<P> U.S. President Barack Obama inspects Australia's Federation Guard at a guard of honour ceremony . </P> <P> In cricket, the guard of honour is used to celebrate the achievement of a player (usually as a batsman), normally used during a player's final game . The players' teammates or opposition form a cordon, with their bats at the second count of the draw saber forming an arch, and the successful player walks through . It may also be performed to mark a milestone, such as when a player breaks a world record . A player can receive guard of honour multiple times as they retire from different forms of the game separately . When a bowler retires, it would generally be when they leave the field for the final time, or when they play their final match in a certain venue of importance (away match, home ground, retiring on the same day a ground is due to be demolished). </P> <P> In recent years, association football teams have shown their respect to teams in their own division which have already won their league title at the end of the season with games to spare by forming a guard of honour onto or off the pitch for their players . The applauding team forms two lines to make a corridor and the league winners pass through the corridor, generally in single file . The guard of honour is in some instances considered good form to perform but is not considered compulsory and teams may opt not to provide one, as especially tends to happen between teams considered particularly bitter rivals . </P> <P> The same has occasionally been done for individual players meeting particularly momentous points in their career, such as when Scottish Premier league team Rangers squad did so for departing talisman Dado Prso and Chelsea controversially chose to do so in a pre-planned display in the middle of a match for John Terry's last game, causing significant delays to the game . </P>

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