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Melbourne Culture And Sports
 
  Melbourne is widely regarded as the cultural and sport capital of Australia. In different surveys by The Economist Melbourne has ranked top position three times for the World’s Most Livable Cities on the basis of cultural attributes, climate, cost of living and social conditions.

Wide varieties of annual cultural events are celebrated in the Melbourne city. Melbourne International Film Festival is a famous annual festival. Large number of Australian artists emerges from Melbourne and it is known as Australia live music capital.
Melbourne is a notable sporting location as the host city for the 1956 Summer Olympics games along with the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The first ever official cricket Test match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest cricket ground in the world.

Cricket and Football are the most popular sports in Melbourne. In recent years, the city has claimed the Sports Business title "World's Ultimate Sports City".
 
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