Editing Tel Aviv (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Bloomfield_Stadium,_January_2022_-_42.jpg|thumb|[[Bloomfield Stadium]], the largest of Tel Aviv]]

The city has a number of football stadiums, the largest of which is [[Bloomfield Stadium]], which contains 29,400 seats used by [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] and [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]. Another stadium in the city is the [[Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium]]. [[Menora Mivtachim Arena]] is a large multi-purpose sports [[indoor arena]], The arena is home to the [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], and the [[Drive in Arena]], a multi-purpose hall that serves as the home ground of the [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]. [[National Sport Center Tel Aviv]] (also Hadar Yosef Sports Center) is a compound of stadiums and sports facilities. It also houses the [[Olympic Committee of Israel]] and the National Athletics Stadium with the [[Israeli Athletic Association]].

[[File:Nokia_Arena_-_Israel_vs_Montenegro_-_August_2012.JPG|thumb|right|[[Menora Mivtachim Arena]]]]
The [[Maccabi Tel Aviv|Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Club]] was founded in 1906 and competes in more than 10&nbsp;sport fields. Its [[basketball team]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club]], is a world-known professional team, that holds 57 Israeli titles, has won 46&nbsp;editions of the Israel cup, and has six&nbsp;European Championships, and its [[football team]] [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club]] has won 25 Israeli league titles and has won 24 [[Israel State Cup|State Cups]], eight [[Toto Cup]]s and two [[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championships]]. [[Yael Arad]], an athlete in Maccabi's [[judo]] club, won a silver medal in the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Great Jews in Sports |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWE_lEPfHpIC&q=yael+arad+olympics+tel+aviv&pg=PA19 |publisher=Jonathan David Company, Inc. |first=Robert |last=Slater |year=2003 |page=19 |isbn=978-0-8246-0453-0 |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815055500/https://books.google.com/books?id=GWE_lEPfHpIC&q=yael+arad+olympics+tel+aviv&pg=PA19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Marathon Tel Aviv - Hayarkon View.JPG|thumb|The [[Tel Aviv Marathon]] going through [[Yarkon Park]]]]
[[Hapoel Tel Aviv|Hapoel Tel Aviv Sports Club]], founded in 1923, comprises more than 11 sports clubs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fotw.info/flags/il@hapta.html |title=Hapoel Tel Aviv |access-date=19 July 2007 |publisher=Flag of the World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629025747/http://www.fotw.net/flags/il%40hapta.html |archive-date=29 June 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> including [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club]] (13 championships, 16 State Cups, one Toto Cup and once Asian champions) which plays in [[Bloomfield Stadium]], and [[Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club]].

[[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv]] (once Israeli champion, twice [[Israel State Cup|State Cup]] winners and twice [[Toto Cup]] winner) is the Israeli football team that represents a neighborhood, the [[Hatikva Quarter]] in Tel Aviv, and not a city. [[Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C.|Beitar Tel Aviv]] formerly played in the top division, the club now playing in [[Liga Alef]]. [[Maccabi Jaffa F.C.|Maccabi Jaffa]] formerly played in the top division, the club now playing in [[Liga Leumit]] and represents the [[Jaffa]]. [[Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C.|Shimshon Tel Aviv]] formerly played in the top division, the club now playing in [[Liga Alef]]. There are more Tel Aviv football teams: [[Hapoel Kfar Shalem F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Shalem]], [[F.C. Bnei Jaffa Ortodoxim]], [[Beitar Ezra F.C.|Beitar Ezra]], [[Beitar Jaffa F.C.|Beitar Jaffa]], [[Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv F.C.|Elitzur Jaffa Tel Aviv]], [[F.C. Roei Heshbon Tel Aviv]], [[Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda F.C.|Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda]], [[Hapoel Kiryat Shalom F.C.|Hapoel Kiryat Shalom]], [[Hapoel Neve Golan F.C.|Hapoel Neve Golan]] and [[Hapoel Ramat Yisrael F.C.|Hapoel Ramat Yisrael]].

Two [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] clubs operate in Tel Aviv. The [[Tel Aviv Rowing Club]], established in 1935 on the banks of the [[Yarkon River]], is the largest rowing club in Israel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rowersalmanac.com/profiles/israel.asp |title=Rowers Almanac |access-date=19 July 2007 |website=Rowersalmanac.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008113952/http://www.rowersalmanac.com/profiles/israel.asp |archive-date=8 October 2007}}</ref> Meanwhile, the beaches of Tel Aviv provide a vibrant [[Matkot]] (beach paddleball) scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telaviv-insider.co.il/sports.php |title=Sports in the Tel-Aviv |access-date=19 July 2007 |publisher=Tel Aviv Insider |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726094956/http://www.telaviv-insider.co.il/sports.php |archive-date=26 July 2007}}</ref> [[Tel Aviv Lightning]] represent Tel Aviv in the [[Israel Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stljewishlight.com/topstories/12348156495807.php |title=Israel Baseball League starts in June |work=[[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] Jewish Light |access-date=19 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214233/http://www.stljewishlight.com/topstories/12348156495807.php |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Tel Aviv also has an annual [[half marathon]], run in 2008 by 10,000 athletes with runners coming from around the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035198.html |title=10,000 athletes to run in Tel Aviv half marathon |access-date=7 November 2008 |archive-date=12 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112095032/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035198.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2009, the [[Tel Aviv Marathon]] was revived after a fifteen-year hiatus, and is run annually since, attracting a field of over 18,000 runners.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/thousands-sport-sneakers-for-tel-aviv-marathon-1.354898 |title=Thousands sport sneakers for Tel Aviv marathon |access-date=8 April 2011 |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |archive-date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411045258/http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/thousands-sport-sneakers-for-tel-aviv-marathon-1.354898 |url-status=live }}</ref>