Sport!
By: Moira Butterfield
Series: Weird true facts
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781445104829
Subjects: Sports; Miscellanea; Juvenile literature
Description: Which sport combines rock climbing and ironing? Who is the world wife-carrying champion? What is gurning? Find out all this and more!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Winning way back when : ancient sport; title: Age-old antics : we've always done it this way!; title: Big and weird : while the world watches; title: World champion weirdness : enter today!; title: Champion critters : animals welcome; title: Pull the other one : strong stuff; title: Rules are rules : some are weirder than others!; title: Ready, steady, weird! : racing with a difference; title: Wacky winning wheels : motorised mayhem; title: Weird sports, weird people : crazy competitions; title: Extreme sports nuts : on the edge; title: Sport stuff : weird and wonderful equipment.