Children's rights in sports are an important topic that is often neglected. Research shows that about 20% of children who participate in competitive sports experience forms of abuse and exploitation, while their basic human rights are threatened in approximately 10% of children. The forms of threat can be different, and include physical and psychological abuse, and sometimes abuse and exploitation. It is important to recognize that these problems can vary in frequency and intensity depending on the type of sport, as well as the system and its stakeholders. There is a need to establish safeguards and uphold children's rights in sport to ensure a safe and fair environment for all participants. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) protects children's rights to a certain extent, and the basic provisions of the Convention are incorporated into the legislative regulations of countries at the international level. Despite this, certain violations of children's rights in sports, especially in the domain of abuse, are not fully defined or are defined differently. The paper investigates the rights of children in sports and ways of violating them, and the research was carried out by collecting, analyzing and presenting data mainly from recent research in the form of scientific and professional articles and legally binding documents.