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Britain 'losing sense of fair play' in sport
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WE GAVE the world football, golf, rugby and many more sports, and
Britain's pioneering Corinthian spirit saw us recognised around the
world as the home of fair play.
The phrase that something "isn't cricket" proved that Britain was
exemplary, but now the government's own sports agency admits that we
are no longer the home of the sporting ethic, and our title has been
usurped by Australia.
According to the authors of a new report into ethical conduct in
sport, Britain now lags b...
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