Editing Cairo (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Crowd in Cairo Stadium.jpg|thumb|[[Cairo International Stadium]] with 75,100 seats]]

[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport in Egypt,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.topendsports.com/world/countries/egypt.htm |title=Sport in Egypt |date=2014 |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=topendsports.com |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731230107/https://www.topendsports.com/world/countries/egypt.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and Cairo has sporting teams that compete in national and regional leagues, most notably [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] and [[Zamalek SC]], who were the [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] first and second African clubs of the 20th century. The annual match between Al Ahly and El Zamalek is one of the most watched sports events in Egypt. The teams form the major rivalry of Egyptian football. They play their home games at [[Cairo International Stadium]], which is the second largest stadium in Egypt, as well as the largest in Cairo.

The Cairo International Stadium was built in 1960. Its multi-purpose sports complex houses the main football stadium, an [[Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex|indoor stadium]], satellite fields that hold regional and continental games, including the [[All-Africa Games|African Games]], U17 Football World Championship and the [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations]]. Egypt later won the competition and the next edition in Ghana (2008) making the Egyptian and Ghanaian national teams the only to win the African Nations Cup back to back. Egypt won the title for a record six times in the history of African Continental Competition. This was followed by a third consecutive win in Angola in 2010, making Egypt the only country with a record 3-consecutive and 7-total Continental Football Competition winner. As of 2021, Egypt's national team is ranked #46 in the world by FIFA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/EGY |title=FIFA |access-date=31 July 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731232221/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/EGY |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cairo failed at the applicant stage when bidding for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], which was hosted in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=2000-08-18 |url=https://doc.rero.ch/record/20222/files/2008_-_Rapport_du_groupe_de_travail_du_cio_pour_acceptation_des_candidatures_-_eng.pdf |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731230854/https://doc.rero.ch/record/20222/files/2008_-_Rapport_du_groupe_de_travail_du_cio_pour_acceptation_des_candidatures_-_eng.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Cairo did host the [[2007 Pan Arab Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.egypt2007.com.eg/En/Pages/default.aspx |title=The 11th Arab Games |website=www.egypt2007.com.eg |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114132939/http://www.egypt2007.com.eg/En/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are other sports teams in the city that participate in several sports including [[Gezira Sporting Club]], el Shams Club, [[Egyptian Shooting Club|Shooting Club]], [[Heliopolis Sporting Club]], and several smaller clubs. There are new sports clubs in the area of New Cairo (one hour far from Cairo's downtown), these are Al Zohour sporting club, Wadi Degla sporting club and Platinum Club.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/four-clubs-four-communities-gezira-sporting-club/ |title=Four clubs, four communities: The Gezira Sporting Club |date=16 March 2012 |first1=Heba |last1=Helmy |access-date=1 August 2021 |publisher=Egyptian Independent |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731232417/https://egyptindependent.com/four-clubs-four-communities-gezira-sporting-club/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most of the sports federations of the country are located in the city suburbs, including the [[Egyptian Football Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cafonline.com/member-associations/egy/ |title=CAFOnline.com |access-date=31 July 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731231901/https://www.cafonline.com/member-associations/egy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The headquarters of the [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF) was previously located in Cairo, before relocating to its new headquarters in [[6th of October City|6 October City]], a small city away from Cairo's crowded districts. In 2008, the Egyptian Rugby Federation was officially formed and granted membership into the [[International Rugby Board]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rugbyegypt.com/ |title=Welcome to the website of the Egyptian Rugby Football Union (ERFU)! |archive-date=2009-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228150552/http://rugbyegypt.com/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Egypt is internationally known for the excellence of its squash players who excel in professional and junior divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theculturetrip.com/africa/egypt/articles/egyptians-squash-dominance/ |title=Why Egyptians Are so Dominant at Squash |first=Michael |last=LoRé |date=9 February 2018 |publisher= |access-date=14 April 2018 |archive-date=15 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063331/https://theculturetrip.com/africa/egypt/articles/egyptians-squash-dominance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Egypt has seven players in the top ten of the PSA men's world rankings, and three in the women's top ten. [[Mohamed El Shorbagy]] held the world number one position for more than a year. [[Nour El Sherbini]] has won the Women's World Championship twice and has been the women's world number one. On 30 April 2016, she became the youngest woman to win the Women's World Championship. In 2017 she retained her title.

Cairo is the official endpoint of [[Cross Egypt Challenge]] where its route ends yearly in the most sacred place in Egypt, under the [[Great Pyramids of Giza]] with a huge trophy-giving ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crossegyptchallenge.com/ |title=Cross Egypt Challenge |website=crossegyptchallenge.com |access-date=31 July 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731231230/http://www.crossegyptchallenge.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>