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From national sports to football, wrestling to chess — the sport and athletes of the Turkic world.

National sports

SportWrestling and zorkhana (pahlavanlig)Azerbaijan's most successful sport and an ancient tradition of strongmen; zorkhana games have been UNESCO heritage since 2022.Read more →
SportChovganAn ancient horseback ball game played on Karabakh horses, on UNESCO's Urgent Safeguarding List since 2013.Read more →

Sport by country

SportChess in AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's national team has been European champion three times, and Baku hosted the Chess Olympiad in 2016.Read more →
SportFormula 1 Azerbaijan Grand PrixA Formula 1 race held on the streets of Baku since 2016, on a city circuit that runs past the Old City walls.Read more →
SportQarabağ FKThe Aghdam club that lived in Baku during the occupation and in 2017 became the first Azerbaijani team in the Champions League group stage.Read more →

Athletes

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