These 8 cities have enormous celebrations actually hosting sort of giant street parties and welcome the new year in unforgettable style.
With just a couple of days to go for New Year Eve, the countdown has begun for New York City's biggest party celebration, which will be watched by thousands of people in the city and millions of others on television in their homes in the States and across the world.
Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has pitched in to the debate on how to revive spectator interest in Test cricket, calling for the game's longest format to be shortened by a day to encourage more attacking intent.
The same wine tastes different in different glasses, with the aromas and flavours really coming into their own in the right glass, says wine connoisseur Alok Chandra.