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Cardiff, one of the UK’s most popular visitor Cardiff also boasts the Cardiff City Stadium, International Sports
destinations is well known for its sporting traditions Stadium, an Olympic-standard canoe slalom course (due to open in 2010)
and has been recognised as a major centre for and Cardiff’s 50m International Pool, a spectacular new facility that
sporting excellence and good practice with Cardiff forms the focal point to the International Sports Village.
representing the UK in a European network of premier
sporting cities. To celebrate the city’s sporting achievement and to recognise Cardiff as
a true European City for Sport, Cardiff will host the UK School Games
While the Millennium Stadium is one of the city’s striking landmarks, and its fi rst European Sports Conference on 22 October 2009.
and one of the World’s greatest sporting venues, it’s not the only
stadium that Cardiff has to offer. Just half a mile away stands the Sport.Cardiff welcomes the UK’s very best young athletes to Cardiff
SWALEC Stadium, home of Glamorgan Cricket and the venue for this to celebrate our award as “European City of Sport” in the UK School
year’s fi rst Ashes test match. Games.
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