Quebec 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=== [[File:Boston_vs._CH_au_Centre_Bell_007.jpg|thumb|The [[Montreal Canadiens]] at the [[Bell Centre]]]] Sports in Quebec constitutes an essential dimension of Quebec culture. [[Ice hockey]] remains the national sport. This sport was played for the first time on March 3, 1875, in Montreal and has been promoted over the years by numerous achievements, including the centenary of the [[Montreal Canadiens]].<ref>{{cite web|date=September 20, 2013|title=Un anniversaire douloureux|url=http://fr.canoe.ca/sports/nouvelles/hockey/canadiens/archives/2009/12/20091205-065501.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708091949/http://fr.canoe.ca/sports/nouvelles/hockey/canadiens/archives/2009/12/20091205-065501.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 8, 2012|publisher=Fr.canoe.ca|access-date=January 1, 2011}}</ref> Other major sports include [[Canadian football]] with the [[Montreal Alouettes]], soccer with [[Club de Foot Montréal]], the [[Canadian Grand Prix|Grand Prix du Canada]] Formula 1 racing with drivers such as [[Gilles Villeneuve]] and [[Jacques Villeneuve]], and professional baseball with the former [[Montreal Expos]]. Quebec has hosted several major sporting events, including the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], the Fencing World Championships in 1967, track cycling in 1974, and the [[Transat Québec-Saint-Malo]] race created in 1984. Quebec athletes have performed well at the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]] over recent years. They won 12 of [[Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics|Canada's 29 medals]] at the most recent [[2018 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (2018)]]; they won 12 of the [[Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics|27 Canadian medals]] in [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi (2014)]]; and 9 of the [[Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics|26 Canadian medals]] in [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver (2010)]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 25, 2018|title=Who won Team Canada's 29 medals in Pyeongchang|url=https://olympic.ca/2018/02/25/who-won-team-canadas-29-medals-in-pyeongchang/|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314095047/https://olympic.ca/2018/02/25/who-won-team-canadas-29-medals-in-pyeongchang/|archivedate=March 14, 2018|website=Olympic.ca}}</ref> 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! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page