Editing Moscow (section)

==Sports==
{{See also|Football in Moscow}}
[[File:LuzhnikiStadium.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Luzhniki Stadium]] hosted the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] and the [[2018 FIFA World Cup Final]].]]
[[File:Sparrow_Hills_fanzone_2018.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sparrow Hills]] fanzone during [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]]]
[[File:Moscow 05-2017 img48 Olimpiysky Arena.jpg|thumb|[[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|SC Olimpiyskiy]] was built for the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].]]
Over 500 Olympic sports champions lived in the city by 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4626831.stm |title=The mood in Moscow |work=BBC News |date=3 July 2005 |access-date=22 December 2010 |archive-date=26 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526121800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4626831.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Moscow is home to 63 stadiums (besides eight football and eleven light athletics maneges), of which [[Luzhniki Stadium]] is the largest and the 4th biggest in Europe (it hosted the [[1998–99 UEFA Cup]], [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League]] finals, the [[1980 Summer Olympics]], and the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] with 7 games total, including the [[2018 FIFA World Cup Final|final]]). Forty other sports complexes are located within the city, including 24 with artificial ice. The [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]] was the world's first indoor arena for [[bandy]] and hosted the [[Bandy World Championship]] twice.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cwttEMCM-Y8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110125202043/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwttEMCM-Y8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwttEMCM-Y8 |title=Russia grabs World Bandy Championship |publisher=YouTube |access-date=15 June 2010}}{{cbignore }}</ref> Moscow was again the host of the competition in 2010, this time in [[Ice Palace Krylatskoye|Krylatskoye]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/2/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/2/%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=qyW7UPq6KKri4QS03YE4&ved=0CC4Q7gEwAA |title=Google Translate |publisher=Translate.google.se |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525002747/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rusbandy.ru%2Fstadium%2F2%2F&prev=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rusbandy.ru%2Fstadium%2F2%2F%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=qyW7UPq6KKri4QS03YE4&ved=0CC4Q7gEwAA |url-status=live }}</ref> That arena has also hosted the [[World Speed Skating Championships]]. There are also seven [[horse racing]] tracks in Moscow,<ref name="mosru-stats" /> of which [[Central Moscow Hippodrome]],<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.cmh.ru/ The Official Site of the Central Moscow Hippodrome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325082648/http://www.cmh.ru/ |date=25 March 2008 }}</ref> founded in 1834, is the largest.
[[File:CSKA Arena (Quintin Soloviev).jpg|thumb|[[CSKA Arena]] during a game of [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]], considered to be the second-best ice hockey league in the world]]
Moscow was the host city of the [[1980 Summer Olympics]], with the [[yachting]] events being held at [[Tallinn]], in present-day [[Estonia]]. Large sports facilities and the main international airport, Sheremetyevo Terminal 2, were built in preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Moscow had made a bid for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. However, when final voting commenced on 6 July 2005, Moscow was the first city to be eliminated from further rounds. The Games were awarded to [[2012 Summer Olympics|London]].

The most titled [[ice hockey]] team in the Soviet Union and in the world, [[HC CSKA Moscow]] comes from Moscow. Other big ice hockey clubs from Moscow are [[HC Dynamo Moscow]], which was the second most titled team in the Soviet Union, and [[HC Spartak Moscow]].

The most titled Soviet, Russian, and one of the most titled [[Euroleague]] clubs, is the [[basketball]] club from Moscow [[PBC CSKA Moscow]]. Moscow hosted the [[EuroBasket]] in 1953 and 1965.

Moscow had more winners at the [[USSR Chess Championship|USSR]] and [[Russian Chess Championship]] than any other city.

The most titled [[volleyball]] team in the Soviet Union and in Europe ([[CEV Champions League]]) is [[VC CSKA Moscow]].

In [[Association football|football]], [[FC Spartak Moscow]] has won more championship titles in the [[Russian Premier League]] than any other team. They were second only to [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] in [[Soviet Top League|Soviet times]]. [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] became the first Russian football team to win a [[UEFA]] title, the [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] (present-day [[UEFA Europa League]]). [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]], [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] and [[FC Torpedo Moscow]] are other professional football teams also based in Moscow.

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File:Стадион «Лукойл Арена» в Москве (08.01.2024) 01.jpg|[[Lukoil Arena]], home of [[FC Spartak Moscow]]
File:Arena CSKA.jpg|[[VEB Arena]], home of [[PFC CSKA Moscow]]
File:VTB Arena8.jpg|[[VTB Arena]], home of [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] and [[HC Dynamo Moscow]]
File:Lokomotiv Stadium.jpg|[[RZD Arena]], home of [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
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Moscow houses other prominent football, ice hockey, and basketball teams. Because sports organisations in the Soviet Union were once highly centralized, two of the best Union-level teams represented defence and law-enforcing agencies: the Armed Forces ([[CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs ([[Dynamo Sports Club|Dinamo]]). There were army and police teams in most major cities. As a result, Spartak, CSKA, and Dinamo were among the best-funded teams in the USSR.

The [[Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace]] is located in the [[Luzhniki Olympic Complex|Luzniki Olympic Complex]]. The building works started in 2017 and the opening ceremony took place on 18 June 2019. The investor of the Palace is the billionaire [[Alisher Usmanov]], husband of the former gymnast and gymnastics coach [[Irina Viner-Usmanova]]. The total surface of the building is 23,500 m<sup>2</sup>, which include 3 fitness rooms, locker rooms, rooms reserved for referees and coaches, saunas, a canteen, a cafeteria, 2 ball halls, a Medical center, a hall reserved for journalists, and a hotel for athletes.<ref>See also: [http://en.investmoscow.ru/calendar-of-events/2019-06/21sergey-sobyanin-otkryl-dvorets-gimnastiki-v-luzhnikakh/Article about the Palace of Gymnastics on the Moscow Investment Portal] {{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Because of Moscow's cold local climate, [[winter sport]]s have a following. Many of Moscow's large parks offer marked trails for skiing and frozen ponds for skating.
[[File:2018 World Cup Final - France v Croatia - 1st Half.jpg|thumb|The [[Luzhniki Stadium]] in Moscow, which hosted games of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]]]
Moscow hosts the annual [[Kremlin Cup]], a popular tennis tournament on both the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] and [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] tours. It is one of the ten Tier-I events on the women's tour and a host of Russian players feature every year.

[[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|SC Olimpiyskiy]] hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2009]], the first and so far the only [[Eurovision Song Contest]] arranged in Russia.

[[Slava Moscow]] is a professional [[rugby union|rugby]] club, competing in the national [[Professional Rugby League]]. Former [[rugby league]] heavyweights [[RC Lokomotiv Moscow|RC Lokomotiv]] have entered the same league {{As of|2011|lc=y}}. The Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the [[2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens]].

In bandy, one of the most successful clubs in the world is 20 times [[Russian Bandy Super League|Russian League]] champions [[Dynamo Moscow Bandy Club|Dynamo Moscow]]. They have also won the [[Bandy World Cup|World Cup]] thrice and [[European Cup (bandy)|European Cup]] six times.

[[MFK Dinamo Moskva]] is one of the major [[futsal]] clubs in Europe, having won the [[UEFA Futsal Champions League|Futsal Champions League]] title once.

When Russia was selected to host the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], the Luzhniki Stadium got an increased capacity, by almost 10,000 new seats, in addition to a further two stadiums that have been built: the [[VTB Arena|Dynamo Stadium]], and the [[Lukoil Arena|Spartak Stadium]], although the first one later was dismissed from having World Cup matches.

===Football clubs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Founded !! League !! League Rank !! Stadium
|-
| [[FC Spartak Moskva|Spartak Moscow]] || 1922 || [[Russian Premier League|Premier League]] || 1st || [[Lukoil Arena]]
|-
| [[PFC CSKA Moskva|CSKA Moscow]] || 1911 || [[Russian Premier League|Premier League]] || 1st || [[VEB Arena]]
|-
| [[FC Lokomotiv Moskva|Lokomotiv Moscow]] || 1923 || [[Russian Premier League|Premier League]] || 1st || [[RZD Arena]]
|-
| [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] || 1923 || [[Russian Premier League|Premier League]] || 1st || [[VTB Arena]]
|-
| [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] || 1924 || [[Russian First League|First League]] || 2nd || [[Eduard Streltsov Stadium]]
|-
| [[FC Rodina Moscow|Rodina Moscow]] || 2015 || [[Russian First League|First League]] || 2nd || Spartakovets Stadium
|-
| [[FC Veles Moscow|Veles Moscow]] || 2016 || [[Russian Second League|Second League]] || 3rd || Avangard Stadium
|}