Every four years, the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympics and the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing international tension in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the world’s economy and other governments were fighting over the land. The Olympic Games are one of the best examples which prove how sporting events can bring nations together, at least temporarily. From the ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent international disputes, when athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete peacefully and even embrace each other after an event. Moreover, these popular events have called the world’s attention to the terrible consequences of wars; thus some leaders have tried to reach agreements to end their disputes and live peacefully.
Similarly, international sporting events show benefits in some developing countries which live in a daily internal civil war. For example, Brazil has a high rate of unemployment, lack of education, hunger, crime, poverty and corruption which leads to an immense embarrassment of being Brazilian and a low self-esteem. However, when the Football World Cup starts, the Brazilian squad, which is considered the best team in the world, provokes an amazing feeling of pride in their country. Most people seem to forget all their problems and even the criminal activity decreases. They paint roads with the national colors, wear the Brazilian team shirts and buy national flags. Moreover, the competition brings families and neighbors together and even rival gangs watch the games and celebrate peacefully.
In conclusion, popular sporting events play an important role in decreasing international tensions and liberating patriotic feelings as history has shown. 
Every four years, the whole  
world
  stops
 to  
watch
  international
 sporting  
events
 such as the Olympics and the Football  
World
 Cup in which athletes  
show
 their best performance to  
make
 their country proud. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing  
international
 tension in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the  
world’s
 economy and other  
governments
 were fighting over the land. The Olympic Games are one of the best examples which prove how sporting  
events
 can bring nations together, at least  
temporarily
. From the ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent  
international
 disputes, when athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete  
peacefully
 and even embrace each other after an  
event
.  
Moreover
, these popular  
events
 have called the  
world’s
 attention to the terrible consequences of wars;  
thus
  some
 leaders have tried to reach agreements to  
end
 their disputes and  
live
  peacefully
. 
Similarly
,  
international
 sporting  
events
  show
 benefits in  
some
  developing countries
 which  
live
 in a daily internal civil war.  
For example
, Brazil has a high rate of unemployment, lack of education, hunger, crime, poverty and corruption which leads to an immense embarrassment of being Brazilian and a low self-esteem.  
However
, when the Football  
World
 Cup  
starts
, the Brazilian squad, which  
is considered
 the best team in the  
world
, provokes an amazing feeling of pride in their country. Most  
people
 seem to forget all their problems and even the criminal activity decreases. They paint roads with the national colors, wear the Brazilian team shirts and  
buy
 national flags.  
Moreover
, the competition brings families and neighbors together and even rival gangs  
watch
 the games and celebrate  
peacefully
. 
In conclusion
, popular sporting  
events
 play an  
important
 role in decreasing  
international
 tensions and liberating patriotic feelings as history has shown.