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As well as hosting the famous Boxing Day test match, the MCG was the setting for the Summer Olympics and has hosted a large number of other sports during its long history. Few countries have such a raw passion for sport as Australia so Melbourne is certainly a very strong contender for the global crown. However critics may argue that Aussie Rules and Rugby League, the two most popular spectator sports in the country, are simply not sports with widespread global interest.
However does the city have enough else going on to be a serious contender as the global sporting capital? In North America, there are lots of major cities with multiple teams spread across the big American sports leagues.
That includes some of the biggest names in American sports such as the New York Yankees and New York Giants and for lovers of US sporting culture, whenever you head to the Big Apple, you can be pretty sure there will always be a game on for you to attend. Throw in some of the biggest fights in the world at the iconic Madison Square Garden which has hosted all the boxing greats.
A bit like Australia, South Africa is another sports-mad nation with football, rugby union, cricket and golf among the most popular options. The Melbourne Cricket Club was formed just three years later. Both Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club were founded in , making them two of the oldest footy clubs in the world. The first Melbourne Cup horseracing event was held in , and by Melbourne was home to the first Australian tennis championships.
Melbourne also hosted the Olympics. You only need to drive around the city suburbs on any given weekend — rain or shine — and you will see the dominance of sports in Melbourne.
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