The power and the glory : a new history of the World Cup
Wilson, Jonathan, 1976-2026
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The football World Cup is the most watched sporting event on the planet. It has become a global obsession: 211 nations initially entered the 2022 edition. It has been running for almost a century. Yet there is no comprehensive history of the tournament: based on fresh interviews and meticulously researched this book will change that. By 1930, football had outgrown the Olympic Games. A new competition, run by Fifa, would take international football to the next level. After a shambolic start to the first cup in Uruguay - an incomplete stadium, shoddy refereeing and physios accidentally injuring players - the thrilling final saw Uruguay take on Argentina, beating them 4-2. From those chaotic beginnings grew the modern World Cup, a cultural phenomenon that draws the world together like nothing else, and that gives it a profound importance.
Main title:
The power and the glory : a new history of the World Cup / Jonathan Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Jonathan, 1976-, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2026.
Collation:
608 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2025.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349145730 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.334668796.3346
Language:
English
BRN:
9107598
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