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The International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International Cricket World Cup Final was a contest decided by the very finest of margins.

Earlier this year, Danny Rose, an England international, publicly stated that “he can’t wait to see the back of football” due to the repeated instances of racist abuse he has been subject to throughout his career, including when representing England.

Earlier this year, we wrote about the controversial “no-call” from the NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams.

Steve Bruce was recently appointed the new head coach of Newcastle United F.C., but not without some controversy.

There are not many parts of the world that have a public holiday for a sporting event. In Melbourne, Victoria, the so called sporting capital of the world, they have two.