Source:
https://scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1125754/more-points-stake-liverpool-and-manchester-united-go-head-head
Sport/ Football

More than points at stake as Liverpool and Manchester United go head-to-head

Long-held grudges and malicious desires from some fans may have spelled the end for fair play in the upper echelons of the game

Referee Howard Webb will have his eyes peeled for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez's crude sleight of hand.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines sportsmanship as "fair and generous in one's behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a game or sporting contest".

And it gives an example of the noun's usage - "he has a reputation for fair play and good sportsmanship". If we read the dictionary correctly, then good sportsmen and women should be in possession of athletic talent and exemplary sporting character whenever they take to the field of play.