In the world?
Right here in my home city Melbourne!
According to Wikipedia:
The state of Victoria, Australia, is known for its sporting culture. The Victorian capital, Melbourne is often referred to as the sporting capital of the world.[1]
The most popular sports to play in the state are Basketball, soccer, Australian rules football, Cricket and netball whilst horse racing joins that list as the most popular spectator sports.
Melbourne is a notable sporting location as the host city for the 1956 Summer Olympics games (the first Olympic Games ever held in the southern hemisphere), along with the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The city is home to three major annual international sporting events: the Australian Open (one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments), the Melbourne Cup (horse racing), and the Australian Grand Prix (Formula One).
In recent years, the city has claimed the SportsBusiness title "World's Ultimate Sports City".[135]
The city is home to the National Sports Museum,
which until 2003 was located outside the members pavilion at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground and reopened in 2008 in the Olympic Stand.[136]
Australian rules football and cricket
are the most popular sports in Melbourne and also the spiritual home of
these two sports in Australia and both are mostly played in the same
stadia in the city and its suburbs. The first ever official cricket
Test match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest cricket ground in the world[citation needed]. The first Australian rules football matches were played in Melbourne in 1859 and the Australian Football League is headquartered at Docklands Stadium.
Nine of its teams are based in the Melbourne metropolitan area and the
five Melbourne AFL matches per week attract an average 40,000 people
per game.[137] Additionally, the city annually hosts the AFL Grand Final.
The city is also home to several professional franchises in national competitions including Football (Soccer) clubs Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Heart who play in the A-league competition, the rugby league club Melbourne Storm[138] who play in the NRL competition, the rugby union club Melbourne Rebels who play in the Super Rugby competition, the netball club Melbourne Vixens who play in the trans-Tasman trophy ANZ Championship, and the basketball club Melbourne Tigers who play in the NBL competition and the Bulleen Boomers and Dandenong Rangers who play in the WNBL. A second Melbourne-based NBL team may be established for the 2011-2012 season.[139] In November 2008, it was announced that the Victorian Major Events Company had informed the Australian Olympic Committee that Melbourne was considering making bids for either the 2024 or 2028 Summer Olympics.[140]
