The short answer is no sports are not more important, but if this is something that you are not going to be doing forever then some sacrifice is warranted. I would focus on the sport.
I moved to Japan away from my wife, family, and friends to study Japanese and the tooling industry. I missed so much and am not looking forward to not being able to see them for the next two years, but it will pay off. After these next two years I will be home and can spend time with them all I want.
This is totally opinionated. But, in my opinion; NO. Family is much more important!
My family always comes first.
NOOOOO sports r not more impotant!
absolutely