"Leisure" is the time when one is not working, however, many of the sportsmen and sportswomen perform sports as a work - in this case the answer would be false.
Still, I think that this is only a minority of lucky ones (especially the soccer players) and most people who participate in competitive sports, do it as a hobby, not as a job. Then the answer is true. (In total, the correct answer should be: true)
An activity is considered to be active leisure if it does not took up non-stop movements but still considered to be physically demanding.
Even though competitive sports is indeed physically demanding, The physical stress that experienced by the players are nowhere near the training time. ( for example, in 90 minutes of soccer, players do not run around all 90 minutes, most of the time is spent passing and positioning)
