Fair play or Fairplay usually refers to

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. Fair play or Fairplay may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Fair Play'' (1925 film), an American silent film * ''Fair Play'', a 1972 TV movie starring

Paul Ford Paul Ford Weaver (November 2, 1901 – April 12, 1976) was an American character actor and comedian, comedic actor who came to specialize in portraying authority figures whose ineptitude and pompous demeanor were played for comic effect, notabl ...

* ''Fair Play'' (2014 film), a Czech drama * ''Fair Play'' (2023 film), an American erotic thriller film * ''Fairplay'' (2022 film), a Swiss-French short film * ''Fair Play'' (novel) (''Rent spel''), by Finnish author Tove Jansson * ''Fair Play'', a 2021 play by Ella Road * "Fair Play" (song), a song by Van Morrison from his 1974 album ''Veedon Fleece'' * "Fairplay", a song by Soul II Soul from their 1989 album '' Club Classics Vol. One''

Sports

Fair and unfair play Law 41 of the Laws of Cricket covers unfair play. This law has developed and expanded over time as various incidents of real life unfair play have been legislated against. The first section of Law 41 makes clear that the captains of the two ...

, in cricket * Fairplay Index, a ranking system in rugby * FIFA Fair Play campaign, a program to increase sportsmanship in association football ** FIFA Fair Play Trophy (disambiguation), a World Cup association football Finals award given for sportsmanship **

FIFA Fair Play Award The FIFA Fair Play Award is a FIFA recognition of exemplary behaviour that promotes the spirit of fair play and compassion in :association football around the world. First awarded in 1987, it has been presented to individuals (including posthu ...

, a formal recognition of good sportsmanship in association football in general *

UEFA Fair Play ranking The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations. Qualific ...

, a ranking system used by the Union of European Football Associations *

UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations The UEFA Financial Sustainability Regulations are a set of regulations established by UEFA to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success, and in doing so not getting into financial problems which m ...

Fair Play (horse) Fair Play (April 1, 1905 – December 17, 1929) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without ride ...

, an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse *

KK Fair Play Košarkaški klub Fair Play ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Фер Плеј), commonly referred to as KK Fair Play, was a men's basketball club based in Niš, Serbia. In 2021, it was merged into Subotica-based team Spartak. History I ...

, a defunct basketball club in Serbia

United States place names

* Fair Play, California ** Fair Play AVA, a wine region *

Fairplay, Colorado Fairplay is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town, statutory town that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Park County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 724 a ...

Fairplay, Douglas County, Georgia Fairplay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,267. Demographics Fairplay first appeared as a census ...

Fairplay, Kentucky Fairplay is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It ...

Fairplay, Maryland Fairplay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 580 as of the 2010 census. It is sometimes recognized, along with neighboring Tilghmanton, as Fairplay-T ...

Fair Play, Missouri Fair Play is a city in western Polk County, Missouri, United States. The population was 475 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The first post office in Fair Play was established ...

Fair Play, New Jersey Fair Play is a rural unincorporated community in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is just south of Disbrow Hill and north of Rocky Brook on County Route 1 (Perrineville Road) at Fairplay Road, west of P ...

Fairplay, Ohio Fairplay is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylv ...

Fairplay, Pennsylvania Fairplay is a populated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located between the Gettysburg Battlefield and the Mason–Dixon line at the intersection of U.S. Route 15 and the Emmitsburg Road, near Marsh Creek, in Freedom ...

Fair Play, South Carolina Fair Play is a census-designated place located in Oconee County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. A small portion of the CDP extends into Anderson County. As of the 2020 census, the population of Fair Play was 704. Geography Fair Play is ...

Fair Play, Texas Fair Play (sometimes written as "Fairplay") is an unincorporated community in Panola County, in the U.S. state of Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region o ...

* Fair Play, Wisconsin *

Fairplay Township, Greene County, Indiana Fairplay Township is one of fifteen townships in Greene County, Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to th ...

* Fairplay Township, Marion County, Kansas

Other uses

Fair Play for Cuba Committee The Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) was an activist group set up in New York City by Robert Taber in April 1960. The FPCC's purpose was to provide grassroots support for the Cuban Revolution against attacks by the United States government. I ...

, a 1960s United States activist group *

Fair Play Men The Fair Play Men were illegal settlers (squatters) who established their own system of self-rule from 1773 to 1785 in the West Branch Susquehanna River valley of Pennsylvania in what is now the United States. Because they settled in territory clai ...

, 18th century Pennsylvania area squatters *

FairPlay FairPlay is a family of digital rights management (DRM) technologies developed by Apple Inc. for protecting videos, books and apps and historically for music. Music The initial version of FairPlay was created to protect music on the iTunes S ...

, a digital rights management system from Apple Inc. * ''Fairplay'' (magazine), a shipping news publication *

Jonny Fairplay Jonny Fairplay (born Jon Dalton, March 11, 1974) is an American former art consultant, professional wrestler, and reality television personality. He has twice competed on the reality competition TV show ''Survivor'', coming in third place on the ...

(Jon Dalton, born 1974), participant on the reality TV show ''Survivor: Pearl Islands'' *

Chwarae Teg was a charity in Wales supporting the economic development of women, as well as working with businesses and organisations to develop and improve working practices. It ceased operation in 2023. History Chwarae Teg was launched by a consortium ...

(Welsh for ''fair play''), a charity organisation in Wales * "Fair Play", the slogan on the costumes of the DC Comics superheroes Mister Terrific *

Operation Fair Play The 1977 Pakistani military coup (codenamed Operation Fair Play) was the second military coup in the history of Pakistan. Taking place on 5 July 1977, it was carried out by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the chief of army staff, overthrowing the gover ...

, 1977 coup in Pakistan

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