sports tournaments

"Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino have been playing table tennis since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game has changed. Seeing potential in them that they themselves don't fully realize, the coach recruits them for the school team. Bringing out their best will mean challenging the top players from rival schools in the summer tournament, including an ace Chinese exchange student who almost made the Olympic team. With the pressure on, can Smile and Peco take the heat and make it into the finals?"--Provided by publisher.

"Explore the excitement of the Summer Olympics through its biggest stars, jaw-dropping feats, and dazzling gold-medal moments. In this behind-the-scenes look, readers learn how the games' great spectacle comes together"--Provided by publisher.

"Explore the Super Bowl, the most popular sports event in the United States. Learn about the Super Bowl's history, its greatest moments, and the superstar players that make it the biggest event of the year"--Provided by publisher.

In order for Scratch to move in on the basketball tournament, Nate must beat the entire group of rivals in a bizarre cage match.

When a girl named Risa shows up at Three Slam, Scratch gets tied up in a rope match. Then Saswamura returns home to a startling reunion with an old acquaintance--Joker.

Next up in the tournament is a 3-on-2 match between Scratch and Caney G. If Scratch wins, Sawamura will return to scratch, but it won't be easy with Sawamura knowing all of Scratch's weaknesses.

Wracked with discipline and family problems, Tokyo's Johnan High School basketball team faces the big game against Nango Daitsukuba High in the national championships--the team that knocked them out of the tournament in the first round last year.

With time running out in the big tournament game, Johnan finds themselves in trouble until Umakure steps up and shows why he is captain of the team.

Kuwata, Kobayashi, Nate, Amami, and Yuza all work on their strategies to take down Johnan and when the big tournament day arrives, everyone has one goal in mind--winning.