Popular events like football world cup and other international sporting occassions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Due to technological development, there are always some conflicts between countries. Some popular international sporting occasions, like

Olympics

, play an essential role in alleviating international tensions and releasing patriotic

emotions

. My reasons will be explained in the following paragraphs.

First

and foremost. Those

events

can re-unite the globe. Take Olympic Truce as an example. As we know, there were frequent wars between ancient Greek cities.

However

, someone proposed the Olympic games, which worked as a ceasefire agreement;

in other words

, wars were not allowed during the games in ancient Greek.

This

tradition has been inherited, and

this

sporty spirit exerts an influence on modern civilization.

For example

, the Yugoslav Wars ceased during The Winter

Olympics

in 1994. Based on these examples, those international sporting

events

have been intertwined with peace, especially today, the interest conflicts between countries are getting more serious. At

this

point, sports

events

, like the world cup, can help to ease international tensions to a large extent.

Second

, Popular

events

can stimulate citizens' patriotic

emotions

and release them in a safe way. Take the 2008 Beijing

Olympics

as an example. As Chinese, I witnessed the passion people had during that time. It was the

first

Olympics

in China; the government and we believed it could be a turning point to promote our international prestige.

Hence

, our patriotic

emotions

were stimulated, and we tried our best to impress the guests around the globe. It's worth mentioning that under

such

an exhilarating situation, China won the most gold medals, not only because our athletes were motivated too, but

also

because we wanted to show our determination to the people worldwide. It can be said that the

Olympics

is a great opportunity to re-gather the citizens together. In conclusion, I would say popular sports

events

can ease international tensions and release patriotic

emotions

substantially.