a sporting chance

a good chance that something will happen, although it is not certain It's by no means definite but there's a sporting chance he'll get the job.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Odette	[əu'det]
Dariush	-	Persian
Marit	-	Swedish, Norwegian
Sybil	['sibil]
Svyatoslav	svyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Domenic	DAHM-ə-nik	English