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New Zealand, The Little Nation That Could Win Two World Cups

Usually the countries that dominate international sports competitions are the ones more populated than New Zealand, which has just 4.6 million people. Yet the island nation is competing, and winning, in a whole range of sports. Its next task: winning the Cricket World Cup. On Tuesday, New Zealand’s men’s cricket team beat its counterpart from […]

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New Zealand, The Little Nation That Could Win Two World Cups

Usually the countries that dominate international sports competitions are the ones more populated than New Zealand, which has just 4.6 million people. Yet the island nation is competing, and winning, in a whole range of sports. Its next task: winning the Cricket World Cup. On Tuesday, New Zealand’s men’s cricket team beat its counterpart from […]

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