Sport in Barcelona

Barcelona has a long sporting tradition and hosted the highly successful 1992 Summer Olympics as well as several matches during the 1982 FIFA World Cup (on the two stadiums).

Twice a season, FC Barcelona and cross-town rivals RCD Espanyol contest in the local derby in La Liga, while its basketball section has its own local derby in Liga ACB with nearby Joventut Badalona.

Barcelona also has other clubs in lower categories, like CE Europa and UE Sant Andreu.

In 1928, Espanyol became a founding member of La Liga, and in 1929, the football team won their first Copa del Rey.

Espanyol has completed the highest number of seasons in La Liga without actually winning the title.

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, with a capacity of 20,000 is stadium on the suburbs, during the 1992 Summer Olympics it hosted six football matches.

Several major road running competitions are organized year-round in Barcelona: the Barcelona Marathon every March with a participants of over 10,000 in 2010, the Cursa de Bombers in April, the Cursa de El Corte Inglés in May (with about 60,000 participants each year)[citation needed] - this race holds IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status.

Near Barcelona, in Montmeló, the 107,000[5] capacity Circuit de Catalunya / Circuit de Barcelona racetrack hosts the Formula One World Championship, Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Spanish GT Championship and GP2 Series.

Aerosport is an airshow that takes place at the Igualada-Òdena aerodrome in Barcelona Province every year since 1993.