Sportive

Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie is one of Algeria's best soccer teams.

You know how impetuous our friend is ordinarily, what a soul of restlessness and energy, never content unless he is rushing at some object, like a sportive bull at a red shawl; but amiable withal.

In French, US is an abbreviation of "Union Sportive."

Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court?

Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.