Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Can sports save the world? The issue is being discussed at a meeting in Hong Kong this week.
The world's tennis authorities jetted into south China to talk about the increasing importance of sport in tackling some of humanity's biggest problems.
First, the health of young people is trending downwards, in both east and west; and second, international politics have been dividing communities to a worrying extent.
Sports combats both problems with a measurable rate of success. It raises public health levels, and it brings nations together in a positive, politics-free way.
At the International Tennis Federation meeting in Hong Kong, US tennis association legend Brian Hainline shared a major scientific study showing that players of tennis and similar sports lived almost ten years longer than people who didn't exercise.
And the range of people on stage, including a Chinese person, an American, a Turkish man, and a New Zealander, was testament to sports' ability to unite the world.
Can sports save the world? The issue is being discussed at a meeting in Hong Kong this week.
The world's tennis authorities jetted into south China to talk about the increasing importance of sport in tackling some of humanity's biggest problems.
First, the health of young people is trending downwards, in both east and west; and second, international politics have been dividing communities to a worrying extent.
Sports combats both problems with a measurable rate of success. It raises public health levels, and it brings nations together in a positive, politics-free way.
At the International Tennis Federation meeting in Hong Kong, US tennis association legend Brian Hainline shared a major scientific study showing that players of tennis and similar sports lived almost ten years longer than people who didn't exercise.
And the range of people on stage, including a Chinese person, an American, a Turkish man, and a New Zealander, was testament to sports' ability to unite the world.
