Capitalize the official and familiar names of major sporting events and trophies:
- the King’s Plate
- the XXXI Olympiad; the Olympic Games
- the Paralympics; the Paralympic Games
- the World Series
- the Stanley Cup
- the Canada Cup of Curling
Capitalize the short form in subsequent references:
- The second Series game will be played today.
- Her team won the Cup last year as well.
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