Editing Moldova (section)

===Sports===
{{main|Sport in Moldova}}
[[File:AUT vs. MDA 2015-09-05 (006).jpg|thumb|[[Moldova national football team]] in 2015]] Association football is the most popular team sport in Moldova. The governing body is the [[Moldovan Football Federation]], which belongs to [[UEFA]]. The [[Moldova national football team]] played its first match in 1994, but never qualified to the [[UEFA European Championship]]. The most successful football club is [[FC Sheriff Tiraspol|Sheriff Tiraspol]], the first and only Moldovan club to qualify for the group stage of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]. Other winners of the [[Moldovan National Division]] include [[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Zimbru Chișinău]], [[FC Dacia Chișinău|Dacia Chișinău]], [[FC Tiraspol]] and [[FC Milsami Orhei|Milsami Orhei]].

''[[Trîntă]]'' (a form of [[wrestling]]) is the national sport in Moldova. [[Rugby union]] is popular as well. More than 10,000 supporters turn out for home internationals. Since 2004, playing numbers at all levels have more than doubled to 3,200. Despite the hardships and deprivations the national team are ranked 34th in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Souster|first=Mark|url=https://www.thetimes.com/|title=Europe's poor relations show richness of spirit; Mark Souster visits Moldova and discovers a wealth of ambition at all levels in one of the game's new frontiers|date=27 October 2012|work=The Times (London, England)|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330201402/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> The most prestigious [[cycling race]] is the [[Moldova President's Cup]], which was first run in 2004. In chess, the Republic of Moldova has several international masters, among which can be mentioned [[Viorel Iordăchescu]], [[Dmitry Svetushkin]], and [[Victor Bologan|Viorel Bologan]].

[[Radu Albot]] is one of the most successful Moldovan tennis players, with [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] singles ([[2019 Delray Beach Open – Singles|2019 Delray Beach Open]]) and doubles ([[2015 Istanbul Open – Doubles|2015 Istanbul Open]]) titles.

Athletes from Moldova have won European medals in [[track and field|athletics]], [[biathlon]], [[association football|football]], and gymnastics; world medals in [[archery]], judo, swimming, and [[taekwondo]]; as well as Olympic medals in [[boxing]], [[canoeing]], [[shooting sports|shooting]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]], and [[amateur wrestling|wrestling]]. Moldova made its Olympic debut at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] in Lillehammer. Olympic medalists include [[Sergei Mureiko]], [[Oleg Moldovan]], [[Vitalie Grușac]], [[Veaceslav Gojan]], and [[Serghei Tarnovschi]]. [[Nicolae Juravschi]] represented the Soviet Union at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Games]], winning two medals.