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- noun Plural form of
sportsperson .
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Examples
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Do the personalities of sportspeople yes women play sports too believe it or not really matter?
Why are English sporting heroes so dull? | Kevin McKenna 2011
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If the point of the feeble column is to suggest by hardly hidden proxy that the English "love" for "dull" sportspeople is some kind of mass unconcious way of showing that it is actually England that is dull, then it is utter rubbish.
Why are English sporting heroes so dull? | Kevin McKenna 2011
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It is the kind of ‘peak experience’ often reported by artists or sportspeople, when there is a perfect match between performance challenge and available skill.
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Since Twitter seems to be rebounding on some of those top sportspeople who leapt at the chance to "interact" with fans, perhaps some of them will take another look at the old-school method by which their predecessors made themselves accessible to their followers.
A walk down memory lane reminds us of Ferrari's snub to Stirling Moss | Richard Williams 2011
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He said that although the shooting was legal, deer lovers were becoming increasingly worried about the number of rich sportspeople coming to Exmoor to shoot its finest stags as trophies.
Giant red stag Exmoor Emperor shot dead Sam Jones 2010
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Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan and 18 other sportspeople received the Arjuna Award in August for consistently outstanding performances in sport.
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If you get sportspeople in positions of power, you get automatic bias.
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If you get sportspeople in positions of power, you get automatic bias.
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Lots of sportspeople live there and so it's more relaxed.
Australian Open 2011: Caroline Wozniacki determined to win first slam 2011
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Boycott is wasted on cricket commentating – he should be set to work by the Samaritans, talking depressed sportspeople down from ledges.
Geoff Boycott's sensitive side… it's so well hidden | Barbara Ellen 2011
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