Thursday, December 04, 2014
The World Cup football match and the Olympics are held worldwide with great national
support and expectations. As a fan of those competitions, I agree with the idea that
sporting events can be necessary for international relations and national unity. In this
essay, I will think about the effects of these popular sporting events.
First of all, the World Cup, Olympics and other international games work for easing
tensions among different nations. For example, South and North Korea have football
games regularly which give two nations a chance to understand each other deeply. In the
mid 1990s, hundreds of North Korean supporters came to South Korea with the
footballers and they were very excited during the sporting events. Through the sports,
two divided nations could reduce their political and ideological tensions and could feel
the patriotic unity.
On the other hand, some sports matches can make international relations worse. For
instance, football or baseball games between Korea and Japan are always big matches in
two countries where tensions overflow. Sometimes, after the matches, the two rivals
blame each other and their patriotic emotions explode in an aggressive way. A much
worse scenario is that the troubles caused by losing games affect the players directly. As
far as I know, a couple of Korean players in Japan suffered from invisible discrimination
after the match between two countries.
In conclusion, I think that international sporting occasions can be one of the good ways to
ease tensions or to release patriotism safely. However, I believe that games can not be the
fundamental ways for the sound patriotism or peaceful international relations.
support and expectations. As a fan of those competitions, I agree with the idea that
sporting events can be necessary for international relations and national unity. In this
essay, I will think about the effects of these popular sporting events.
First of all, the World Cup, Olympics and other international games work for easing
tensions among different nations. For example, South and North Korea have football
games regularly which give two nations a chance to understand each other deeply. In the
mid 1990s, hundreds of North Korean supporters came to South Korea with the
footballers and they were very excited during the sporting events. Through the sports,
two divided nations could reduce their political and ideological tensions and could feel
the patriotic unity.
On the other hand, some sports matches can make international relations worse. For
instance, football or baseball games between Korea and Japan are always big matches in
two countries where tensions overflow. Sometimes, after the matches, the two rivals
blame each other and their patriotic emotions explode in an aggressive way. A much
worse scenario is that the troubles caused by losing games affect the players directly. As
far as I know, a couple of Korean players in Japan suffered from invisible discrimination
after the match between two countries.
In conclusion, I think that international sporting occasions can be one of the good ways to
ease tensions or to release patriotism safely. However, I believe that games can not be the
fundamental ways for the sound patriotism or peaceful international relations.
