Religion and sports are major elements of culture all over the world .Sports are competitive, dynamic, and mostly a group activity. Religion, on the other hand, is a non-competitive, guiding force in people's lives mostly based on self experience. So, is there any relationship between sports and religion?.
When we look at the history of the sports we can see that sporting activities began as religious rites or religious festivals in some ancient cultures. For example the Olympic Games were held in the honor of Zeus, king of Greek God. Modern day sports are more of a sporting event but we can see that players still group huddle and pray before or after the game. In so many football or rugby matches we see players take a knee and pray after the game. There are countless players who point to the sky or make sure to thank God moments after winning the big game. .
Religion guides and gives the power to struggle with problems of day to day life to the believers Likewise; sports also help people to forget their problems and tensions for some time. Religious beliefs become sometimes negative when because of some extremist a small fight turn into a riot. Players can influence the religious believers of their fans like when they change their religion, and adopt a new way of life. For example, it was showing on Footy show that Rugby player Sonny Bill Williams convert to Islam and it helped him to become a good player as he stopped drinking and started living a clean life . Similarly religion can also affect sports when in some religion girls are not allowed to play certain sports or players are not allowed to wear certain headgear or religious accessories in playgrounds, this sometimes can hurt players or their fans sentiments.
Religion guides and gives the power to struggle with problems of day to day life to the believers Likewise; sports also help people to forget their problems and tensions for some time.
