Editing Doncaster (section)

==Sport==

===Racecourse===
{{Main|Doncaster Racecourse}}
[[File:Doncaster Racecourse 2.jpg|thumb|Doncaster Racecourse]]
From around the 16th century, Doncaster embraced the wealthy [[stagecoach]] trade. This led to horse breeding in Doncaster, which in turn led to the start of [[Horse racing|horseraces]] there. The earliest important race in Doncaster's history was the Doncaster Gold Cup, first run over Cantley Common in 1766. The Doncaster Cup is the oldest continuing regulated horserace in the world.

===Rugby football===
[[File:Keepmoat1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Doncaster Community Stadium]]]]
Founded in 1951, [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]] (formerly known as Doncaster Dragons RLFC and Doncaster Lakers) have played consistently in rugby league's [[RFL Championship|National League One]] and its successor the [[Championship (rugby league)|RFL Championship]], with its home at the [[Eco-Power Stadium]].

[[Doncaster Knights]] currently play in rugby union's [[RFU Championship]], with their home at [[Castle Park rugby stadium|Castle Park]].

===Football===
[[File:Ricky Lambert.jpg|thumb|Doncaster Rovers vs Bristol Rovers in the [[2007 Football League Trophy Final]]]]
Doncaster's only fully professional football club, [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]], play at the [[Eco-Power Stadium]]. The city is also home to a number of non-league clubs, playing at smaller grounds based in the various suburbs. Clubs in the city are usually affiliated to the [[Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association|Sheffield and Hallamshire FA]].

Doncaster is also home to one of England's most successful and historic [[Women's association football|women's]] clubs, [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Rovers Belles]], who play fixtures between the [[Eco-Power Stadium]] and [[Thorne Colliery F.C.|Chesterfield Poultry Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charlesworth |first1=Ricky |title=Doncaster Rovers Belles' 'new era' sees club return to Eco-Power Stadium |url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-belles-new-era-sees-club-return-to-eco-power-stadium-4694564 |access-date=14 September 2024 |work=[[Doncaster Free Press]] |date=8 July 2024 |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709015719/https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-belles-new-era-sees-club-return-to-eco-power-stadium-4694564 |url-status=live}}</ref> The club had, until recent years, a long tradition of providing [[England women's national football team|England internationals]] and was a founder member of the [[Women's Super League|FA WSL]].<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO ARE YA?! |url=https://www.wsc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Who_are_ya__Doncaster_Belles.pdf |access-date=6 September 2023 |publisher=[[When Saturday Comes]] |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906010617/https://www.wsc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Who_are_ya__Doncaster_Belles.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

Doncaster also played host to England's women for their multi-record breaking [[England 20–0 Latvia|20–0 win]] over Latvia in a [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D|European qualifier for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wrack |first1=Suzanne |title=Ellen White breaks record as merciless England thrash Latvia 20–0 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/30/england-women-latvia-world-cup-2023-qualifier-match-report |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222044425/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/30/england-women-latvia-world-cup-2023-qualifier-match-report |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Others===
[[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] racing was staged at [[Doncaster Greyhound Stadium]] in 1969 and 1970. The team was known as the [[Doncaster Stallions|Stallions]] and then the Dragons. The team raced in the British League Second Division.

Doncaster has a men's basketball team called the Doncaster Danum Eagles who compete in National League Division 2. Doncaster additionally has an American football team called the Doncaster Mustangs, who are in Division 1 of the British American Football League.

The town also has regular involvement in the [[Tour de Yorkshire]] cycling event, having the finish line of stage two, of the [[2016 Tour de Yorkshire]] hosted in Doncaster, as well as the finish line of stage one of the [[2018 Tour de Yorkshire]] hosted in the town as well.