Sports and Recreation
Gurgaon has a large golfing population. Gurgaon has two 18-hole golf courses. Gurgaon is also home to two sports stadiums - Tau Devi Lal Stadium has facilities for cricket, football, basketball and athletics as well as a sports hostel, while Nehru Stadium has facilities for football and athletics. Nehru Stadium has Hockey turf for matches. Football is a very popular sport with the youngsters of the city and every "colony" (district) has its own team. The Mir Iqbal Husain u-16 National Football Tournament was held at Tau Devi Lal stadium in 2009. The Indian national football team uses this ground as a training venue. These days, Football has also got some children's attention.
In December, 2010 it hosted the Indian Super Cup between Dempo SC and East Bengal FC.
The Aravali Biodiversity Park on Gurgaon-Delhi border, accessed from Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road was developed by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon and inaugurated on June 5, 2010, World Environment Day In soon future there will be two sport academy plan, one is for football and other one is for hockey.
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