Sport can bring moments of joy and huge emotion. It can also bring moments of supreme weirdness! Some of sport's oddest stories are almost too strange to be believed. From lucky socks and alligators on the golf course to marathon runners who let the train take the strain, this book uncovers some of the strangest true stories in the history of sport. It's a great fun read for any sports fan aged 8+.

If you enjoyed this book, why not look out for Strange but True: Football.

This book is part of a book series called Strange But True .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Nancy Dickmann is an experienced children's science writer, with books on topics including everything from the life cycle of turtles to surviving the South Pole.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The weird side of sport
• 1: Ancient sport
• 1: Wacky races
• 1: Marathon matches
• 1: Nature stops play
• 1: Sporting superstitions
• 1: Creative cheating
• 1: Going to extremes
• 1: Troublesome tech
• 1: Unlikely competitors
• 1: Mistaken identity?
• 1: Sports you've never heard of
• 1: Stranger than fiction
• 1: Sports quiz
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Index