sportsman

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This week, US President Donald Trump warned Taiwan against declaring independence, the death toll from the outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo continued to rise, and Sir David Beckham became the UK's first billionaire sportsman.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

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

“Your mitt was lost. It’s terrible, but it wasn’t anyone’s fault. A good sportsman would play no matter what.”

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon