Most people in the world enjoy sports, so people held different kinds of international sports events every year and athletes from lots of countries are provided with precious opportunities to meet and play equitable match with each other. I believe that these occasions can help to lessen the tension between countries and remove prejudice and bias.
The sport events bring us many benefits. Firstly, people always say that "friendship first, competition second". We can see the most important thing in sport competition is friendship. The sport events create opportunities for people from different countries to get together on an equal basis, helping to enhance mutual understanding, promote friendship and remove hostility. Secondly, the first rule in sport occasions is fairness'. All countries which join the sport match, poor or rich, big or small, are equal on the playground; equality finds its full expression in sport events. The competitions in the match are comparatively pure skills of the athletic. People pay more attention to the contestants' skill, but not something about their race, political problem or nationality, all of which should not be related to athletic competition.
Another factor we must consider is that sport games call for peace. Only in a peaceful environment, people can lay emphasis on sport events. Some sport events like The Olympic Games has been canceled several times because of the wars. The sport events are not only the way to keep peace, but are also employed as a diplomatic method. The Sino-American ping pong diplomacy is a good example. The ping pong match was played in breaking the ice and eventually led the relationship of China and the United State to normal.
On the whole, there is a growing worldwide awareness of the need for peace. Through sport events, communication and cooperation between different countries are promoted, which helps to make the world a better place to live.