page_title: Sport in Nur-Sultan
section_title: Other sports teams
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Nur-Sultan / Other sports teams
caption_attribution_description: English: BC Astana - BC Azovmash VTB United League regular season game in February 2, 2014.
context_page_description: Nur-Sultan is home to many sports teams.
context_section_description: The Astana Pro Team of the UCI World Tour, founded in 2006 to develop the brand "Astana" in the international sporting arena. The team is one of the most successful teams of recent years, winning several grand tours. The BC Astana of the VTB United League and the National Basketball League is the only basketball team in Nur-Sultan. They are most crowned basketball team in Kazakhstan with 3 National Basketball League titles and 4 National Basketball Cups. Their home arena is the Saryarka Velodrome, which is mainly used for track cycling events. The Saryarka Velodrome hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Cup stage in 2011. The Astana Arlans are an amateur boxing team competing in the World Series of Boxing. Arlans became champions in the third edition of WSB in 2013. The Astana Presidential Sports Club was founded in 2012, to combine the main sports teams in Nur-Sultan. The organization supported by Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna. The 2011 Asian Winter Games were partly held in the capital. The Alau Ice Palace is annually hosts the ISU Speed Skating World Cup. The President's Cup tennis tournament annually held at the National Tennis Center Daulet. In 2014, Nur-Sultan will open the National Paralympics Training Center for paralympic athletes in Kazakhstan. Although bandy is the only team sport in which Kazakhstan has brought home World Championship medals, it has just started to be played again in Nur-Sultan. The city has organised both national championships for youth in rink bandy and in regular bandy for adults. After having been based in both Almaty and Oral, the seat of Kazakhstan Bandy Federation is now the in capital.
caption: BC Astana - BC Azovmash VTB United League game in 2014.
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