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Sport and Leisure
Sport is a major part of life in the West Midlands Region. 7 racecourses, 9 professional football teams and 27 championship length golf courses are some of our sporting attractions. Birmingham, the national city of sport has staged more World, European and National Championships than any other city.
Many prestigious events have graced our sporting venues:
- Ryder Cup golf at the world famous De Vere Belfry
- Test match cricket at Edgbaston
- Premiership football at Birmingham City and Aston Villa
- Championship football at West Bromwich, Stoke, Coventry and Wolverhampton
- Davis Cup tennis at National Indoor Arena, the new home of British Indoor Sport. The NIA is one of the busiest, large scale indoor sporting and entertainment venues in Europe
- The IAAF World Indoor Championships at the NIA
- Olympic trials at the Alexandra Athletics Stadium
- Wolverhampton Race Course - Experience the thrill of evening horse racing throughout the year at Britain's only floodlit track
