Editing Cardiff (section)

==Sport==
{{Main|Sport in Cardiff}}
{{See also|Leisure centres in Cardiff|List of stadia in Wales by capacity|Rugby in Cardiff}}
[[File:Cardiff Arms Park - north stand.jpg|Cardiff Arms Park|thumb|left]]
Cardiff hosts many high-profile sporting events at local, national and international level and in recognition of the city's commitment to sport for all was awarded the title of European Capital of Sport 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868%2C5924%2C5925%2C6188&parent_directory_id=2865&id=11467 |title=Cardiff is named European Capital for Sport |publisher=Cardiff Council |work=Sport Cardiff |access-date=2 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028084516/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868%2C5924%2C5925%2C6188&parent_directory_id=2865&id=11467 |archive-date=28 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2011/04/01/cardiff-announced-as-2014-europeancapital-of-sport/ |title=Cardiff announced as 2014 European Capital of Sport |work=yourCardiff |date=1 April 2011 |access-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513185732/http://yourcardiff.walesonline.co.uk/2011/04/01/cardiff-announced-as-2014-europeancapital-of-sport |archive-date=13 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-capitals-of-sport |title=European Capitals of Sport list |publisher=European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation |access-date=2 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614130203/http://www.aceseurope.eu/index.php/en/2012-09-01-17-17-01/european-capitals-of-sport |archive-date=14 June 2013 }}</ref> Organised sports have been held in the city since the early 19th century.<ref name="Arms Park 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/glamorgan/content/story/60134.html |publisher=ESPN EMEA Ltd |date=6 January 2005 |title=Cricinfo.com |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=ESPN Cricinfo website |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528130548/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/cardiff-s-first-home-60134 |url-status=live }}</ref> national home sporting fixtures are nearly always played in the city. All Wales' multi-sports agencies and many of the [[Countries of the United Kingdom|country]]'s [[Governing bodies of sports in Wales|sports governing bodies]] have their headquarters in Cardiff and the city's many top quality venues have attracted world-famous sports events, sometimes unrelated to Cardiff or to Wales. In 2008/09, 61% of Cardiff residents regularly participated in sport and active recreation, the highest percentage in ll 22 local authorities in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wales.gov.uk/docs/statistics/2010/100517profilecardiffen.pdf |title=Wayback Machine- Web cite query result |website=www.webcitation.org |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5rpWuiiAM?url=http://wales.gov.uk/docs/statistics/2010/100517profilecardiffen.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Rugby union]] fans around the world have long been familiar with the old National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, and its successor the [[Principality Stadium]], which hosted the [[FA Cup]] for six years (from 2001 to 2006) it took to rebuild [[Wembley Stadium]]. In 2009, Cardiff hosted the first [[Australian cricket team in England in 2009|Ashes]] cricket test between England and Australia to be held in Wales. Cardiff hosted eight football matches of the [[London 2012 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4657779.stm |title=Cardiff to host Olympics football |date=6 July 2005 |via=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424132013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4657779.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:MillenniumStadiumExterior.jpg|thumb|[[Principality Stadium]]]]
[[Cardiff City F.C.]] (founded 1899 as Riverside AFC) played their home games at [[Ninian Park]] from 1910 until the end of the 2008–09 season. The club's new home is the [[Cardiff City Stadium]], which they initially rented to the [[Cardiff Blues]], the city's professional rugby union team, the Blues returning to the Arms Park in 2012. Cardiff City have played in the English [[The Football League|Football League]] since the 1920–21 season, climbing to Division 1 after one season.<ref name="1927 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10335~61928,00.html |publisher=Cardiff City Football Club & FL Interactive |date=17 November 2004 |title=Cardiff City – Club – Club History – Club History – The Foundations and Early Y |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=Cardiff City FC website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813201655/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10335~61928%2C00.html |archive-date=13 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name="1927 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10335~61930,00.html |publisher=Cardiff City Football Club & FL Interactive |date=17 November 2004 |title=Cardiff City – Club – Club History – Club History – The Roaring Twenties |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=Cardiff City FC website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520124931/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10335~61930%2C00.html |archive-date=20 May 2009 }}</ref> Cardiff City are the only non-English team to have won the [[FA Cup]], beating [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in the [[1927 FA Cup Final|1927 final]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].<ref name="1927 2"/> They were runners up to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in the [[2008 FA Cup Final|2008 final]], losing 1–0 at the new Wembley Stadium.<ref name="1927 3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0,,10335~61926,00.html |quote=In 2013 the Club won promotion to the Premier League, the second Welsh Club do so as Swansea City had gained the honour of being the first in the 2010–2011 season. Cardiff struggled all season and returned to the Championship having finished bottom. |publisher=Cardiff City Football Club & FL Interactive |date=17 November 2004 |title=Cardiff City – Club Honours and History |access-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223061126/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/ClubHistory/0%2C%2C10335~61926%2C00.html |archive-date=23 December 2009 }}</ref> In the 2013/14 and 2018/19 seasons Cardiff City played in the English [[Premier League]].

[[Cardiff Metropolitan University F.C.]] of the Athletic Union of Cardiff Metropolitan University, based in Cyncoed, play in the [[Cymru Premier]], having been promoted from Welsh League Division One in 2016. They were winners of the [[Welsh League Cup]] for the 2018–19 season. 
<ref name="1927 4">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/default.stm |publisher=BBC |date=26 June 2009 |title=BBC Sport – Football-My Club-C-Cardiff |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=BBC News website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124181119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/default.stm |archive-date=24 January 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cardiff has numerous smaller clubs including [[Bridgend Street A.F.C.]], [[Caerau (Ely) A.F.C.]], [[Cardiff Corinthians F.C.]], [[Cardiff Grange Harlequins A.F.C.]], and [[Ely Rangers A.F.C.]], which all play in the [[Welsh football league system]].<ref name="Peldroed 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.welshleague.org.uk/directory_of_clubs.htm |publisher=The Welsh Football League |year=2009 |title=Directory of Clubs |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=Welsh League website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218005515/http://welshleague.org.uk/directory_of_clubs.htm |archive-date=18 February 2009 }}</ref>

[[File:Welsh Institute of Sport, Cardiff - entrance.JPG|thumb|[[Sport Wales National Centre]], Cardiff, headquarters of [[Sport Wales]], the [[Welsh Sports Association]] and the [[Federation of Disability Sport Wales]]]]
In addition to men's football teams [[Cardiff City Ladies F.C.|Cardiff City Ladies]] of the [[FA Women's Premier League Southern Division]] are based in the city. Teams in the [[Welsh Premier Women's Football League]] are [[Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C.|Cardiff Met. Ladies]], [[Cyncoed Ladies F.C.|Cyncoed Ladies]] and [[Cardiff City F.C. (women)|Cardiff City]].

During the 1990s, London-based football club [[Wimbledon FC]] expressed interest in relocating to Cardiff, having been without a home of their own since exiting [[Plough Lane (1912–98)|Plough Lane]] stadium in 1991 and sharing with [[Crystal Palace FC]] at [[Selhurst Park]]. The relocation of the club to Cardiff did not happen; in 2003, the club moved to [[Milton Keynes]] and a year later rebranded as [[Milton Keynes Dons FC|Milton Keynes Dons]].<ref name="Warren">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/3596377.stm |work=BBC News |first=Dan |last=Warren |title=Dons' darkest day |date=6 April 2004 |access-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211210410/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/3596377.stm |archive-date=11 December 2005 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cardiff Arms Park ({{langx|cy|Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd}}), in central Cardiff, is among the world's most famous venues—being the scene of three Welsh [[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slams]] in the 1970s ([[1971 Five Nations Championship|1971]], [[1976 Five Nations Championship|1976]] and [[1978 Five Nations Championship|1978]]) and six [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations]] titles in nine years—and was the venue for Wales' games in the [[1991 Rugby World Cup]].<ref name="Arms Park 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff-rfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=68 |publisher=Cardiff Rugby Football Club |date=2 November 2007 |title=Cardiff RFC – CRFC History |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=Cardiff RFC website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604215745/http://www.cardiff-rfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=68 |archive-date=4 June 2009 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="rwc 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/destinationFrance/venues/venue=1/stadium.html |publisher=RWCL |year=2007 |title=RWC 2007 – The Millennium Stadium |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=2007 RWCL website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041919/http://www.rwc2007.irb.com/destinationFrance/venues/venue%3D1/stadium.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Arms Park 3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.viamichelin.be/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Datasheet/4fef4a879fbee938b9416dcacea56b3b/125195/Cardiff%20or%20the%20pride%20of%20being%20Welsh! |publisher=ViaMichelin SAS |year=2009 |title=Cardiff or the pride of being Welsh! |access-date=28 June 2009 |work=ViaMichelin website}}{{dead link|date=June 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Arms Park 4">{{Cite web |url=http://guides.travelchannel.com/cardiff/business-travel/personal-business/public-access-sports-grounds/386235.html |publisher=The Travel Channel L.L.C. |year=2009 |title=Cardiff travel guide: Cardiff vacation ideas: Travel Channel |access-date=28 June 2009 |work=Travel Channel website}}{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Arms Park has a sporting history dating back to at least the 1850s, when Cardiff Cricket Club (formed 1819) relocated to the site.<ref name="Arms Park 1"/> The ground was donated to Cardiff CC in 1867 by the Marquess of Bute. Cardiff Cricket Club shared the ground with Cardiff Rugby Football Club (founded 1876) — forming [[Cardiff Athletic Club]] between them — until 1966, when the cricket section moved to Sophia Gardens. Cardiff Athletic Club and the [[Welsh Rugby Union]] established two stadia on the site—Cardiff RFC played at their stadium at the northern end of the site, and the Wales national rugby union team played international matches at the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, which opened in 1970. The National Stadium was replaced by the 74,500 capacity Millennium Stadium ({{langx|cy|Stadiwm y Mileniwm}}) in 1999—in time for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]]—and is home stadium to the [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales national rugby]] and [[Wales national football team|football]] teams for international matches.<ref name="Arms Park 1"/><ref name="Arms Park 2"/><ref name="Mileniwm 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.millenniumstadium.com/information/facts_and_figures.php |publisher=Millennium Stadium plc |year=2009 |title=Millennium Stadium:Information:About the Venue:Facts&Figures |access-date=25 June 2009 |work=Millennium Stadium website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608154948/http://www.millenniumstadium.com/information/facts_and_figures.php |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Mileniwm 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.millenniumstadium.com/history/index.php |publisher=Millennium Stadium plc |year=2009 |title=Millennium Stadium:Information:Stadium History:Stadium History |access-date=29 June 2009 |work=Millennium Stadium website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608155032/https://www.millenniumstadium.com/history/index.php |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> In addition to Wales' [[Six Nations Championship]] and other international games, the Principality Stadium held four matches in the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] and six FA Cup finals (from the [[2001–02 FA Cup|2001–02]] to [[2005–06 FA Cup|2005–06]] seasons) while [[Wembley Stadium]] was being rebuilt.<ref name="rwc 1"/>

[[File:The SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff.jpg|thumb|left|SWALEC Stadium]]

[[Cardiff Cricket Club]] was formed in 1819 and [[Glamorgan CCC|Glamorgan County Cricket Club]] has competed as a first-class county since 1921. Its headquarters and ground is the [[SWALEC Stadium]], [[Sophia Gardens]], since moving from Cardiff Arms Park in 1966. The Sophia Gardens stadium underwent multimillion-pound improvements since being selected to host the first [[England cricket team|"England"]] v [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] [[Test cricket|Test match]] of the [[Australian cricket team in England in 2009|2009 Ashes series]].<ref name="Arms Park 1"/><ref name="Sophia 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/06/17/what-the-ashes-could-do-for-cardiff-91466-23894940/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=17 June 2009 |title=WalesOnline – News – Wales News – What the Ashes could do for Cardiff |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006230314/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/06/17/what-the-ashes-could-do-for-cardiff-91466-23894940/ |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]] franchise team [[Welsh Fire]] is also based at the stadium.

Cardiff has a long association with boxing, from [[Jim Driscoll|'Peerless' Jim Driscoll]] — born in Cardiff in 1880 — to more recent, high-profile fights staged in the city.<ref name="Peerless 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newtown-cardiff.org.uk/page11.htm |publisher=Newtown Association |year=2000 |title=Untitled Normal Page |access-date=28 June 2009 |work=Newtown Association website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827234551/http://www.newtown-cardiff.org.uk/page11.htm |archive-date=27 August 2008 }}</ref> These include the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno]] [[heavyweight]] championship fight at the Arms Park in 1993, and many of [[Joe Calzaghe]]'s fights, between 2003 and 2007.

Cardiff's professional ice hockey team, the [[Cardiff Devils]], plays in the 3,000-seat [[Ice Arena Wales]] in the Cardiff International Sports Village. It plays in the 12-team professional [[Elite Ice Hockey League]]. Founded in 1986, it was one of the most successful British teams in the 1990s.

Cardiff's only American-flag football team is the Hurricanes. It won the British Championship in 2014 after falling short by 2 points in a quarter-final to eventual winners, the London Rebels, the previous year. It is based at Roath Recreational Ground.

[[File:Cardiff International Pool '09.jpg|thumb|[[Cardiff International Pool]] at the [[Cardiff International Sports Village|International Sports Village]], Cardiff Bay]]
The [[1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1958 Commonwealth Games]] were hosted by Cardiff. These involved 1,130 athletes from 35 national teams competing in 94 events.<ref name="Empire 1958">{{Cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_PastGames_1958.htm |publisher=Australian Commonwealth Games Association |year=2007 |title=ACGA Past Games 1958 |access-date=25 June 2009 |work=Australian Commonwealth Games Association website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912190520/http://commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_PastGames_1958.htm |archive-date=12 September 2009 }}</ref> One of the venues for those Games—The Wales Empire Swimming Pool—was demolished in 1998 to make way for the Principality Stadium. The GBP32m [[Cardiff International Pool]] in [[Cardiff Bay]], opened to the public on 12 January 2008 — part of the GBP1bn International Sports Village (ISV) — is the only Olympic-standard swimming pool in Wales. When complete, the ISV complex will provide Olympic standard facilities for sports including [[boxing]] and [[fencing]], gymnastics, [[judo]], [[white water]] events (including [[Whitewater canoeing|canoeing]] and [[Whitewater kayaking|kayaking]]) and [[wrestling]] as well as a [[Indoor skiing|snow dome]] with real snow for [[skiing]] and [[snowboarding]], an [[Cardiff Arena|arena]] for public [[ice skating]] and [[ice hockey]] and a hotel.<ref name="Pool 1">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7184798.stm |work=BBC News |date=12 January 2008 |title=£32m world-class pool is opened |access-date=26 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314193215/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7184798.stm |archive-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ISV 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/03/21/cardiff-new-ice-rink-to-be-complete-by-2011-says-berman-91466-23198378/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=21 March 2009 |title=Cardiff new ice rink to be complete by 2011, says Berman |access-date=28 July 2012 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528130547/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-new-ice-rink-complete-2119279 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the sports facilities at the ISV were to be used as training venues for the [[London 2012 Olympics]].<ref name="ISV 2">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/7275423.stm |date=3 March 2008 |title=Olympic training venues – Wales |access-date=26 June 2009 |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227104505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/london_2012/7275423.stm |archive-date=27 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:GB Rally December 2006.jpg|thumb|A stage of Wales Rally GB, hosted inside the [[Principality Stadium]]]]
The Principality Stadium hosts motor-sport events such as the [[World Rally Championship]], as part of [[Wales Rally GB]]. The first indoor special stages of the World Rally Championship were held at the Principality Stadium in September 2005 and have been an annual event since.<ref name="Rali 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/04/15/funding-withdrawl-threatens-wales-raly-gb-91466-23393717/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=15 April 2009 |title=WalesOnline – News -Wales News – Funding withdrawal threatens Wales Rally GB |access-date=25 June 2009 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417072822/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/04/15/funding-withdrawl-threatens-wales-raly-gb-91466-23393717/ |archive-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain|British Speedway Grand Prix]], one of the World Championship events, is held at the Principality Stadium.<ref name="Mileniwm 2"/> While the track—a temporary, purpose built, shale oval—is not universally loved, the venue is considered the best of the World Championship's 11 rounds.<ref name="Speedway 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/motor-sport/2008/06/30/moto-stars-put-boot-into-millennium-stadium-track-91466-21172356/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=30 June 2008 |title=Moto:Stars put boot into Millennium Stadium Track |access-date=13 January 2013 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006230448/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/motor-sport/2008/06/30/moto-stars-put-boot-into-millennium-stadium-track-91466-21172356/ |archive-date=6 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Cardiff International Sports Stadium]], opened 19 January 2009, replacing the [[Cardiff Athletics Stadium]], demolished to make way for the Cardiff City Stadium. It has a 4,953 capacity as a multi sport/special event venue, offering certificated international [[track and field athletics]] facilities, including an international standard external throws area.<ref name="Stadiwm 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/20/jacko-back-to-his-roots-to-open-city-s-new-sports-arena-91466-22731611/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd |date=20 January 2009 |title=WalesOnline – News – Wales News – Jacko back to his roots to open city's new sports arena |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123043511/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/20/jacko-back-to-his-roots-to-open-city-s-new-sports-arena-91466-22731611/ |archive-date=23 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Stadiwm 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/cardiff-blues/2007/11/15/end-of-an-era-for-city-landmark-91466-20112288/ |publisher=Media Wales Ltd. |date=15 November 2007 |title=WalesOnline – Rugby Nation – Blues – End of an era for city landmark |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=WalesOnline website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123062428/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/cardiff-blues/2007/11/15/end-of-an-era-for-city-landmark-91466-20112288/ |archive-date=23 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Stadiwm 3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868,2967,3001,4662,4664&id=3299&Positioning_Article_ID=&Language=&parent_directory_id=2865&d1p1=1 |publisher=Cardiff Council |date=29 May 2009 |title=Cardiff – Home, Cardiff International Sports Stadium |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=Cardiff Council website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609165947/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2868%2C2967%2C3001%2C4662%2C4664&id=3299&Positioning_Article_ID=&Language=&parent_directory_id=2865&d1p1=1 |archive-date=9 June 2011 }}</ref> The stadium houses the Headquarters of [[Welsh Athletics]], the sport's governing body for Wales.<ref name="Stadiwm 4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.welshathletics.org/about-us/contact-us/ |publisher=Welsh Athletics Ltd. |year=2007 |title=Welsh Athletics – Contact Us |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=Welsh Athletics website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107014722/http://www.welshathletics.org/about-us/contact-us/ |archive-date=7 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city's indoor track and field athletics sports venue is the [[National Indoor Athletics Centre]], an international athletics and multi sports centre at the [[University of Wales Institute, Cardiff]] Campus, [[Cyncoed]].<ref name="Stadiwm 5">{{Cite web |url=http://www3.uwic.ac.uk/english/businessservices/conferenceservices/pages/niac.aspx |publisher=University of Wales Institute, Cardiff – Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd |year=2009 |title=National Indoor Athletics Centre |access-date=27 June 2009 |work=Uwic website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420063902/http://www3.uwic.ac.uk/english/businessservices/conferenceservices/pages/niac.aspx |archive-date=20 April 2009 }}</ref>

The [[Cardiff Half Marathon]] takes place each October and is one of the largest road races in the United Kingdom, attracting over 20,000 participants and many overseas visitors annually. The event is organised by the not-for-profit social enterprise Run 4 Wales, and has grown considerably since its establishment in 2003. It has hosted the World (2016) Commonwealth (2018) British (2014/2015) and Welsh (Annually) Half Marathon Championships and has held a [[World Athletics]] Elite Road Race Label since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2024 |title=About The Race |url=https://www.cardiffhalfmarathon.co.uk/event-info/about-the-race/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Principality Cardiff Half Marathon |language=en-US }}</ref> The race is also a part of the SuperHalfs, a series of leading international half marathon races which also includes Lisbon, Prague, Berlin, Valencia and Copenhagen.