The CSD consolidates in 2025 the largest public support in history for the Spanish sport

• This year alone, the Higher Sports Council (CSD) has managed a budget of 321 million euros, which has strengthened the commitment to the high level and favored, among others, policies of equality and inclusion.

Madrid, December 31, 2025.- The Superior Sports Council (CSD) consolidated in 2025 the greatest public support in history for Spanish sport, reaffirming its importance as a strategic sector for the international projection of our country and as an engine of social cohesion, health, equality and economic development throughout the territory.

The budget of the CSD has reached 321 million euros this year, practically double that in 2017, an exercise also after the celebration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, when it stood at 165 million euros.

“The comparison shows that sport is a priority policy for this government. We are promoting this strategic sector with transformative measures, with a vision of the future and with the greatest economic support in history," said the president of the CSD, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes.

Since 2018, the Government of Spain has allocated more than 2.1 billion euros to sport with the aim of strengthening its stability, modernizing its structures and enhancing its transformative capacity.

An essential part of the investment has been aimed at strengthening the federal model. In the last seven years the sports federations have received more than 780 million euros in grants.

In 2025 alone, this aid has exceeded 128 million euros, mainly related to access to sports practice, the promotion of federated sports activity and the promotion of high-level sport.

This comprehensive approach allows us to accompany grassroots sport to excellence, including talent detection programs, school and university sport, activities in High Performance Centers (CAR), attendance at competitions, innovation in health and performance and acquisition and renewal of equipment.

Sportspeople, at the heart of public sports policies

At the heart of these policies are the athletes, who are the main beneficiaries of preparation scholarships, social security grants, performance awards, the innovative CSD Team Spain program and support programs for the development of their dual career.

As a novelty, in 2025 the CSD has promoted the creation of two pioneering instruments of social protection: the Transition Scholarships, which provide security at the time of withdrawal; and the Maternity Scholarships, which guarantee the accompaniment of women athletes from pregnancy to their return to the competition.

For the direct benefit of the athletes, the modernization of the High Performance Centers of Madrid, León and Sierra Nevada - all of them state-owned - as well as of Sant Cugat is also being carried out.

These centers are immersed in an ambitious process of renovation of their facilities, which reinforces their importance as spaces for the preparation of athletes. Since 2018, the CSD has allocated 160 million euros to its transformation and improvement.

More advances in equality and inclusion

On the other hand, equality has continued to decisively mark the action of the CSD, with data that confirm the impact of public policies promoted in recent years in favor of women.

One of the most conclusive indicators is the presence of women on the Board of Directors of the Spanish sports federations. In 2025, the 40% representation of women in these bodies was exceeded for the first time. In 2014, the percentage was just 19%, less than half of what it is today.

In parallel, the CSD has increased the resources allocated to the Women and Sport programs and has consolidated the aid for conciliation.

In 2025, the publication of a guide on the health of women athletes stands out.

In this area, the launch in the first quarter of 2026 of a Sports Women's Health Unit at the High Performance Center in Madrid is also newsworthy.

In terms of inclusion, the CSD has extended its support to the Paraplegic Hospital of Toledo to cover the expenses of the sports unit, considered the cradle of Spanish paralympic sport, and has led the process of integrating athletes with disabilities into unisports federations.

In the last two years, 23 federations have taken the step of grouping athletes with and without disabilities under the same structure, moving towards an increasingly inclusive Spanish sport.

Towards this end, progress will continue to be made with the creation of the Spanish Sports Executive Committee, a body that will integrate the Superior Sports Council, the Spanish Olympic Committee and the Spanish Paralympic Committee to address in a coordinated way the planning and direction of strategic lines, at the service of athletes and their federations.

Economic impact and international projection

In the last year, Spain has also strengthened its projection as the venue of major international sporting events, with milestones such as the award of the Ryder Cup of golf of 2031 or the organization of the World Cup of football of 2030, in the preparation of which the Interministerial Commission created to direct the actions dependent on the Government is already working.

Spain has also acquired confidence and international prestige through the organization of events such as the Formula One and MotoGP Grand Prix, the World Mountain and Trail Running Championship, the European MTB Championship, the Davis Cup qualifier in Marbella or the Canary Islands Rally, among others.

On the other hand, it should be remembered that the inclusion of sport as a tractor element within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan has made it possible to mobilise 300 million euros for the digitalisation of this sector, for the strengthening of its link with public health and for the adaptation of infrastructures.

Adding Next GenerationEU funds and its own resources, the CSD has invested in the last two years 65 million euros in the improvement of 158 sports facilities throughout the national territory.

The year 2025 has also meant the reactivation of the Observatory against Violence in Sport, which reaffirms the commitment of the CSD to safety in sports environments. In fact, Spain actively participates in the working groups promoted within the European Union for the development of common policies that make sport a space for coexistence and values that inspire society.