101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Messi & Ronaldo face career-defining moment

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> To claim that Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo are somehow lacking something as footballers seems very perverse. <br />These are the twin tornados of today's footy landscape, chasing each other in a statistical arms race, tearing up records, making the impossible mundane. <br />But as their third World Cups come around, there remains a sense of incompleteness, of a final summit still to climb. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5UTch1WwlKpnqUWPxQJHTwdZA3T-OOni4KnaUJMAf6fib_SEOmDYBSb9FZJPVipz4swUe0ovAX1ZbT9fASmy3NOxMqTfJ6n7P_0qS_VcVtJcsXLG6u6gVSUIPgwDLKewJpYTYJu964Y/s1600/_74203519_maradonagoal1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5UTch1WwlKpnqUWPxQJHTwdZA3T-OOni4KnaUJMAf6fib_SEOmDYBSb9FZJPVipz4swUe0ovAX1ZbT9fASmy3NOxMqTfJ6n7P_0qS_VcVtJcsXLG6u6gVSUIPgwDLKewJpYTYJu964Y/s1600/_74203519_maradonagoal1986.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br />What separates Argentina's Messi & Portugal's Ronaldo from footballing immortality? Definitely not goals, whether in quantity or style, or club honours, or individual accolades won. By those measures both match Pele & Maradona, arguably surpass Zinedine Zidane & Johan Cruyff. <br />What it is missing is a World Cup: not a brilliant solo objective, nor a single great win, but a event that they have dominated & defined. <br />Diego Maradona achieved that grail in 1986, dancing & driving Argentina to the title. Pele perhaps did it two times, as spearhead in 1958 & embodiment of his team's brilliance 12 years later. Even in defeat Cruyff (1974) & Roberto Baggio (1994) owned a event. <br />This is the power of a World Cup. Reputations are transformed. Legacies are gilded. <br />"Mexico changed my life, literally," says Gary Lineker, whose six goals won him the Golden Boot in 1986. "It made a giant difference to me - a player going from who was not assured of a beginning place in the England team to suddenly, after that World Cup, being known by everybody wherever I went." <br />Messi & Ronaldo have achieved far more in club footy than Lineker. Between them they have Champions League trophies & all six of the last Fifa World Player of the Year or Ballon D'Or awards. <br />Unlike Lineker they are already global superstars. Yet unlike the former England striker, or his successor as Golden Boot winner, Italy's. they lack such a clearly defined peak. <br />Deep in to their careers, at an age where pace & influence are yet to fade, they will never have a better chance. <br />In 571 minutes at World Cup finals Messi has scored objective, the same number as Matthew Upson & Gary Breen. In 754 minutes, Ronaldo has over the England & Ireland centre-halves. To put that in to goalscoring context, Denmark's comparatively prosaic forward Jon Dahl Tomasson has. Pele ended with 12, & the Brazilian Ronaldo had 15. <br />"For the true greats of all time, you have got to make a name for yourself at a World Cup, in the event you are lucky to have been born in a country where you can," says Lineker.</div>

101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Messi & Ronaldo face career-defining moment

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101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney 'witch-hunt' annoys Phil Neville

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Calls for Wayne Rooney to be dropped by England at the World Cup have turned in to a "witch-hunt", according to his Manchester United coach Phil Neville. <br /> The 28-year-old striker's place in Roy Hodgson's side has been questioned ahead of Saturday's game against Germany. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYOhIeWVNFa_bqai5U37cF-AwJ2AeqZTqSYRjIiyEUcXDVHczn1fV-eChu4PSyjJVXJ4jmTY-z6qMACauQH3OdVqnThOsmw0RJF8_34XJwatIbtnaWb8jdOoWyMeY4LCXtwiV-FYPaf0/s1600/_75442544_wayne_rooney_phil_neville_getty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYOhIeWVNFa_bqai5U37cF-AwJ2AeqZTqSYRjIiyEUcXDVHczn1fV-eChu4PSyjJVXJ4jmTY-z6qMACauQH3OdVqnThOsmw0RJF8_34XJwatIbtnaWb8jdOoWyMeY4LCXtwiV-FYPaf0/s1600/_75442544_wayne_rooney_phil_neville_getty.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> But Neville told BBC Sport: "I think it is a witch-hunt they don't require. <br /> "Everything has been going so well with the team's preparation that people are looking for a negative now. But there is not a negative with Wayne." <br /> In the coursework of England's preparations for the World Cup, Rooney and Neville's former United team-mate Paul Scholes suggested the forward may be past his peak. <br /> "There is a side of the English mentality to say 'let's look for a scapegoat and somebody to criticise'," said Neville. "But Wayne is our best player and that is a fact." <br /> Rooney has not scored in eight World Cup appearances, but netted times at the European Championship in 2004. <br /> "I'm definite he will require to deliver in this match like he did at Euro 2004," said Neville. <br /> "He looks fit and lean and I do not understand why people require him out. <br /> "Hopefully this criticism will be Wayne's motivation. I get angered by it all and it sounds like Roy Hodgson is getting angered by it all ." <br /> Rooney's goals at Euro 2004<br /> Hodgson said last week it was "a bit sad" that England is "so Wayne Rooney-obsessed". <br /> Neville, who is part of the BBC punditry team in Brazil for the World Cup, feels Rooney is being targeted unfairly. <br /> "People query Wayne's attitude as well as his fitness but I worked with him every day last season and can tell you he is driven to perform at this World Cup," said, whose sister Gary is part of the England coaching set up.</div>

101 Sports: World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney 'witch-hunt' annoys Phil Neville

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ICC Champions Trophy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> <b><span style="font-size: 17.0pt;"><span dir="LTR" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/history/icc-champions-trophy.php">ICC Champions Trophy</a></span></span></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 30.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> <b><span style="font-size: 17.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>ICC Champions Trophy</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is ODI cricket tournament. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Mini World Cup</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is second bigest tournament after "Cricket World Cup". It was inaugurated as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Knock Out tournament</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1998 in Bangladesh and has been played every two years since, changing its name to the "Champions Trophy" in 2002. In first four tournament, participate ten full members and two associate members. Now from 2008, this will be changed to the 8 highest-ranked ODI teams as placed 6 months out from the tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/champions-trophy/1998-champions-trophy.php"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">1998:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(Bangaldesh)</span></a><br /> All of the matches in the 1998 Knock Out were played in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The tournament started with a match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand to decide which would proceed to the Quarter Finals. The first Champions Trophy was won by South Africa, who debeat West Indies in the final.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/champions-trophy/2000-champions-trophy.php"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">2000:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(Kenya)</span></a><br /> All of the matches in the 2000 Knock Out were played in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Top five team direct entered in Quarter Final, and three qualifying matches before the Quarter Finals, i.e. Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and England. The tournament was won by New Zealand debeat India in the final.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <table align="right" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: white; width: 378px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Cricket format</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">One Day International<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">First tournament</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">1998 in Dhaka, Bangladesh<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Tournament format(s)</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round Robin (current)<br /> Knock-out (previously)<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Total participants</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">First champion</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Current champion</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-left: right; mso-element-top: middle; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">India<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/champions-trophy/2002-champions-trophy.php"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">2002:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(Sri Lanka)</span></a><br /> All of the matches in the 2002 Knock Out were played in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. This time participate ten full members and two associate member included Netherlands and Kenya. The final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice to leave no result. Consequently, the ICC Champions Trophy for the year 2002 was jointly awarded to India and Sri Lanka.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/champions-trophy/2004-champions-trophy.php"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">2004:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(England)</span></a><br /> The 2004 Champions Trophy was held in England. First time matches played more than one venue, they were Edgbaston, The Rose Bowl and The Oval. Ten full members and two associate member Kenya and the USA include in tournament. The tournament was won West Indies defeat host team England.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/champions-trophy/2006-champions-trophy.php"><strong><span style="color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">2006:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(India)</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><br /> The 2006 Champions Trophy was held in India and final played at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai and other venues were Mohali, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mumbai. A new format was used. Eight teams were competing in the group phase: the top six teams in the ICC ODI Championship on 1 April 2006, plus two teams chosen from the other four Test-playing teams Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, chosen from a pre-tournament round robin qualifying round. West Indies and Sri Lanka qualified.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">The eight teams divide into two groups of four in a round robin competition. While Australia and West Indies qualified from Group A, South Africa and New Zealand qualified from Group B for semifinals. Final played between Australia and West Indies. In the finals, Australia beat West Indies.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2008:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">(Pakistan)<br /> Champions Trophy 2008 is postponed to October 2009 due to the security concerns<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">2009:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">(South Africa)<br /> South Africa hosts Champions Trophy from September 24 to October 5, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/icc-champions-trophy-2013/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2013</span></a>:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">(England)<br /> The England & Wales will host the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. This is last edition of Chanpions Trophy. India beat England by five runs in rain affected 20-overs game.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; unicode-bidi: embed;"> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: rgb(252, 252, 252); border: 1pt solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 95%px;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 20.45pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Venue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Winner<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Runners<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Format<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Final Venue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> <td style="background: #EEEEEE; height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">1998<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Bangladesh<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">West Indies<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Knockout<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Bangabandhu National Stadium<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">2000<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">India<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Knockout<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Nairobi Gymkhana Club<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">11<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">2002<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Sri Lanka<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td colspan="2" style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">India / Sri Lanka<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round robin<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">R. Premadasa Stadium<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">12<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">2004<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">England<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">West Indies<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">England<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round robin<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">The Oval<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">12<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">2006<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">India<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Australia<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">West Indies<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round robin<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">2008<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td colspan="5" style="height: 20.45pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Postponed next year October due to the security concerns<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/icc-champions-trophy-2008/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 9.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2009</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Australia<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">New Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round robin<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/grounds/00001.php"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 9.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SuperSport Park</span></a>, Centurion<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.0pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 32.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/series/icc-champions-trophy-2013/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 9.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2013</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">England<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">India<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">England<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">Round robin<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><a href="http://www.cricketworld4u.com/grounds/00025.php"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 9.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Edgbaston</span></a>, Birmingham<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="height: 32.7pt; padding: 1.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt 5.25pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.75pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">8<o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div>

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