Sentence examples for sporting icon from inspiring English sources

They were really not geared or didn't know how to handle a female sporting icon.

A rich man and a sporting icon, he started his own foundation to build a hospital.

In most countries, Joe Marston would be a household name and a sporting icon.

Pistorius, formerly a national hero and sporting icon, has kept a low profile since Ms Steenkamp's death.

Which other sporting icon has appeared in a Van Morrison lyric, in a Howard Brenton play, and on Spitting Image?

Formerly a national hero and sporting icon, he faces life imprisonment with a minimum of 25 years before parole if convicted on the main charge.

The jury was told that Sporting Icons sold not just sporting memorabilia.

Andy Murray in tennis, these big sporting icons can draw people into sport".

I think sporting icons like him can do a lot to lift up people".

Regardless of today's result, Fanning has long been on a path towards recognition among our greatest sporting icons.

"Sporting icons take a risk when taking up a political stance and nobody did so more controversially than Ali.