Toronto Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Sports == {{Main|Sports in Toronto}} {{See also|Amateur sport in Toronto|List of sports teams in Toronto}} {{More citations needed section|date=July 2016}} [[File:Toronto Island Queen City Yacht Club.jpg|thumb|Queen City Yacht Club facilities and piers on the Toronto Islands]] Toronto is represented in five [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major league sports]], with teams in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL), and [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). It was formerly represented in a sixth and seventh; the [[USL W-League (1995β2015)|USL W-League]] that announced on November 6, 2015, that it would cease operation ahead of the 2016 season and the [[Canadian Women's Hockey League]] ceased operations in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News from wleaguesoccer.com |url=http://wleaguesoccer.com/home/899334.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119110213/http://wleaguesoccer.com/home/899334.html |archive-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Equalizer Soccer β USL W-League, once top flight, folds after 21 seasons |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/11/06/usl-w-league-folds-21-seasons/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316112548/http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/11/06/usl-w-league-folds-21-seasons/ |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=June 7, 2016 |website=Equalizersoccer.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=March 31, 2019 |title=The Canadian Women's Hockey League to Discontinue Operations |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/the-canadian-womens-hockey-league-to-discontinue-operations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502221143/http://www.thecwhl.com/the-canadian-womens-hockey-league-to-discontinue-operations |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 8, 2019 |publisher=[[Canadian Women's Hockey League]]}}</ref> The city's major sports venues include the [[Scotiabank Arena]] (formerly Air Canada Centre), [[Rogers Centre]] (formerly SkyDome), [[Coca-Cola Coliseum]] (formerly Ricoh Coliseum), and [[BMO Field]]. Toronto is one of six North American cities (alongside [[Sports in Dallas|Dallas]], [[Sports in Chicago|Chicago]], [[Sports in Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], [[Sports in Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], and [[Sports in the New York metropolitan area|the New York Tri-state area]]) to have won titles in its five major leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA, MLS and either NFL or CFL), and the only one to have done so in the Canadian Football League. Historic sports clubs of Toronto include the [[Granite Club]] (established in 1836), the [[Royal Canadian Yacht Club]] (established in 1852), the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (established before 1827), the Argonaut Rowing Club (established in 1872), the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club (established in 1881), and the Badminton and Racquet Club (established in 1924).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcyc.ca/about/RCYC_Story|title=RCYC Story: Over a Century And A Half of Leadership|website=rcyc.ca|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231160455/https://rcyc.ca/about/RCYC_Story|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graniteclub.com/guestinfo|title=Guest Information β Granite Club|website=graniteclub.com|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231160713/https://www.graniteclub.com/guestinfo|url-status=live}}</ref> === Professional sports === [[File:The Blue Jays host the Orioles in the AL Wild Card Game (30243609331).jpg|thumb|The [[2016 American League Wild Card Game]] played at [[Rogers Centre]]. The Toronto Blue Jays use the stadium.]] Toronto is home to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], one of the NHL's [[Original Six]] clubs, and has also served as home to the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/team/history|title=Toronto Maple Leafs History|publisher=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415084441/https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/team/history|url-status=live}}</ref> The city had a rich history of [[ice hockey|hockey]] championships. Along with the Maple Leafs' 13 [[Stanley Cup]] titles, the [[Toronto Marlboros]] and [[St. Michael's College School]]-based [[Ontario Hockey League]] teams, combined, have won a record 12 [[Memorial Cup]] titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/history.html|title=Toronto Maple Leafs Historical Statistics and All-Time Leaders|publisher=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231161012/https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Toronto Marlies]] of the [[American Hockey League]] also play in Toronto at Coca-Cola Coliseum and are the farm team for the Maple Leafs. The [[Toronto Six]], the first Canadian franchise in the [[National Women's Hockey League]], began play with the 2020β21 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/first-pwhl-game-jan-1-toronto-ny-1.7070386|title=History in the making: PWHL's Toronto vs New York begins new era in women's hockey|last=Donkin|first=Karissa|date=December 29, 2023|website=[[CBC Sports]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231044930/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/first-pwhl-game-jan-1-toronto-ny-1.7070386|url-status=live}}</ref> The city is home to the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] MLB baseball team. The team has won two [[World Series]] titles ([[1992 World Series|1992]], [[1993 World Series|1993]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-blue-jays-92-world-series-team-was-one-for-the-ages|title=Simmons: Blue Jays' 92 World Series team was one for the ages|last=Simmons|first=Steve|date=October 22, 2022|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|access-date=August 11, 2023|archive-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022222716/https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/simmons-blue-jays-92-world-series-team-was-one-for-the-ages|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-sp-49239-story.html|title=World Series: Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies; Carter Sends Everyone Home; Blue Jays Repeat Crown on Homer in Ninth, 8-6|last=Nightendale|first=Bob|date=October 24, 1993|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231162129/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-sp-49239-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Blue Jays play their home games at the Rogers Centre in the downtown core. Toronto has a long history of minor-league professional baseball dating back to the 1800s, culminating in the [[Toronto Maple Leafs (International League)|Toronto Maple Leafs]] baseball team, whose owner first proposed an MLB team for Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toronto Blue Jays Timeline |url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/history/timeline |access-date=November 3, 2017 |website=BlueJays.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |archive-date=June 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620125715/https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/history/timeline |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Toronto Raptors]] basketball team entered the NBA in 1995 and has since earned eleven playoff spots and five [[Atlantic Division (NBA)|Atlantic Division]] titles in 24 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|title=Toronto Raptors Team Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Basketball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=July 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728024002/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TOR/|url-status=live}}</ref> They won their first NBA title in [[2019 NBA Finals|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holcombe |first=Madeline |date=June 14, 2019 |title=The Toronto Raptors win Canada's first NBA championship |url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/06/14/sport/nba-finals-game-6-raptors-warriors-trnd/index.html |access-date=November 8, 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920115849/https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/06/14/sport/nba-finals-game-6-raptors-warriors-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Raptors are the only NBA team with their own television channel, [[NBA TV Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/raptors/nbatvcanada/schedule|title=NBATV Canada Latest Schedule|date=June 3, 2014|last=Lopez|first=Torj|website=NBA.com|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=December 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230235523/https://www.nba.com/raptors/nbatvcanada/schedule|url-status=live}}</ref> They play their home games at Scotiabank Arena, which is shared with the Maple Leafs. In 2016, Toronto hosted the [[2016 NBA All-Star Game|65th NBA All-Star game]], the first to be held outside the United States.<ref name="Toronto hosts 2016 All Star game">{{cite web |title=Toronto to host 2016 All-Star Game |url=http://www.allstarweekendtoronto.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215105101/http://www.allstarweekendtoronto.com/ |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2016 |work=AllStarweekendToronto}}</ref> [[File:Scotiabank Arena summer 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Scotiabank Arena]] from Bremner Boulevard. The [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s Toronto Raptors and the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s Toronto Maple Leafs play their home games at the arena.]] The city is represented in [[Canadian football]] by the CFL's [[Toronto Argonauts]], which was founded in 1873.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://argoalumni.com/team-history/|title=Argonauts Team History|website=Toronto Argonauts Alumni Association|date=January 18, 2016 |access-date=January 1, 2024|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101185630/https://argoalumni.com/team-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> The club has won 18 [[Grey Cup]] Canadian championship titles. The club's home games are played at BMO Field. [[File:Bmo Field 2016 East Stand.jpg|thumb|View of [[BMO Field]] from the grandstands. The [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s Toronto Argonauts and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]' Toronto FC play their home games at the outdoor stadium.]] Toronto is represented in soccer by the [[Toronto FC]] MLS team, who have won seven [[Canadian Championship]] titles, as well as the [[MLS Cup]] in [[MLS Cup 2017|2017]] and the [[Supporters' Shield]] for best regular season record, also in [[2017 Major League Soccer season|2017]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada β Toronto FC β Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news β Soccerway |url=https://us.soccerway.com/teams/canada/toronto-fc/7977/trophies/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002459/https://us.soccerway.com/teams/canada/toronto-fc/7977/trophies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They share BMO Field with the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto has a high level of participation in soccer across the city at several smaller stadiums and fields. Toronto FC entered the league as an expansion team in 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ozanian |first=Mike |date=May 21, 2013 |title=David Beckham To Earn Huge Windfall From New York's MLS Expansion |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2013/05/21/david-beckham-to-earn-huge-windfall-from-new-yorks-mls-expansion/ |access-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123151325/http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2013/05/21/david-beckham-to-earn-huge-windfall-from-new-yorks-mls-expansion/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 12, 2007 |title=Toronto vs. Chicago Fire 3β1 |publisher=Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2007/05/12/united-states/mls/toronto-fc/chicago-fire/437620/ |access-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730083441/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2007/05/12/united-states/mls/toronto-fc/chicago-fire/437620/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Toronto Rock]] is the city's [[National Lacrosse League]] team. They won five [[National Lacrosse League Cup]] titles in seven years in the late 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, appearing in an NLL-record five straight championship games from 1999 to 2003, and are first all-time in the number of Champion's Cups won. The Rock formerly shared the Scotiabank Arena with the Maple Leafs and the Raptors. However, the Toronto Rock moved to the nearby city of Hamilton while retaining its Toronto name. The [[Toronto Wolfpack]] became Canada's first professional [[rugby league]] team and the world's first transatlantic professional sports team when they began play in the [[Rugby Football League]]'s [[RFL League 1|League One]] competition in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last=W. |first=T.A. |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Rugby league's Toronto Wolfpack are the first transatlantic sports team |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2017/03/crossing-pond |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311225015/http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2017/03/crossing-pond |archive-date=March 11, 2017 |access-date=March 12, 2017 |website=economist.com}}</ref> Due to COVID-19 restrictions on international travel the team withdrew from the [[Super League]] in 2020 with its future uncertain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toronto Wolfpack pull out of Super League season as relegation is cancelled {{pipe}} Toronto Wolfpack {{pipe}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/20/toronto-wolfpack-exit-super-league-season-casting-doubt-on-clubs-future |website=amp.theguardian.com |access-date=December 25, 2020 |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216054003/https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/20/toronto-wolfpack-exit-super-league-season-casting-doubt-on-clubs-future |url-status=live }}</ref> The rugby club's ownership changed in 2021, now 'Team Wolfpack' will play in the newly formed [[North American Rugby League]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toronto Wolfpack news |url=https://www.torontowolfpack.com/pack-is-back |website=torontowolfpack.com/ |publisher=Team Wolfpack |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512203921/https://www.torontowolfpack.com/pack-is-back/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Toronto is home to the [[Toronto Rush]], a semi-professional ultimate team that competes in the [[American Ultimate Disc League]] (AUDL).<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Joseph |date=October 30, 2015 |title=Toronto Rush takes flight with American Ultimate Disc League |newspaper=The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/localsports/article/1292212--american-ultimate-disc-league-gets-toronto-franchise |access-date=October 30, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American Ultimate Disc League |url=http://theaudl.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021064303/http://theaudl.com/ |archive-date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate (disc)]], in Canada, has its beginning roots in Toronto, with 3300 players competing annually in the Toronto Ultimate Club (League).<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the TUC |url=http://tuc.org/history/tuc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220133/http://tuc.org/history/tuc |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> Toronto has hosted several [[National Football League]] (NFL) exhibition games at the Rogers Centre. [[Edward S. Rogers Jr.|Ted Rogers]] leased the [[Buffalo Bills]] from [[Ralph Wilson]] for the purposes of having the Bills play eight home games in the city between 2008 and 2013. <!--Please don't add e-sports teams to this article per talk page; add them to [[Sports in Toronto]] and [[List of sports teams in Toronto]], though in both cases, reliable non-primary sources are needed--> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px solid #ddd; background:#fefefe; padding:3px; margin:0; margin:auto;" |+ Professional sports teams in Toronto ! scope="col" | Club ! scope="col" | League ! scope="col" | Sport ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Established ! scope="col" | Championships |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Argonauts]] | [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] | [[Canadian football]] | [[BMO Field]] | 1873 | 18 (last in [[109th Grey Cup|2022]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Arrows]] | [[Major League Rugby|MLR]] | [[Rugby union]] | [[York Lions Stadium]] | 2018 | 0 |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Blue Jays]] | [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] | [[Baseball]] | [[Rogers Centre]] | 1977 | 2 (last in [[1993 World Series|1993]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto FC]] | [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] | [[Association football|Soccer]] | [[BMO Field]] | 2007 | 1 (last in [[MLS Cup 2017|2017]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Lady Lynx]] | [[USL W-League (1995β2015)|USL]] | [[Women's association football|Women's soccer]] | [[Centennial Park Stadium]] | 2005 | 0 |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | [[Ice hockey|Hockey]] | [[Scotiabank Arena]] | 1917 | 13 (last in [[1967 Stanley Cup Finals|1967]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Marlies]] | [[American Hockey League|AHL]] | [[Ice hockey|Hockey]] | [[Coca-Cola Coliseum]] | 2005 | 1 (last in [[2018 Calder Cup playoffs|2018]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Raptors]] | [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] | [[Basketball]] | [[Scotiabank Arena]] | 1995 | 1 (last in [[2019 NBA Finals|2019]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Rock]] | [[National Lacrosse League|NLL]] | [[Box lacrosse]] | [[FirstOntario Centre]] | 1998 | 6 (last in [[2011 NLL season|2011]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Toronto Wolfpack]] | [[North American Rugby League|NARL]] | [[Rugby league]] | [[Lamport Stadium]] | 2017 | 1 (in [[2017 League 1]]) |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[York United FC]] | [[Canadian Premier League|CPL]] | [[Soccer]]<!--Don't bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]--> | [[York Lions Stadium]] | 2018 | 0 |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[Scarborough Shooting Stars]] | [[Canadian Elite Basketball League|CEBL]] | [[Basketball]] | [[Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre]] | 2021 | 0 |- ! scope="row" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;" | [[PWHL Toronto|Toronto]] | [[Professional Women's Hockey League|PWHL]] | [[Ice hockey]] | [[Mattamy Athletic Centre]] | 2024 | 0 |}<!--Please don't add e-sports teams to this article per talk page; add them to [[Sports in Toronto]] and [[List of sports teams in Toronto]], though in both cases, reliable non-primary sources are needed--> === Collegiate sports === [[File:2017 Red and Blue Bowl.jpg|thumb|A Canadian football game between the [[Toronto Varsity Blues]] and the [[York University Lions]] at [[Alumni Field (York University)|York's Alumni Field]]]] The [[University of Toronto]] in downtown Toronto was where the first recorded [[college football]] game was held in November 1861.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bernstein |first=Mark F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3i4KOu7MiEC |title=Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession |date=September 19, 2001 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-3627-9 |language=en}}</ref> Many post-secondary institutions in Toronto are members of [[U Sports]] or the [[Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association]], the former for universities and the latter for colleges. Toronto was home to the [[International Bowl]], an [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] sanctioned post-season college football game that pitted a [[Mid-American Conference]] team against a [[Big East Conference (1979β2013)|Big East Conference]] team. From 2007 to 2010, the game was played at Rogers Centre annually in January. === Events === [[File:Queen Elizabeth at the Queen's Plate.jpg|thumb|Arrival of [[Elizabeth II]] at the 2010 [[King's Plate|Queen's Plate]] at [[Woodbine Racetrack]]]] Toronto, along with Montreal, hosts an annual [[tennis]] tournament called the [[Canadian Open (tennis)|Canadian Open]] (not to be confused with the [[Canadian Open (golf)|identically named golf tournament]]) between the months of July and August. In odd-numbered years, the men's tournament is held in Montreal, while the women's tournament is held in Toronto, and vice versa in even-numbered years. The city hosts the [[Toronto Waterfront Marathon]] annually, one of the [[World Athletics Label Road Races]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Athletics Label Road Races |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=World Athletics |archive-date=December 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221218202650/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results |url-status=live }}</ref> Toronto also hosts the annual [[Grand Prix of Toronto]] car race (officially named Honda Indy Toronto), part of the [[IndyCar Series]] schedule, held on a street circuit at Exhibition Place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2023/IndyCar-Series/Toronto|title=Honda Indy Toronto|publisher=[[IndyCar Series]]|access-date=December 31, 2023|archive-date=September 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131128/https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2023/IndyCar-Series/Toronto|url-status=live}}</ref> It was known previously as the [[Champ Car World Series|Champ Car]]'s Molson Indy Toronto from 1986 to 2007. Both [[thoroughbred]] and [[standardbred]] [[horse racing]] events are conducted at [[Woodbine Racetrack]] in [[Rexdale]]. [[File:2018 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place.jpg|thumb|The 2018 [[Grand Prix of Toronto]], an annual [[IndyCar Series]] race held at [[Exhibition Place]].]] Toronto hosted the [[2015 Pan American Games]] in July 2015 and the [[2015 Parapan American Games]] in August 2015. It beat the cities of [[Lima]], Peru, and [[BogotΓ‘]], Colombia, to win the rights to stage the games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Bid Officially Launched |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/commonwealth_games_bids/1216133774.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019025828/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/commonwealth_games_bids/1216133774.html |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |website=GameBids.com}}</ref> The games were the largest [[multi-sport event]] ever to be held in Canada (in terms of athletes competing), double the size of the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cayley |first1=Shawn |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Countdown is on to Pan American and Parapan American Games in Durham Region |work=durhamregion.com |publisher=[[Metroland Media Group]] |url=http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4754402-countdown-is-on-to-pan-american-and-parapan-american-games-in-durham-region/ |url-status=dead |access-date=August 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903120851/http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4754402-countdown-is-on-to-pan-american-and-parapan-american-games-in-durham-region/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref> Toronto was a candidate city for the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]], which were awarded to [[Atlanta]] and [[Beijing]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last=Byers |first=Jim |date=July 10, 2007 |title=Third time lucky for T.O. Games bid? |url-access=subscription |work=The Star |location=Toronto |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2007/07/10/third_time_lucky_for_to_games_bid.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305073654/http://www.thestar.com/News/article/234164 |archive-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> Toronto was named as one of 16 cities in North America (and one of two Canadian cities) to host matches for the [[2026 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="Toronto selected as host site for 2026 FIFA World Cup | CTV News" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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