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The article examines the regulatory framework of army tactical shooting all-around as a military applied sport, and outlines the main directions of its development among students of civilian universities. Examples of mass sports events among students of different levels of training in this sport are given.

The article presents the data of the analysis of the literary sources on the development of phygital movement in Russia in general and phygital sports in particular. Its essence is revealed and the factors that make phygital sport an effective tool for the development and popularization of the sports movement, primarily among young people, are highlighted. The positive experience of holding the largest international competitions in phygital sports “Games of the Future” is noted.

Physical education and the corresponding subject in educational programs are traditionally considered as the tools for mastering skills directly related to sport and its certain disciplines. Meanwhile, within the competency-based education approach, physical education can be understood in a much wider context, as a source of development of soft skills and even cognitive abilities. This article considers the preconditions and several country cases of integration of the competency-based approach into the physical education curricula.

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need and expediency of supplementing the competence of international activities with the competence of public sports diplomacy of specialists in physical culture and sports for productive participation in the implementation of international sports cooperation programs.

Analysis of topics of scientific research works conducted in educational institutions of higher education and dissertation research on the issues of physical education of students and student sports was carried out. Systematization of research topics for 2014–2022 was done. It has been established that the vast majority of studies are devoted to physical education. The most common areas are the development of training programs for professionally applied physical training and using means of various sports and physical activity.

The development of modern technologies leads to transformation of all the spheres of society, including sports. One of the key trends of recent years is emergence and fast spread of high-tech (innovative) sports, where digital technologies are embedded directly into the process of competition, such as phygital (combined functional and digital) sport, drone (unmanned aircraft) racing, sports programming and others. These sports are now bringing together people of different ages and interests.

The article presents results of a sociological study “Student sports: opportunities and prospects”, which was conducted by the Center for Sociological Research “14–35” in 2022. Total number of respondents was 7,647 respondents. The sample was divided into 3 categories, where respondents were offered to answer questions on various aspects of the student sports development.