Editing Trieste (section)

===Sports===
The local [[association football|football]] club, [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]], is one of the older clubs in Italy. Notably, it was runner-up in the [[1947–48 Serie A|1947–1948 season]] of the Italian first division ([[Serie A]]), losing the championship to [[Torino F.C.|Torino]].

Trieste is notable for having had two football clubs participating in the championships of two different nations at the same time during the period of the [[Free Territory of Trieste]], due to the schism within the city and region created by the post-war demarcation. [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]] played in the Italian first division ([[Serie A]]). Although it faced relegation after the [[Serie A 1946-47|first season]] after the Second World War, the [[FIGC]] modified the rules, as it was deemed important to keep the club in the league. The following year the club played its best season with a 3rd-place finish. Meanwhile, Yugoslavia bought [[Circolo Sportivo Ponziana 1912|A.S.D. Ponziana]], a small team in Trieste, which under the new name Amatori Ponziana Trst, played in the [[Yugoslav First League 1946-47|Yugoslavian league]] for three years.<ref name="Calcio by John Foot">{{Cite book| title = Calcio | publisher = Harper Perennial| id = {{ASIN|0007175744|country=uk}} }}</ref> Triestina went bankrupt in the 1990s, but after being re-founded, it regained a position in the Italian second division ([[Serie B]]) in 2002. Ponziana was renamed "[[Circolo Sportivo Ponziana 1912]]" and currently plays in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Group of [[Promozione]], which is the 7th level of the [[Lega Calcio|Italian league]].

Trieste also has a well-known basketball team, [[Pallacanestro Trieste]], which reached its zenith in the 1990s under coach [[Bogdan Tanjević]] when, with large financial backing from sponsors [[Stefanel]], it was able to sign players such as [[Dejan Bodiroga]], [[Fernando Gentile]] and [[Gregor Fučka]], stars of European basketball. At the end of the 2017–18 season, the team, now trained by coach Eugenio Dalmasson and sponsored by Alma, won promotion to the [[Lega Basket Serie A]], Italy's highest basketball league, 14 years after its last tenure.

Many sailing clubs have roots in the city which contribute to Trieste's strong tradition in that sport. The [[Barcolana regatta]], first held in 1969, is the world's largest sailing race by number of participants.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Local sporting facilities include the [[Stadio Nereo Rocco]], a [[UEFA]]-certified stadium with seating capacity of 32,500; the [[Palatrieste]], an indoor sporting arena sitting 7,000 people, and Piscina Bruno Bianchi, a large Olympic size swimming pool.

On 26 August 1985  American basketball player [[Michael Jordan]] dunked so hard that the backboard shattered during a Nike exhibition game played in Trieste. The signed jersey and shoes (including one of the tiny shards of glass in the sole of the left shoe) that the player wore during the famous shattered backboard game were later auctioned. The moment the glass broke was filmed and is often cited as a particularly important milestone in Jordan's rise.<ref>[https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-when-michael-jordan-shattered-more-than-just-minds-through-his-performance-in-italy/ When Michael Jordan Shattered More Than Just Minds Through His Performance in Italy ]; Alex Green "Michael Jordan's 'shattered backboard' jersey to go under the hammer" In: Independent - Ireland, 18 November 2020; [https://eu.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/02/18/michael-jordan-shattered-backboard/1927833/ USA Today: Michael Jordan shatters backboard in 1985 exhibition]; Barbara Kutscher "Sportschuhe von Promis werden zu Luxusobjekten in einem wachsenden Markt" In: Handelsblatt 27.08.2020; Elliott Bretland "From A £500,000 Classic To Eminem, These Are The Rarest Air Jordans Around" In: The Sportsman 10.01.02021; Flavio Vanetti "Michael Jordan e l’Italia: quella volta che giocò a Trieste nel 1985 (e ruppe un tabellone con una schiacciata)" In: Corriere della Sera 21.05.2020; Shlomo Sprung "Christie's Unveils Auction Of Michael Jordan Game-Worn Sneakers" In: Forbes 23.07.2020; "«C’est le Picasso du sport»: les sneakers de Michael Jordan pourraient faire flamber les enchères" In: Le Parisien 30.07.2020; Maitreyee Joshi "When Michael Jordan Shattered More Than Just Minds Through His Performance in Italy" In: Essentially Sports 25.03.2020; Ricky O'Donnell "The time Michael Jordan shattered a backboard during a game in Italy" In: SB Nation - Vox Media 10.04.2020; "La impresionante jugada de Jordan en la cara de un ex-Olimpo" In: La Nueva 18.05.2020; Fabrice Auclert "Souvenirs: le jour où Michael Jordan a explosé un panier" In: Basket USA 19.10.2011.</ref>