Editing Cyprus (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center 11.JPG|thumb|[[Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center|Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre]] in [[Limassol]]]]
Sport governing bodies include the [[Cyprus Football Association]], [[Cyprus Basketball Federation]], [[Cyprus Volleyball Federation]], [[Cyprus Automobile Association]], Cyprus Badminton Federation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyprusbadminton.com |title=Cyprus Badminton Federation |publisher=Cyprusbadminton.com |access-date=27 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403054924/http://www.cyprusbadminton.com/ |archive-date=3 April 2009}}</ref> [[Cyprus Cricket Association]], [[Cyprus Rugby Federation]] and the Cyprus Pool Association.

Notable sports teams in the Cyprus leagues include [[APOEL FC]], [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC]], [[AC Omonia]], [[AEL Lemesos|AEL Limassol FC]], [[Apollon Limassol FC]], [[Nea Salamis Famagusta FC]], [[Olympiakos Nicosia]], [[AEK Larnaca FC]], [[Aris Limassol FC]], [[AEL Limassol B.C.]], [[Keravnos B.C.]] and [[Apollon Limassol B.C.]] Stadiums or sports venues include the [[GSP Stadium]] (the largest in the Republic of Cyprus-controlled areas), [[Tsirion Stadium]] (second largest), [[Neo GSZ Stadium]], [[Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium]], [[Ammochostos Stadium]]. [[Makario Stadium]] and [[Alphamega Stadium]].

In the 2008–09 season, [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC]] was the first Cypriot team to qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]] Group stage. Next season, [[APOEL FC]] qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, and reached the last 8 of the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League]] after finishing top of its group and beating French [[Olympique Lyonnais]] in the Round of 16.

The [[Cyprus national rugby union team]] known as ''The Moufflons'' currently holds the record for most consecutive international wins, which is especially notable as the [[Cyprus Rugby Federation]] was only formed in 2006.

Footballer [[Sotiris Kaiafas]] won the [[European Golden Shoe]] in the 1975–76 season; Cyprus is the smallest country by population to have one of its players win the award. Tennis player [[Marcos Baghdatis]] was ranked 8th in the world, was a finalist at the Australian Open, and reached the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] semi-final, all in 2006. High jumper [[Kyriakos Ioannou]] achieved a jump of 2.35m at the 11th [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Osaka]], Japan, in 2007, winning the bronze medal. He has been ranked third in the world. In motorsports, [[Tio Ellinas]] is a successful race car driver, currently racing in the [[GP3 Series]] for Marussia [[Manor Motorsport]]. There is also mixed martial artist [[Costas Philippou]], who competed in [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]'s middleweight division from 2011 until 2015. Costas holds a 6–4 record in UFC bouts.

Also notable for a Mediterranean island, the siblings [[Christopher Papamichalopoulos|Christopher]] and [[Sophia Papamichalopoulou]] qualified for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were the only athletes who managed to qualify and thus represented [[Cyprus at the 2010 Winter Olympics]].

The country's first ever Olympic medal, a silver medal, was won by the sailor [[Pavlos Kontides]], at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class|Men's Laser class]].