Yet another example of "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Earlier this year a female tennis player let her opponent (who was losing in straight sets) win a match because she was too injured to compete in the second round. The girl didn't want to hurt herself further and she knew she couldn't play so she let the other player advance to the next round. Now a soccer team is under scrutiny for allowing the other team to score a goal in the name of fair play. A player was injured and trying to get the ball out of play so he could get assistance. The other team wasn't aware of his injury and took advantage of the situation in order to score a goal. Once they found out what happened, they let the injured player's team score a free goal to make up for it. They are under investigation for cheating.
What is this world coming to???
Links to both stories:
'Fair play' goal in Italy under investigation - Soccer Blog - World Soccer Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Tennis authorities looking into Wozniacki match - Tennis - Yahoo! Sports
What is this world coming to???
Links to both stories:
'Fair play' goal in Italy under investigation - Soccer Blog - World Soccer Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Tennis authorities looking into Wozniacki match - Tennis - Yahoo! Sports