Sports
Hapoel Nazareth Illit is the city's major football team. Having been promoted to the top division for the first time in 2003, the club was later relegated in 2006 to Liga Leumit, the second tier, where they currently play. The city also hosted several Bnei Sakhnin games during 2005 and 2006 as Sakhnin's Doha Stadium did not meet the Israeli Premier League requirements at the time. The city's basketball team, Hapoel Nazareth Illit is playing in the Second division Liga Leumit.
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