5 greatest sportsmanship moments in football

Oliver Kahn

When you have won the greatest prize in club football, your first instinct is to celebrate, considering such moments come but only a few times. But for Oliver Kahn, it was more important to console his opposite number.

After their win over Valencia in the UEFA Champions League final through penalties, while the rest of the team was celebrating, he walked over to Valencia’s goalkeeper Santiago Canizares, who was distraught and inconsolable. Knowing full well he could have been in the place of Canizare, he tried to talk with him, and seeing him, a few other players came over as well. This will perhaps remain one of the enduring sights in the great man’s career!