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"Mega-sporting events" as a book category covers works focused on the world’s largest, most high-profile athletic gatherings—think the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl, Tour de France and other continental games—examining them as social, political, economic and cultural phenomena rather than just competitions. Books in this category explore the planning and logistics of staging events, the economics of bidding, infrastructure and legacy, media and commercialisation, national identity and soft power, security and crowd management, environmental and ethical controversies, and the human stories of athletes, organizers and volunteers. They range from histories and investigative journalism to memoirs, academic analyses, biographies, photography/coffee-table volumes and fictional thrillers set against the backdrop of an event. Readers include sports fans, policy-makers, urban planners, sociologists and anyone interested in how mass spectacles shape cities, nations and global culture.

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