{"product_id":"9781408843444","title":"Foul Play : The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mike Rowbottom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is cheating. And then there is \u003ci\u003echeating\u003c\/i\u003e. But where does one end and the other start?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Doping. Fixing. Sledging. Intimidating. Time-wasting. Diving. Ever since sporting contests began there have been rules, and for many competitors those rules have been there to be broken. Or maybe just bent a little . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFoul Play\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inside track on the dark arts employed in sport to gain an unfair advantage-on the football or rugby field, on the tennis or squash court, on the athletics track and the golf course, even on the bowling green or the Subbuteo table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Some cheating in sport is considered virtually par for the course, while other forms are completely unacceptable. But who, ultimately, makes that judgement? From ball-tampering and bribery in cricket to rugby union's 'Bloodgate' scandal; from Diego Maradona's Hand of God to Alex Ferguson's managerial mind games; from the dodgy dealing of the ancient Greeks and the wily cunning of W.G. Grace to the doping scandals engulfing Marion Jones and Lance Armstrong, it's all here. \u003ci\u003eFoul Play-\u003c\/i\u003esometimes funny, sometimes shocking-provides all the evidence you'll ever need that the sporting world is often anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book contains so many tales of skulduggery that many are sure to be new to you.” —\u003ci\u003eRugby World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A timely book . . . This is an illuminating, entertaining excursion into sport's moral maze. Fair play to the author.” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His excursion into the grey areas of sport's moral maze is illuminating and entertaining.” —\u003ci\u003eSimon Redfern, Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781408843444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40627935183054,"sku":"9781408843444","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_76c0e04b-5188-4da2-a2d0-f62f6f36f3fc.jpg?v=1638752522","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781408843444","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}