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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Former Somali refugee, Mohamed Farah, made Britain proud when he won gold in the 5,000 metres World Athletic Championships. Arch rival, Kenyan, Paul Lagat (representing USA) was the first to embrace him and congratulate him. Sportsmanship prevails also. Farah arrived in England when he was just 8 years old and hardly spoke any English. His … Read more
During a recent BBC Radio 5 Live interview this Wigan fan shocked us all with his absolutely magnificent selfless sportsmanship gesture of all time……… During the interview I was moaning about the French footballer, Henri handling the ball (see 3 Wise Men) and demanding a replay in the name of Fair Play (as well as … Read more