Ministry of sports

A ministry of sports or ministry of youth and sports is a kind of government ministry found in certain countries with responsibility for the regulation of sports, particularly those participated in by young people. It is led by the minister of sport (or sports minister).

The United States is one of the only countries in the world to have no ministry (department) of sports and provide no government funding for its National Olympic Committee.

List of ministries by country

 * Ministry of Tourism and Sports (Argentina)
 * Minister for Sport (Australia)
 * Minister for Sport (New South Wales)
 * Minister for Sport (Victoria)
 * Minister for Sport and Recreation (Northern Territory)
 * Minister for Sport and Recreation (Western Australia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Azerbaijan)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Bangladesh)
 * Ministry of Sports (Belarus)
 * Sports and Youth Ministry (Belgium)
 * Ministry of Sports (Brazil)
 * Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (Brunei)
 * Ministry of Youth, Gender, Sport and Culture (Botswana)
 * Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports (Burkina Faso)
 * Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Canada
 * Minister of Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport (Manitoba)
 * State General Administration of Sports (China)
 * Coldeportes - Reorganized as the National Ministry of Sports in 2020 (Colombia)
 * Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)
 * Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (Georgia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)
 * Ministry of Education and Sports (Hungary)
 * Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)
 * Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs (Indonesia)
 * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Ireland
 * Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Iceland)
 * Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Iran)
 * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Ireland)
 * Culture and Sport Minister of Israel
 * Youth and Sports Ministry (Kenya)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Nepal)
 * Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and Sports (North Korea)
 * Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea)
 * Ministry of Sport (Saudi Arabia)
 * Ministry of Ethics and Sports (North Macedonia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Malawi)
 * Minister of Youth and Sports (Malaysia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Moldova)
 * Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs (Myanmar)
 * Minister for Sport and Recreation, New Zealand
 * Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth (Oman)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Palestine)
 * Ministry of Sport (Portugal)
 * Ministry of Culture and Sports (Qatar)
 * Ministry of Sport (Russia)
 * Ministry of Sports and Human Resources (Rwanda)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Serbia)
 * Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore
 * Ministry of Tourism and Sports (Slovakia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Somalia)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Somaliland)
 * Ministry of Sports and Youth (South Korea)
 * Ministry of Telecommunication, Foreign Employment and Sports (Sri Lanka)
 * Ministry of Culture and Sports (Tajikistan)
 * Ministry of Social Affairs and Sports (Tanzania)
 * Ministry of Tourism and Sports (Thailand)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports (Turkey)
 * Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs (Indonesia)
 * Minister for Sport and Civil Society, United Kingdom
 * Department for Culture, Media and Sport
 * Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Scotland
 * Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Vietnam)
 * Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation (Zimbabwe)