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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.
Since every sport is rule-driven, the most common offence of bad sportsmanship is the act of cheating or breaking the rules to gain an unfair advantage; this is called unsportsmanlike conduct. [6] A competitor who exhibits poor sportsmanship after losing a game or contest is often called a "sore loser", while a competitor who exhibits poor ...
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Under the Rules and Regulations of Tennis, [1] when a player violates a rule or does not follow the tennis code of conduct, the umpire or tournament official can issue one of the following (Section IV, Article C, Item 18 – "Unsportsmanlike Conduct"): "Point Penalty" "Suspension Point" Generally, this results in the following escalation:
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NFL confirmed Wednesday it has fined the Detroit Lions and New York Giants $200,000 each for excessive fighting and unsportsmanlike conduct during joint practices ...
The NFL fined Seattle Seahawks practice squad offensive lineman Joey Hunt $1,610 for unsportsmanlike conduct for his role in a sideline scuffle with Philadelphia Eagles receiver A.J. Brown, ESPN's ...
An offensive player who intentionally hangs on the backboard, unless it is legal for safety reasons, is fined $500 but is only assessed a non-unsportsmanlike conduct technical foul. Technical fouls assessed for a player foul penalty situation caused by an offensive foul still result in one free throw.
Tushishvili received a red card, the highest penalty, for his unsportsmanlike actions. Georgia's Guram Tushishvili touches France's Teddy Riner's face after the loss — another unsportsmanlike ...