Sport
Toulouse is represented by Stade Toulousain, a rugby union club competing in the Top 14 competition. Stade Toulousain is considered the finest rugby union club in all of Europe, having been crowned the Heineken Cup champions four times since 1996.
Toulouse Olympique represents the city in Rugby League, they play in the Co-operative Championship.
The city also has a professional football team : Toulouse FC, who play in Ligue 1.
Fenix Toulouse Handball who play in Division 1, the highest level of Handball in France.
Spacers Toulouse volleyball who play in Division 1, the highest level of Volleyball in France.
The city also shared with other French cities the hosting of games during the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2007 rugby world cup and the EuroBasket 1999.
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“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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The End”
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