Abstract The paper presents the findings of SCORE (Sporting Cities Opposing Racism in Europe), a collaborative scientific programme funded by the European Commission, conducted over a two-year period (2022–2024). This project brought together several European cities, universities, and local organisations with the objective of fostering migrant integration and preventing racism and discrimination in sports. The research programme involved the analysis of methodologies and strategies at local level ( N = 169). In this article, we analyse the Spanish case (N = 52), which presents a greater diversity of initiatives. As relatively recent country of immigration, Spain has not yet established a common national integration model (Cebolla Boado Puech, Le Yondre Örsoğlu & Yildiran, 2024). Additionally, the specificity of the Spanish case –particularly in terms of the importance of supranational structures in legitimizing local strategies– is examined through a critical lens (Swain and Urban, 2024).
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