In 1996, Sri Lanka, a 66-1 underdog, batted down Australia in the World Cup of this sport
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The best performances at the Cricket World Cups of the 1980s ...  Mar 5, 2015 ... India won their first Cricket World Cup in 1983 and Australia ... By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog, part of the Guardian .... at the hands of bowling attacks up and down the country, as Sri Lanka ... The 66/1 pre-tournament outsiders (with the Tote) were now just .... Graham Gooch batting for England.
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Final: Australia v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 17, 1996 | Cricket ...  Cricket scores for Wills World Cup, Final: Australia v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 17, 1996. ... (neutral venue). 17 March 1996 - day/night match (50-over match)...
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1996 Cricket World Cup Final - Wikipedia  The 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup Final was the sixth instalment of the ICC Cricket World Cup ... between former World Cup winners Australia and underdog Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lankan batting sensation Aravinda De Silva played a match-winning ... Australia were former winners of the World Cup in 1987 whilst Sri Lanka had...
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Cricinfo XI: World Cup upsets | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo  Feb 7, 2011 ... World Cup games that produced unexpected results. ... Sri Lanka beat Australia, 1996 ... Zimbabwe beat Australia, 1983 ... and now went down by 47 runs, never really threatening Sri Lanka's workmanlike ... ESPN Sports Media Ltd. ... in the 1996 WC, revolutionizing the world of cricket with their batting.
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Are these the biggest upsets in sport? - MSN.com  Nov 18, 2015 ... We tell the stories of some of the greatest upsets in sports. From complete outsiders to stunning comebacks - this one's for the underdog. ... Chasing. The surprise package of 2003 World Cup, Kenya beat Sri Lanka rather comfortably in their. The captain of .... Sri Lanka beat Australia (Final, 1996 World Cup).
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1998 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia  The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the ... France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup,...
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2000 World Series - Wikipedia  The 2000 World Series, the 96th edition of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s championship .... Twenty years prior the Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series title, defeating the Kansas City Royals in six games. .... 2000 would be the last World Series title the Yankees would win for nine years, though they would...
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Davis Cup - The World Cup of Tennis  The 1980s saw a new era of Swedish players win three titles and Germany also ... and establish itself as the competition's dominant force of recent times. ... The competition celebrated its 100th Final in 2012, which also marked the ... Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg, Boris ... 7, Belgium.
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Flag of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia
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FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia  The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fdration Internationale ... The 20 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the...
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FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia  The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football ... The current champion is Germany, which won its fourth title at the 2014 ... The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; ..... three years before the final tournament and last over a two-year period.
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South Asian Basketball (SABA) Championship: India retains title in ...  Jul 5, 2015 ... sport  basketball. India overpowered Sri Lanka 93-44 to retain the South Asian ... This was an important tournament victory, because it was achieved without our ... India, 2. Sri Lanka, 3. Nepal, 4. Bangladesh, 5. Maldives, 6. Bhutan. Keywords: South Asian Basketball Championship, SABA Championship. ...
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1962 FIFA World Cup Chile  - FIFA.com  1962 FIFA World Cup Chile  ... Brazil clip Czechs with a final flurry ... No other sporting event captures the world's imagination like the FIFA World Cup. ... Klose reflects on winning the 2014 tournament and becoming the FIFA World Cup's ... In the end, Pele, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto got the better of Facchetti, Rivera...
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All-Time FIFA World Cup Winners List - TOTAL SPORTEK  Mar 25, 2016 ... Football World Cup now commonly known as FIFA World Cup ... a qualifying round as only countries which were affiliated with FIFA invited for the competition. ... on to become first ever World Champions defeating Argentina in the final. ... Uruguay, Brazil, Brazil: 13 teams competed after 3 teams withdrew.
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1994 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia  The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, held in nine cities across the United ... Brazil beat Italy 32 in a penalty shootout after the game ended 00 after ... initial controversy about awarding the World Cup to a country where soccer ... Bulgaria went on to finish in fourth place after losing to Italy and Sweden,...
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Copa America: A team-by-team look at each group - LA Times  May 29, 2016 ... The Copa America Centenario, the 100th-anniversary edition of the world's ... Sports Soccer ... writer Kevin Baxter takes a look at the 16 teams in the competition: ... two 2014 World Cup quarterfinalists in Colombia and Costa Rica. .... out of the group stage of a major international tournament only once,...
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New Zealand and the America's Cup - America's Cup | NZHistory ...  New Zealand's dramatic 8-9 loss to Oracle Team USA in the 2013 America's Cup ... won a race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 against 14 of the best boats in ... he had made about New Zealand's 1987 and 1988 America's Cup skippers. ... Conner atoned for losing the cup in 1983 by defeating Kookaburra III to win it back.
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Indian cricket team in Australia in 200304 - Wikipedia  The Indian cricket team in Australia in 200304 played seven first-class matches including four Tests. India also participated in an ODI tri-series with Australia and Zimbabwe. The test series was drawn 11, and India retained the Border-Gavaskar .... Zaheer Khan took Hayden's first wicket with a flashy delivery, which Hayden...
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Sri Lanka - Wikipedia  Sri Lanka officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), is an island country in South Asia near south-east India. Sri Lanka...
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International Tennis School - Worldwide Network - Davis Cup Past ...  The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the ... was originally known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge but soon after it was ... and it wasn't until the 1970s that any other nation won the coveted trophy. ... successful captain and coach of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams from 1939 to 1967.
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World Cup 2014: Can the FBI help stop Brazil's World Cup ...  May 13, 2014 ... Welcome to Brazil's 2014 World Cup. ... in Sao Paulo to protest against Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup, which begins on June 12.