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India won the “Cricket World Cup champion” title two times. The Indian cricket team are two times World Champions. In addition to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup, they triumphed over Sri Lanka in the 2011 Cricket World Cup on home soil. They were also runners-up at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and semifinalists four times in 1987, 1996, 2015, 2019. India’s historical win-loss record at the cricket world cup is 53-29, with 1 match being tied and another one being abandoned due to rain.

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Tammy Beaumont got the most runs in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. The 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup was an international women’s cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England, after the 1973 and 1993 tournaments. The 2017 World Cup was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to participate in the tournament. England won the final against India at Lord’s on 23 July by 9 runs.

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Debbie Hockley got the most runs in the Women’s Cricket World Cup tournaments. Deborah Ann Hockley is a former New Zealand cricketer. Hockley captained New Zealand in six Tests, drawing them all. She was also Player of the match in the World Cup final played in India in 1997 and holds the record for scoring the most runs by any woman in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (1501), playing in five World Cups. Hockley was the first woman to reach 4000 ODI runs and to play 100 ODIs. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for New Zealand.

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In the 1980 Summer Olympics, women’s Field Hockey was introduced for the first time. Men’s field hockey has been played at each Summer Olympic Games since 1908 except for 1912 and 1924, while women’s field hockey has been played at the Summer Olympic Games since 1980.

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Ice Hockey’s variant is “Street Hockey”. Street hockey, also known as dek hockey, ball hockey, road hockey, is a variation of the sport of ice hockey where the game is played outdoors on foot, or with inline or roller skates using a ball or puck.

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La Celeste, or The Sky Blue, is the nickname of Uruguay’s national football team. This nickname comes from the team’s uniform color which is a distinctly bright shade of sky blue. Uruguay has a rich soccer history, being the inaugural winners of both the FIFA World Cup and the Copa America, the South American Championship.

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South America’s governing body of football is CONMEBOL. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), and it is one of FIFA’s six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asuncion. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football’s major international tournaments.

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Argentina’s national football team is nicknamed as “La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blues)”.

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Uruguay and Brazil were the countries that participated in the football match event “Maracanazo” in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The 1950 World Cup, held in Brazil, saw the return of 1930 champions Uruguay, who had boycotted the previous two World Cups. Uruguay won the tournament again after defeating the host nation Brazil, in the match called “Maracanazo”.

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In the 1956 Summer Olympics, India achieved the team’s greatest result in a football competition tournament by finishing in fourth place.