The World of Sport

This report explores the world of sports and its significance in personal growth and development. It discusses the importance of sports in maintaining physical fitness and mental well-being. It also highlights global sports events such as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, and the role of governing bodies in regulating sports.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
Main Body...................................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERNCES..............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Sports is important for keeping the body healthy and fit. There are various types of sports
such as football, cricket, tennis and more are recognized across the world. Sports is not only
important for personal health while it also play a crucial role in economic development
(Buckthorpe, Frizziero and Roi, 2019). There are some sports events such as Olympics, Common
wealth games and more are organized at international level. Under these, global events a lot of
games are played by sports person. The present report is based on world of sports under which a
lot of information related to sports have been included significantly.
Main Body
Sports is an activity which helps to keep individuals fit and healthy. It is also essential for
living a peaceful and healthy lifestyle. Sports brings positive energy for people by reducing
down the stress. It is the activity which is vital for maintaining proper physique & positive
mentality. It is examines that sports person tend to be more active and healthy than a normal
human being. There are a lot of advantages of involving in sports as it not only improve physical
fitness but also helps in building stable mental well being of an individual. This is a reason that
sports is also given importance in academics. Schools and Universities add sports in extra
curriculum activities which are vital for overall development of student. It is analyzed that
studies are not only enough for overall development of students. They also need to be involve in
other activities for stay fit as well as healthy during academics. There is no predefined time for
playing sports. A person belong to any age group can play as it only depends on the willingness
of individual.
There are different type of sports are played at global level such as chess, basket ball,
football, cricket, tennis and more. Now, sports are not restricted towards the boundary of a
particular country rather it has gain international recognition. Cricket, Chess, Football are some
examples of those games which are played at international level. In addition to this, it also liked
by individuals of different countries (Kane, 2016). In present time, individuals also adopt spots
as full time profession due to increasing popularity of sports at global level. There are a lot of
international and national players who are not only recognized in home country but across the

world. So, sports is also a way to strengthen the relationship between two countries. By this way,
a country can make its positive image across the world. There are various sports related events
such Olympics, Common wealth games, FIFA world cup and more are organized over the period
of time. Sports person from different countries take part in these events. There are a lot of games
such as weight lifting, shooting, table tennis; chess are organized under such events. It provides
an opportunity to players to depict their talent and proud their nation across world. Here,
Olympic are help in every four year in which athletes of different nation participate significantly.
In Olympic games, sports person nearly from 200 nation take part together. It is organize in
different countries depending upon infrastructure and other factors. So, these global events of
sports also provide an opportunity of cultural diversity (Bale and Cronin, 2020). Here, people of
different countries interact with each other and gain familiarity with culture, values prevailing
within other countries which is vital for maintaining healthy relationship between different
nations across the globe.
In sports, there is requirement for some regulations in order to prevent any inappropriate
malpractices. For this purpose, there are some laws, rules and regulations are prepared by
governing authorities which need to follow by all sports person significantly. Three are different
governing bodies for different sports which formulate necessary norms for respective sport. It is
necessary due to internationalization of sports. Now, there are different countries involved in
sports event and individuals also have been started of taking sports as their profession. So, there
is need of having proper guidelines which provide guidance to each and every person engage in
sports. Governance is also helpful in minimizing faults and inappropriate activities within sports
which will help in bringing systematic procedure within sports (Woods and Butler, 2020). For
instance, there is International Olympic committee which keeps control over the activities related
to Olympic event. Apart from this, countries can also formulate their own governing bodies for
managing and controlling sports event. Likewise, FIFA is a global body which regulates as well
as control all the activities related to Football. By having an international body to manage the
whole event it is easy to bring uniformity within sports which is essential in minimizing any kind
of ambiguity and confusion. These governing bodies formulate all the rules by considering
maximum benefit of sports person who are taking part in event. They are also liable to make
necessary arrangements and ensure that there is no biased behavior prevailing during the
decisions. These organizations make sure that all the participants play correctly and in fair

manner. These are also essential in bringing formalization in sports. Without presence of any
governing body, it is quiet difficult to trace inappropriate practice and imply necessary rules &
regulations. The rules are generally determined by governing body which need to obey by all
participants as well as national bodies. These federations make sure that norms are implied in
prescribed manner and no participant involve in any inappropriate practice.

CONCLUSION
With above discussion, it is summarized that sports are important from the perspective of
personal growth and development. It helps to keep an individual healthy and fit which is vital for
long and prosper life. Due to this, now sports event are recognized at international level by
organizing global sports events such as Olympic, Common wealth games and more. There are
some governing bodies which are responsible for keeping appropriate control over sports.

REFERNCES
Books and Journals
Bale, J. and Cronin, M. eds., 2020. Sport and postcolonialism. Routledge.
Buckthorpe, M., Frizziero, A. and Roi, G.S., 2019. Update on functional recovery process for the
injured athlete: return to sport continuum redefined.
Kane, M.J., 2016. A socio-cultural examination of a lack of women coaches in sport leadership
positions. Women in sports coaching, pp.35-48.
Woods, R. and Butler, B.N., 2020. Social issues in sport. Human Kinetics Publishers.