ROMA (ITALPESS) – More young and older sports, from school to health prevention. More sustainability, improved management efficiency and increasingly competitive results at international level. A sport capable of giving concrete, timely and measurable answers to the real needs of citizens. These are the elements behind the allocation of resources to sports bodies for 2026, deliberated by the Sports and Health Board in full coherence with the addresses of the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi: a total of 344.4 million euros to sports that creates value and involves communities.
It is the result of a path started in 2022 along with National Sports Federations, Sports Promotion Boards, Sports Associations Associate, Civil and Military Sports Groups and Associations Benemerite: ambitious goals, a real paradigm shift in which the increase of people who practice physical activity becomes the engine of the development of the entire system. The protagonists of this growth are the sports organisms that every day guide their actions according to the principles of merit, inclusion and economic and social sustainability. A clear choice: directing public resources to those who generate value. The resources allocated to the sports system grow thanks to the mechanism of self-financing that since 2019 has already produced in recent years, despite the period of Covid, a total increase of 25%, pairs to 569 million more. A virtuous model of circular sport economy, in which resources are reinvested to ensure access to sports practice, in projects and events, generating a social return in terms of health, wellbeing and inclusion more than three times the initial value.
After analyzing the allocation of contributions for 2026, football remains in the first place (35,258 mln with an increase of 0.06%), followed by the swimming pool (18,620 mln – +10,57%) and volley (17,864 mln – +59%). And then, in order, to complete the top ten, tennis and padel (16,130 mln – +15%), athletics (14,929 mln – +0,27%), winter sports (12,568 mln – +0,16%), basketball (10,400 mln – + 0.16%), fencing (10,150 mln – +0,22%), gymnastics (10,096 mln – +0,14%), cycling (9,675 mln – + 0.27%). Following the list, significant increases also for ice sports (12th place with +9.99%), followed by Vela and Rugby, both with +15%, same increase for riding (16th place). At 20th place Fisr with +12.17%, while “lose”, but can recover funds through a management orientation path, Pentathlon and Motonautica (-20%), Badminton (-12.21%). An increase in the system accelerated also by synergy with the Government on sports infrastructure investments, focused on peripheries and basic sports.
The resources, now equal to approximately 1 billion euros, will reach 1,25 billion in 2027 with the aim of reducing the territorial differences and requalificating the plants. To enhance this approach is MaC – Contribution algorithmic model, the digital platform objective and transparent that, starting from the data provided by the Sports Organizations, measures the performance of the system and rewards those investing more in sports activity, increases the number of practitioners, gets results and uses public resources efficiently. The numbers confirm their effectiveness: Italy is an increasingly active and competitive country at international level, with over 640 thousand more people practicing organized sports than in previous years, thanks to a system that has chosen to adopt sustainable management models, responsible and fully aligned with ESG pillars.
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(ITALPRESS).
