The existence of leisure in the past meant the existence of leeway time even after activities for living were done while the time for survival and living was understood as something which was essential and binding, whereas the leisure time was understood as something which could be selective and free. However, leisure is something considered as being complicated, comprehensively including the satisfactory and happy psychological conditions and experiences which can be experienced through activities in the leisure, in addition to other leisure activities which can be done in the free time based on the concept of leeway time. Leisure has deep relationships with sports and is regarded as a type of sports because the weight of sports activities occupies a large portion among activities which people select when they have leisure. Hence, leisure is frequently used as a synonym for sports in the leisure time or leisure sports in the sports activities. Considering relationships between leisure and sports in this study, active items can only be included from the perspective of leisure, whereas only sports using the leisure time are included from the perspective of sports. It is true that leisure sports are emerging as a new term for both leisure and sports. Leisure sports refer to a combined word of leisure and sports meaning sports activities which we voluntarily select and enjoy in the leisure time. Leisure sports do not aim at making a living but at pure sports activities, which refer to active sports with the direct or indirect participation for a change in the mood in addition to the self-development to sustain or increase one’s health. Accordingly, this study aims at analyzing what relationships there are between roles of sports and leisure. This study specifically aims at analyzing; first, what meanings leisure has; second, what meaning sports have; third, what relationships there are between leisure and sports; and finally, what relationships there are between roles of sports and leisure.