The potential of sport to foster integration of minorities and disadvantaged people (migrants, disabled persons, ethnic or linguistic minorities, etc.) is widely acknowledged: institutions, intellectuals, opinion leaders, use to state that sporting activities promote dialogue and integration.

Since the end of the World War II, particular attention has been paid to the sport for disabled persons, which now is played in all the world (Martino et al., 2019, pp. 215-220; European Commission, 2018; Smith, 2016; DePauw & Gavron, 2005).

Today, in the continuous evolution of the migratory phenomena, institutions and scholars consider sport a tool to ease the integration of migrants in the hosting society. This assumption is certainly true, but the role of sport should not be overestimated, mainly for two reasons:

1. the participation of the migrants in sport is often hindered by obstacles of economic, social-cultural and bureaucratic nature;
2. when migrants succeed in playing, not always they walk toward a real inclusion.

Alliance of Sport