Editing Cheshire (section)

===Sports===
Athletes native to Cheshire include sailor [[Ben Ainslie]], cricketer [[Ian Botham]], rock climber [[Shauna Coxsey]], boxer [[Tyson Fury]], oarsman [[Matt Langridge]], mountaineer [[George Mallory]], marathon runner [[Paula Radcliffe]], cyclist [[Sarah Storey]], and hurdler [[Shirley Strong]]. It has also been home to numerous athletes from outside the county. Many [[Premier League]] footballers have relocated there over the years upon joining nearby teams such as [[Manchester United F.C.]], [[Manchester City F.C.]], [[Everton F.C.]], and [[Liverpool F.C.]]. These include [[Dean Ashton]], [[Seth Johnson (footballer)|Seth Johnson]], [[Jesse Lingard]] and [[Michael Owen]]. The "[[Golden Triangle (Cheshire)|Cheshire Golden Triangle]]" is the collective name for a group of adjacent Cheshire villages where the number of footballers, actors, and entrepreneurs moving in over the years led to the average house prices becoming some of the most expensive in the UK.

Cheshire has one Football League team, [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]], which plays in {{English football updater|CreweAle}}. The next highest-placed teams are [[Chester F.C.|Chester]] and [[Warrington Town F.C.|Warrington Town]], who both compete in the [[National League North]], the sixth tier of English football. [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]], another ex-League team which was a founding member of the Football League Division Two in 1892/1893, now represents Cheshire in the [[Northern Premier League]] along with [[Nantwich Town F.C.|Nantwich Town]]. [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]] another former League club, went into liquidation in 2020;<ref>{{cite news |title=Silkmen expelled from National League |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54341314 |access-date=17 November 2020 |work=BBC Sport |date=29 September 2020}}</ref> a phoenix club, [[Macclesfield F.C.|Macclesfield]], was formed in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57163012 |title=Macclesfield FC: Reformed club to join North West Counties Premier Division next season |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 May 2021 |access-date=8 April 2023 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518164423/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57163012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Warrington Wolves]] and [[Widnes Vikings]] are the premier [[rugby league]] teams in Cheshire; the former plays in the [[Super League]], while the latter plays in the [[RFL Championship|Championship]]. There are also numerous junior clubs in the county, including Chester Gladiators. [[Cheshire County Cricket Club]] is one of the clubs that make up the [[minor counties of English and Welsh cricket]]. Cheshire also is represented in the highest level basketball league in the UK, the [[British Basketball League|BBL]], by [[Cheshire Phoenix]] (formerly Cheshire Jets). Europe's largest motorcycle event, the [[Thundersprint]], is held in [[Northwich]] every May.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thundersprint.com/first_timers_guide.html |title=The Thundersprint |access-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114161144/http://www.thundersprint.com/first_timers_guide.html |archive-date=14 November 2011 }}</ref>