Sport
The people of Cape Town and the Western Cape are mad about sports. Cape Town's most popular sports by participation are cricket, football and rugby.
Football, which is better known as soccer in South Africa, is also popular. Two teams from Cape Town play in the Premier Soccer League (PSL), South Africa's premier league. These teams are Ajax Cape Town and Santos. Cape Town was chosen as one of the South African cities to host several matches of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which is to be held in South Africa. The Mother City is building a new 70,000 seat stadium in the Green Point area.
In cricket, the Cape Cobras represent Cape Town at the Newlands Cricket Ground. The team is the result of an amalgamation of the Western Province Cricket and Boland Cricket teams. They take part in the Supersport and Standard Bank Cup Series.
The Stormers represent Western Province and Boland in the Southern Hemisphere's Super 14 rugby union competition. Cape Town is the home of the Western Province Rugby Union, who play at Newlands Stadium and compete in the Currie Cup. Cape Town also regularly hosts the national team, the Springboks, and hosted matches during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, including a semi-final.
