Foul Play: What's Wrong With Sport And Joe Humphry's Foul Play

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The sports field, where sweat, tears, laughters and cheers are prevalent. Where your gender, age, race and ideology are not relevant. Sport is a universal language, and it surpasses all national, cultural, economic and political barriers. It forms a shared bond between people and helps unify those from diverse backgrounds and break down the barriers of prejudice within the nations.

In Joe Humphry's book, Foul Play: What's Wrong With Sport, he challenges the idea that sport is a positive influence on athletes, spectators and the world as a whole. I disagree with Joe Humphry's view. In his opinion Sport facilitates the creation of barriers between groups.

It is 1995, The Rugby World Cup Final, South Africa's victory in their hometown. Nelson Mandela emerges onto the field, wearing the springbok jersey, a symbol of Afrikaaner identity, and hands over the trophy to the teams white captain, Francois Pienaar. This was a defining moment of the reuniting of the nation. By Nelson Mandela's conciliation with the white nation through the symbolic act at the rugby world cup, it helped unify t...

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