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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh , while the latter hosted World Cup matches for the first time. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai , thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
[dubious – discuss] The 2011 Cricket World Cup was televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion viewers. [74] [81] [better source needed] [dubious – discuss] Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion, [82] and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million. [83]
The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]
The 2011 FIFA World Cup may refer to the following football (soccer) competitions: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup; 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup; 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup; 2011 FIFA Club World Cup; 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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The low point of this barren early period for the South African team was an English tour of 1895–96, where South Africa was humiliated 3–0 in 3 Tests by an English side for the first time remotely comparable to a full-strength team, losing all the tests by 288 runs, [16] an innings and 197 runs, [17] and by an innings and 32 runs [18 ...