is surprisingly little (Maennig & Plessis‚ 2007). Despite this fact countries still want to host international sports events. This is because in assessing the profitability of hosting such events it is important to include both tangible and intangible benefits. This paper takes a look at such intangible benefits to analyze a fuller extent of the gains of hosting such international sports events‚ taking the World Cup as an example. There are other benefits from a World Cup‚ besides the economical
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Sports are varying in different kind from football‚ hockey‚ tennis or even horse riding. Involving animals in sports have been a controversial issue for recent years. As animals are often get unpleasant deeds from the trainer‚ others believe that sports involving animals should be banned‚ whereas some oppose that idea. Both arguments will be discussed in the following paragraph. For some community‚ animal sports seem interesting for the reward offered once the participants win the match‚ besides
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Why do people do risky sports? Millions of people play sport every day‚ in addition risky sports are becoming more popular. An obvious reason for this is that a lot of people are looking for adventures‚ new emotions. This is an important areas of discussion because there are advantages and disadvantages of risk-taking‚ and sometimes consequences of such activities end in pain and injuries. This gives rise to the question: « What makes people do extreme sports?» The foremost reason why a majority
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Sports and games Sports can be generally divided into indoor and outdoor sports. Gymnastics is a typical indoor sport which includes apparatus training on uneven bars‚ horizontal bar‚ balance beam‚ mat‚ spring-board or rings. Athletics‚ a typical outdoor sport‚ includes track amd field events (the Marathon race‚ long-distance run‚ cross-country run‚ relay-race) and sprinting events ( a hundred metre sprint‚ hurdle-race). Jumping (high jjump‚ long jump‚ triple jump‚ pole jump) and throwing (hammer
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Whether it be in the form of a ribbon‚ medal‚ or trophy‚ participation is commonly rewarded within organized sports teams as a way to give children incentive to try sports and engage in physical activities. While these trophies are intended to reward children for their contribution‚ the praise is undeserved‚ and will potentially create more harm than good in the future. A participation trophy is a tangible reminder that a child showed up to a game or tournament‚ but it has no fundamental value besides
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Types of Sports Cars Many people have a great fascination for sports cars. These machines have a lot of power and torque‚ and most importantly are lower to the ground‚ contributing to proper aerodynamics against the wind. Moreover‚ they are generally available in either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. Two-wheel drive ones are usually used for road racing or drifting‚ whereas AWD sports cars are used for rally racing. Just like any other cars‚ they are also divided into certain groups.
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Peter van Staden About Sports Clubs Sports clubs are non-profit organisations‚ they render services to their members and they use income to upgrade the facilities used by the members. Although the accounting principles for a sports club and a business are the same‚ they are different in the way that the object of a business is to make a profit where as the object of Sports club is to enable its members to take part in one or more kinds of activities. Sources of income Membership fees Juniors
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of banned performance-enhancing drugs (PEDS) in sports is commonly referred to as doping. The word doping is probably derived from the Dutch word dop‚ the name of an alcoholic beverage made of grape skins used by Zulu warriors in order to enhance their prowess in battle. The term became current around the turn of the 20th century‚ originally referring to illegal drugging of racehorses. ‘Doping’ however is as old as competitive sport itself. Modern times - In 1904 Olympics marathon
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Greed Among Professional Athletes Due to the greediness of sports figures‚ professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. It is like they are in a completely different group that uses an entirely different set of morals. Team owners care more about making their money that they do about setting a good example for young kids and making professional sports fun again rather than a business. Three good examples of this greediness are Roberto Alomar‚ Warren
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Are you able to risk your life for the sake of self-development? There is an opinion that extreme sports are useful for building character. They make us stronger and more tempered. But at the same time we sometimes hear about accidents‚ happening with the fans of extreme sports. On the one hand extreme sports are really helpful when you want to develop yourself‚ become stronger and more robust. They make you firmer and you learn to overcome your fears. When you jump with a parachute or climb a
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