London

==Sport==
{{main|Sport in London}}
{{see also|Football in London|Rugby union in London}}
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| caption1 = [[Wembley Stadium]], home of the England [[England national football team|men]] and [[England women's national football team|women's football team]] and the [[FA Cup Final]], has a seating capacity of 90,000. It is the UK's biggest stadium.<ref name=Wembley>{{Cite web |title=About Wembley Stadium – What we do at Wembley Stadium |url=https://www.wembleystadium.com/about/about-wembley-stadium |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=[[Wembley Stadium]] connected by EE |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326114025/http://www.wembleystadium.com/about/about-wembley-stadium |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| caption2 = [[Centre Court]] at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]. Held every June and July, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and the only major played on grass.
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| caption3 = [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]], home of the [[England national rugby union team]], has a capacity of 82,000 seats.
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London has hosted the [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] three times: in [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]], [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]], and [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]], making it the first city to host the modern Games three times.<ref name=IOC/> The city was also the host of the [[Commonwealth Games|British Empire Games]] in [[1934 British Empire Games|1934]].<ref name="london_175">{{Cite web |date=28 April 2011 |title=England – Introduction |url=http://www.thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?loc=ENG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429043207/http://www.thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?loc=ENG |archive-date=29 April 2011 |access-date=3 November 2008 |website=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]] }}</ref> In 2017, London hosted the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships in Athletics]] for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Livingstone |first=Robert |date=11 November 2011 |title=London Defeats Doha to host 2017 International Athletics Championships |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/other_news/1216135963.html |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113180038/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/other_news/1216135963.html |archive-date=13 November 2011 |access-date=13 December 2011 |website=Gamesbids.com }}</ref>

London's [[Sport in the United Kingdom#Popularity|most popular sport]] is [[association football|football]], and it has seven clubs in the [[Premier League]] in the [[2022–23 Premier League|2022–23 season]]: [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]].<ref name="london_176">{{Cite web |title=Barclays Premier League Clubs |url=https://www.premierleague.com/clubs |access-date=29 March 2021 |publisher=[[Premier League]]}}</ref> Other professional men's teams in London are [[AFC Wimbledon]], [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]], [[Bromley F.C.|Bromley]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], [[Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.|Dagenham & Redbridge]], [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] and [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]]. Four London-based teams are in the [[Women's Super League]]: [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women|Tottenham]] and [[West Ham United F.C. Women|West Ham United]].

Two [[Premiership Rugby]] union teams are based in Greater London: [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] and [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premiershiprugby.com/clubs/index.php |title=Premiership Rugby: Clubs |publisher=Premier Rugby |access-date=5 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427075926/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/clubs/index.php |archive-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club|Ealing Trailfinders]] and [[London Scottish F.C.|London Scottish]] play in the [[RFU Championship]]; other rugby union clubs in the city include [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond]], [[Rosslyn Park F.C.|Rosslyn Park]], [[Westcombe Park RFC|Westcombe Park]] and [[Blackheath F.C.|Blackheath]]. [[Twickenham Stadium]] in south-west London hosts home matches for the [[England national rugby union team]].<ref name="musiccap">{{Cite press release |publisher=Twickenham Rugby Stadium |title=RFU apply for two additional concerts at Twickenham Stadium in 2007 |url=http://www.rfu.com/microsites/twickenham/index.cfm?StoryID=14822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625050620/http://www.rfu.com/microsites/twickenham/index.cfm?StoryID=14822 |archive-date=25 June 2008 |date=3 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> While [[rugby league]] is more popular in the north of England, the sport has one professional club in London – the [[London Broncos]] who play in the [[Super League]].

One of London's best-known annual sports competitions is the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Tennis Championships]], held at the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club|All England Club]] in the south-western suburb of [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] since 1877.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423182334/http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/index.html |archive-date=23 April 2008 |title=Wimbledon&nbsp;— official website |publisher=The All England Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) |access-date=29 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Played in late June to early July, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and widely considered the most prestigious.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Traditional Final: It's Nadal and Federer |work=The New York Times |date=7 May 2008 |first=Christopher |last=Clarey |quote=Federer said[:] 'I love playing with him, especially here at Wimbledon, the most prestigious tournament we have.' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/sports/tennis/05wimbledon.html |access-date=17 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |editor=Will Kaufman & Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson |encyclopedia=Britain and the Americas |title=Tennis |year=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |volume=1 : Culture, Politics, and History |isbn=978-1-85109-431-8 |page=958 |quote=this first tennis championship, which later evolved into the Wimbledon Tournament ... continues as the world's most prestigious event.}}</ref>

London has two [[Test cricket]] grounds which host the [[England cricket team]], [[Lord's]] (home of [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex C.C.C.]]) and [[the Oval]] (home of [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey C.C.C.]]). Lord's has hosted four finals of the [[Cricket World Cup]] and is known as the ''Home of Cricket''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord's (Cricket Grounds)|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html |access-date=26 March 2021 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In golf, the [[Wentworth Club]] is located in [[Virginia Water]], Surrey on the south-west fringes of London, while the closest venue to London that is used as one of the courses for [[the Open Championship]], the oldest major and tournament in golf, is [[Royal St George's Golf Club|Royal St George's]] in Sandwich, Kent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal St George's |url=https://www.theopen.com/venues/royal-st-georges |access-date=16 October 2023 |publisher=The Open}}</ref> [[Alexandra Palace]] in north London hosts the [[PDC World Darts Championship]] and the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] [[snooker]] tournament. Other key annual events are the mass-participation [[London Marathon]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/ |title=Flora London Marathon 2008 |publisher=London Marathon Ltd |access-date=29 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426224024/http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/site/ |archive-date=26 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[University Boat Race]] on the Thames contested between [[Oxford University Boat Club|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University Boat Club|Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theboatrace.org/ |title=The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race&nbsp;— Official Website |publisher=The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race |access-date=29 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430162037/http://www.theboatrace.org/ |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>