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File: Data.xml

<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<sports>
   <game title = "cricket">
      <id>243</id>
      <para>
         para 1
      </para>
   </game>
   <game title = "baseball">
      <id>431</id>
      <para>
         para 2
      </para>
   </game>
   <game title = "soccer">
      <id>123</id>
      <para>
         para 3
      </para>
   </game>

</sports>

File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="sports">
    <sports>
      <xsl:apply-templates />
    </sports>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="game">
    <xsl:element name="{@title}">
      <xsl:attribute name="id">
            <xsl:value-of select="id" />
         </xsl:attribute>
      <comment>
        <xsl:value-of select="para" />
      </comment>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><sports>
   <cricket id="243"><comment>
         para 1
      </comment></cricket>
   <baseball id="431"><comment>
         para 2
      </comment></baseball>
   <soccer id="123"><comment>
         para 3
      </comment></soccer>

</sports>