Sportsmanship is a great tradition in sports and competition that means playing clean and handling both victory and defeat with grace style and dignity.

Athletes see it happen and experience it all the time. Football players exchange jerseys at the end of a grueling 90 minutes. Boxers hug at the end of a match where they did their utmost to knock one another out. Winners and losers shake hands after a competitive event.

Sportsmen and women behave this way because they believe in this “golden rule” of sports. It is nothing more than being treated like one wants to be treated, that is with respect to oneself, to the rules of the game, to one’s teammates and opponents, coaches and game officials as well as supporters and spectators.

Sportsmanship, on and off the field of play, always has a positive effect on everyone around us.”