Editing Ticino (section)

==Sport==
[[Bocce]] is a folk game that was once a popular pastime locally, but by the early 21st century it was seldom played by younger people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boccia – vom Zeitvertreib zum Leistungssport: Kommen die Kugelschieber zu olympischen Ehren?|newspaper=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |date=11 October 2004 |url=http://www.nzz.ch/startseite/article9WS8Z-1.318882|publisher=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung|NZZ]]|access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> 

Professional sports teams include [[HC Lugano]], [[HC Ambrì-Piotta]] (ice hockey), [[AC Bellinzona]], [[FC Lugano]] (men's association football) and [[Lugano Tigers]] (basketball). Other teams include [[FF Lugano 1976]] (women's association football), [[GDT Bellinzona Snakes]], (ice hockey) [[FC Chiasso]], [[FC Mendrisio]], [[FC Paradiso]] and [[FC Locarno]] (men's association football). The canton also has a [[Canton Ticino football team]] which is a member of [[CONIFA]].

Lugano has hosted the [[Italy national football team|Italy]]-[[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] match at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] at the [[Cornaredo Stadium]], the [[1953 UCI Road World Championships|1953]] and [[1996 UCI Road World Championships|1996]] [[UCI Road World Championships]], the [[18th Chess Olympiad]] and the [[2018 Ladies Open Lugano|2018]] and [[2019 Ladies Open Lugano|2019]] editions of the [[Ladies Open Lugano]] women's tennis tournament.

Lugano's routine events include the annual [[BSI Challenger Lugano]] tennis tournament, the [[Gran Premio Città di Lugano Memorial Albisetti]] 20&nbsp;km [[racewalking|racewalk]], and the [[Scenic Trail]] [[skyrunning]] competition. Bellinzona hosts the [[Bellinzona Ladies Open]] women's tennis tournament.