Editing Sardinia (section)

== Sports ==

=== Football ===
[[File:CagliariBrescia2019.jpg|thumb|[[Unipol Domus]] in [[Cagliari]]]]
[[Cagliari]] is home to [[Cagliari Calcio]], which was founded in 1920 and play in [[Serie A]], the Italian first division; it won the Italian Championship in the [[1969–70 Serie A]] season, becoming the first club in [[Southern Italy]] to achieve such a result. Today, home matches are played at the [[Unipol Domus]].

The island's other major teams are [[Olbia]]'s [[Olbia Calcio 1905|Olbia Calcio]] and [[Sassari]]'s [[Torres Calcio]]; they both usually play in the national lower leagues. However the latter's [[Women's association football|women's]] team counterparts [[A.S.D. FC Sassari Torres Femminile|Torres Femminile]] are 7 times [[Serie A (women's football)|national champions]].

The [[Sardinia national football team|Sardinian national football team]] has also joined [[Confederation of Independent Football Associations|CONIFA]], a football federation for all associations outside [[FIFA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2018/10/13/sardinia-joins-conifa-with-aims-to-build-the-sardinian-national-football-team/|title=Sardinia joins CONIFA – with aims to build the Sardinian national football team|first=Noah|last=Wheelock|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020172315/http://www.conifa.org/en/2018/10/13/sardinia-joins-conifa-with-aims-to-build-the-sardinian-national-football-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/altro/2018/10/10/conifa-nazionale-sardegna.html|title=Una Nazionale della Sardegna? L'Ok della Conifa|work=Sky Sport |date=10 October 2018 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/2018/10/10/nasce-la-nazionale-sarda-la-federazione-isolana-stata-accolta-dal-4-782611.html|title=Nasce la Nazionale sarda: la federazione isolana è stata accolta dal Conifa|date=10 October 2018|website=L'Unione Sarda.it}}</ref>

=== Basketball ===
[[Sassari]] is home to [[Dinamo Basket Sassari]], the only Sardinian professional [[basketball]] club playing in the [[Lega Basket Serie A]], the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball.
It was founded in 1960, and is also known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna thanks to a long sponsorship deal with the Sardinian bank. Since its promotion in Lega A in 2010, it has been enjoying the support of fans from Sassari and all over Sardinia with full-house matches on every game played at home. Dinamo Sassari achieved the highest titles in the Italian basketball in 2015, winning the [[Italian Basketball Cup|Coppa Italia]], the [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Supercoppa]] and the [[2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A|Italian basketball championship]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 June 2015|title=Dinamo Sassari nella storia: campione d'Italia e Triplete! |publisher=Sky Sport |url=http://sport.sky.it/sport/basket/2015/06/26/serie_a_basket_finale_scudetto_gara_7_grissin_bon_reggio_emilia_banco_sardegna_sassari.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711193235/http://sport.sky.it/sport/basket/2015/06/26/serie_a_basket_finale_scudetto_gara_7_grissin_bon_reggio_emilia_banco_sardegna_sassari.html |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Motor racing ===
In the [[Province of Sassari]] is the [[Autodromo di Mores|Mores motor racing circuit]], the only [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] Circuit homologated by CSAI (Cars) and the IMF (Motorcycles), in Sardinia.

[[Cagliari]] hosted a [[Formula 3000]] race in 2002 and 2003 on a 2.414-km street circuit around Sant'Elia [[stadium]]. In 2003, [[Renault]] [[F1]]'s [[Jarno Trulli]] and former [[Ferrari]] driver [[Jean Alesi]] did a spectacular exhibition. At the [[Italian Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] BMW-F1 driver Robert Kubica took part in a [[Formula Three|F3]] car, as did BMW WTCC Augusto Farfus, [[GP2 Series|GP2]]'s [[Fairuz Fauzy]] and [[Vitaly Petrov]]. Since 2004 Sardinia has hosted the [[Rally d'Italia Sardegna]], a [[rallying|rally]] competition in the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[World Rally Championship]] schedule. The rally is held on narrow, twisty, sandy and bumpy mountainous roads in the north of the island.

=== Water sports ===
Sardinia is well known for [[scuba diving]] and [[snorkeling]] activities also due to the many underwater caves and caverns located in [[Alghero]] and [[Cala Gonone]], [[Capo Caccia]] and Punta Giglio limestone cliffs, and many sunken shipwrecks. Around the island there are many diving centers offering scuba diving services with equipment rental and guided tours.

[[File:Santa Maria Navarrese-regata.jpg|thumb|right|Regatta at [[Santa Maria Navarrese]]]]
On the island of [[Caprera]] is the ''[[Centro Velico Caprera]]'', considered one of the largest sailing schools in the [[Mediterranean Sea]], founded in 1967.

The [[Yacht Club Costa Smeralda]], located in [[Porto Cervo]] and founded in 1967, is the main yachting club on the island.

Annually the island hosts a Superyacht Regatta, previously sponsored by [[Loro Piana]], but from 2021 onwards by [[Giorgio Armani]], and the Maxi Yacht [[Rolex Cup]].
Part of the [[Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena|Louis Vuitton Trophy]] was held in the [[Maddalena archipelago]] in 2010.

''Vento di Sardegna'' ('Wind of Sardinia') was a sailboat sponsored by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. Its skipper, Andrea Mura, won the [[Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race]] in 2013 and in 2017, the Two Handed Transatlantic Race (Twostar) regatta in 2012 and the Route du Rhum.

[[Porto Pollo]], north of [[Palau (OT)|Palau]], is a bay well known by [[windsurfing|windsurfers]] and [[kitesurfing|kitesurfers]]. The bay is divided by a thin tongue of land that separates it into areas for advanced and beginner/intermediate windsurfers. There is also a restricted area for kitesurfing. Many freestyle windsurfers went to Porto Pollo for training and 2007 saw the finale of the freestyle Pro Kids Europe 2007 contest. Because of the [[Venturi effect]] between Sardinia and [[Corsica]], the western wind accelerates between the islands and creates the wind that makes Porto Pollo popular among windsurfing enthusiasts.

Cagliari hosts regularly international [[regattas]], such as the RC44 championship, [[Farr 40]] World championship, [[Audi MedCup]] and Kite Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kitegeneration.com/kite-foil-world-championship-2017-cagliari-sardinia-italy/|title=Kite Foil World Championship 2017 in Cagliari, Sardinia|date=9 October 2017}}</ref> In view of the 36th America's Cup, scheduled to take place in New Zealand in 2021, ''Luna Rossa Challenge''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lunarossachallenge.com/en/home|title=Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team|first=Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli|last=Team|website=Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team}}</ref> has chosen Cagliari as place for its preparation.{{Update inline|date=August 2022}}

=== Winter sports ===
[[File:BruncuSpina.jpg|thumb|Skilifts on the Bruncu Spina]]

Four ski resorts are located on the [[Gennargentu]] Range at Separadorgiu, Monte Spada, S'Arena and Bruncu Spina; they are equipped with ski schools, chairlifts, skilifts and ski equipment hire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bruncuspina.it/ |title=Bruncu Spina – Neve e Sci in Sardegna |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404000254/http://www.bruncuspina.com/ |archive-date=4 April 2005 |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>

=== Traditional sports ===

''S'Istrumpa'', also known as Sardinian Wrestling, is a traditional Sardinian sport, officially recognized by the [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (C.O.N.I.) and the International Federation of Celtic Wrestling (I.F.C.W.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celtic-wrestling.tripod.com/id17.html |title=International Federation of Celtic wrestling |publisher=Celtic-wrestling.tripod.com |access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref> It shows similarities to [[Scottish Backhold]] and the [[gouren]]. Istrumpa's wrestlers participate annually at the championships for Celtic wrestling stiles.

Sardinia boasts ancient equestrian traditions and is the Italian region with the highest number of horse riders (29% of population)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sardegnacavalli.it/component/content/article/240-ricerca-ispo-conferma-che-lasardegna-e-la-regione-piu-equestre-ditalia.html |url-status=dead |title=Ricerca Ispo conferma che la Sardegna è la regione più equestre d' Italia |website=sardegnacavalli.it |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924042344/http://www.sardegnacavalli.it/component/content/article/240-ricerca-ispo-conferma-che-lasardegna-e-la-regione-piu-equestre-ditalia.html |archive-date=24 September 2020 |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> and boasts also fine [[darts]] tradition, which many believe originated in the [[Sassari]] region of the country towards the end of the 15th century. In those days, the darts were carved from [[beech]] (''fagus'') wood and the flights were feathers drawn from the indigenous [[purple swamphen]] (named in Italian {{Lang|it|pollo sultano}}, 'sultana bird'), famed for its spectacular violet-blue plumage.