Editing Aleppo (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Aleppo International Stadium, day view, 2009 (2).jpg|thumb|[[Aleppo International Stadium]]]]
The city of Aleppo is considered as important centre of [[team sport]]s with [[association football|football]] being the most popular in the city. The five major sporting clubs of the city are [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo|al-Ittihad SC]], [[al-Hurriya SC]], [[al-Yarmouk SC Aleppo|al-Yarmouk SC]], [[Jalaa SC]] and [[Ouroube SC Aleppo|Ouroube SC]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=22131 |publisher=[[Syrian Arab News Agency]] |author=H. Zain/ H. Said |title=Al-Jalaa basketball team takes lead in 1st leg of Aleppo Gathering League Tournament. |access-date=21 January 2022 |date=18 December 2014 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122113227/https://sana.sy/en/?p=22131 |url-status=live }}</ref> Many other sport clubs are located in several districts of the city including [[al-Herafyeen SC]], [[Shorta Aleppo SC]], [[Ommal Aleppo SC]], Nayrab SC, al-Shahbaa SC, al-Qala'a SC and Aleppo Railways SC.
[[File:Hamadania arena.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena]] opened in 2021]]
[[Basketball]] is also played in the city. All of the 5 Aleppine major sport clubs participate in the men's and women's top division of the [[Syrian Basketball League]], in which both [[Jalaa SC (men's basketball)|Jalaa SC]] and [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo (men's basketball)|Al-Ittihad SC]] consecutively dominated winning the league from 1956 to 1993.<ref name="it">{{Cite news |url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Ittihad-Aleppo/3415?Page=5 |title=Al-Ittihad, History |work=asia-basket |access-date=21 December 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108093754/http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Ittihad-Aleppo/3415?Page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hist">{{cite news |url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Jalaa-Aleppo/5047?Page=5 |title=Al Jalaa, History |work=asia-basket |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923141255/http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Jalaa-Aleppo/5047?Page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2022, international qualifying matches were played in Aleppo for the first time since the beginning of the conflict. In the [[Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena|Hamadaniah Arena]], the [[Syria national basketball team|Syrian national team]] met the teams of Iran and Bahrain as part of the [[2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)|qualification for the World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/asian-qualifiers/game/0107/Syria-Bahrain |title=Syria-Bahrain |publisher=FIBA |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034459/https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/asian-qualifiers/game/0107/Syria-Bahrain |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/asian-qualifiers/game/0407/Syria-Iran |title=Syria-Iran |publisher=FIBA |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326202119/https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/asian-qualifiers/game/0407/Syria-Iran |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other sports being practiced by the major clubs in the city include [[tennis]], [[handball]], [[volleyball]], [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], [[table tennis]] and [[swimming (sport)|swimming]].

With a capacity of 53,200 seats, the [[Aleppo International Stadium]] is the largest sports venue in Syria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/middle_east/countries/syria.shtml |title=Stadiums in Syria |publisher=World Stadiums |access-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316200947/http://www.worldstadiums.com/middle_east/countries/syria.shtml |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other major sport venues in the city include the [[Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena]], [[Bassel al-Assad Swimming Complex]], and [[Al-Hamadaniah Olympic Swimming and Diving Complex]].

On 29 January 2017, Aleppo hosted the first sports event since 2012,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38786182 |title=Football returns to Aleppo after five years of war |work=BBC News |date=29 January 2017 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191233/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38786182 |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> when the local football rivals [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo|al-Ittihad SC]] and [[al-Hurriya SC]] played at the [[Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium]], within the frames of the [[2016–17 Syrian Premier League]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/10/football/football-returns-to-aleppo-syria-al-ittihad-al-hurriya/index.html |title=Anger vs. Joy: Playing football on 'Aleppo's ruins' |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227023853/https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/10/football/football-returns-to-aleppo-syria-al-ittihad-al-hurriya/index.html |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>