Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments 2022

Here it is –  the Top Ten Sportsmanship Moments 2022. You can click the ‘play’ button below to hear the stories from BBC Radio London You can scroll down and see each story with photos and videos of each of these, handpicked Top Ten Sportsmanship Moments 2022.   BBC’s Phil Parry  In 10th Place:  Japanese … Read more

Never Give Up – American Volleyball

A salute to the USA team of Sara Hughes and Kelley Kolinske for this amazing lesson in never giving in. Jul 12, 2022 The US beach volleyball team somehow keep the ball in their match with Equador at the Beach Volleyball World Championships. Fantastic defensive skills as Hughes throws herself around the court, and Kolinske understand … Read more

Top 10 Tokyo 2021 Olympic Sportsmanship Moments

South African Tatjana Schoenmakers realises she has broken the world record

The Tokyo Olympics gave everyone a lift from this terrible pandemic which delayed the 2020 Olympics until 2021. There were many beautiful sportsmanship moments.  Tell us your favourite moment in the comments at the end. Meanwhile, here’s are our  Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments from the Tokyo Olympics (in reverse order).   10th Best Sportsmanship Moment:  … Read more

Grow Global Tolerance

Irish Sculpture of Feathers in honour of the Choctaw Indians

The shootings in America (Atlanta) come as another horror shock.  The deceased families lives are ruined forever. Our sympathies go out to all our Asian brothers and sisters (and the two non-Asian victims’ families also). I hope this story shows support and a tiny drop of hope during this dark hour. Yesterday I felt the … Read more

Ireland Lacrosse Withdraws from 2022 World Games To Ensure Iroquois Nationals Play

Who are the Iroquois Nationals? Lacrosse is a Native American game originally played in the northeastern United States by the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida and Tuscarora Nations, collectively known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy who compete in international lacrosse as the Iroquois Nationals.   The Game Is a Medicine The Iroquois Nationals believe that the game is a “medicine”, … Read more

Golf Suspends 8:46 Tee Time in Memory of George Floyd

A Minutes Silence for George Floyd The first PGA Tour Golf Championship after a 3 month Covid hiatus decided that the 8:46 a.m. tee time ‘will feature no players’.  Instead, it will be a minute’s silence in memory of African American George Floyd who lay dying as a white policeman pinned him to the ground … Read more

Story Number 1: Catching Kayla – imagine running with no feeling in your legs

Kayla Montgomery

Imagine running a race when you can’t feel your own legs Watch this video: Girl Collapses After Every Race This is the incredible Kayla Montgomery. She cannot feel her own legs when she runs. She is a great runner but has limited time to run because she suffers from MS (Multiple Sclerosis) which can cause … Read more

Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments 2018 (part 1 of 2)

Here are the Top 10 moments from 2018 – in reverse order. Part 1 covers 10th best moment to 6th best moment and [Part 2] covers 5th best to 1st best moment of sportsmanship from 2018. BBC Radio London also recorded these stories with me and you can [hear the BBC radio interview here]  please … Read more

Young American Athlete Alerts Officials to Scoring Error and Misses The Cut

Graphic of the Ancient Olympic Athletes

Meet Davis Robey, a 17 year old student, who throws the shot put for  Mason High School and dreams of one day qualifying for the Regionals. The shot put is one of the Ancient Olympic Games early events dating back to 684 BC when the goals of the Olympic Games were as much about developing athletes’s minds … Read more

Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments 2017 (part 2)

Kieran Read and Sam Warburton share the Lions v ABs text series

Part 1 covered sportsmanship moments number 10 to moment number 6 which included brave little Bradley Lowery, Joe Hart, French rugby and German football fans opening their homes to opposition fans, a subtle, yet magical moment in the US Masters between a Spaniard and an Englishman and a US Baseball moment. Now we’re going to reveal … Read more