Dr.Hab., PhD, Associate Professor A.A. Peredelsky¹
Dr.Sc.Polyt., Associate Professor P.S. Seleznev²
Dr.Sc.Polyt., Professor I.V. Fedyakin^3
1Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism (SCOLIPE), Moscow
²Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow
³Russian University of Transport, Moscow

Sports and politics - this is how an entire topical section, which includes numerous works on the issues of the relationship between these social phenomena and life spheres, is designated.
The article is devoted to the methodology of study of the large topical section "Sports and Politics", which includes solutions of various authors for the problems of the relationship between these social phenomena and life spheres.
From the standpoint of the philosophy of science, historical and political science, it is the volume and content of the terms "sports", "politics", as well as the basic laws of their social functioning, reflected in the classification of types, conditions, forms, and models that are considered. The provided list of classification features of politics and sports enables to build a specific and contextual scientific algorithm for studying their interrelation in the form of a software-based test where questions having a cause-and-effect relationship.
The case study methodology implies that there is a special "key" to be used in a point rating system, based on which it becomes possible to prepare an analytical report in each specific case.

Keywords: sports, politics, types, forms, states, models, specific truth.

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