Overview
- At a Dresden sports summit, Minister-President Michael Kretschmer and Sports Minister Armin Schuster set a coordinated course for grassroots and elite sport and backed a German Olympic bid that foresees events in Saxony.
- The state has already added €1.5 million for trainer pay and is seeking another €2.7 million to reach a €4.2 million target designed to curb coach migration to other states.
- Saxony says next year’s Landessportbund grant will surpass €30 million, while federal elite-sport funding is due to rise by €100 million from 2026.
- Plans call for using the federal Sondervermögen to finance venue upgrades tied to a potential bid, including Leipzig’s arena and a renovation of Dresden’s Margon Arena.
- Organized-sport representatives welcomed the direction and emphasized that success hinges on well-paid coaches and working local infrastructure, with Leipzig’s revived academic coach-training program set to strengthen the pipeline.