The current research was conducted with the aim of understanding the role of mass media in the development of championship sports in Kerman province. The research is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of cross-sectional time, and in terms of method, including mixed (qualitative-quantitative) research. The method of doing the work is meta-composition in the qualitative part and survey in the quantitative part. The statistical population of the qualitative section of Persian and Latin articles that had the keyword role of mass media in the development of sports was investigated by targeted sampling, and the dimensions of the role of mass media in the development of sports were extracted from 20 Persian and 20 Latin articles; A quantitative part of the statistical population is 243 people from sports club managers and heads of sports teams and heads of sports federations in Kerman city; The stratified sampling method and the data were tested using a researcher-made questionnaire with face and content validity and Cronbach's alpha reliability of 0.82. The statistical analysis method is partial least squares, which was done with pls samrt software. The findings of the research showed that the functions of informing, social participation, education, culture building, increasing the motivations of mass media in the development of championship sports are positive and significant from the subjects' point of view, and respectively the functions of culture building and information, education, Increasing the motives of championships have the biggest role. According to the findings of the research, it is necessary to carry out operational planning by the responsible institutions in order to achieve the goals of the development of championship sports, taking into account the mission and functions of the mass media.