Social inclusion is broadly recognized as a priority to accomplish at an international level. While the influence of sport toward this social mission has been largely debated, literature lacks contributions capturing the challenges of sport when promoting social inclusion. Based in case study methodology, the investigation explores the impact of a multi-stakeholder sport initiative developing social inclusion for socially vulnerable youth and the related challenges of the intervention through in-depth interviews with diverse program stakeholders. The main findings indicated the emergence of four challenges: limited transferability of program outcomes for youth in living conditions of severe vulnerability; drop-out of youth in living conditions of severe vulnerability; limited sustainability of program social workers; lack of sports club management skills. The work highlights some limits of sport-based programs for social inclusion and discusses some implications for practice to maximize the societal impact of such interventions.

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通过体育促进社会融合的挑战：意大利一项基于体育的倡议的经验

社会包容被广泛认为是在国际一级完成工作的优先事项。尽管人们对体育运动对实现这一社会使命的影响进行了广泛的辩论，但文献缺乏在促进社会包容性方面捕捉体育运动挑战的贡献。通过案例研究方法，该调查通过与不同项目利益相关者的深入访谈，探索了一项多利益相关者体育倡议对社会脆弱青年发展社会融合的影响，以及干预措施的相关挑战。主要发现表明出现了四个挑战：处于严重脆弱性生活条件下的青年方案成果的可转让性有限；使青年人处于严重脆弱的生活条件中；计划社会工作者的可持续性有限；缺乏体育俱乐部的管理技能。这项工作强调了基于体育的计划对于社会包容的局限性，并讨论了对实践的一些意义，以最大限度地提高此类干预措施的社会影响。