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A yellow card being given in a game of handball. Unsportsmanlike conduct (also called untrustworthy behaviour or ungentlemanly fraudulent or bad sportsmanship or poor sportsmanship or anti fair-play) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and participant conduct.
In basketball, a foul is an infraction of the rules more serious than a violation. Most fouls occur as a result of illegal personal contact with an opponent and/or unsportsmanlike behavior. Fouls can result in one or more of the following penalties: The team whose player committed the foul loses possession of the ball to the other team.
In various sports, a forfeit is a method in which a match automatically ends, and the forfeiting team loses.. There are two distinct forms of forfeiture. One occurs when a team is unable (or refuses) to meet the basic standards for playing the game, either before the game begins or as a result of actions that happen during the match.
The NBA defines a flop as "an attempt to either fool referees into calling undeserved fouls or fool fans into thinking the referees missed a foul call by exaggerating the effect of contact with an ...
Today, high school basketball (NFHS in the United States) provides for two free throws and possession of the ball at the division line opposite the scorer's table, regardless of circumstances, for a technical foul. International basketball provides a similar penalty. Before the 2015–16 season, college basketball awarded two shots for all ...
Readers give Dispatch sports editor Brian White their takes on basketball, major league ballparks and more.
A ridiculous technical foul was called in the second half of this evening’s NCAA Tournament second round game between No. 3 Arkansas and No. 6 Texas Tech. Arkansas freshman guard Davonte Davis ...
Also called a "charging foul." Flagrant foul – An unsportsmanlike foul in which there is no serious attempt to play the ball. Personal foul – A breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. It is the most common type of foul in basketball.