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Three Major Benefits of Modern Sports

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History of sports is an elongated one and is often dated as old as the history of humankind. All through the historical backdrop of human advancement, individuals needed to battle for survival. Amid hunting and war, a man needed to have great physical strength and dexterity to survive. Survival of the fittest had been the cardinal rule over civilizations.  With civilization, ritual competitions came in to celebrate the virtue of divine Gods. Since sources of entertainment lacked, sports emerged as a recreational activity that included the throwing of spears, stakes, and rocks, and of course lots of play-fighting. The rapid development of urban culture in the late nineteenth century paved way for the spirit of modern sports. Ancient Greece let to the foundation of formal games, by inaugurating the first ever Olympic Games in 776 BC  (1) , that included games, for example, human and chariot races, wrestling,   jumping, disk throwing, and more. The history of modern