📣 Stronger Erasmus+ means stronger sport! Ahead of the 🇪🇺 Parliament vote on 22 October, we urge MEPs to support the CULT report and our key priorities: ✅ At least 5% for sport ✅ Increased budget ✅ Stronger EU coordination 🏅 Sport deserves more! #ErasmusPlus #Sport

🇧🇬🏆 PLOVDIV 2028: THE DREAM BEGINS! 🚀 The official ACES evaluation visit to Plovdiv, candidate for European Capital of Sport 2028, has begun! 🏅 Already a European City of Sport, Plovdiv aims to follow Sofia and become Bulgaria’s second European Capital of Sport. Good luck!

🌍🏅 Today at TTG in Rimini: ACES – Territories in Motion returns for its second edition, connecting sport and tourism to promote sustainable development and inclusion. 📍 Sala Noce | 12:30–14:00 #ACES #SportTourism #TTG2026

Active life style #ACES

🏅 Sport for everyone, without barriers! 💙 For the first time, Rzeszów 🇵🇱 — European City of Sport 2026 — hosted its Championships for People with Disabilities, bringing together over 60 participants at the UCL Centre for Innovative Research in Sport. 👏

🏆🎬 ACES VIDEO AWARDS 2026! 🌍 🥇 🇮🇹 NAPLES & TARANTO share the BEST VIDEO AWARD! 👏 Naples also wins the AUDIENCE AWARD! 🌍 27 videos | 9 countries | 2 continents 💙 Congratulations to ALL winners! #ACES #AVA2026 #SportForAll

🤝🌎 NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED! Yesterday, ACES signed a new cooperation agreement to promote sport, strengthen international collaboration and create new opportunities for sports development across the Andean region. 🏆⚽🌍 💙💛 Together, we keep growing through sport! #ACES

🏆 THE ACES NUMBER ONES OF 2026 ARE HERE! 🌍🇪🇺 🥇 Best European City: 🇹🇷 Sultangazi 🥇 Best European Town: 🇫🇷 Cesson-Sévigné 🥇 Best European Region: 🇭🇺 Veszprém–Bakony–Balaton 🥇 Best European Community: 🇮🇹 Lo Sport è IN

📣 SAVE THE DATE – ACES AWARDS GALA 2026! 🏆✨ 📅 10 December 2026 | 🕓 16:00–20:00 📍 European Parliament, Brussels 🇪🇺 A very special evening celebrating our 2027 Capitals, Cities, Towns, Regions and Communities of Sport. 🌍⭐ See you in Brussels! 🇪🇺✨ #ACES

🇨🇴✨ This week, Colombia takes center stage in the Americas! The ACES evaluation committee is currently in Colombia, assessing three exciting candidates: La Estrella, Tenjo and La Calera. 🏆⚽🏃‍♀️ Three communities, one shared passion: sport as a driving force.

The ACES Evaluation Committee has been visiting Byala, Bulgaria, discovering its sports facilities, projects and commitment to an active and healthy community. 🏃‍♀️⚽🏟️ A great opportunity to experience first-hand the passion and vision behind Byala’s candidature

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🇪🇪🏆 ACES Evaluation Committee is in Pärnu, Estonia! Our international delegation is visiting Pärnu, the first-ever Estonian candidate for the title of European City of Sport 2027. 💪🌍 A great opportunity to discover the city’s sports facilities, projects and commitment #Pärnu

Vincenzo Lupattelli, Vice-President of ACES and President of ACES Italia, has been appointed Knight Officer of the Equestrian Order of Saint Agatha by the Grand and General Council of the Republic of San Marino, through a decree of the Grand Magistery dated 17 September 2026.

European and American Week of Sport. #BeActive #ActivateAmerica #ACES

⛵🇮🇹 Naples, where sport meets the sea! Proud to see Naples – European Capital of Sport 2026 at the heart of the America’s Cup. Naples will host the 38th America’s Cup in 2027, bringing one of the world’s most iconic sporting events to Italy for the first time.

🇮🇹 Today, our ACES evaluation commission is in Foggia, Italy, assessing the city and discovering its commitment to sport, physical activity and a healthier future. 🏃‍♂️🏆 A new step in the ACES evaluation process! 💪✨ #ACES #Foggia #Sport #beactive

🌍🏃‍♀️ We are in full swing with the European Week of Sport, where ACES is proud to be an official partner of the European Commission 🇪🇺, and the American Week of Sport, an initiative created by ACES to promote sport and active lifestyles across the Americas 🌎💪

Very satisfied with our visit to Nessebar, the first candidate for the Black Sea Capital of Sport title! 🇧🇬🌊🏆 A fantastic visit, marked by great enthusiasm and strong commitment from the Municipality and the entire city.

🏆 A weekend celebrating sport and European values! 🇪🇺 ACES evaluation commissions visited two inspiring Italian candidates for 2028: Comunità Oltregiogo, candidate for European Community of Sport, and Pisa, candidate for European City of Sport. 🇮🇹