Editing Baghdad (section)

==Sport==
{{See also||Sport in Iraq}}
Baghdad is home to some of the most successful [[Association football|football (soccer)]] teams in Iraq, the biggest being [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] (Police), [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] (Air Force), [[Al-Zawraa SC|Al-Zawraa]], and [[Al-Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] (Students). The largest stadium in Baghdad is [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], which was opened in 1966. In recent years, the capital has seen the building of several football stadiums which are meant be opened in near future. The city has also had a strong tradition of [[horse racing]] ever since [[World War I]], known to Baghdadis simply as 'Races'. There are reports of pressures by the Islamists to stop this tradition due to the associated gambling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Claire |date=13 February 2018 |title=And they're off! Iraqi Kurdistan holds first cash-betting horse race |url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/iraqi-kurdistans-first-professional-horse-race-betting |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=english.alaraby.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=29 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229205823/https://english.alaraby.co.uk/opinion/iraqi-kurdistans-first-professional-horse-race-betting |url-status=live }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|+
!Club
!Founded
!League
|-
|[[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya|Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya SC]]
|1931
|[[Iraq Stars League]]
|-
|[[Al-Shorta SC]]
|1932
|[[Iraq Stars League]]
|-
|[[Al-Zawraa SC]]
|1969
|[[Iraq Stars League]]
|-
|[[Al-Talaba SC]]
|1969
|[[Iraq Stars League]]
|}