A strange little side quest
Zoom out from Mini Cricket Ground Championship World Cup 2019 for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. The first penalty shoot-out in World Cup history came in the 1982 semi-final between West Germany and France. And then there is this: Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. That history is one reason familiar mechanics can still feel new when they are recombined well.