Carlin Isles is the fastest rugby player in the world. He’s a 100m sprinter who heard about rugby, thought it was interesting, asked if he could try it and a few month later he’s playing for the USA and running in tries just for fun. An extraordinary athlete. He plays rugby in a refreshingly free [...]
Sportsmanship Is Never far Away
A guy walks up to me and says “I really like your Great Sportsmanship Programme – you should talk to my brother I’m sure he can give you a story.” “Why’s that?’ I ask. “Oh,” he says, “he’s a fantastic sportsman himself. He plays Gaelic and Hurling for Limerick.” “Really” I said “That’s interesting – [...]
70,000 Welsh Sing In Harmony
The Welsh National Anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land Of My Father) is such a beautiful song. Especially when 70,000+ Welsh sing it in harmony. The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James, in 1856. Here’s what it sounds like in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff moments before kick [...]
People Who Succeed Demonstrate The Greatest Sportsmanship – Conor O’Shea
Whether it is the 6 Nations Rugby, World Rugby Cup, World Cup, Olympics or any game, any sport, anywhere, Sportsmanship is crucial, says Conor O’Shea. Conor played for Ireland 36 times and is currently Director Of Rugby in Britain’s most successful club, Harlequins RFC. Here’s what he has to say about sportsmanship and The Great [...]
Top 10 Great Sportsmanship Moments from 2012
There were so many with the London 2012 Olympics, Euro 2012, Ryder Cup and so much more. Here’s our Top Ten starting with Number 10 and working our way down to our Number 1 Great Sportsmanship Moment of the year. 10. Golf – Young American’s Honesty Of The Highest Order November: A [...]
How London 2012 Became ‘The Friendly Olympics’
London 2012 Olympics will be remembered as ‘The Friendly Games’. Why? Because from the moment you got off a train or a bus, you were greeted with a smile by any of the 70,000 wonderful volunteers. They helped everyone and they had fun. Spectators had fun. And so did the athletes. So here’s what it [...]
“All men die but not all men live” Ryder Cup Sensation
“All men die but not all men live – you made me feel alive again this week,” said an emotional European captain, Jose Maria Olazabal, as he looked across to his team that had just delivered the greatest comeback in the history of the Ryder Cup. It was indeed, a lovely moment, amongst many lovely [...]
Olympism–the real Olympic dream?
Can men win medals for merely writing words? Can a man throwing a javelin stop a war? Can enemies become friends, at least every 4 years? The answer is simply ‘yes’. They already have – many, many times. For more than a thousand years. …….it’s to do with Olympism the real meaning of the Olympics. [...]
Distraught But Not Destroyed – Murray’s Speech & Marray’s Sportsmanship
Having carried the weight of an expectant nation, Andrew Murray struggled to make his loser’s speech on Sunday. Britain had waited 76 years for a British champion and it took Murray an additional minute to compose himself and answer the interviewer’s question as he fought back the tears. He had just lost the men’s single [...]
