This is the 7467th most frequent Swedish word.
sportens
"Sportens" means "the sport's" or "sports'” (possessive form).
In this sentence, 'sportens' is the possessive form indicating something that belongs to sports (its strength).
Sportens styrka ligger i dess förmåga att förena människor.
The strength of sports lies in its ability to unite people.
Here, 'sportens' signifies the history as related to sports (possessive, history of sports).
Under sportens historia har många regler förändrats.
During the history of sports, many rules have changed.
In this example, 'sportens' is used to describe the development related to sports (possessive usage, development of sports).