Editing Islamabad (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Jinnah Sports Stadium track and field.jpg|thumb|[[Jinnah Sports Stadium]]]]
[[File:Islamabad golf Club.jpg|thumb|Islamabad Golf Club]]
Islamabad has a multipurpose sports complex opposite [[Aabpara]]. It includes Liaquat Gymnasium for indoor games, Mushaf Squash Complex and [[Jinnah Sports Stadium]] for outdoor games, which is a venue for regular national and international events. [[2004 South Asian Games|2004 SAF Games]] were held in the stadium. Some other sports venues of Islamabad include [[Diamond Club Ground]], Shalimar Cricket Ground and Islamabad Golf Club.

There is another multipurpose sports complex in the F6 Markaz. It has tennis courts, a basketball court with fibre-glass boards and a [[Futsal]] ground which introduced artificial turf to the people of Islamabad.

Major sports in the city include [[cricket]], [[Association football|football]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], [[field hockey|hockey]], table tennis, rugby and [[boxing]].<ref name="Hanif Raza">{{cite book|title=Islamabad and environs|year=1985|publisher=Colorpix|asin=B0006ENJ0I|page=83|author=M. Hanif Raza}}</ref> The city is home to [[Islamabad United (cricket)|Islamabad United]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafique |first=Adnan |title=Islamabad United |url=https://www.islamabadunited.com/about-us/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224040254/https://www.islamabadunited.com/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which won the first ever [[Pakistan Super League]] in [[2016 Pakistan Super League|2016]] and second title in [[2018 Pakistan Super League|2018]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arynews.tv/en/ary-digital-neer-winning-psl/|title=ARY Digital Network President Salman Iqbal congratulates Islamabad United over winning PSL|work=ARY News|date=24 February 2016|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225092427/http://arynews.tv/en/ary-digital-neer-winning-psl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CIrep>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8679/report/1128851|title=Ronchi, Shadab seal Islamabad's second PSL title|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327092249/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8679/report/1128851|url-status=live}}</ref> and Islamabad All Stars, which participates in the [[Super Kabaddi League]].

Islamabad also has various rock climbing spots in the Margalla Hills.<ref name="John Arran">{{cite web|last=Arran|first=John|title=A Guide to Climbing in Margalla|url=http://www.pakistanalpine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Monkey-Business-A-Guide-to-Climb-Margalla-2012-Edition.pdf|work=Rock Climbing Islamabad|publisher=Pakistan Alpine Institute|access-date=12 October 2013|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121139/http://www.pakistanalpine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Monkey-Business-A-Guide-to-Climb-Margalla-2012-Edition.pdf|archive-date=22 October 2013}}</ref>

The Pakistan Sports Complex has three swimming pools for children. These facilities attract a large gathering on weekends.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sports facilities at Pakistan Sports Complex |url= http://www.sports.gov.pk/SportsFacilities/sportsfacilities.htm#cycling |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508062306/http://www.sports.gov.pk/SportsFacilities/sportsfacilities.htm#cycling |archive-date=8 May 2016 }}</ref>