Millions of people all over the world are found of sports and games. Sport helps people to stay in good shape, helps the fit, heal thing and makes them more organized in their daily activities. We have always paid great attention to sport in our schools, colleges and universities. You can hardly find a school without gym or a sport ground. Every city or town has a few stadiums or swimming pools where local competitions are usually held.

It's been a tradition in this countries to divide sport into professional and amateur. There are different sporting centers and clubs in Russia. Many of them take part in different traditional tournaments and are known all over the world. A great number of world records have been set by Russian sportsmen gymnasts, weightlifters, tennis players, swimmers, runners, high jumpers, etc. Our sportsmen also participate in the Olympic games and always win a lot of gold, silver and bronze medals. There are also a lot of amateur clubs and keep-fit centers in Russia where people gain for aerobics, swimming, skating. Thousands of people get to the stadiums.