Editing Kiribati (section)

===Sport===
{{see also|Kiribati at the Olympics|Kiribati at the 2014 Commonwealth Games}}

[[File:Bairiki National Stadium, Tarawa, Kiribati.jpg|thumb|Bairiki National Stadium, at Bairiki, Tarawa]]

Kiribati has competed at the [[Commonwealth Games]] since 1998 and the [[Summer Olympics]] since 2004. It sent three competitors to its first Olympics, two sprinters and a weightlifter.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lopresti|first=Mike|title=Small step at Olympics is giant leap for tiny island nation|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2004-08-19-lopresti-runner_x.htm|access-date=30 June 2014|work=[[USA Today]]|date=19 August 2004}}</ref> Kiribati won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]], when weightlifter [[David Katoatau]] won Gold in the 105&nbsp;kg Group.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnston|first=Neil|title=Glasgow 2014: David Katoatau claims first ever Kiribati medal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28576400|access-date=30 July 2014|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=30 July 2014}}</ref>

[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport. [[Kiribati Islands Football Federation]] (KIFF) is an associate member of the [[Oceania Football Confederation]], but not of world-governing body [[FIFA]]. Instead, they are member of [[ConIFA]]. The [[Kiribati national football team|Kiribati National team]] has played ten matches, all of which they have lost, and all at the [[Football at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games]] from 1979 to 2011. The Kiribati football stadium is [[Bairiki National Stadium]], which has a capacity of 2,500.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Djazmi|first1=Mani|title=The hardest job in football?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17790014|access-date=30 June 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 April 2012}}</ref>

The Betio Soccer Field is home to a number of local sporting teams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Betio Soccer Field |url=https://mapcarta.com/27549318 |website=Mapcarta |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref>