Abstract: The aim of the paper/study was to investigate categories, causes and consequences of risks in sports identified by Sports administrators in State Sports Councils, South East, Nigeria. In order to achieve the research objectives, three research questions guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and use one hundred and fifty-five sports administrators (Directors of sports, organizing secretaries and coaches) as population and sample for the study. Structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection and all statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Hundred and thirty-five copies of the questionnaire were used for data analysis because other copies suffered mortality. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions using 2.50 as the criterion mean. From the results, risk of injury, risks of financial loss and risk of damaging sports facilities were identified by the sports administrators as risks in sports with risk of injury as the most occurred risk. Also, the sports administrators identified the cause and consequences they encounter in their various sports councils depending on the category of risk. The study concluded that sports administrators in State Sports Councils, South East, Nigeria, know the pertinent risks they encounter as they discharge their duties and cause and effects of such risks.