Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat.

Cheating

Key principles of sport include that the result should not be predetermined, and that both sides should have equal opportunity to win. Rules are in place to ensure that fair play to occur, but participants can break these rules in order to gain advantage.

Doping and drugs

The competitive nature of sport encourages some participants to attempt to enhance their performance through the use of medicines, or through other means such as increasing the volume of blood in their bodies through artificial means.

Violence

Violence in sports involves crossing the line between fair competition and intentional aggressive violence. Athletes, coaches, fans, and parents sometimes unleash violent behaviour on people or property, in misguided shows of loyalty, dominance, anger, or celebration.

Spectator involvement

The competition element of sport, along with the aesthetic appeal of some sports, result in the popularity of people attending to watch sport being played. This has led to the specific phenomenon of spectator sport.

jeudi 28 avril 2016

NHL draft: A decade of Canadian hits and misses

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The NHL entry draft will draw a lot of attention from Canadian NHL fans, but the past decade has shown that a high draft pick doesn't always translate to success.



mercredi 27 avril 2016

Chelsea Carey upset at curlings' Champions Cup

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Chelsea Carey suffered an upset defeat to the reigning world junior champions in Sherwood Park, Alta., Wednesday evening.



Portland's strong 4th quarter leaves Clippers facing elimination

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CJ McCollum scored 27 points, Damian Lillard added 16 of his 22 in the fourth quarter when Portland pulled away, and the Trail Blazers capitalized on the absence of injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-98 on Wednesday night in Game 5 their first-round series.



Warriors send Rockets packing with Curry in street clothes

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Klay Thompson scored 27 points with seven three-pointers and the Golden State Warriors rolled into the second round of the playoffs without injured superstar Stephen Curry, thoroughly embarrassing the Houston Rockets 114-81 on Wednesday night in Game 5.



Predators hang on to beat Ducks in Game 7

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Pekka Rinne made 36 saves for the wild-card Nashville Predators, who rallied from a 3-2 series deficit and ousted the Pacific Division champion Anaheim Ducks with a gritty road victory on Wednesday to earn just the third playoff series victory in team history.



Hornets sting Heat in dying seconds

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Courtney Lee's 3-pointer with 25.2 seconds left put Charlotte ahead to stay, and the Hornets beat the Miami Heat 90-88 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.



Isles' Capuano bleeds for his boys

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New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano left the game for a few minutes after taking a ricochet puck to the nose with his team up 4-2 in the second half of the third period Wednesday in Tampa.