It is responsible for the development of sports in the Indian state of Goa.
[2] It owns and maintains 14 sports complexes which include Olympic size swimming pools, FIFA approved football stadiums, jogging tracks and around 98 sports grounds all over the state.
The Goa Olympic Association won hosting rights for the 3rd edition of the prestigious Lusofonia Games from the ACOLOP to be held from 18–29 January 2014.
The sports infrastructure in the state is said to get a major boost by June 2013 for the hosting of the Lusofonia Games.
Construction of new sports complexes of international standards has been proposed and the fatorda sports complex (which includes the Fatorda Stadium) is set to get a multi-crore revamp for these games.