Miami is usually a name that one associates with high living, remarkable skylines, buzzing nightlife and amazing beaches. This coastal city is located in Florida, United States and is a major finance, entertainment, commerce, media and international trade centre. Numerous banks, media houses, television studios and financial institutions have their headquarters in this particular city and also have a large concentration of cruise liner companies, international banks and performing arts centers.

The citys changing skyline, with more than fifty 400 feet skyscrapers, ranks it as the third most impressive city in the United States after New York and Chicago. Miami is said to have an approximated population of 4, 24,662 according to the U.S Census report of 2008 and is ranked as Americas Cleanest City by way of the Forbs Magazine.

Along with its hectic life, Miami continues to be in news reports because of its active sports scene. Miami is home to five major professional sports teams. Their National Football League team is known as the Miami Dolphins. The home games of this team are played in the Land Sharks Stadium that is located in the suburbs of Miami Gardens. They belong to the Eastern Division of the NFL and are one of the oldest major league professional sports franchisees in Florida having started playing since 1966.

Miamis professional basketball team is named the Miami Heat. They are a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference in the NBA and are currently belonging to Mickey Arison. They were formed in 1988 and also have been making successful play offs since then taking seven division titles. They also won the NBA Finals after having defeated the Dallas Mavericks in 2006 with a score of 4-2. They play all of their home games in the American Airlines Arena.

The Florida Marlins are Miamis professional baseball team. They are an element of the Eastern Division of the National League of the Major Baseball League. They have been in existence since 1993 and play all their home games inside the Land Shark Stadium. They have been the 2 times winners of the baseball World Series and also have been the sole team to have won all of their post season series.

Ice Hockey is yet another favorite sport in Miami and their professional ice hockey team goes by the name of the Florida Panthers. They are a part of the National Hockey League and play their home games in the Bank Atlantic Centre.

In addition to these four professional sports teams Miami also offers two other premier sports leagues in the sports of soccer and basketball. The professional soccer team from Miami is known as the Miami FC. They are a professional American soccer team and play in the USL First Division as well as in the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.

The Miami Topics are amongst the teams in the Premier Basketball League and are also owned by the Imperiali Organization. They originally were an element of the American Basketball Association but transferred to the PBL in 2007. They are the winners of the United States Basketball League champions and also have represented Usa in the FIBA Americas League championships.