This book reveals the details of that story—how his football career at LSU and his faith gave him the foundation to begin the process of turning darkness into light.

Honest, funny, brave and inspired, Macca shares her story here for the first time: the family and first-believers who supported and challenged her from the beginning; the coaches and mentors who pushed her beyond her comfort zone and provided the blueprint of a champion; the rivals and teammates who transformed the Matildas into a global force to be reckoned with.

No football fan will want to be without the book that delivers pure, unfiltered Rex Ryan - head coach of the New York Jets and one of the most popular, outspoken, well-liked, and widely respected personalities in the National Football League.

Band 3 der TikTok-Hype-Reihe als Hörbuch: Baseballer-Single-Dad meets Wild Girl Kai Rhodes hat ein Problem: Der Pitcher des Baseball-Teams von Chicago braucht dringend eine neue Nanny, doch bisher hat keine der Kandidatinnen überzeugt. Auch Miller Montgomery erfüllt seine Ansprüche nicht. Sie ist wild und sprunghaft – und viel zu anziehend! Doch sie ist die Tochter des Trainers und somit unkündbar. Für Miller ist der neue Nanny-Job eine willkommene Abwechslung, und der kleine Max ist ein Schatz, doch sein Vater Kai ist eine Spaßbremse. Miller will ihn daran erinnern, wie man das Leben genießt!

He was one of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend, and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? New York Times best-selling author Leigh Montville delivers an intimate, riveting account of this extraordinary life.

Reconocida como la mejor gimnasta en la historia de México, Alexa Moreno ha logrado lo que ninguna atleta en su ramo: una medalla en un Campeonato Mundial de Gimnasia (Doha, Catar, 2018), y ser la mejor rankeada en Juegos Olímpicos (cuarto lugar en la final de salto de caballo en Tokio 2020).

AthleanX puts the science into strength training. This unique strength training and conditioning program - including plans for nutrition and supplementation as well as step-by-step guides to the exercises - gives users the lean, muscular, functional bodies of professional athletes. Other fitness books and programs are based on a bodybuilding model, which can make you look stronger, but Jeff Cavaliere shows you how to hit the gym without falling into the common "bro" traps: poor posture and flexibility, muscle imbalances, joint stiffness, pain, and injury.

From the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer, comes his national best seller on one of the world’s oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in narrative form as a conversation between a fisherman and the stranger, Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion as the fisherman reflects on the age-old sport, offering his own insights and thoughts. From the depths of the ocean to the creatures near the shore, Hersey perfectly answers why fishing has been such an integral part of humanity.

Rick Dockery es un mediocre jugador de fútbol americano que, en el ocaso de su carrera, sigue marcado por ser el culpable del peor fiasco en la historia de su equipo. Harto de las mofas de la prensa y del odio de los aficionados, cuando recibe la oferta de un equipo italiano no duda en poner rumbo a Parma. Al principio le cuesta adaptarse, pero poco a poco le coge el gusto al estilo de vida mediterráneo: la ópera, el buen vino, los coches minúsculos...y ser la estrella indiscutible del equipo tampoco está nada mal.

At a time when heroes are too rare, C. Vivian Stringer sets a shining example. She has time and again shown character, fortitude, and heart, both on and off the hardwood, and in the face of unbearable loss. In Standing Tall, she shares her remarkable life story, inspiring us to find this fortitude within ourselves.