Greetings again, it’s that time of year to reflect on our Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments in 2024. You can either read the stories and watch the videos, or listen to the Top 10 recorded with BBC Radio London here. Thanks to Phil Parry, BBC Radio London Sports Show anchor man. As in previous years … Read more
1. Cuban Wrestler – Leaves His Boots in the Ring Mijaín López, the Olympic Champion of the heaviest Greco-Roman wrestling weight class bent down on his right knee, untied his boot lace and took off his left boot. The crowd start to applaud. He looks up humbly. Then he switches knees and unties his right … Read more
Euro 2024, held in Germany produced many great moments of sportsmanship. Here’s our Top 5 (in reverse order). 5th Georgian shakes hands with Portuguese before celebrating The 2024 European championships in Germany has produced some shocks but none more so than when Georgia beat Portugal 2-0 in the group stage. Then, that special … Read more
Part 1 has five moments from 10th best sportsmanship moment to 6th best. This is Part 2, which reveals the 5th best moment to the number one sportsmanship moment of 2019. By the way, you can also listen to all of these Top 10 stories on BBC Radio London’s annual interview with PR Smith, hosted … Read more
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 … 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
With over 700 million working days being lost in India during the Cricket World Cup, then this happens. Arch enemies, India and Pakistan, meet in the semi finals and effectively bring both countries to a stand as over one billion people watched the match on television. One man offered to sell his liver for a … Read more