Editing Federal District (Brazil) (section)

==Sports==
The Federal District is home to two nationally-recognized football clubs: [[Brasiliense FC|Brasiliense Futebol Clube]] (from [[Taguatinga, Federal District|Taguatinga]]) and [[Sociedade Esportiva do Gama]] (or simply Gama), both of which have played in the first division of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the best result in their history being Brasiliense's runner-up finish in the 2002 edition of the Copa do Brasil.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Folha Online - Esporte - Corinthians empata com o Brasiliense e conquista a Copa do Brasil - 15/05/2002 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u40216.shtml |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=folha.uol.com.br}}</ref> The main soccer stadiums are the [[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha|Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha]], the [[Serejão|Estádio Elmo Serejo Farias (Serejão)]] and the [[Bezerrão|Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra (Bezerrão)]]. The Edson Arantes do Nascimento Stadium (Pelezão) was the city's first and main stadium at the time of its inauguration, but was abandoned and demolished in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Homenagem a Pelé? No Brasil, é raridade e somente três estádios na elite relembram ídolos do passado |url=https://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/11457869/homenagem-pele-brasil-estadios-raridade-relembram-idolos-passado |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=ESPN.com |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Redação |date=2016-06-26 |title=Glória do futebol, Pelezão morre nas mãos da Via e de Paulo Octavio |url=https://www.notibras.com/site/gloria-do-futebol-pelezao-morre-nas-maos-da-via-e-p-o/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Notibras |language=pt-BR}}</ref>[[File:GDF_APRESENTA_FORÇAS_INTEGRADAS_QUE_ATUARÃO_NAS_OLIMPÍADAS_2016_(28441694746).jpg|thumb|Brasília National Stadium]]
The Federal District is a departing point for the practice of free flying [[sport]]s, a sport that may be practiced with [[hang gliding]] or [[paragliding]] wings. Practitioners of such sports say that because of the district's dry weather it offers strong thermal winds and great "cloud-streets" – which is also the name for a manoeuvre quite appreciated by practitioners. The district hosted the 14th Hang Gliding World Championship – one of the categories of free flying – in 2003. In August 2005, it hosted the 2nd stage of the Brazilian Hang Gliding Championship.

Brasília was one of the six host cities for the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup|2013 Confederations Cup]] matches<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazil to open 2013 Confederations Cup in Brasilia |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/brazil-to-open-2013-confederations-cup-in-brasilia |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=FOX Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-30 |title=Brazil opens the Confed Cup with convincing win over Japan |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37350917/brazil-neymar-shine-confederations-cup-win-japan |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> and one of the twelve for the 2014 World Cup, whose matches took place at the Mané Garrincha National Stadium in Brasília.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-29 |title=Brazil's Soccer Cities: from Rio to Brasilia |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27618836 |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-28 |title=World Cup 2014 schedule - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-cup-2014-schedule/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=cbsnews.com}}</ref> The stadium is located in the Ayrton Senna Multisport Complex (formerly the Sports Sector), which also includes the [[Nilson Nelson Gymnasium|Nilson Nelson Sports Gymnasium]], which has hosted matches for the men's and women's volleyball teams and the 2008 Futsal World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=2008-02-08 |title=Dates set for Brazilian futsal feast {{!}} Futsal World Cup 2008 |url=https://www.uefa.com/futsalworldcup/news/0257-0de751744efb-5ea968f89829-1000--dates-set-for-brazilian-futsal-feast/ |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

In the Federal District, the city of [[Brasília]] is the site of the [[Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília)|Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet]], which hosted a non-championship round of the [[1974 Formula One season|1974 Formula One Grand Prix season]]. An [[IndyCar]] race that was scheduled to occur at the circuit was cancelled at the last minute in 2015 due to financial problems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-31 |title=Brasilia government forced IndyCar race cancellation in money worry |url=https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/brasilia-government-forced-indycar-race-cancellation-in-money-worry-5018689/5018689/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=autosport.com}}</ref> The track, which has been closed since 2015, is being renovated for the end of 2023 by the state-owned [[Banco de Brasília]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marson |first=Leonardo |date=2022-07-01 |title=Autódromo de Brasília lança Instagram para acompanhamento das obras na pista |url=https://racingonline.com.br/noticias/autodromo-de-brasilia-lanca-instagram-para-acompanhamento-das-obras-na-pista/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Racing Online |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

=== Domestic sports clubs ===

==== Association football ====

* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série D]] (2)
** [[Brasiliense FC]]
** [[Ceilândia Esporte Clube]]

==== Basketball ====

* [[Novo Basquete Brasil]]
** [[Brasília Basquete]]
** [[Cerrado Basquete]]

=== Stadiums ===

==== Association football ====

* [[Bezerrão]]
* [[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha]]
* [[Serejão]]

==== Other ====

* [[Nilson Nelson Gymnasium]]