Abstract
Sports are understood as one of the dynamic forces in developing national integrity among the masses creatingnational unity in the country; where as sports diplomacy is referred when sport is used as a political means to improverelations and some times may worsen diplomatic relations between two nations. The intention is to bring aboutfundamental changes relating to fine relations. While the Olympics events are the leading political examples of usingsports for diplomatic means, such as cricket, table tennis and football as well as other international sports competitionshave also been used in this regard. In the case of Apartheid, competitive sport was used to isolate South Africa thatbrought major changes in nation's social structure in terms of socio- political relationship, examining the sportsdiplomacy that adopted by Nelson Mandela of South Africa, and Iran’s former President Khatami's inspiring initiativeprovided an opening for a watchful rapprochement policy with USA, advocating people-to-people contacts betweenthese two nations to release tensions developed between them that may be compared with ping pong diplomacy,which softened US-Chinese relations.
Highlights
Introduction and DiscussionMost sports are contested between national teams, which encourage the use of sporting events for nationalist purposes; it may have done intentionally or some times it may be with other reason
The national solidarity achieved through sport may be one of the primary sources of developing nationalism, as popular sports events, which people like the most, are considered a matter of national pride; The Ashes is a matter of national pride between England and Australia
Concluding, Sport is well placed for the development of both national identity and national pride
Summary
This article has been developed on the basis of descriptive research method. The information was collected from various books, newspapers and magazines, analyzing it from personal interviews of leading former international players of Football, Cricket and Table Tennis players and from my personal sports experience. The survey questionnaire was administered to respondents for further process and analysis
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