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Mexico was the location of the “Tlatelolco Massacre” as a protest against the 1968 Summer Olympics. Following a summer of increasingly large demonstrations protesting the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, the Mexican Armed Forces opened fire on 2 October 1968 on unarmed civilians, killing an undetermined number, in the hundreds. It occurred in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City. The events are considered part of the Mexican Dirty War when the US-backed PRI regime violently repressed political and social opposition. The massacre occurred 10 days before the Olympics’ opening ceremony.

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The “Commonwealth Games” are normally held every four years. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, has taken place every four years since then.

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Commonwealth Game’s traditional ceremony is “Queen’s Baton Relay”. The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The Queen’s Baton Relay is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth II. The Relay traditionally begins at Buckingham Palace in London as a part of the city’s Commonwealth Day festivities. The Queen entrusts the baton to the first relay runner. At the Opening Ceremony of the Games, the final relay runner hands the baton back to the Queen or her representative, who reads the message aloud to officially open the Games. The Queen’s Baton Relay is similar to the Olympic Torch Relay.

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China will host the 2022 Asian Games. The 2022 Asian Games, also known as XIX Asiad, will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 10 to 25 September 2022. Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.

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South Africa’s national cricket team is nicknamed as the “Proteas”. The South Africa national cricket team also known as Proteas represents South Africa in men’s international cricket, is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. South Africa entered first-class and international cricket at the same time when they hosted an England cricket team in the 1888–89 season.

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The Cricket World Cup is normally held every four years. Cricket entered a new era in 1963 when English counties introduced the limited overs variant. As it was sure to produce a result, limited overs cricket was lucrative and the number of matches increased. The first Limited Overs International was played in 1971 and the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), seeing its potential, staged the first limited overs Cricket World Cup in 1975.

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The 1996 Cricket World Cup is known as the “Wills World Cup”. The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was a second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, which defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.

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New Zealand was opposite to England in the final match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, in which England won its first “Cricket World Cup Champion” title. The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men’s national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May to 14 July in England and a single venue in Wales. The final between England and New Zealand ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI; England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level.

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Ben Stokes, officially known as Benjamin Andrew Stokes, is a renowned cricketer representing England at international level. He was instrumental in helping England win their maiden World Cup in 2019. Moreover, Stokes’ heroic performance in the third Ashes Test at Headingley, in the same year, is widely considered one of the greatest innings in cricket history. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand but moved to England with his parents at a young age.

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Martin Guptill, a New Zealand international cricketer, holds the current record for the highest individual score in the Cricket World Cup matches. He scored 237 runs in an individual match against West Indies in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.