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sport‧ing
1 [only before noun] relating to sports : 
The college offers a wide range of sporting activities.a great sporting achievement Britain's sporting heroes
The college offers a wide range of sporting activities.a great sporting achievementBritain's sporting heroes2 British English someone who is sporting behaves in a fair and generous way during a game or competition and does not try to win in an unfair way [≠ unsporting]: It was very sporting of them to wait until the rest of our team had arrived.
It was very sporting of them to wait until the rest of our team had arrived.3 a fairly good chance of succeeding or winning : I think we've got a sporting chance of winning.
sporting chance (of doing something)
I think we've got a sporting chance of winning. —sportingly adverb British English They sportingly agreed to postpone the race until our boat was repaired.
They sportingly agreed to postpone the race until our boat was repaired.
