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=== Sport ===
{{Main|Sport in Vatican City}}

The Vatican City is not a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] and does not compete in the [[Olympic Games]], though it has participated in some international sporting events, including the [[World Cycling Championships]],<ref name="Pender 2022">{{Cite web |last=Pender |first=Kieran |date=23 September 2022 |title=Vatican sends holy rouleur Down Under on world road cycling mission |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/sep/24/vatican-sends-holy-rouleur-to-wollongong-on-world-road-cycling-mission |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=the Guardian}}</ref> the [[Championships of the Small States of Europe]] and the [[Mediterranean Games]].<ref name="Med Games">{{Cite web |date=28 June 2022 |title=Vatican runner to compete in half marathon at Med Games |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-africa-religion-marathons-7cc49933950805875868eafce3c398c6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317065921/https://apnews.com/article/sports-africa-religion-marathons-7cc49933950805875868eafce3c398c6 |archive-date=17 March 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=AP News}}</ref> Vatican City has its own athletics association, [[Athletica Vaticana]].<ref name="LOsservatore Romano 2023 a014">{{Cite web |date=10 November 2023 |title=Promoting solidarity and peace through sports |url=https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2023-11/ing-045/promoting-solidarity-and-peace-through-sports.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405133324/https://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/2023-11/ing-045/promoting-solidarity-and-peace-through-sports.html |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=L'Osservatore Romano}}</ref>

[[Association football|Football]] in Vatican City is organized by the [[Vatican Amateur Sports Association]], which holds the national championship, called the [[Vatican City Championship]], with eight teams, including, for example, the Swiss Guard's [[FC Guardia]] and police and museum guard teams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life in the Guard |url=https://www.guardiasvizzera.va/content/guardiasvizzera/en/guardia/vita-nella-guardia.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065802/http://www.guardiasvizzera.va/content/guardiasvizzera/en/guardia/vita-nella-guardia.html |archive-date=4 February 2019 |access-date=10 September 2016 |website=Pontifical Swiss Guard}}</ref> The association organizes the [[Coppa Sergio Valci]] and the [[Supercoppa (Vatican City)|Vatican Supercoppa]]. It controls the [[Vatican City national football team]], which is neither affiliated with [[UEFA]] nor [[FIFA]].