Abstract
The article lists some international acts that are devoted to the regulation of issues of physical cultureand sports. It is noted that Russian legislation at both federal and regional levels reflects the main provisionsformulated in the named international acts. On specific examples, it was demonstrated that in the Russiannational legislation on physical culture and sports, such aspects as: the place of sports in the educationsystem, the safety of participants and spectators during sports events, the prevention of doping, and thepopularization of sports are being successfully developed. It is noted that the Russian legislation in the fieldof physical culture and sports is at the stage of formation, therefore, the achievement of priority tasks makesit possible to formulate new ones, which requires the inclusion of other ideas in the regulatory framework.The authors believe that it would be advisable to strengthen the idea of combating discrimination onvarious grounds in sports, to consolidate the norms on the moral and ethical foundations of sports, to createguarantees for athletes from political and commercial exploitation, to consolidate the principles of globalismand preservation of the environment.