Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people.
   Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and trainthemselves in clubs, in different sections and take part in sportcompetitions.
   Other people like sports too, but they only watch sports games,listen to sports news. They prefer reading interesting stories aboutsportsmen. But they don't go in for sports.
   Physical training is an important subject at school. Boys andgirls play volley-ball and basketball at the lessons. There is thesports ground near our school and schoolchildren go in for sports in theopen air.
   A lot of different competition are held at schools, a greatnumber of pupils take part in them. All participants try to get goodresults and become winners. Sport helps people to keep in good health.If you go in for sports you have good health and don't catch cold.
   Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly.
   There are some popular kinds of sports in our country: football,volley ball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating. Athletics is one ofthe most popular kinds of sports. It includes such kinds of sports as:running, jumping and others. Everybody may choose the sport he (or she)is interested in.
   There are summer and winter sports.
   My favourite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming-pool twice aweek, but I prefer to rest by the lake or the river and swim there. Myfriend Kostya goes in for boxing. He is a good boxer and he is a braveand courageous boy. His hobby helps him in his every day life.