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This comprehensive book provides sports, health and nutrition management with practical information to provide a clear understanding of how nutrition affects sports, exercise, and overall health. It is concerned with the type and quantity of fluid and food taken by an athlete, and deals with nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, supplements and organic substances such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Sports nutrition has many goals to enhance performance. It improves performance by improving body composition, which increases speed, quickness, mobility, and strength. The book has twelve chapters that provides in-depth information on topics like history of sports, importance of games and sports, health and sports, sports nutrition supplements, nutrition and hydration in sports, athletes’ weight management, aerobic exercise benefits, for cricketers: nutrition recommendations, exercise and diet play a major role in weight management, health and sports injuries, the risks and safety of sports play for health etc. The book is also supported with a related glossary and index in the end. This book will serve as a valuable resource for students, teachers, scholars, health and fitness and exercise professionals who want to share scientifically sound, yet easy-to-understand and practical, nutrition information with their clients.