Editing Senegal (section)

=== Sport ===
[[File:Lutte sénégalaise Bercy 2013 - Mame Balla-Pape Mor Lô - 32.jpg|thumb|Senegalese Wrestling|left]]
[[File:MurPeint-ElHadjDiouf-Dakar-Sénégal.jpg|thumb|upright|Painting of footballer [[El Hadji Diouf]] in Dakar]]

Senegalese play many sports. [[Senegalese wrestling|Wrestling]] and [[association football|football]] are the most popular sports in the country. Senegal will host the [[2026 Summer Youth Olympics]] in [[Dakar]], making Senegal the first African country to host an Olympic event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/senegal-to-be-1st-african-olympic-host-at-2022-youth-games/2018/09/07/4a0d6548-b2c2-11e8-8b53-50116768e499_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164731/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/senegal-to-be-1st-african-olympic-host-at-2022-youth-games/2018/09/07/4a0d6548-b2c2-11e8-8b53-50116768e499_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2018|title=Senegal to be 1st African Olympic host at 2022 Youth Games|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/senegal-african-nation-host-olympic-event-180907175449927.html|title=Senegal first African nation to host an Olympic event|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=10 September 2018|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219142859/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/senegal-african-nation-host-olympic-event-180907175449927.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Senegalese wrestling]] is the country's most popular sport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohio.edu/sportsafrica/communicationmedia/ousmane.htm|title=Sports in Africa: Communication and Media|access-date=3 April 2015|publisher=Ohio University|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430181247/https://www.ohio.edu/sportsafrica/communicationmedia/ousmane.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has become a national obsession.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2011-06-09/wrestling-solution-poverty-senegal|title=Wrestling As a Solution to Poverty in Senegal|last1=Skelton|first1=Rose|last2=Werman|first2=Marco|date=9 June 2011|publisher=PRI|access-date=3 April 2015|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430181231/https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-06-09/wrestling-solution-poverty-senegal|url-status=live}}</ref> It traditionally serves many young men to escape poverty and it is the only sport recognized as developed independently of Western culture.

[[File:Senegal fans Russia 2018.jpg|thumb|Senegalese football fans at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia]]
Football is a popular sport in Senegal. In [[2021 Africa Cup of Nations|2022]] the national team beat [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] to win the [[Africa Cup of Nations]] for the first time, and they were runners-up in [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations|2002]] and [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations|2019]]. They became one of only five African teams to ever reach the quarter-finals of the [[FIFA World Cup]], after [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] in 1990 and before [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] in 2010, defeating holders [[France national football team|France]] in their first game in 2002. Senegal qualified for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia, and for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] in Qatar.

Senegal has traditionally been one of Africa's dominant basketball powers. The [[Senegal national basketball team|men's team]] performed better than that of any other African nation at the [[2014 FIBA World Cup]], where they reached the playoffs for the first time. The [[Senegal women's national basketball team|women's team]] won 19 medals at 20 [[FIBA Africa Championship for Women|African Championships]], more than twice as many medals as any competitor. When the country hosted the [[2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket]], 15,000 fans flocked to the [[Dakar Arena]] which is registered as a record attendance for basketball in Africa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |access-date=10 December 2020 |publisher=FIBA |date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107193242/https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |url-status=live }}</ref> Senegal was one of the continent's pioneers in basketball as it established one of Africa's first competitive leagues.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lee |last=Nxumalo |title=Basketball's next frontier is Africa |url=https://www.newframe.com/basketballs-next-frontier-is-africa/ |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=New Frame |date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116062357/https://www.newframe.com/basketballs-next-frontier-is-africa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] announced the launch of an Elite's Academy in Africa, and more precisely in Senegal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2016/12/21/nba-academy-africa|title=NBA to open academy in Africa in 2017|publisher=National Basketball Association|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009110034/https://www.nba.com/article/2016/12/21/nba-academy-africa|url-status=live}}</ref>

The country hosted the [[Dakar Rally|Paris–Dakar rally]] from [[1979 Paris–Dakar Rally|1979]] until [[2007 Dakar Rally|2007]]. The Dakar Rally was an off-road endurance motorsport race which followed a course from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. The competitors used off-road vehicles to cross the difficult geography. The last race was held in 2007, before the 2008 rally was canceled a day before the event due to security concerns in [[Mauritania]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/05/france.sport|title=Dakar rally cancelled at last minute over terrorist threat|last=Hamilos|first=Paul|date=4 January 2008|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 February 2018|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424135531/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/05/france.sport|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2021 Ocean X-Prix|Ocean X-Prix]] of the electric off-road championship [[Extreme E]] was also hosted in Senegal.