Editing Dushanbe (section)

=== Sports ===

Gymnastics, equestrian sports and athletics were practiced in 1923 at the Dushanbe sports club and in 1929 tennis was introduced. The All-Tajik [[Spartakiad]] was first held in 1934, and in 1939 [[Dynamo Dushanbe]] won the quarterfinals of the [[Soviet Cup|Cup of the USSR]]. In 1950 the country's soccer team took first place in the [[Central Asian Games]].<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004m" />

In 2003, Dushanbe hosted the [[2003 Central Asian Games|Central Asian Games]]. The most popular sports in Dushanbe are [[Sambo (martial art)|sambo]], [[wrestling]], [[judo]], [[karate]], [[taekwondo]], [[artistic gymnastics]], [[Weightlifting (sport)|weightlifting]], [[archery]], [[Shooting sports|shooting]], [[boxing]], [[Soccer|football]], [[basketball]], [[Diving (sport)|diving]], [[tennis]], [[chess]], [[Buzkashi]], and [[checkers]].<ref name="Dushanbe Encyc-2004m">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65068362|title=Dushanbe : ėnt︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡|date=2004|publisher=Glavnai︠a︡ nauchnai︠a︡ redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Tadzhikskoĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnoĭ ėnt︠s︡iklopedii|others=Dinorshoev, Muso.|isbn=5-89870-071-4|location=Dushanbe|chapter=Physical Culture and Sports|oclc=65068362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028115236/http://dushanbe.tj/img/ENS.doc|archive-date=28 October 2010}}</ref> Four soccer teams of the [[Tajikistan Higher League]] play in Dushanbe: [[CSKA Pamir Dushanbe|CSKA Pamir]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=ЦСКА "Памир" расстался с главным тренером Рахматулло Фузайловым – Федерация Футбола Таджикистана|url=http://fft.tj/tsska-pamir-rasstalsya-s-glavnym-trenerom-rahmatullo-fuzajlovym/|access-date=2020-09-27|language=ru}}</ref> [[FC Dushanbe-83|Dushanbe-83]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-26|title=Matchday ends, Tajikistan league shuts down|url=https://www.besoccer.com/new/matchday-ends-tajikistan-league-shuts-down-826996|access-date=2021-03-05|website=BeSoccer}}</ref> [[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-02-17|title=О нас|url=http://www.fc-istiklol.tj/2010-11-22-09-33-52.html|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217150827/http://www.fc-istiklol.tj/2010-11-22-09-33-52.html|archive-date=17 February 2011}}</ref> and [[FC Lokomotiv-Pamir|Lokomotiv-Pamir]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Заявка ЦСКА (Душанбе) для участия в сезоне-2.. {{!}} Федерация футбола Таджикистана {{!}} VK|url=https://m.vk.com/wall-125505143_20571|access-date=2020-09-27|website=m.vk.com}}</ref> The [[Pamir Stadium]] in Dushanbe was constructed in 1939 where [[CSKA Pamir Dushanbe]] played.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-25|title=Официальный сайт ФК Истиклол|url=http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=2&inner=3|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425120154/http://fc-istiklol.tj/index.php?view=2&inner=3|archive-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> [[Dushanbe Stadium]] is currently being constructed and will seat 30,000 when completed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=turkmenportal|title=В Душанбе возводят современный 30-тысячный стадион {{!}} Спорт|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/24771/v-dushanbe-vozvodyat-sovremennyi-30tysyachnyi-stadion|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Туркменистан, интернет портал о культурной, деловой и развлекательной жизни в Туркменистане|language=ru}}</ref>