Sportsmanship includes friendship + respect+ integrity + humility & even kindness (the new super power) and more. Despite the destabilised world we live in, and despite FIFA’s over-commercialisation and, IMO, abuse of the rules – there were many magical sportsmanship moments in this World Cup. Here’s our Top 10 in reverse order…. we’ll start with … 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
Here are the Top Ten Sportsmanship Moments 2023 in reverse order. You can listen to these 10 x 1 minute stories presented by myself, PR Smith and hosted by BBC Radio London sports show anchorman, Phil Parry. And/or you can read them below (plus watch some videos relating to some of the stories): in 10th … Read more
This could change your life and the world around you….. here is a 7 minute video about the power of smiling by Ron Gutman. See how athletes feel about smiling and how it can help them. Why does everyone Olympic Champion British Boxer, Nicola Adams? She was a truly great boxer, but she also … Read more
You can listen to the Top Ten Sportsmanship Moments 2021 on BBC Radio London here (click ‘play’ below) and/or see the full details, photos and videos. Top 10 Sportsmanship Moments 2021 10th Place: Indian Captain Grabs English Captain’s Leg During Cricket Test Feb 2021 India’s captain, Virat Kholis, won a standing ovation with his … Read more
We are giving away free Edutainment Packs for kids (& parents at home) to help to entertain (& educate simultaneously) children who may become, sad, angry, lonely, worried or just bored. These videos, audio recordings, text stories, quizzes, crosswords stimulate children (& parents) to feel good after discovering these inspirational stories. These intriguing short stories … Read more
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 … Read more
In part 1 we covered the 10th best to the 6th bets sportsmanship moments which included tennis, ice-hockey, boxing, weightlifting and athletics. Now we announce the Top 5, starting with football…. 5. A Sombre Yet Beautiful Football Moment And it’s not World Cup 2014 (which had so many wonderful moments of sportsmanship like Ghana’s goal … Read more
Glasgow was a city divided by two football teams, two beliefs, two religions, two cultures with fierce animosity over the years. However much work has been done by open-minded people from both sides to unite youngsters and rid us of out-dated bigotry. Rangers, Ally Dawson & Celtic’s David Hay hold the Great Moments Of Sportsmanship … Read more
Can a man throwing a spear stop a war? Can a woman reading a poem stop a war? Can sworn enemies become friends just for two weeks every four years? The answer is ‘Yes, Yes and Yes!’ And it’s been going on for some time ….in fact over a thousand years…….. How Sportsmanship Can Change … Read more