Editing Kurds (section)

===Sports===
[[File:080603 Derdiyok.jpg|thumb|[[Eren Derdiyok]], a Kurdish footballer, striker for the [[Swiss national football team]]]]

The most popular sport among the Kurds is football. Because the Kurds have no independent state, they have no representative team in [[FIFA]] or the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]; however a team representing [[Iraqi Kurdistan national football team|Iraqi Kurdistan]] has been active in the [[Viva World Cup]] since 2008. They became runners-up in 2009 and 2010, before ultimately becoming champion in 2012.

On a national level, the Kurdish clubs of Iraq have achieved success in recent years as well, winning the [[Iraqi Premier League]] four times in the last five years. Prominent clubs are [[Erbil SC]], [[Duhok SC]], [[Sulaymaniyah FC]] and [[Zakho FC]].

In Turkey, a Kurd named [[Celal Ibrahim]] was one of the founders of [[Galatasaray S.K.]] in 1905, as well as one of the original players. The most prominent Kurdish-Turkish club is [[Diyarbakirspor]]. In the diaspora, the most successful Kurdish club is [[Dalkurd FF]] and the most famous player is [[Eren Derdiyok]].<ref>FIFA '[https://web.archive.org/web/20121111001649/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=294749/profile.html Eren Derdiyok's Profile]'</ref>

Another prominent sport is wrestling. In [[Iranian Wrestling]], there are three styles originating from Kurdish regions: 
*Zhir-o-Bal (a style similar to [[Greco-Roman wrestling]]), practised in [[Kurdistan]], [[Kermanshah]] and [[Ilam Province|Ilam]];<ref name="Pahlevani Research Institute">Pahlevani Research Institute '[http://www.izsf.org/Content/media/image/2011/05/1054_orig.pdf The Way of Traditional Persian Wrestling Styles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511124606/http://www.izsf.org/Content/media/image/2011/05/1054_orig.pdf |date=11 May 2022 }}' Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref>
*Zouran-Patouleh, practised in [[Kurdistan]];<ref name="Pahlevani Research Institute"/>
*Zouran-Machkeh, practised in [[Kurdistan]] as well.<ref name="Pahlevani Research Institute"/>
Furthermore, the most accredited of the traditional Iranian wrestling styles, the Bachoukheh, derives its name from a local Khorasani Kurdish costume in which it is practised.<ref name="Pahlevani Research Institute"/>

Kurdish medalists in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] were [[Nur Tatar]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gundem.milliyet.com.tr/-kurt-um-ay-yildizli-bayragi-gururla-tasiyorum-/gundem/gundemdetay/21.08.2012/1584208/default.htm|title=Kürt'üm, ay yıldızlı bayrağı gururla taşıyorum – Milliyet Haber|publisher=Gundem.milliyet.com.tr|date=21 August 2012|access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> [[Kianoush Rostami]] and Yezidi [[Misha Aloyan]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tert.am/en/news/2011/10/21/aloyan/|title=Misha Aloyan wants to change his name|publisher=Tert.am|date=21 October 2011|access-date=2 March 2014|archive-date=2 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302191715/http://www.tert.am/en/news/2011/10/21/aloyan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> who won medals in [[taekwondo]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] and [[boxing]], respectively.