Editing Sarawak (section)

=== Sports ===

Sarawak sent its own teams to participate in the [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958]] and [[1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games Federation – Countries – Sarawak |date=11 January 2016 |url=https://archive.org/details/FormerCommonwealthCountriesSarawak |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> and [[1962 Asian Games]]; after 1963, Sarawakians competed as part of the Malaysian team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan top the list with 73 'golds' |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19620905-1.2.129.4.aspx |access-date=11 January 2016 |newspaper=[[The Straits Times]] |date=5 September 1962}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jakarta 1962 |url=http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?SYCXGjC0df+J2ChZBk5tvA== |publisher=Olympic Council of Asia |access-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101050016/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?SYCXGjC0df%2BJ2ChZBk5tvA=%3D |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sarawak hosted the Malaysian [[SUKMA Games]] in 1990, 2016 and 2024,<ref>{{cite news |title=S'wak to host Sukma in 2016 — Khairy |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/04/swak-to-host-sukma-in-2016-khairy/ |access-date=11 January 2016 |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=4 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111074735/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/04/swak-to-host-sukma-in-2016-khairy/ |archive-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> and was overall champion in the 1990, 1992, 1994 and 2024 SUKMA games.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pail |first1=Salena |title=CM revs up momentum for 2016 S'wak Sukma |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/10/22/cm-revs-up-momentum-for-2016-swak-sukma/ |access-date=11 January 2016 |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=22 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111075335/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/10/22/cm-revs-up-momentum-for-2016-swak-sukma/ |archive-date=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sukma.bernama.com/news.php?id=2333058|title=Hosts Sarawak Crowned Overall Champions Of SUKMA 2024|agency=[[Bernama]]|date=24 August 2024|access-date=29 August 2024|author=Vikneswaran Raman}}</ref> It also hosted the Para SUKMA Games in 1996, 2016 and 2024, and was overall champion for 13 consecutive editions from 1994 until 2018, before losing the title to Sabah in the 2022 edition and regained it in the 2024 edition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tieng Hii |first1=Ting |title=Sarawak's reign as Para Sukma overall champions ends |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/11/06/sarawaks-reign-as-para-sukma-overall-champions-ends/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sukma.bernama.com/para/news.php?id=2345713|title=Mupok Lok! Curtain Comes Down On Para SUKMA S'wak|website=bernama.com|author=Farah Najihah Zuraimi|date=28 September 2024|access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> In 2019, both Sabah and Sarawak Sports Ministries work together to establish the East Malaysia Sports Commission to facilitate the organisation of more sports programmes in the two territories including other places in the Borneo islands.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/09/05/sabah-swak-sports-ministries-to-work-together-to-create-east-malaysia-sports-commission/ |title=Sabah, S'wak Sports Ministries to work together to create East Malaysia Sports Commission |author=Matthew Umpang |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=5 September 2019 |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> The Sarawak government also plans to make Sarawak an [[e-sports]] hub in the region.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dayakdaily.com/sarawak-hopes-to-become-an-esports-hub-in-the-region-one-day/ |title=Sarawak hopes to become an eSports hub in the region one day |author=Nigel Edgar |publisher=Dayak Daily |date=27 January 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030063025/https://dayakdaily.com/sarawak-hopes-to-become-an-esports-hub-in-the-region-one-day/ |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>