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Being a Sport. Cheats Never Beat. If we want someone to be fair or to do the right thing we say…. “Be a sport!”. Cheats Never Beat. We admire sporting superstars Not only for their ability But also for being honest and playing fair. Cheats Never Beat.
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Being a Sport Cheats Never Beat
If we want someone to be fair or to do the right thing we say…. • “Be a sport!”
Cheats Never Beat • We admire sporting superstars • Not only for their ability • But also for being honest and playing fair
Cheats Never Beat • It takes strength of character to play hard and to play within the rules.
Cheats Never Beat • It takes discipline to tackle hard but to tackle fairly.
Cheats Never Beat • It takes commitment to practise your skills and to train hard to be as good as you can be. • To do less is to cheat yourself and to cheat your teammates.
Cheats Never Beat • Practising hard brings its own rewards.
Cheats Never Beat • The best players show respect for opponents before, during and after the game. • Showing respect for opponents shows respect for the game and respect for yourself.
Cheats Never Beat • If you show all these qualities, • everyone will respect you.
Cheats Never Beat • The modern Olympics were created by Pierre de Coubertin • He believed in the spirit of fair competition • Unfortunately ….
Cheats Never Beat • …. not everyone in sport has always lived up to Coubertin’s high standards of honesty.
Cheats Never Beat • Their most famous player was ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson.
Cheats Never Beat • In the World Series Final of 1919 Joe and seven other White Sox players took bribes to lose to the Cincinnati Reds.
Cheats Never Beat • The players were found guilty in court. • On their way out, a young boy called to Jackson • “Say it ain’t so, Joe!” • The phrase became one of the most famous in American sports history.
Cheats Never Beat • The hardest race in athletics is the Marathon. • Competitors run for over 26 miles!
Cheats Never Beat • At the St Louis Olympic Games of 1904 • Fred Lorz was the first to cross the finishing line • Before he received his gold medal….
Cheats Never Beat • …it was discovered he had hitched a lift and travelled 11 miles by car! • This is what inspired this cartoon
Cheats Never Beat • Boris Onischenko was an army officer from the Ukraine. • He won a silver medal in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. • He entered the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Cheats Never Beat • In a fencing competition • Onischenko wired his sword so that when he touched a trigger, the sword buzzed as if he had made a hit on his opponent.
Cheats Never Beat • Boris Onischenko was discovered and sent home in disgrace.
Cheats Never Beat • At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico • Argentina won the final.
Cheats Never Beat • But in the quarter final against England • Diego Maradona cheated by handling a goal. • He later said: • “It was the hand of God!” • His cheated ‘hand of God’ goal is remembered better than the brilliant goal that he scored later in the same game.
Cheats Never Beat • In the 1988 Seoul Olympics • Ben Johnson broke the world record for the 100 metre sprint.
Cheats Never Beat • Later, a drugs test showed that Johnson had cheated. • He had been taking a banned drug. • The drugs made him run faster… • …but would ruin his health.
Cheats Never Beat • In 1981 the Australian cricketer Trevor Chappell was instructed by his captain (also his brother!) to bowl underarm so that the New Zealand batsman Brian Mackechnie could not hit a six off the last ball of the match.
Cheats Never Beat • Although not against the rules the cricket authorities quickly outlawed underarm bowling to stop unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Cheats Never Beat • In 2009 Harlequins Rugby Union Club faked a blood injury to winger Tom Williams so they could falsely substitute him to bring on a substitute who could kick a winning goal.
Cheats Never Beat • In 1916, B Eastwood of Crosland Moor Bowling Club played badly on purpose. He was trying to lose a bowls match at Dalton so that his friend could win a bet. • He was banned for life from playing bowls in Huddersfield.
Big G says: • “Cheats lose the most important things in life… • …their reputation and their good name!”