Nowadays, in Saransk, there are 18 stadia, 470 sport halls, 6 sport complexes, 15 swimming pools, 21 ski pavilions.
The international tennis tournament “Challenge” of a $25,000 prize fund takes place yearly in Saransk since 2003.
The International Sport Forum „Russia – Country of Sports” was held in Saransk, Mordovia, Russia on 8-11 September with the participation of more than 3000 participants
In 2005 the republic held the small Olimpic Games of the Povolozhskiy federal region.
In March was European Cup in BMX.
Several years ago in Saransk was IAAF World Championship.
This year, the complex “Start” held the All-Russia junior football cup tournament of the professional league “Nadezhda”.
In 2018 Saransk will hold a quaterfinal match of FIFA World Cup Final.
The republic is the motherland of world-known athletes: Russia national tennis team coach Shamil Tarpischev, many-fold Olympic champion Alexey Nemov, heavy-weight boxer Oleg Moskaev, runner Boris Borzakovskiy, gymnast Svetlana Khorkina. They recon Mordovia their motherland.
