Recent sportsmanship moments are discussed live on BBC radio across the UK. Georgey Spanswick chats with PR Smith about some recent amazing sportsmanship moments including the London Marathon, the Maori All Blacks & Racing Club 92 ‘s incredible gestures to Munster Rugby, & of course, that incredible competitive friendship displayed during that final round of […]
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Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments From Rio 2016
By Paul Smith on August 31, 2016 in America, Athletics, Belgium, Brazil, England, Equestrian, Fiji, France, Haiti, Ireland, Never Give Up, New Zealand, Nice Guys Do Win, North Korea, Olympics, Poland, Singapore, Somali, South Korea, UK, Uncategorized, USA
Here are our Top 10 Great Sportsmanship moments from Rio 2016. It really was difficult to choose the Top 10 and , in particular, the number 1 moment of sportsmanship from the many sportsmanship moments we posted on social media (facebook and instagram) each day. So here’s the list in reverse order. 10. Haitian Hurdler Never Gives Up […]
Young American Runs ‘Til She Drops – Collapses After Every Race
Meet Kayla Montgomery. Remember her name. She is one of the best young distance runners in America. She’s also got multiple sclerosis. She collapses at the end of every race (and training session) as her leg muscles start to burn from inside. She somehow gets through 5,000 metres before finishing and collapsing as her legs […]
Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments 2014 (part 1 of 2)
By Paul Smith on January 2, 2015 in Athletics, Boxing, Canada, Ice Hockey, Ireland, Kiribati, Serbia, Tennis, UK, USA, Wales
Another year of sport packed with great sportsmanship moments. From 280 inspirational stories posted on facebook, we’ve selected the Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments with BBC Radio London. You can hear all 10 best sportsmanship stories on the radio interview (in part 2) or you can read the Top 10 here (this, part 1, covers number 10 to […]
World Champion, Derek Redmond’s Dad’s Sausage Story
Derek Redmond’s big moment Derek Redmond, World Champion & Two Time Olympian (400m) was favourite for gold in Barcelona 1992 Olympics. Derek Redmond had waited and trained and prepared for four agonising years (since 10 minutes before his heat in Seoul 1998 Olympics he injured his achilles tendon and had to withdraw) . So he […]
Top 10 Great Sportsmanship Moments from 2012
By Paul Smith on December 31, 2012 in America, Athletics, Baseball, Celebration, Cricket, England, Football, Golf, Olympics, Spain, sportsmanship, Tennis, UK, Uncategorized, USA, Wales
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 […]
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. […]
London 2012 Olympics – Anyone For Olympism?
By Paul Smith on January 11, 2012 in Athletics, Football, Golf, Hockey, Ice Hockey, Olympics, Rugby, sportsmanship, Tennis, Wrestling
It’s 2012 and here comes the London Oympics, but what about Olympism – the reason the Olympics exist? Olympism was founded by the ancient Greeks. They actively encouraged citizens to develop all of their physical, moral, intellectual, cultural and artistic qualities. London’s St Pancras Station The Olympic Games celebrated this with the Olympic […]
2011 Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments
By Paul Smith on December 31, 2011 in America, Athletics, Canada, Cricket, Croke park, England, France, GAA, Gaelic, Golf, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Romania, Rugby, Uncategorized, USA
Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments of 2011 Romanian captain, Cristian Petre, who after suffering a 67-3 loss to England, was asked by a reporter about the game and replied “I play rugby for happiness.” More The French rugby team won the toss to choose who wears their own home jerseys in the Rugby World Cup Final […]
French Revolutionaries, Kiwi Cup, Springbok Honour & a Romanian Winner
The All Blacks played like the ‘great prophets of doom’ as Bill McLaren once described them as they closed out the fantastic French revolutionaries – a team that was in disarray yet played wonderful rugby (only in the final) while the favourites played a rugged dogged defensive game to nervously win a thrilling Rugby World […]