Yes, very much so. Many friendships are started due to playing or even watching sports, and sometimes you don't even have to agree at first.
There are fans who became best friends with another person while rooting for different teams, and athletes becoming friends with a player from a team he or she was competing against.
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i believe that sports can nurture such friendship at any level,but it has a tool in itself.The rules,the goals and the victories.