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Nati 3.000 anni fa nell'antica Grecia e tornati in auge verso la fine del XIX secolo, i Giochi Olimpici sono diventati la competizione sportiva più popolare a livello mondiale. Dall'VIII secolo a.C. fino al IV secolo d.C., i giochi si svolsero ogni quattro anni a Olimpia, una città nell'ovest della penisola del Peloponneso, in onore del dio Zeus. I primi Giochi Olimpici dell'era moderna furono ospitati ad Atene nel 1896 e videro 280 atleti di 13 nazioni confrontarsi in 43 discipline diverse.

Con il termine "doping" si intende l'uso (o l'abuso) di particolari sostanze o medicinali con lo scopo di aumentare artificialmente il rendimento fisico e le prestazioni sportive. Con questo audiolibro conoscerai la sua storia, molto più antica di quanto si pensi, la storia dei più famosi scandali e degli sportivi coinvolti, e infine avrai un’idea sul funzionamento delle sostanze dopanti e dei rischi che comportano alla salute.

Danskerne elsker håndbold. Det viser alle lister over de mest sete sportsudsendelser. Men det er også en sport, hvor historien og legenderne ikke fylder så meget som i fodbold, tennis og cykling. Det gør Håndboldens legender op med. Håndbolden er nemlig fyldt med store personligheder og dramaer. Bogens forfatter, Thomas Ladegaard, fortæller om alle dem, der har været med til at skabe spillet. Fra Anja Andersen til Mikkel Hansen. Og fra Svetlana Kitic til Nikola Karabatic.

For 30 år siden var Europas herrefodbold martret af vold og tragedie. Fodbolden var blevet synonym med grove tackling og tilskueruroligheder, der kulminerede med stadiontragedierne på Heysel og Hillsborough. Det stod så slemt til, at Margaret Thatchers britiske regering overvejede af indstille den professionelle fodbold. Det skete ikke, i stedet voksede en ny sport ud af ruinerne. Klubfodbolden blev rigere, dyrere, smukkere, renere, mere højlydt og global, men også mere ulige og forudsigelig.

Die Olympischen Spiele sind stets ein Höhepunkt für die Sportredaktion der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. Da die für den Sommer 2020 angesetzten Sommerspiele in Tokio wegen der Corona-Pandemie um mindestens ein Jahr verschoben sind, lassen die Redakteure und Autoren stattdessen die spannendsten, bewegendsten und erschütterndsten Momente der Spiele seit 1964 wieder aufleben. Hören Sie in elf persönlichen Geschichten von Rekorden, Überraschungen, Tragik sowie Komik und wie der Traum von Olympia mitunter unbarmherzig an der Realität zerbirst.

Deutschland ist mit je drei WM- und EM-Titeln Europas erfolgreichste Fußballnation. Schafft es die deutsche Elf bei der EM in Polen...

Harry Valérien erzählt die lange und spannende Geschichte, die die Olympischen Spiele zum Mythos erhebt: Von Sportlern, die zu Helden wurden, von nationalen und persönlichen Siegen und Tragödien. Von den Spielen der Antike und ihrer Wiederentdeckung Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Zeitalter des Hochleistungssport im Zeichen von Kommerz und Professionalisierung.

Dopo aver raccontato come amavano i romani e i greci, in che modo vivevano politica e religione, nascita e morte, qual era la struttura della società, delle case e delle famiglie, Eva Cantarella non poteva far mancare agli ascoltatori - nell'anno dei Giochi di Rio de Janeiro - una storia delle Olimpiadi antiche.

"Un dio ti guarda" non è un testo di sport. È un audiolibro di epica. Sandro Veronesi non racconta dei personaggi dello sport, ma dei pezzi di storia, della nostra storia. Eroi, semidei osannati dalle folle e consacrati dalla mitologia, accanto a sconosciuti uomini e donne che pure hanno attraversato stadi, campi di calcio, di tennis, l'aria e il mare e le terre estreme.

From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than 300 people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today.

As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix. Their quest for redemption culminated in a remarkable race that is still talked about in racing circles to this day - but which, soon after it ended, Hitler attempted to completely erase from history.

By 1977 the University of Evansville’s Purple Aces basketball team had won five small-college national championships. With a charismatic young coach and a freshman phenom, this small Indiana city hoped to see its team shine in the national spotlight. Then, on a foggy night, after just four games, the plane carrying the team and its coach crashed after takeoff, killing everyone on board.

By creating WrestleMania, jumping into the pay-per-view field, and expanding across North America, Vince McMahon changed professional wrestling forever.

Fanny Bullock Workman was a complicated and restless woman who defied the rigid Victorian morals she found as restrictive as a corset. With her frizzy, brown hair tucked under a topee, Workman was a force on the mountain and off. Instrumental in breaking the British stranglehold on Himalayan mountain climbing, this American woman climbed more peaks than any of her peers, became the first woman to map the far reaches of the Himalayas, the first woman to lecture at the Sorbonne, and the second to address the Royal Geographic Society of London.

Canadian hockey is rife with tales of the odd, the strange, the funny and, occasionally, the disturbing side of the game: in 1976, Maple Leafs coach Red Kelly installed pyramids in the players’ dressing room and under the bench in an attempt to harness “pyramid power”; the Cusimano brothers started the tradition of “octopus hurling” during the 1952 playoff games; in 1930, Toronto Maple Leafs’ general manager Conn Smythe placed a winning bet on a longshot horse to pay the cash-strapped Ottawa Senators for star player Frank “King” Clancy; and more!

When British soldiers began settling in early Canada, their sporting traditions blended with a Mi’kmaq game to create a new sport that evolved into hockey. A History of Hockey in Canada traces hockey’s roots from those first steps on the frozen ponds of eastern Canada to the modern game we know and love.

Far beyond simply being a sports league, the NBA has become an entertainment and pop culture juggernaut. From all kinds of team logo merchandise to officially branded video games and players crossing over into reality television, film, fashion lines, and more, there is an inseparable line between sports and entertainment. But only four decades ago, this would have been unthinkable.

From burning crosses set on the Robinsons’s lawn to a Pennsylvania small town on fire with praise and parades when the athletes return from Berlin, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice is full of emotion, grit, political upheaval, and the American dream. Capturing a powerful and untold chapter of history, the narrative is also a celebration of the courage, commitment, and accomplishments of these talented athletes and their impact on race, sports and inclusion around the world.

From the William Hill Award-winning author of A Lot of Hard Yakka comes Cricket's Greatest Rivalry: A History of the Ashes in 12 Matches by Simon Hughes. A fast-paced, distinctive history of the iconic, 137-year-old cricketing rivalry between England and Australia published in the year of back-to-back Ashes contests.

Hockey fans get a look into the life and times - both on and off the ice - of legendary eight-time Stanley Cup winner Red Kelly.