Editing Amman (section)

===Sports===

Amman-based [[Association football|football]] clubs [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] and [[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]], both former league champions, share one of the most popular rivalries in the local football scene.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/jo/amm/prj/ema/far/jof/enindex.htm| title=Political rivalry overshadows Amman's derby| access-date=25 September 2015| work=Goethe-Institut| archive-date=26 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031114/http://www.goethe.de/ins/jo/amm/prj/ema/far/jof/enindex.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> Amman hosted the [[2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] along with [[Irbid]] and [[Zarqa]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/amman-municipality-revamping-stadiums-u-17-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup| title=Amman municipality revamping stadiums for U-17 Women's World Cup| access-date=23 September 2015| date=23 July 2015| work=[[The Jordan Times]] |first=Muath |last=Freij | archive-date=23 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031804/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/amman-municipality-revamping-stadiums-u-17-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=1913/index.html| title=Amman| publisher=[[FIFA]]| access-date=23 September 2015| archive-date=14 December 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214042814/http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=1913/index.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships]] and more than one edition of the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] were held in the city.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/destination-amman-1| title=Destination Amman| publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]| date=28 March 2009| access-date=24 September 2015| archive-date=7 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007151918/http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/destination-amman-1| url-status=live}}</ref> Amman also hosts the [[Jordan Rally]], which form part of the [[FIA]] [[World Rally Championship]], becoming one of the largest sporting events ever held in Jordan.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-rally-gets-thumbs-fia| title=Jordan Rally gets thumbs up from FIA| publisher=Jordan Times| date=19 February 2010| access-date=24 September 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144348/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-rally-gets-thumbs-fia| archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>

Amman is home to a growing number of foreign sports such as [[skateboarding]] and [[Rugby football|rugby]]; the latter has two teams based in the city: Amman Citadel Rugby Club and Nomads Rugby Club.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.albawaba.com/sport/jordan-rugby-dubai-sevens-619023| title=Against all odds, Jordan's rugby greats are set to storm the Dubai Sevens| access-date=23 September 2015| date=4 November 2014| archive-date=23 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055946/http://www.albawaba.com/sport/jordan-rugby-dubai-sevens-619023| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, German non-profit organization [[Make Life Skate Life]] completed construction of the [[7Hills Skatepark]], a 650 square meter concrete skatepark located at [[Samir Rifai]] park in [[Downtown Amman]].<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/02/volunteers-open-jordan-skate-park-150206102827914.html| title=Volunteers open Jordan's first skate park| date=12 February 2015| publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network| work=aljazeera.com| access-date=30 September 2015| archive-date=1 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001071615/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/02/volunteers-open-jordan-skate-park-150206102827914.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

{{wide image|Amman Sport City Panorama.jpg|1025px|align-cap=center|A panoramic view of [[Amman International Stadium]] in the Sport City}}