Editing Buenos Aires Province (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Avellaneda Futbol - aerial (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Estadio Libertadores de América|Libertadores de América]] and [[El Cilindro|Presidente Perón]] stadiums in [[Avellaneda]].]]
In Buenos Aires Province, as throughout Argentina, [[Association football|football]] is the predominant sport. The province has numerous professional football teams, with most of them concentrated in the [[Greater Buenos Aires]] area. Rivals [[Club Atlético Independiente]] and [[Racing Club de Avellaneda]] are the most successful, famous and followed beyond the province borders. Other notable teams in Greater Buenos Aires include [[Arsenal de Sarandí|Arsenal]], [[Quilmes Atlético Club|Quilmes]], [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]], [[Club Atlético Lanús|Lanús]], [[Chacarita Juniors]], [[Club Atlético Tigre|Tigre]] and [[Defensa y Justicia]]. In the capital of the province, [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]] and [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia y Esgrima]] stand out.

Other clubs in the rest of the province include [[Club Olimpo|Olimpo]] and [[Club Villa Mitre|Villa Mitre]] ([[Bahía Blanca]]), [[Huracán de Tres Arroyos]] ([[Tres Arroyos]]), [[Aldosivi]] and [[Club Atlético Alvarado|Alvarado]] ([[Mar del Plata]]), [[Club Atlético Sarmiento (Junín)|Sarmiento]] ([[Junín, Buenos Aires|Junín]]), [[Club Atlético Douglas Haig|Douglas Haig]] ([[Pergamino]]), [[Club Agropecuario Argentino|Agropecuario]] ([[Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires|Carlos Casares]]), [[Club y Biblioteca Ramón Santamarina|Santamarina]] ([[Tandil]]), [[Racing de Olavarría]] ([[Olavarría, Argentina|Olavarría]]), [[CSD Flandria|Flandria]], [[Club Luján]] and [[Villa Dálmine]] ([[Campana, Buenos Aires|Campana]]).

The city of [[Mar del Plata]] hosted six matches of the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[1995 Pan American Games]], and annually holds the National Evita Games and the final stage of the Bonaerense Games, the last being the most important provincial sports event for young, the elderly and people with disabilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Juegos Bonaerenses {{!}} Provincia de Buenos Aires |url=https://www.gba.gob.ar/desarrollo_de_la_comunidad/asistencia/juegosbonaerenses |publisher=Government of the Province of Buenos Aires |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=es |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208180733/https://www.gba.gob.ar/desarrollo_de_la_comunidad/asistencia/juegosbonaerenses |url-status=live }}</ref>

The province is represented in the [[Argentine Rugby Union]] (UAR) by four unions: the Rugby Union of Buenos Aires (URBA), includes teams of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), the Rugby Union of Mar del Plata, the Western Rugby Union of the Province of Buenos Aires (UROBA) and the Southern Rugby Union. Some of the most prominent clubs are [[Club Atlético San Isidro|CASI]] and [[San Isidro Club|SIC]] of San Isidro.

Among others, some of the most important basketball teams in the province are: [[Club Atlético Peñarol (Mar del Plata)|Peñarol de Mar del Plata]], [[Quilmes de Mar del Plata]], [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca|Bahía Basket]], [[Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca]], [[Club Olimpo|Olimpo de Bahía Blanca]], [[Argentino de Junín]], [[Ciclista Juninense|Club Ciclista Juninense]], and [[Estudiantes de Olavarría]], [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata]], Club Atlético Platense and Lanús.

There are numerous racetracks, including La Plata, Nueve de Julio, Olavarría, Mar de Ajó, Junín, Balcarce, San Nicolás de los Arroyos and Bahía Blanca. The [[Hipódromo de San Isidro|San Isidro Racecourse]] was inaugurated in 1935 and hosts the Carlos Pellegrini Grand Prix. The Hipodromo de La Plata is the third largest in Argentina.