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- noun Plural form of
sportsperson .
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Examples
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All these institutions will be made to recognise that our sportspersons are the most important entity in our strategy to achieve excellence in sports.
REFLECTIONS 2009
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The tax will be applicable to all payments by South African residents to foreign entertainers and "sportspersons" performing in
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China's budget for preparing its sportspersons for these Games alone probably exceeded India's expenditure on all Olympic training in the last sixty years.
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It has become such a huge crime, that the intellects from all walks of life have obliged us by making us realise how irresponsible we are as sportspersons and as citizens of this civilised world.
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The point about whether modern sportspersons are better than old time sportspersons is neither here nor there.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Is this the sorry state that former sportspersons with achievements that merit applause are reduced to?
From Chess King to Pauper Jan 2008
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Is this the sorry state that former sportspersons with achievements that merit applause are reduced to?
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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Most of the leading chess players from Maharashtra have pitched in with donations, while a few politicians and other sportspersons from Nagpur have also contributed, according to a release by the NDCA.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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If such a situation arises there is a duty on both sides to step back and reflect, and on reflection, revert to the original mutual respect in the manner similar to that of sportspersons shaking hands after a gruelling duel.
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Most of the leading chess players from Maharashtra have pitched in with donations, while a few politicians and other sportspersons from Nagpur have also contributed, according to a release by the NDCA.
From Chess King to Pauper Jan 2008
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