The most popular sport in Libya is football. Libya has also hosted some international sports tournaments, including the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 and

2008 African Futsal Championship The 2008 African Futsal Championship took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil. The tournament was contested by ten teams, split into ...

History

Football and motor racing were popular sports played in Italian Libya. Due to the Libyan crisis, international sports, most notably football were not played in Libya for several years.

By sport

Football

Other sports

Extreme sports, such as

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and

motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...

are played in Libya. However, the Libyan Association of Extreme Sports is unrecognised by the government and such sports receive no funding.

References

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