Editing Leicester (section)

==Sport==

The city of Leicester has a successful record in sport, In 2016, it was named the UK's Greatest Sporting City, and in 2008, it was named as a European City of Sport.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aceseurope.eu/european-cities-of-sport/ | title=European Cities of Sport - ACES EUROPE | date=September 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/leicester-named-uks-sporting-capital-2016-08-23 | title=Leicester named UK's sporting capital }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36140289 | title=Leicester win Premier League: Have Foxes turned city into UK's sporting capital? | work=BBC Sport | date=4 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36140289 | title=Leicester win Premier League: Have Foxes turned city into UK's sporting capital? | work=BBC Sport | date=4 May 2016 }}</ref>

[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] are a professional association football club who currently compete in the [[Premier League]]. The club attracted global attention after winning the [[Premier League]] title in 2016.<ref name="WillHill">{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-05-02/bookies-set-to-hand-over-15m-if-leicester-win-title/ |title=Bookies set to hand over £15m if Leicester win title |publisher=ITV News |date=2 May 2016 |access-date=3 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602225204/http://www.itv.com/news/central/2016-05-02/bookies-set-to-hand-over-15m-if-leicester-win-title/ |archive-date=2 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TelegraphBookies">{{cite news |last1=Rayner |first1=Gordon |last2=Brown |first2=Oliver |title=Leicester City win Premier League and cost bookies biggest ever payout |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/leicester-city-win-premier-league-and-cost-bookies-biggest-ever/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=2 May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503100437/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/02/leicester-city-win-premier-league-and-cost-bookies-biggest-ever/ |archive-date=3 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Liabilities">{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Greg |title=The 5,000-1 payouts on Leicester only tell part of Premier League betting story |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/03/5000-1-outsider-leicester-city-bookmakers |access-date=6 May 2016 |work=The Guardian |date=3 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506053223/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/03/5000-1-outsider-leicester-city-bookmakers |archive-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Main|Sport in Leicester}}
[[Leicester Tigers]] have been the most successful English [[rugby union]] football club since the introduction of a league in 1987, winning it a record eleven times, five more than either [[Bath Rugby|Bath]] or [[Wasps RFC|Wasps]]. They won the Premiership title most recently in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/61801347 |work=BBC Sport |date=18 June 2022 |access-date=27 August 2022 |title=Relive Leicester's last-gasp Premiership final win over Saracens |first1=Matt |last1=Newsum |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827201534/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/61801347 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:WalkerStadium.jpg|thumb|right|290px|[[King Power Stadium]], home of [[Leicester City]]]]

[[Leicester Riders]] are the oldest professional basketball team in the country. In 2016, they moved into the new Charter Street Leicester Community Sports Arena.<ref>[http://www.leicesterriders.co.uk/club/history/ Leicester Riders web site club history] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513214440/http://www.leicesterriders.co.uk/club/history/ |date=13 May 2016 }}. Retrieved 18 May 2016.</ref>

[[Leicestershire County Cricket Club]] who are a professional cricket club based at Grace Road, Leicester, currently play in the second tier of the county championship. They won the County Championship in 1975, 1996 and 1998.<ref>[http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/ Leiscestershire County Cricket Club web site] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029232546/http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/ |date=29 October 2005 }}. Retrieved 18 May 2016.</ref>

[[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|Greyhound racing]] took place at two venues in the city; the main venue was the [[Leicester Stadium]] which hosted racing from 1928 to 1984, it also hosted [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/457897/306570/12/101227 |title=OS County Series Leicestershire 1929 |publisher=old-maps.co.uk |access-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510133720/https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/457897/306570/12/101227 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> A smaller track existed at [[Leicester (Aylestone Road) Greyhound Track|Aylestone Road]] (1927–1929).<ref>{{cite book |last=Barnes |first=Julia |title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File |year=1988 |publisher=Ringpress Books |isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/2019/04/24/leicester-aylestone-road/ |title=Leicester |work=Greyhound Racing Times |access-date=10 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510091302/https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/2019/04/24/leicester-aylestone-road/ |archive-date=10 May 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>