sportsman
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Former Manchester United and England star David Beckham has become Britain's first billionaire sportsman, according to the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“A lot of people paint me as a moderate because I’m a sportsman and I have a deer rifle and I go duck hunting and stuff like that.”
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
Uganda’s Idi Amin tried to use boxing and his image as a sportsman to build popularity and distract from his regime’s repression in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
Being a sportsman, doing stuff like this and just being myself, letting my emotions out - especially the Leeds crowd.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
I was a more active sportsman than I had been at Healdtown.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Dubbed 'King Kazu' in Japan, he is one of the country's most loved sportsmen and was the face of the J League when it launched in 1993.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Heraskevych insisted he would continue to wear the helmet, which carries pictures of Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, during the men's skeleton heats on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Derbyshire, who is one of a small number of openly gay sportsmen, says his pre-race routines are "never pre-planned", nor did he begin them with social media fame in mind.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
“For centuries these rugged but elegant athletes have been the pride of Hungarian sportsmen, and their popularity in America increases with each passing year,” according to the American Kennel Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
“I now own an airplane, Miyax. It’s the only way to hunt today. The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone; but sportsmen can still hunt from planes.”
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
