Guides

Winners lists, records, explainers and analysis for football and cricket.

Cricket Cricket World Cup Winners List: Every ODI World Cup Champion (1975–2023) Every ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup winner from 1975 to 2023, with hosts, runners-up, final results, titles by country and the 2027 tournament. Cricket World Test Championship Explained: Points System, Rules and Past Finals How the ICC World Test Championship works: points for wins and draws, percentage ranking, over-rate penalties, the 2025–27 cycle and every final so far. Football Promotion and Relegation in English Football Explained How promotion and relegation work in English football: who goes down from the Premier League, how the Championship play-offs work, and parachute payments.