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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/english-children-more-competitive.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="English youngsters are more competitive than the Aussies, a survey found" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-english-children-more-competitive.jpg" alt="English youngsters are more competitive than the Aussies, a survey found"/></a></p>
<p>The stereotypical image of the English sportsman who is gracious in defeat and believes in &#8220;fair play&#8221; is not the case for today&#8217;s children.</p>
<p>As England&#8217;s cricketers compete for an historic Ashes win in Australia, a new poll reveals England&#8217;s youngsters are far more competitive than their Australian counterparts.</p>
<p>The poll, commissioned by the Cricket Foundation, found more than four out of five English parents (83%) said their child was competitive, compared with three quarters (75%) of Australian parents.</p>
<p>Twice as many English parents as Australians said they believed winning was the most important thing to their child when playing sport (10% compared with 5%).</p>
<p>The survey questioned more than 1,000 English and Australian parents of children aged six to 16.</p>
<p>The findings show that while more than a fifth (21%) of Australian parents said their child was always gracious in defeat, just one in eight (12%) of English parents said the same thing.</p>
<p>Almost three in 10 (29%) Australian parents said their child was always gracious in victory when they took part in sport while 16.7% of parents of English children said the same.</p>
<p>Wasim Khan, chief executive of the Cricket Foundation, said: &#8220;The survey challenges certain stereotypes, while highlighting the benefits of competitive sport.</p>
<p>&#8220;We hope that the England cricket team can continue to lift the nation this winter and inspire the next generation of Ashes winners.&#8221;</p>
<p>The foundation runs the Chance to Shine campaign to educate children through cricket.</p>
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