Sport

Sport is the best and the shortest way to health and fitness. Today increasing number of people are involved in activities that help them keep fit and enjoy life. Physical recreation includes cycling, boating, jogging, walking. To keep fit some people attend special classes or take part in aerobics or yoga, do some kind of weight training in a gym. Others play football, badminton, tennis.

But tastes differ and different people have different attitudes to sport and recreation. Some people prefer to participate in them actively others choose to watch different sports events. Watching other people playing is a popular leisure activity. People like to watch national and international sports events that are shown on TV. In many countries there are special TV channels that broadcast sports programmes for 24 hours. The major sporting competitions, such as the Olympic Games, are shown on the central TV channels attracting millions of TV - viewers who can be thousands of kilometres away from the event. Football, hockey, basketball, tennis competitions and motor racing, especially World Football, Wimbledon Championship, Hockey and Basketball Championships, Grand Prix are very popular among the television audience too.

Although these two kinds of activities are tightly interconnected, participating in sports has more advantages than simply watching sports competitions. Yet, it is an individual preference. And only the individual has the right to decide what is better for him. But whatever the choice is, the pleasure is undoubted.