Editing Sicily (section)

===Sports===
[[File:Giuseppe Gibilisco Berlin 2009.JPG|thumb|[[Giuseppe Gibilisco]], [[pole vaulting|pole vaulter]] from [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 World Champion]] and bronze [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Olympic]] medalist]]
The most popular sport in Sicily is [[association football|football]], which came to the fore in the late 19th century under the influence of the English. Some of the oldest football clubs in Italy are from Sicily: the three most successful are [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]], [[Calcio Catania|Catania]], and [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]], which have played 29, 17 and 5 seasons in the [[Serie A]] respectively. No club from Sicily has ever won Serie A, but football is still deeply embedded in local culture and all over Sicily most towns have a representative team.<ref name="derbysicil" />

Palermo and Catania have a heated rivalry and compete in the [[Derby di Sicilia|Sicilian derby]] together. Palermo is the only team in Sicily to have played on the European stage, in the [[UEFA Cup]]. In the island, the most noted footballer is [[Salvatore Schillaci]], who won the [[FIFA World Cup awards|Golden Boot]] at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] with [[Italy national football team|Italy]].<ref name="derbysicil" /> Other noted players include [[Giuseppe Furino]], [[Pietro Anastasi]], [[Francesco Coco]], [[Christian Riganò]], and [[Roberto Galia]].<ref name="derbysicil">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/11/11/sfneur11.xml |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |title=Sicilian derby takes centre stage |date=7 October 2007 |location=London |first=Richard |last=Bright |access-date=30 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> There have also been some noted managers from the island, such as [[Carmelo Di Bella]] and [[Franco Scoglio]].

Although football is the most popular sport in Sicily, the island also has participants in other fields. [[Amatori Catania]] have competed in the top Italian national [[rugby union]] league called [[Top12|National Championship of Excellence]]. They have even participated at the European level in the [[European Challenge Cup]]. Competing in the basketball variation of [[Serie A (basketball)|Serie A]] is [[Orlandina Basket]] from [[Capo d'Orlando]] in the [[province of Messina]], where the sport has a reasonable following. Various other sports that are played to some extent include volleyball, [[Team handball|handball]], and [[water polo]]. Previously, in [[motorsport]], Sicily held the prominent [[Targa Florio]] sports car race that took place in the Madonie Mountains, with the start-finish line in [[Cerda]].<ref name="targa" /> The event was started in 1906 by Sicilian industrialist and automobile enthusiast [[Vincenzo Florio]], and ran until it was canceled due to safety concerns in 1977.<ref name="targa">{{cite news |url=http://www.porsche.com/all/targaflorio/international.aspx |publisher=Porsche.com |title=Targa Florio 1906–1977 |date=7 October 2007 |access-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230060505/https://www.porsche.com/all/targaflorio/international.aspx |archive-date=30 December 2010}}</ref>

From 28 September to 9 October 2005 [[Trapani]] was the location of Acts 8 and 9 of the [[Louis Vuitton Cup]]. This sailing race featured, among other entrants, all boats that took part in the 2007 [[America's Cup]].