Sport & Recreation
HOW INTERNATIONAL SPORTS HAS CONTRIBUTED IN RECOGNITION OF PAKISTAN IN THE WORLD?
Sports and recreation entails activities that help to develop life skills,abilities ,talents and improve the general health of the body. Sports provide a source of entertainment with the added bonus of keeping you physically fit. It helps children to develop mental and physical toughness.
Sports and recreational activities include soccer, basketball, swimming, aerobics, yoga, tennis, dancing, hockey, golf, cycling, mountain biking, running, listening to music and many more.Sports provide mental relief as well. It is a shield against the mental stress and worries as it forces the player to focus on the game only. Not only does it provide an honourable platform for various kinds of people to come together, but it also opens up a number of career opportunities for the educated as well as the uneducated people. It has been the cause of some positive life changing impacts on the economies around the world.
The active participation in sports improve community health and productivity, reduce medical expenses, imbibes discipline in character, generates great leaders, and enhances social cohesion. The execution of a mega sporting event helps in developing infrastructure generate employment, secure inflow of foreign capital, generates players and athletes, and thus contributes significantly to the economic development of a country.