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sports inculucate tolerance

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Sports can make a significant contribution to the development of understanding, respect and, tolerance. It can also serve as an icebreaker against fixed prejudices between peoples.

Manfred Lämmer, a professor of sports history at the prestigious German Sports University in Cologne, explained to me, when we met at the Olympic Games in London in 2012: On the very personal level, through common interests in sports, initial interpersonal contacts can develop. The Olympic Movement aims, through sporting competition, to bring people together who differ with regard to their ethnic origin, their nationality, culture and political beliefs, into a universal community of common values. Sporting encounters should contribute to breaking down prejudices and to foster mutual respect.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) aims to contribute to a peaceful and better world through the education of sports among young people, in accordance with Olympic values (Charter 1.1). It connects sports with ethics, as sports is regarded as a service to humanity and also a contribution to peace (2.4). In a brochure entitled, “What is the Olympic Legacy?” the IOC explains, “The Olympic spirit comprises respect for ethical values, human dignity, mutual understanding, the spirit of friendship, solidarity, fair play and the rejection of all forms of racist, religious, political or sexual discrimination.” (www.olympic.org).At the European Football Championship in 2012, the UEFA initiated its comprehensive “Respect Diversity” program with a series of campaigns in partnership with FARE (Football Association against Racism in Europe, www.fare net.org). Banners in the stadium brought these calls for respect and tolerance to a worldwide TV audience of millions. The program also included the training of police officers and stewards in the two host countries, Poland and Ukraine, so they could better identify discriminatory choruses of demonstrators, symbols, and behaviors, and take action against them.