Sport is an integral part of human culture. Sports activity contributes to physical improvement, the development of the individual and society as a whole. Through physical education, the needs are satisfied not only for entertainment, play and communication, but also for other types of social activity.
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Sports activities are based on purposeful activity associated with physical activity. The inclusion of a person in physical education and sports promotes socialization, forms skills and abilities that are important for other types of activity. This is especially true for those sports in which a person acts as part of a team.
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Sport is a whole complex of material and spiritual values of social importance. This set includes, in particular, sports facilities intended for training and mass observation of sports competitions. In modern society, stadiums and other sports complexes become part of the architectural appearance of cities, forming an infrastructure for recreation and tourism.
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The spiritual values of sports include information support for the activities of athletes, the advertising industry, works of art that reflect various aspects of sports life. The spiritual component of physical culture and sports is also reflected in the formation of ethical norms that are widespread in society.
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Events in society do not occur in isolation, but are in close connection with each other. For this reason, physical culture performs many different social functions, of which the main one can be considered the function of integration. In this sense, sport is a means for uniting people into one whole and identifying an individual with a team. Both athletes and fans during the competition become part of a community with cohesion.
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Sport acquired a special social significance at the end of the 20th century, as evidenced by the growing interest in hosting world tournaments, championships, and the Olympic Games. Going to the international level, sport contributes to the strengthening of international relations and even becomes an instrument of policy implementation between individual states. Sports teams are becoming embassies of friendship.
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The conscious use of sports in politics expands its social functions, creates conditions for strengthening the national dignity and prestige of the country in the world community. Sport is very often used as a means of conducting electoral campaigns. Political parties are actively recruiting eminent athletes into their ranks. Such cooperation increases the importance of political unification in the eyes of voters.
