Some people think that hosting an international sports event is good for the country, while some people think it is bad. Discuss both views and state your opinion.

In recent years, there has been a debate over the conduction of various international
sports
competitions across the globe. While some people tend to believe that sport has no borders, and it is one of the means to improve an image of a certain state, others suggest that it gives
a
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favour to certain countries that violate human rights, and,
therefore
, pose a threat to the international development. In
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I will discuss why it is important to ensure that sport is not a part of
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global politics and provide a list of the arguments that show why certain actors are interested to conduct sporting events in states that do not follow some provisions of the global humanitarian law. The fact that the
Russian
Federation was chosen to be the host of the FIFA
World
Cup 2018 sparked many speculations in the Western
world
since
Russian
sportsmen are being constantly blamed for the usage of prohibited drugs in
sports
competitions. Indeed, there has been some evidence of doping usage by some
Russian
athletes in the previous years, but the international community put too much attention on the issue, making almost every person who is doing
sports
in Russia to be a user of a certain restricted medicament. The
World
Cup in Russia,
however
, proved everyone to be wrong since the
Russian
Government managed to organise the event on the highest level, meeting the requirements of the various international
sports
organisations, while the attendees of the competition were so surprised to find that everything that was written in the newspapers was a myth.
This
could serve as an example that mass media and some states are interested to discredit certain countries that do not want to follow the will of others.
Nevertheless
, we should not forget that there are specific countries in the
world
that do not share the values of
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Western civilization, and,
that is
why they just do not make any sense to them.
For example
, the
next
FIFA
World
Cup is planned to be carried out in Qatar
that is
believed to be constantly violating the rights of women and minorities. Indeed, for some representatives of the international organisations that do want to promote
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humanitarian law in the
world
,
this
seems to be nonsense since everyone should follow the same rules.
However
, it is vital to remember that not everything is strictly managed in the
world
by the treaties, and states or organisations, in
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Qatar that has a significant number of oil reserves, could manage to ensure their participation in various international events by paying the certain actors. In conclusion, I do believe that the international community should ensure the equal and proper participation of every state in
sports
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since it is one of the means to improve the relations between the nations.
However
, the corruption methods that, sometimes, guarantee a state to be the host of an international event, should be totally restricted since they destroy the spirit of
sports
.
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