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The
city has two professional football clubs: Sheffield United and
Sheffield Wednesday
- Sheffield
also has a unique role in football history; Sheffield FC is the
oldest soccer club in the world, and Hallam FC has the oldest
ground
- Rugby
League, Rugby Union, basketball and cricket can also be seen in
Sheffield
- Sheffield
has hosted the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre
every year since 1977
- Sheffield
Steelers represent the city in ice-hockey and their incredible
success story illustrates the sport's rapid rise in popularity
in Sheffield, with record-breaking attendance figures for the
sport
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The city has many fully-equipped sports and leisure centres, 14
private and municipal full-size golf courses and over 120 sports
clubs offering, for example: tennis; squash; cricket; swimming;
football; ten-pin and crown green bowling; hockey, hang-gliding
and fishing
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The Peak Park is the ideal location for walking, caving, rambling,
rock-climbing, cycling, horse riding, camping, sailing and windsurfing
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Sheffield Ski Village is Europe's largest all season ski resort,
providing skiing, snowboarding, an alpine resort-standard fun
park, and the National Aerials Water Jump
- Sheffield
has first class sporting facilities following the 1991 staging
of the World Student Games, including Ponds Forge International
Sports and Leisure Centre, the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield Arena
and Hillsborough Leisure Centre
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2003 Sheffield will be the location for the new National Ice Centre,
situated between Sheffield Arena and Don Valley Stadium
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