I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations， and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket， they would have no inclination to meet on the Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games， for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred， one could deduce it from general Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are You play to win， and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to On the village green， where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved， it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise: but as soon as the question of prestige arises， as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose， the most savage combative instincts are Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows At the international level， sport is frankly mimic But the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and， behind the spectators， of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests， and seriously believe --- at any rate for short periods --- that running， jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national
In the Olympic Charter， the IOC "Olympic principles of" articles that have one paragraph: "everyone should enjoy the possibility of sport， and is not subject to any form of discrimination， and reflect the mutual understanding， friendship， solidarity and fair play of the Olympic spirit" In the context of the Olympic movement， "Olympic spirit" has a specific meaning， contents of the Olympic spirit under the Olympic Charter is "mutual understanding， friendship， solidarity and fair play for a long time" The Olympic spirit is "faster， higher， stronger" support and bring up "faster， higher， stronger" is "self-confidence， self-reliance， self-esteem" This is the motive power of the Olympic spirit， sublimation is the realm of the spirit of the Olympic G Olympic Games are not only the world of athletic competition， and a symbol of world peace， friendship and solidarity， which is the spirit of the Olympic G 【体育精神sport spirit】 As is vividly revealed in the picture above ，a football player is conpeting with both his professional skills and sport spirit The meanning of the drawing is of importance to the development of sport Aim of the painter of the drawing can be briefied as To begine with ，it is urgent for some players to cultivate necessary sports At present ，some players are so money-oriented that they ofen sacrifice sports spirits to gaint their personal For instance ，some players take drags prohibited by ICO and some player are involved in notorious sport when players lose their sports spirit，the value of sports has gone what is more，players with both super professional skills and excellent sport spirit are players badly needed at the monent Owing to the more frequent international exchange，we need not only need athelets with wonderful skills to display our rapid growrh of Chinese sports but also want athelets with first-class sport spirits to demostrate our national image and win the world over On the whole ，to keep sustainable development of sports and to establish our internatianal image depend on both the personal skills and sport In my view，effective meassures should be taken to reverse the grim status First of all ，laws and regulatioans must to be set up to curb the player`s misconduct In addition，an education campation should be launched to popularize the sports spirit among athelet ，especially the Only in this way can we really enjoy sports games and win the repects of the
