This guide offers an understanding of more than 400 national and international sporting events. It covers all the more familiar sports such as rugby, skiing and swimming and the not-so-well-known sports such as Gaelic football, sled-dog racing and jai alai. The sports are demonstrated in a mainly visual manner and every effort is made to explain the features of each sporting activity. More than 2500 colour drawings illustrate the various techniques, procedures, rules, equipment and dress. This book is designed to prove of interest to all participants, spectators and armchair followers, regardless of level, and aims to increase the overall enjoyment of each sport.