sportsman
క్రీడాకారుడు
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noun
An athlete and sportsman , he played football (as a goalkeeper), skied and was an avid theatregoer, at one time he even considered becoming an actor.
a man who takes part in a sport, especially as a professional.
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Still, he has a knowing charm, a 'sportsman' 's physique and the gift of the gab.
An athlete and 'sportsman' , he played football (as a goalkeeper), skied and was an avid theatregoer, at one time he even considered becoming an actor.
During the 1930s he spent time in Spain and Africa and resided in Key West, Florida, where he gained a reputation as a 'sportsman' and athlete.
A different footballing culture, combined with a couple of ‘incidents’ that the Italians didn't find becoming of a professional 'sportsman' , led to his return to England.
During his 16-year career as a professional 'sportsman' , Moran put his BComm from UCD and his accountancy qualification to good use.
Perhaps because he had been a champion 'sportsman' in Europe, he idealised the athletic male body in his early sculptures.
Smith also enjoyed the Hurricanes' recent trip to South Africa, it was much better being over there as a 'sportsman' rather than a tourist.
Hemingway was a keen 'sportsman' but he was fond of blood sports.
A keen 'sportsman' , he plays tennis and golf, as well as being an enthusiastic canoeist and sailor.
As a young man, he had striven to prove himself physically as a 'sportsman' .
His mother was a piano teacher, his father an official at a mine outside Johannesburg and a keen amateur 'sportsman' (becoming South African marathon champion, no less).
He is now the highest-earning 'sportsman' in the world and is expected to become a billionaire - the first sports person to achieve this - within the next decade.
Indeed, the interviews are very puffy, never once giving us real insight into the psyche and/or soul of a seasoned professional 'sportsman' .
It might have been about having a choice between behaving like a 'sportsman' or behaving like a boor and doing the latter because it suited him at the time.
Among the draperies and furniture upholstered in this redundancy of plaids are other tropes of the 'sportsman' 's lodge - chandeliers, racks of antlers, hunting prints framed in plaids.
he's a keen 'sportsman'
A ‘gillie’, by the by, was originally an attendant on a Highland chief, but by the nineteenth century was a 'sportsman' 's attendant.
We look for good 'sportsmanship' , too, among both winners and losers.
We're all adults here and I think everyone is 'sportsmanlike' and takes it all in stride.
Afterwards, all the contenders did the 'sportsmanlike' thing and praised each other.
Susan soon extended her tiny hand across the board for a 'sportsmanlike' victory shake.
It's an outrageous act of poor 'sportsmanship' , which of course, makes for great comedy.
To begin your marketing adventure, head West, where 32 percent of all zealous American outdoor 'sportsmen' live.
The nation sees its self-respect, its status, its success and failure, in the performance of a small number of young 'sportsmen' on a field of play.
But being part of the program taught her even more about teamwork, social responsibility, and good 'sportsmanship' .
Then I accept, confidant that the loser will act with the utmost dignified show of 'sportsmanship' .
Ice tobogganing is another thrilling sport which only an élite of 'sportsmen' practise, although most of us have seen it on TV.
Despite being one of the best paid 'sportsmen' of a generation, he was declared bankrupt just one year after playing his last professional match.
The old adage of practice makes perfect applies here, that these 'sportsmen' who now play almost all year long must also practice more than ever before.
We assimilate the most profound values of our culture through play, and we learn excellence, humility, teamwork, and 'sportsmanship' .
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