This title provides a century of sports and achievements from around the world, in eyewitness accounts, quotes and analysis. The book includes: year-by year highlights of significant sporting news stories; sporting milestones describing firsts and lasts; did you know? boxes with sports facts; biographies of the century's sporting heroes; and a reference section grouping together results from all the top international events of the decades, including the Olympics, football, rugby and cricket, World Cups, the golf majors, American football superbowl and British leagues, Wimbledon and other international tennis competitions.