The Department of Physical Culture and Sports conducts its activities in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan "On Physical Culture and Sports", Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the Program for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny.
The main objectives of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports are:
- providing conditions for the development of physical culture and mass sports in the city;
- organization of official fitness and sports events;
- coordination of activities of municipal organizations of physical culture and sports orientation;
- promotion of physical culture and sports among the population, as well as a healthy lifestyle.
76 sports are cultivated in the city. The most popular sports are football, hockey, swimming, volleyball, basketball, athletics, and chess. The number of people systematically engaged in physical education and sports in 2023 amounted to 62.2%, including 310,126 of the city's population aged 3 and over.
There are 1,127 sports facilities in the city to meet the diverse interests of Naberezhnye Chelny residents in the field of physical culture and sports.
A total of 7,965 people are engaged in sports training at sports schools and sports schools of the Olympic reserve of the city.
The Department provides operational management of the activities of 16 municipal physical culture and sports institutions. In addition to 16 sports institutions, the Department of Physical Culture and Sports interacts with the physical education teams of all educational organizations.
