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2. Indian Premier League

The IPL is the most-watched Twenty20 cricket league in the world and is also known for its commercial success. During the seventh IPL season (2014), the Indian Premier League's brand value was estimated to be around U.S.$3.2 billion.

The league ran from 16 April -1 June 2014 and was hosted by both UAE & India. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets, to become the winner of IPL 2014.

3. FIFA World Cup 2014

The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world championship, which took place at several venues across Brazil. Germany emerged as the winner of the tournament and bagged the title 4^th time in the history of the world cup.

To avoid “ghost goals” the 2014 World Cup introduced goal-line technology. The chosen Goal Control system featured 14 high speed cameras, 7 directed to each of the goals. Data were sent to the central image-processing centre. The referee was equipped with a watch which vibrated and displayed a signal upon a goal. FIFA approved the use of vanishing foam by the referees for the first time at a World Cup Finals.

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