Regina, Saskatchewan

===Sports===
[[File:Mosaic Stadium Exterior.jpg|thumb|Located at Evraz Place, [[Mosaic Stadium]] is an open-air stadium that is the home arena for the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]].]]
The [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] play their home games at [[Mosaic Stadium]] in Regina. Formed in 1910 as the Regina Rugby Club and renamed the Regina Roughriders in 1924 and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1946,<ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_roughriders.html Daria Coneghan, "Saskatchewan Roughriders, ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723185917/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_roughriders.html |date=23 July 2012 }}. Retrieved 17 December 2007.</ref> the "Riders" are a community-owned team with a loyal fan base; out-of-town [[season ticket]] holders often travel {{cvt|300|-|400|km}} or more to attend home games.<ref>[http://www.saskriders.com/modules.php?name=News&file=bleedinggreen&f_subcat=legacy_stories Riderville | The Official site of the 2007 Grey Cup Champions]  
 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818184211/http://www.saskriders.com/modules.php?name=News&file=bleedinggreen&f_subcat=legacy_stories |date=18 August 2007 }}</ref> The team has won the [[Grey Cup]] on four occasions, in 1966, 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://78mph.com/2015/10/1989-and-the-grey-cup-in-toronto/ |title=Maureen O'Shea, "1989 and the Grey Cup in Toronto" |date=29 October 2015 |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030021153/http://78mph.com/2015/10/1989-and-the-grey-cup-in-toronto/ |archive-date=30 October 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2007, and 2013.<ref>Canadian Football League: [https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup Grey Cup Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016154234/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup |date=16 October 2015 }} Retrieved 4 March 2009</ref> Regina is also home to a successful women's football team, the [[Regina Riot (football)|Regina Riot]] of the [[Western Women's Canadian Football League]]. The Riot have won three league championships, in 2015, 2017, and 2018.

Other sports teams in Regina include the four-time [[Memorial Cup]] champion [[Regina Pats]] of the [[Western Hockey League]], the [[Regina Thunder]] of the [[Canadian Junior Football League]], the [[Saskatchewan Prairie Fire|Prairie Fire]] of the [[Rugby Canada Super League]], the [[Regina Red Sox]] of the [[Western Canadian Baseball League]], and the University of Regina's [[Regina Cougars]]/[[Regina Rams]] of [[U Sports]]. Regina is also where all Water Polo players from Saskatchewan centralize, Regina's team being Water Polo Armada.

Regina's curling teams have distinguished the city for many decades. Richardson Crescent commemorates the [[Ernie Richardson (curler)|Richardson curling]] team of the 1950s. In recent years Olympic Gold medal winner [[Sandra Schmirler]] and her rink occasioned vast civic pride; the Sandra Schmirler Leisure Centre in east Regina commemorates her. Regina held the [[1973 Air Canada Silver Broom|1973]], [[1983 Air Canada Silver Broom|1983]], and [[2011 World Men's Curling Championship]]. The city has two curling clubs: The [[Caledonian Curling Club|Caledonian]] and the [[Highland Curling Club|Highland]].

North-east of the city lies [[Kings Park Speedway]], a ⅓-mile paved oval used for [[stock car racing]] since the late 1960s. Regina hosted the [[Western Canada Summer Games]] in 1975, and again in 1987, as well as being the host city for the 2005 [[Canada Games|Canada Summer Games]]. Regina also held the 2014 [[North American Indigenous Games]].