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[-] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 199 points 1 year ago

English colonialism all over again.

[-] Boggy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Good thing India has an awful football team.

[-] pedro@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

They make up for it at cricket

[-] Boggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That they do. Im guessing it’s just a cultural thing because there is no way that 11 humans good at football don’t exist in that massive population.

[-] looeee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Did you see the Chinese women's team play? England beat them 6-1

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Wow that is a thing right? I have two co-workers from India who are obsessed with cricket. I thought "what a coincidence". I guess not.

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Most commonwealth nations are, bar Canada, they got into yank sports instead.

[-] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Canada is just British-flavoured America

[-] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Canada could have had the British refinement with American technology and French cuisine. Instead they got French technology, British cuisine and American refinement

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