Meaning pls "sporting"&"to"

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1)Hungarians were sporting enough to tell which women they admire enough
to be like if they had a chance.
2)sure,pakistanis r playing mind games but they r also sporting enough
to acknowledge a good player when they see one-even if it is from
across the border.
from these above 2 sentences pls tell me the meaning of
"SPORTING"

in 1st sentence sporting enough to tell in this what does
"To" signify.CAN'T WE PUT "BY" INSTEAD OF "TO"

in 2nd sentence sporting enough to acknowledge in this what does
"TO" signify.CAN'T WE PUT "BY" INSTEAD OF "TO"

PLS REPLY TO ME ASAP

THANKS.

Suzi · Accepted Answer

I must say, with my teacher's hat on I would mark the first sentence as quite incoherent, and not a well structured sentence at all.

Never the less .......

The phrase: "sporting enough to" refers to some ideal of sportsmanship - an ideal of behaviour which good sportsmen are supposed to demonstrate. This relates more to ideals from cricket than wrestling! It suggsets decent behaviour, and can be used in non-sprts contexts as well as with direct reference to sporty matters.

It has to be "to" because the next bit has to be a verb; the "to" is really a bit of the infinitive of whatever verb you tag onto it - in this case you've used "tell" and "acknowledge".

Meaning pls "sporting"&"to"

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