Editing Tatarstan (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Kazan Arena stadium.jpg|thumb|[[Ak Bars Arena]] in [[Kazan]]]]
With 9,175 sports venues in Tatarstan, the republic is one of the leading sports regions in Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sport |url=https://tatarstan.ru/eng/about/sport.htm |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=tatarstan.ru}}</ref> Since 1973, Kazan has been making efforts to expand its sports [[infrastructure]], with sports being a "great source of pride" for the people of Kazan.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Makarychev |first1=A. S. (Andreĭ Stanislavovich) |url=http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4716827 |title=Mega events in post-Soviet Eurasia: shifting borderlines of inclusion and exclusion |last2=Yatsyk |first2=Alexandra |date=2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-49095-7 |series=Mega event planning |location=New York, NY |language=English}}</ref>

Tatarstan has [[Rubin Kazan]], a major European football team which has played in the [[UEFA Champions League]] and the [[UEFA Europa League]]. Twice Russian champions, Rubin Kazan play in the [[Russian Premier League]]. Also, Tatarstan has [[Unics Kazan]] which has gained a significant role in European basketball, playing in [[Euroleague]] and [[EuroCup Basketball|EuroCup]] for decades.

It also has two [[KHL]] teams, the successful [[Ak Bars Kazan]], which is based in the capital city of [[Kazan]], and the [[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]], who play in the city of [[Nizhnekamsk]]. The state also has a [[Russian Major League]] team (the second highest hockey league in Russia), [[Neftyanik Almetyevsk]], who play in the city of [[Almetyevsk]]. There are also two [[Minor Hockey League]] teams which serve as affiliates for the two KHL teams. A team also exists in the [[Russian Hockey League]], the [[HC Chelny]], which is based in the city of [[Naberezhnye Chelny]]. Another team plays in the [[MHL-B]] (the second level of junior ice hockey in Russia).

[[Nail Yakupov]] is an ethnic Tatar who was drafted first overall in the [[2012 NHL Entry Draft]].

Former [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] No. 1 [[Marat Safin]] and former [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] number 1 [[Dinara Safina]] are of Tatar descent.

[[Vic Wild|Victor Wild]] and [[Danil Sadreev]] are both Tatarstan Olympians, having won a bronze in parallel giant slalom and a silver in ski jumping, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=Tatarstan sport minister about sports events in Kazan in 2022 — RealnoeVremya.com |url=https://realnoevremya.com/articles/6168-tatarstan-sport-minister-about-sports-events-in-kazan-in-2022 |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=realnoevremya.com |language=en}}</ref>

Kazan hosted the [[2013 Summer Universiade|XXVII Summer Universiade]] in 2013, the FINA World championship in aquatic sports in August 2015, and the World Junior Championship for swimming in 2022.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=Tatarstan sport minister about sports events in Kazan in 2022 |url=https://realnoevremya.com/articles/6168-tatarstan-sport-minister-about-sports-events-in-kazan-in-2022 |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=realnoevremya.com |language=en}}</ref>