Sport is described as ritualized warfare in which one team competes against another, with each athlete striving to defeat an opponent (Schultz et al., 32) . This is part of an effort to promote world peace and contribute to the search for peaceful solutions to conflicts around the world. Sport can therefore be seen as a universal language and a tool to promote peace, tolerance and understanding by bringing people together. Accordingly, values ​​such as teamwork, discipline, respect for the opponent and the rules of the game are understood.2 I will examine the claim that sport is considered war by peaceful means . This should not be confused with the insertion that sports are peaceful warfare. By peaceful means, I am referring to a state of harmony and mutual agreement between two or more parties. Using the Olympic Games as an example, I will argue that they do indeed have an aspect of war. However, the Olympics do not promote camaraderie, which inhibits hostility due to factors such as the politics of choosing an Olympic host, cultural and economic exchanges creating greater disparities, and the role nations play powerful in the worldview while reinforcing colonial ideologies. Politics is inseparable from modernity. Olympic Games since the decision in 1894 to restart the Games after fifteen years of interruption (Hill, p.5). Olympic events allow for matches on "neutral" territory where aggression can be "controlled" and regulated.2 I would argue that there is no neutral territory since there is an advantage for the home team . Almost all Games celebrations were marked by animosity or worse (Hill, p. 35). For example, in 1968 the Mexican government massacred young people who considered the Games a waste of money (Hill, p. 36). In 1976, many Africans ...... middle of paper ......death/peace (accessed March 14, 2014).4. “Sochi 2014: Gay Rights protests target Russia's games,” BBC Europe, February 5, 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26043872 (accessed March 14, 2014). Bruckner, Markus, Evi Pappa2013 Shocking news in the data: the Olympic Games and their macroeconomic effects http://www.eui.eu/Personal/Pappa/Papers/olympics15March2013.pdf Hill, Christopher1996 Olympic politics from Athens to Atlanta 1896-1996. Manchester: Manchester University PressJamieson, Lynn, Thomas, Orr2009 Sports and Violence A Critical Examination of Sport. United Kingdom: Elsevier.Keefer, Robert, Jeffrey, Goldstein, David, KasiarzParticipation in the 1983 Olympic Games and the war. New York: Springer http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4612-5530-7_11#page-1 Schultz, Emily, Robert Lavenda and Roberta Dods2012 Cultural Anthropology. Ontario: Oxford University Press