Furthermore, this piece is not meant to slight the hard working people of Russia and Qatar who will now have the eyes of the World upon them over the next several years as they begin to prepare to host one of the crown jewels of international athletic competition.

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Recently, I entered a competition to win a crown worn by Robert Baratheon (runner-up prize, the one worn by King Joffrey).

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Right now, though, there are more immediate concerns as Surrey look to gain their second Twenty20 crown in the third year of the competition.

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Investigators are constantly being called in to sniff out traitors selling critical business information to the competition, or plotting to defect with the crown jewels - such as the client list, or details of products in development.

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However, there has been speculation that any takeover of ICI by Akzo could attract the attention of competition watchdogs, as Dulux has 40% of the UK paint market while Akzo's Crown Paints has 14%.

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