Game On: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year & Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year - Couverture rigide

Anstiss, Sue

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1800180624 ISBN 13 : 9781800180628

Editeur : Unbound, 2021

Synopsis

Sport has an extraordinary, unique capacity to challenge and change society – to bring joy and hope; to improve physical and mental health, reduce loneliness and build self-esteem and happiness. It’s also a multi-billion-pound commercial industry that can transform lives, businesses, nations and regions. Why has half the population been deprived of access to something so culturally powerful?

In recent years, the landscape for women’s sport has finally begun to shift. We’ve seen significant increases in investment, spectators and media coverage. More women as professional athletes and taking influential roles as board directors, editors, officials and CEOs.

Yet still, female athletes don’t get equal funding or opportunities. In many sports, women receive less prize money, lower sponsorship revenues and a tiny fraction of the media coverage.

Drawing on her own experiences, and interviews with high profile Olympic and Paralympic champions, broadcasters, journalists, sports scientists, CEOs, officials and sponsors, Sue Anstiss investigates why women have been excluded from the world of sport for centuries – and why we are now witnessing positive change as never before.

Game On is a celebration of the trailblazing women opening doors for others and a manifesto for women’s sport – a rallying cry to ensure the progress we are currently seeing goes from strength to strength.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sue Anstiss has been a pioneer in women’s sport for over thrity years. A founding trustee of the Women’s Sport Trust, and co-founder of the Women’s Sport Collective, in 2018 Sue received an MBE for her services to women’s sport. Sue’s award-winning podcast The Game Changers celebrates trailblazing women in sport. Along with Olympians, Paralympians and World Champions, Sue’s guests include some of the most influential women in global sport. Sue is now CEO of Fearless Women, a company with a powerful ambition to drive positive change for women’s sport. Coming late to the sport of triathlon, Sue represented Great Britain as an Age Group triathlete, competing at World and European championships in her forties.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unbound
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1800180624
• ISBN 13: 9781800180628
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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