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  • International federations - these take care of one sport (or a group of sports, such as Skiing ). They create a common set of rules and organise international competitions. Promotion of the sport is also a task of an international federation.

  • National federation - these have the same objectives as an international federation, but then within the scope of one country, or even part of a country. They support local clubs and are often responsible for the national squad.

  • Olympic associations/committees - these are responsible for a country's participation in the Olympics Games .

  • Multi-sport Event organisers - these take care of the organisation of a certain event which contains more than one sport. The most important example is the IOC , organiser of the modern Olympic Games .

  • General sports organisations - these take care of sports related topics, usually for a certain group, such as Catholic or Jewish sport, military or university sport.

  • Professional Leagues , which may or may not work extensively with national and/or international federations.

  • Trust s - these are organizations or groups that have control over money that will be used to help someone else, such as the Youth Sport Trust .


The first international federations were formed at the end of the 19th Century .

See also the List Of Sport Governing Bodies for more complete list of specific governing bodies.