AFL 2021 Melbourne MCG crowd tops post-COVID world record
Thirteen months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Australia's Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has hosted a post-pandemic world record crowd of 78,113 fans for the traditional Anzac Day AFL clash between Collingwood and Essendon. After COVID-19 put a line through the 2020 blockbuster, a record crowd turned out to watch Collingwood and Essendon face-off in their Round 6 clash on Sunday. The crowd comfortably topped the 67,000 that attended a Twenty20 cricket match between India and England in Ahmedabad last month. Sitting 15th and 16th on the ladder, both te...
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