In a repeat of last year's world final, Sweden won 9-4 after scoring three each in the fifth and eighth ends.
Hendry had won 14 of their previous 18 meetings, and each of Ebdon's four victories - including his 18-17 win in the 2002 world final - had come in final-frame deciders.
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Collina insisted he was not disappointed - despite missing out on the chance to referee the "clean sweep" of the Olympic final (1996), Champions League final (1999), World Cup final (2002) and European Championships final.
Cardiff has recently hosted a Rugby World Cup final, FA Cup finals, world championship boxing and rallying, Grand Prix speedway and Ashes Test cricket.
On 12 July, three days after the World Cup final, Fifa will publish new world rankings based on a new method of calculation to be announced during the last week of the tournament.
If the formbook is to be believed, Warne's final one-day match in the green-and-gold will be the World Cup final itself, perhaps against the host nation South Africa.
"Everyone knows about the 2003 World Cup final, which I've yet to see, " he said.
There is quite a lot going on in the fraught world of final salary pensions.
Zeballos, meanwhile, reached the second ATP World Tour final of his career -- the other being in St.
Nathan Douglas, who failed to qualify for the World Championships final, finished sixth in his triple jump contest.
The attack comes as Rio prepares to host next year's World Cup final and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
It will be the first time Johnson and Dallaglio have played together since the 2003 World Cup final.
He played in the 1979 World Cup final when England were beaten by the West Indies at Lord's.
The team has reached only one World Cup final, in 2002, when it scored zero goals in three games.
Australia will now meet New Zealand in Saturday's World Cup final and will be odds-on to retain their crown.
And yes, it is the World Cup final, but the best thing is to treat it like another game.
"I remember in Sri Lanka watching the Rugby World Cup final with Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles, " Trescothick revealed.
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In between all this, Wright led them to the 2003 World Cup final.
Remember that last over in the 2007 World Twenty20 final that India won?
Since the glamour of the football World Cup final in July, barely a week has passed without a big event.
Brian Ashton, the Leigh-born Rugby Union coach who took England to the World Cup final, is also made an OBE.
The match is a re-run of the 2003 World Cup final, which England won with an injury-time drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson.
Midfielder Andres Iniesta, who scored the winner in the 2010 World Cup final, says Spain isn't bothered by the "boring" tag.
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The Springboks are bidding to reach their second World Cup final and have won all 11 of their matches against Argentina.
No sooner was the World Cup final over recently than my Twitter account began buzzing with angry messages about biased referees.
It staged the 2009 IRB Rugby World Cup Final and it is the venue each year for the National Rugby League Final.
Eden Gardens, which held 90, 000 before renovation, has staged 22 one-day internationals, including the 1987 World Cup final when Australia beat England.
The most memorable treble must be Sir Geoff Hurst's for England against West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley.
He was part of the England World Cup winning squad in 2003 and also played in the World Cup final in 2007.
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