The 2022 BRICS Sports Ministers Meeting was held online on Nov.1, presided by Gao Zhidan, Director General of the General Administration of Sport of China. Also joined the meeting were Mr. Gao’s BRICS counterparts, including Mthethwa of South Africa, Ronaldo Bento of Brazil, Oleg Matytsin of Russia, and Nisith Pramanik of India. They adopted the Joint Statement of the BRICS Sports Ministers Meeting 2022.

Participants reviewed the results of BRICS sports cooperation in recent years, discussed in depth the cooperation in mass sports, competitive sports, sports industry and international sports affairs, and reached a broad consensus. They appreciated China's success of holding the 2022 BRICS Games and the Sports Ministers Meeting in an innovative way, and its contribution to promoting BRICS sports cooperation.