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| Article Name : | | | CURRENT ISSUES, ECONOMY AND CHALLENGES IN SPORTS | | Author Name : | | | DHULL SANDEEP | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-98 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Sport has become a part and parcel of our culture. It is being influenced and does influence all of our social institutions including education, economics, arts, politics, law, mass communication and international diplomacy – its scope is awesome. Today sport has become mass participation; it is being adopted as fashion by some. It attracts the mass either for recreation or physical fitness, or as a profession. Every sportsman has to be physically, physiologically and psychologically fit. Sports hold a prominent place in modern life. Millions of people participate in sports activities, watch and hear about them and spend billions of dollars actually on sports related activities and equipments. This has lead to the competitive element in sports, as now sportsman participate to win and achieve laurels for them as well as for their country contrary to earlier philosophy of participation in sports competition for participation's sake. The political set-up of the country shapes the fate of sports and games. The reality is that the economy of the country is now subject to politicization. It may not be wrong if it is said that prior to the promotion of sports and games, the destiny of the economy of the nation is decided by the politics of the country. The responsibility of formulation and implementation of economic policies, taking into consideration the needs of the country as well as the development of national economy matching with the rest of the world lies with National Government run by the Political leaders, Economists and Bureaucrats. In the promotion of games and sports, political system of a country plays a vital role. | | Keywords : | | - economy and challenges , international diplomacy , mass communication , physiologically.
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