Editing Tashkent (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Шацких1.jpg|thumb|[[Maksim Shatskikh]], a striker for the [[Uzbekistan national football team]], is from Tashkent.]] 
[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport in Tashkent, with the most prominent football clubs being [[Pakhtakor Tashkent FK]], [[FC Bunyodkor]], and [[PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent]], all three of which compete in the [[Uzbekistan Super League]]. Footballers [[Maksim Shatskikh]], [[Peter Odemwingie]] and [[Vasilis Hatzipanagis]] were born in the city. [[Humo Tashkent]], a professional ice hockey team was established in 2019 with the aim of joining [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL), a top level Eurasian league in future. Humo joined the second-tier [[Supreme Hockey League]] (VHL) for the 2019–20 season. Humo play their games at the [[Humo Ice Dome]]; both the team and arena derive their name from the mythical [[Huma bird]].<ref name="Logo">{{cite web |title=Bird of Happiness – a symbol of the HC HUMO |url=http://uihf.uz/news#tab115 |language=ru |date=22 July 2019 |access-date=9 August 2019 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720112541/http://www.uihf.uz/news#tab115 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Humo Tashkent was a member of the reformed Uzbekistan Ice Hockey League which began play in February 2019.<ref name="Kun.uz">{{cite web |title=Uzbekistan eyes to join International Ice Hockey Federation |url=https://kun.uz/en/news/2019/02/15/uzbekistan-eyes-to-join-international-ice-hockey-federation |language=en |date=15 February 2019 |access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zyryanov |first=Konstantin |date=2021-05-12 |title=vn138 |url=https://vn138.ws/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=vn138.ws}}</ref> Humo finished in first place at the end of the regular season. Cyclist [[Djamolidine Abdoujaparov]] was born in the city, while tennis player [[Denis Istomin]] was raised there. [[Akgul Amanmuradova]] and [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] are notable female tennis players from Tashkent. Gymnasts [[Alina Kabaeva]] and Israeli Olympian [[Alexander Shatilov]] were also born in the city. Former world champion and Israeli Olympic bronze medalist sprint canoer in the K-1 500 m event [[Michael Kolganov]] was also born in Tashkent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/michael-kolganov-1.html |title=Sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=24 October 1974 |access-date=29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003447/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/michael-kolganov-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]], Uzbekistan won the heavyweight class in both the Rio<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Results By Events Old BW |url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=362 |access-date=2025-05-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> and Tokyo<ref name=":0" /> [[Olympic Games]]. Tashkent is hosting the 2021 Weightlifting World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iwf.sport/event/iwf-world-championships/ |title=IWF World Championships |date=21 November 2021 |website=iwf.sport}}</ref>