International Sports

 Introduction:

             International sports are intended to inspire the noble ideal of universal brotherhood and to unify this world under the canopy of sport. The Olympic Games, The Common Wealth games, The Asian games, The World Cup Cricket Tournament, and The World Cup Foot Ball Championships are some of the important international Sports and Games. International sports develop Sportsman spirit, which is needed very much in the present day world where people are divided based on national, regional and racial aspects. A true sportsman is said to be one who is gracious in defeat and humble in victory. A sports man should have magnanimity and a sense of fair play.  Sportsman spirit is a sum total of many qualities like calmness, coolness, modesty, humility, sympathy etc. Above all sportsmanship develops humanism which is the most needed quality in the present day world.

Olympic Game:
            Olympic Games are the past was a festival of the Greek people. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. The old Olympiads were held once in four years and the Greek measured time in terms of the Game. The Olympic Games were not held for some period. But the Olympic Games were revived by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He said that the Games would ennoble and strengthen amateur sports, to give them strength and lasting quality for an essential role in the world of modern education.

Olympic Symbols:

          Olympic symbol comprises five rings linked together to represent the sporting friendship of all the people. The rings also symbolise the continents Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. The Olympic motto is “Citius-Altius-Fortius” meaning faster-higher-stronger. An Olympic flame was ceremonially lighted and burned in a giant torch at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928. The modern version of the flame was adopted in 1936 at the Berlin Games. The Olympic blame symbolises the continuity between the ancient and modern.

Olympic Prizes:

          In ancient times the Olympic heroes received a crown of Olive branches. But in the modern Olympic Games medals and certificates are given to the Olympic champions. A gold medal is given to the winner. A silver medal is given to the athlete in the second place and the third placed athlete wins a bronze medal. In addition to the medals all the athletes ranking from first to sixth receive a certificate. The 26th Olympics were held in Atlanta of the United States in 1996. The 27^th Olympic Games was held in Sydney of Australia in 2000 AD from September 16 to October 1. The 2004 Olympics was held in Athens.

Common Wealth Games:

              The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1978 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.

            Attendance at the Commonwealth Games is typically around 5,000 athletes, which makes it one of the largest international sporting events in terms of participants. Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.

Asian Games:

          The idea of Asian Games was largely the brain-child of late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. The Asiad was held in New Delhi in 1951. There Asian Games are held once in every four years in different countries of Asia in 1998. Asia Games were held in Bangkok of Thailand. The last Asian Games were held in 2002 in South Korea.
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