Sports is one of the main medium to establish nation’s identity and helps to form cordial relationship between countries.
It also paves way and gives a platform to voice out the problems and helps the depressed and backward nation’s to be heard.
Sports arena are one of the main areas where many cold wars and tension between two countries are unofficially solved.
One best example to prove that sports plays an important role in national unity, peace and integration can be of the US-CHINA RELATIONS.
Sports diplomacy is nowadays becoming more popular as many countries which are considered backward and undeserving are voicing out and creating an identity for themselves to becom a global competitor.
Each country has their own kind of sports in which they expel than others.For instance, China is well known for badminton,Canada for ice hockey, Australia for cricket and so on…
Various nations compete in international areana like the Olympics and the world championships to prove their talents and also use it an opportunity to voice out the concerns which are looming over their countries .
One of the best example for the above said is the 1968 Olympics where the two African-American athletes raise their black gloved fists in showcasing the global problem of black poverty.
There are many such instances where such platforms are used to raise global concerns.So without an ounce of doubt sports not only helps national unity and integration but also helps in solving many political and social problems which are faced worldwide🏅
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