Intended to provide training for the Beijing Olympics, this series looks at a different aspect of the Olympics and their great feats and scandals, to give readers an introduction to the world's greatest sporting event. It is packed with facts, figures and stories from earliest Olympics onwards.

Get in training for the Beijing Olympics with this fully updated series telling the story of the Olympics from the earliest times to the present day. Each title looks at a different aspect of the Olympics and their great feats and scandals, to give readers a full introduction to the world's greatest sporting event. This series is packed with facts, figures and stories from the earliest Olympics to the present day. It includes discussion of the issues that have surrounded the Games in recent times, from terrorism to drugs scandals.