Hooligans in stadiums stifle potential to help youth grow

Nairobi; Kenya: From Ancient Greece and the city-state of Sparta, we got the longest-running sport, the Olympics and the Marathon. Successive generations of humankind have staged sporting events, some with a winner-take-all bent and yet others as tools of cohesion and expressions of camaraderie between neighbours.

In more recent decades, we have engaged in sports for its attendant health benefits and as a source of income. But we have not forgotten that the least common denominator of any sport lies in the participation and triumph of the human spirit, enhancing goodwill through healthy competition, complete with rules of engagement.