Overview
Across ASEAN region, sports have ancient roots and remarkable legacies that crosses time, age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and nationality. More than as a mean to a healthy body and mind, sports promotes the values of respect, inclusion, fairness and unity
Sports is also used as a tool to promote ASEAN awareness and to foster the sense of ASEAN Community. Mutually beneficial sports exchange programmes and sporting activities are also promoting mutual understanding and friendship in the region. ASEAN leaders hope to harness the power of sports to be an enabler of sustainable development as well as a tool for peace and social cohesion.
