Editing Bermuda (section)

===Sport===
{{main|Sports and recreation in Bermuda}}

[[File:95_Coy_RGA_team_and_Governor%27s_Cup_in_Bermuda_1917.jpg|thumb|The football team of 95 Company, [[Royal Garrison Artillery]], victors in the 1917 Governor's Cup football match, pose with the cup. The cup was contested annually by teams from the various Royal Navy, British Army [[Bermuda Garrison]], and Royal Air Force units stationed in Bermuda.]]

Many sports popular today were formalised by British [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public schools]] and universities in the 19th century. These schools produced the civil servants and military and naval officers required to build and maintain the [[British Empire]], and team sports were considered a vital tool for training their students to think and act as part of a team. Former public schoolboys continued to pursue these activities, and founded organisations such as [[the Football Association]] (FA).

Bermuda's role as the primary Royal Navy base in the Western Hemisphere ensured that the naval and military officers quickly introduced the newly formalised sports to Bermuda, including [[cricket]], [[Association football|football]], [[rugby football]], and even [[Lawn tennis|tennis]] and [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]].

[[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda's national cricket team]] participated in the [[Cricket World Cup 2007]] in the West Indies but were knocked out of the World Cup. The [[Bermuda national football team]] managed to qualify to the [[2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup]], the country's first ever major football competition. In 2007, Bermuda hosted the 25th [[PGA Grand Slam of Golf]]. This 36-hole event was held on 16–17 October 2007, at the [[Mid Ocean Club]] in Tucker's Town. This season-ending tournament is limited to four golfers: the winners of the [[Masters Tournament|Masters]], [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], [[The Open Championship]] and [[PGA Championship]]. The event returned to Bermuda in 2008 and 2009. One-armed Bermudian golfer [[Quinn Talbot]] was both the United States National Amputee Golf Champion for five successive years and the British World One-Arm Golf Champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff |url=https://www.oceanviewgolfclub.com/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116201119/https://www.oceanviewgolfclub.com/staff/ |archive-date=16 January 2021 |access-date=8 January 2021 |website=Oceanviewgolfclub.com}}</ref>

[[File:International One Design - Hamilton Harbour - Bermuda.jpg|thumb|left|upright|An [[International One Design|IOD]] racer on a mooring in [[Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda|Hamilton Harbour]]]]
The Government announced in 2006 that it would provide substantial financial support to Bermuda's cricket and [[Bermuda national football team|football]] teams. Football did not become popular with Bermudians until after the [[Second World War]]. Bermuda's most prominent footballers are [[Clyde Best]], [[Shaun Goater]], [[Kyle Lightbourne]], [[Reggie Lambe]], [[Sam Nusum]] and [[Nahki Wells]]. In 2006, the [[Bermuda Hogges]] were formed as the nation's first professional football team to raise the standard of play for the Bermuda national football team. The team played in the [[United Soccer Leagues Second Division]] but folded in 2013.<ref>[http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130528/SPORT01/705269993 Hogges withdraw from league], ''Royal Gazette Online''. 28 May 2013</ref>

Sailing, fishing and [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] sports are popular with both residents and visitors alike. The prestigious [[Bermuda Race|Newport–Bermuda Yacht Race]] is a more than 100-year-old tradition, with boats racing between [[Newport, Rhode Island]], and Bermuda. In 2007, the 16th biennial [[Marion, Massachusetts|Marion]]-Bermuda yacht race occurred. A sport unique to Bermuda is racing the [[Bermuda Fitted Dinghy]]. [[International One Design]] racing also originated in Bermuda.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bermuda International One Design Fleet |url=http://www.iodfleet.bm/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902080630/http://www.iodfleet.bm/ |archive-date=2 September 2009 |access-date=20 June 2010 |publisher=Iodfleet.bm}}</ref>

At the [[Bermuda at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]], Bermuda competed in sailing, athletics, swimming, diving, triathlon and equestrian events. In those Olympics, Bermuda's Katura Horton-Perinchief made history by becoming the first black female diver to compete in the Olympic Games. Bermuda has had two Olympic medallists, [[Clarence Hill (boxer)|Clarence Hill]] – who won a bronze medal in boxing – and [[Flora Duffy]], who won a gold medal in triathlon. It is tradition for Bermuda to march in the Opening Ceremony in [[Bermuda shorts]], regardless of the summer or winter Olympic celebration. Bermuda also competes in the biennial [[Island Games]], which it hosted in 2013.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/7387220.stm Bermuda set for 2013 Island Games]</ref>

In 1998, Bermuda established its own Basketball Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIBA National Federations – Bermuda |website=Fiba.com |url=http://fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=4697 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085850/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/nfProf.asp?nationalFederationNumber=4697 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>