Editing Nizhny Novgorod (section)

==Sports==
Several sports clubs are active in the city:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! Founded !! Current League !! League<br>Rank !! Stadium
|-
|[[FC Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|2015
|[[Russian Premier League]]
|1st
|[[Nizhny Novgorod Stadium]]
|-
|[[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1946
|[[Kontinental Hockey League]]
|1st
|[[Trade Union Sport Palace]]
|-
|[[Start Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[Bandy]]
|1932
|[[Russian Bandy Super League|Bandy Super League]]
|1st
|Start Stadium
|-
|[[BC Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[Basketball]]
|2000
|[[VTB United League]]
|1st
|[[Trade Union Sport Palace]]
|-
|ASC
|[[Volleyball]]
|2016
|Major League A
|2nd
|FOK Zarechye
|-
|Sparta
|[[Volleyball]]
|2000
|Women's Volleyball Supreme League A
|2nd
|FOK Zarechye
|-
|Futbol-Hokkey NN
|[[Futsal]]
|1996
|Futsal Supreme League
|2nd
|FOK Krasnaya Gorka
|}

===2018 FIFA World Cup===
{{wide image|Nizhny Novgorod Stadium asv2019-05.jpg|400px|The [[Nizhny Novgorod Stadium]] hosted the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] games }}

Russia hosted the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], and six matches were played at the new [[Nizhny Novgorod Stadium]]. The stadium is built beside the confluence of the [[Volga]] and [[Oka River|Oka]] rivers and has a capacity of 44,899 people.<ref>[http://www.russia2018-2022.com/en/the-bid/host-cities/nizhny-novgorod.aspx Volga Cluster: Nizhny Novgorod City and Population] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012020715/http://www.russia2018-2022.com/en/the-bid/host-cities/nizhny-novgorod.aspx|date=October 12, 2009}}</ref>
The stadium hosted six matches of the FIFA World Cup:
* 18 June 2018 15:00 Sweden – South Korea, Group F
* 21 June 2018 21:00 Argentina – Croatia, Group D
* 24 June 2018 15:00 England – Panama, Group G
* 27 June 2018 21:00 Switzerland – Costa Rica, Group E
* 1 July 2018 21:00 Croatia – Denmark Round of 16
* 6 July 17:00, Uruguay – France Quarter-finals
During the World Cup, the Minin and Pozharsky Square hosted the FIFA Fan Fest. The venue was open on game days from 13.00 till 00.00. The Fan Fest venue included a hospitality area, a folk art craft shop, and food outlets (20 stationary and 7 mobile outlets). The games were broadcast on a big screen.