Introduction: Sports serve a multitude of purposes and capacities in enhancing culture. In strategic planning, policymakers can utilize these competencies. This research pursues the goal of Identifying Sports' Capacities to Iran's Cultural Development.
Method: This analytical-descriptive research is developmental in purpose. The study's statistical population comprised sports experts using Cochran's formula of 384 individuals. The data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire, and SPSS software version 23 was used for analysis. For face validity, the opinions of experts were used. The questionnaire was distributed among 34 individuals to validate its reliability. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96 for the entire questionnaire.
Results: The development of Iranian culture is dependent upon sports' capacity and capabilities. Political (3.522), economic (2.874), social (2.565), cultural (2.759), and resource (2.964) are the mean components of exercise capacity and capabilities, respectively. According to the Pearson correlation coefficient, there is a positive and direct relationship between the independent variables (political (0.506), economic (0.594), social (0.506), cultural (0.649), and resources (0.693)) and the dependent variable (the development of Iranian culture). The relationship between the variables of capacities, culture, and resources and the dependent variable is intense, whereas these for politics, economics, and society is moderate.
Conclusion: The capacity and abilities of sports provide them with the essential power to enhance Iranian culture; consequently, it is obligatory to utilize them.