Archive for May, 2010

As the capital of the United Kingdom, London not only plays host to a variety of top-level sporting events, but also provides an ideal starting point for participants and spectators alike sport of many disciplines. So whether you run the London marathon, watching football at Wembley Stadium, playing in the All-England Tennis Club, or a flutter on equine action at Sandown Park, London have to offer something.

Since its founding in 1981, is the London Marathon today widely recognized as one of the top five international marathons and attracts runners from all over the world, by 26 miles 385 yards on the course that winds its way to compete in the city. Starting from Blackheath to the south of the Thames cross Tower Bridge and finishing at The Mall encapsulates the race some of the most famous sights of London such as the historic ship “Cutty Sark”, the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace among others. Despite a serious sporting event with a great offer prize money, the London Marathon is perhaps more closely participate with the club and runners who enjoy the race – often dressed in bizarre costumes associated – for charitable purposes, and the race is now the leading annual fundraising event in the world according to organizers, gathered with about 315 million pounds for good causes.

The annual FA Community Shield soccer match at Wembley Stadium this year after a seven-year stint at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The game, as the traditional start of the new football season played a big charity fundraiser with the winners of last season’s league tournament and FA Cup, though with six clubs in the Premier League and ten lower league clubs in and around London, Football enthusiasts are never far away from a match. Wembley Stadium also hosted numerous international matches during the football season and a series of concerts, often with world-renowned artists.

Although actually in Esher, Surrey, Sandown Park is easily accessible from London’s public transport network. Sandown Park hosts regular race meetings throughout the year, both Flat and National Hunt Racing and some high-profile races are run over in both disciplines, including the Coral Eclipse Stakes, Tingle Creek Chase and the Whitbread Gold Cup, now known as the Betfred the Gold Cup. Every year, of course, an annual Variety Club charity meeting, under the course of the most popular and high profile events. The Variety Club event draws a large number of celebrities at the track, so celebrity-spotting provides an additional bonus to the day.

However, the purchase is perhaps London’s most popular sport and the capital is known worldwide for its famous shopping streets and shops and boutiques. For those interested in this discipline, the players may be spoiled for choice. Oxford Street is located in the heart of the most popular shopping street in central London area and with over 300 shops is Europe’s biggest High Street, runs about a mile and a half from Marble Arch to St. Giles’ Circus. Home stores such as Selfridges, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Debenhams and Primark, Oxford Street forms a veritable shopping paradise. Or for something more “alternative”, a stroll in Covent Garden or Camden Market, where you will be sure to pick something up out of the ordinary.

With an abundance of Hotels in London , are sure to be an ideal location from which to find you indulge your passion for sports, either as participants or spectators. And with a wealth of museums, theaters, galleries and other attractions, there is still much more to London next sport on a London City Break – if all else fails, there’s always shopping!