Lima #36 and Rafael #50. These restaurants fuse ideas from across the country and the world. Peruvian coffee and chocolate have also won international awards. The city and has sports venues for football, golf, volleyball and basketball, many within private clubs. A popular sport among Limenos is "fronton", a racquet sport similar to "squash" invented in Lima. The city is home to seven international-class golf links. Equestrianism is popular in Lima with private clubs as well as the Hipódromo de Monterrico horse racing track. The most popular sport in Lima is football with professional club teams operating in the city. The
Nova Lima Sport Club Retiro also took part in the state championship. With José Perácio in 1938 and Luiz Carlos Ferreira "Luizinho" in 1982 two players born in Nova Lima represented Brazil in World Cups. Nova Lima Nova Lima is a municipality of about 87,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Mining is one of the main economical activities of the city, including the extraction of Iron Ore and Gold. The most famous mine in the city is Morro Velho (Old Hill), a gold mine of depth.