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The article is devoted to research of the state's own interests in the sports sphere. The purpose of this article is to research relevant interests of the state in supporting sports and providing of adequate legal regulation in this sphere, as well as to research public interests in this sphere. The article examines main scientific approaches to this issue, examines using sports as a political tool by the state. Main categories of state interests in the management of sports and the use of sports are determined in this article. These interests are: foreign policy and foreign economic interests, domestic interests. The article shows the importance of this issue for determining objectives of public administration in the sports field. Authors describe public interests in the sports field. It is concluded that sport provides required resources for public authority: economic resources, image resources, as well as resources that provide social solidarity. It is also concluded that proper consideration of public interests in public administration in sports sport predetermines proper quality of such public administration, its adequacy, rationality, and efficiency.