Editing Pretoria (section)

===Sport===
[[File:URC trophy on display at Loftus Versfeld.jpg|thumb|258x258px|Loftus Versfeld Stadium]]
One of the most popular sports in Pretoria is [[rugby union]]. [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium|Loftus Versfeld]] is home to the [[Blue Bulls]], who compete in the domestic [[Currie Cup]], and also to the [[Bulls (rugby)|Bulls]] in the international [[United Rugby Championship]] competition. The Bulls rugby team, which is operated by the Blue Bulls, won the Super Rugby competition in [[2007 Super 14 season|2007]], [[2009 Super 14 season|2009]] and [[2010 Super 14 season|2010]]. Loftus Versfeld also hosts the [[Association football|football]] side [[Mamelodi Sundowns]].

Pretoria also hosted matches during the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]]. Loftus Versfeld was used for some matches in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].

[[Association football]] (soccer) is one of the most popular sports in the city. There are two soccer teams in the city playing in South Africa's top-flight league, the [[South African Premiership|Premiership]]. They are [[Mamelodi Sundowns]] and [[Supersport United]]. Supersport United were the [[2008–09 Premier Soccer League|2008–09 PSL Champions]]. Following the 2011/2012 season the [[University of Pretoria F.C.]] gained promotion to the [[South African Premier Division]], the top domestic league, becoming the third Pretoria-based team in the league.<ref>{{cite web |author=Premier Soccer League |url=http://www.supersport.com/football/national-first-division/news/120513/Tuks_secures_Premiership_promotion |title=Tuks secure Premiership promotion – SuperSport – Football |publisher=SuperSport |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307091843/https://supersport.com/football/national-first-division/news/120513/Tuks_secures_Premiership_promotion |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/05/10/amatuks-make-it-to-top-flight |title=AmaTuks make it to top flight |publisher=Sowetan LIVE |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702021117/http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/05/10/amatuks-make-it-to-top-flight |url-status=live}}</ref> After a poor league finish in the 2015/2016 season, University of Pretoria F.C. were relegated to the [[National First Division]], the second-highest football league in South Africa, in the 2016 promotion/relegation play-offs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667/sa-psl/2016/06/22/24879682/university-of-pretoria-highlands-park-preview-relegated |title=University of Pretoria – Highlands Park Preview: Relegated AmaTuks eye consolation win {{!}} Goal.com |website=www.goal.com |access-date=28 October 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028170525/https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667/sa-psl/2016/06/22/24879682/university-of-pretoria-highlands-park-preview-relegated |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:SS park.jpg|thumb|Centurion Park]]
[[Cricket]] is also a popular game in the city. As there is no international cricket stadium in the city, it does not host any top-class cricket tournaments, although the nearby situated [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]] has [[Supersport Park]] which is an international cricket stadium and has hosted many important tournaments such as [[2003 Cricket World Cup]], [[2007 ICC World Twenty20]], [[2009 IPL]] and [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy]]. The most local franchise team to Pretoria is the [[Titans cricket team|Titans]], although [[Northerns cricket team|Northerns]] occasionally play in the city in South Africa's provincial competitions. Many Pretoria born cricketers have gone on to play for [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]], including former international captains [[AB de Villiers]] [[Faf du Plessis]].
[[File:SunBet Arena 2024 BAL season.png|thumb|SunBet Arena, Times Square, Menlyn]]
The Pretoria Transnet Blind Cricket Club is situated in Pretoria and is the biggest Blind Cricket club in South Africa. Their field is at the Transnet Engineering campus on Lynette Street, home of differently disabled cricket. PTBCC has played many successful blind cricket matches with abled bodied teams such as the South African Indoor Cricket Team and TuksCricket Junior Academy. Northerns Blind Cricket is the Provincial body that governs PTBCC and Filefelfia Secondary School. The Northern Blind Cricket team won the 40 over National Blind Cricket tournament that was held in Cape Town in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptbcc.com |title=魁斗财经 |website=www.ptbcc.com |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806030159/http://ptbcc.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The city's SunBet Arena at Time Square hosted the [[NBA Africa Game 2018]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=[[FIBA]] |date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107193242/https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |url-status=live}}</ref>