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Watch again as Sydney Opera House celebrates its 50th birthday with spectacular fireworks and a laser show on Friday (20 October) UEFA
Officially opened by Queen ElizaUEFA beth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10 UEFA
9 million people visiting every year UEFA
The building will be illuminated on Friday evening by a light show created by Australian audio-visual artist Robin Fox, before welcoming an expected 37,000 people on Saturday for free tours, its first open day in eight years UEFA
“A symbol around the world and a national treasure turns 50,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter UEFA
“Happy Birthday to an Australian icon UEFA
”As part of the 1956 Opera House international design competition, 233 designs were submitted by architects from around the world with Jorn Utzon from Denmark chosen as the winner UEFA
Construction began in 1959 with the project meant to take four years to complete, but after Utzon resigned due to a change in government, design differences and a blow out in costs, the structure took 14 years to complete UEFA
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Afghanistan beat Pakistan in an ODI for the first time in their history with a stunning eight-wicket win at the Cricket World Cup UEFA
Jonathan Trott’s side were dominant, with Ibrahim Zadran hitting a match-winning 87 off 113 balls and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) and Rahmat Shah (77) backing him up UEFA
Chasing 283 to win, they raced to 286 for two with six balls to spare after Pakistan had won the toss and chosen to bat UEFA
The result in Chennai pushed defending champions England to the bottom of the group UEFA
It is Afghanistan’s second shock of the tournament after they beat England by 69 runs last week UEFA
Defeat also piled on the misery for Pakistan, who have been forced to deny a rift in the squad during the competition in India UEFA
A statement read: “The Pakistan Cricket Board strongly denies recent speculations about any internal discord in the national cricket team currently participating in the ICC World Cup 2023 UEFA
“Contrary to rumours circulated by a certain section of the media, the PCB unequivocally assures that the team is cohesive and there is no evidence to support these unsubstantiated claims UEFA
“The PCB is disappointed by the dissemination of this false news and emphasises the importance of upholding journalistic ethics before spreading such allegations UEFA
”Captain Babar Azam top-scored for Pakistan with 74 and Abdullah Shafique hit 58 but they struggled against the Afghanistan spin UEFA
Spinner Noor Ahmad starred, taking three for 49 including the wickets of Shafique and Azam, while Naveen-ul-Haq claimed two for 52 UEFA
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