Posted July 13, 201114 yr Read the article How come Netherlands never won a world cup? And what is taking Argentina so long to win it again? Why Newcastle has only one 2nd Division title to show for? And Portugal's only senior title is the SkyDome Cup (what)? Why France's rugby team just can't topple the South Hemisphere teams? What's wrong with South Africa's crikcet team? Why is Barcelona the legendary team that Real Madrid was meant to be? What do three New York sport teams have in common?
August 17, 201113 yr One of the biggest under achievers in team sports must be India in general. They have a very good record in cricket (although England are doing their best to dent that record at the moment :D ) but, apart from that, nothing. They have never come close to qualifying for the football World Cup and have had little success at team sports. Their record with individual sports is also pretty poor.
August 17, 201113 yr One of the biggest under achievers in team sports must be India in general. They have a very good record in cricket (although England are doing their best to dent that record at the moment :D ) but, apart from that, nothing. They have never come close to qualifying for the football World Cup and have had little success at team sports. Their record with individual sports is also pretty poor. The Chinese football team is atrocious for the sheer potential talent pool they have.
October 23, 201113 yr One of the biggest under achievers in team sports must be India in general. They have a very good record in cricket (although England are doing their best to dent that record at the moment :D ) but, apart from that, nothing. They have never come close to qualifying for the football World Cup and have had little success at team sports. Their record with individual sports is also pretty poor. Eight Olympic gold medals in hockey deserve a mention.
October 24, 201113 yr Read the article How come Netherlands never won a world cup? And what is taking Argentina so long to win it again? Why Newcastle has only one 2nd Division title to show for? And Portugal's only senior title is the SkyDome Cup (what)? Why France's rugby team just can't topple the South Hemisphere teams? What's wrong with South Africa's crikcet team? Why is Barcelona the legendary team that Real Madrid was meant to be? What do three New York sport teams have in common? Man City, achieved nothing for decades and it has taken several billion pounds to get them to the position they are now. As for South Africa that is very harsh, they were banned from international cricket for a generation due to apartheid and came back to an era where cricket was dominated by possibly the finest cricket squad the sport has ever seen (Australia in the Waugh/Warne/McGrath era), even now South Africa are the world #2
October 24, 201113 yr Man City, achieved nothing for decades and it has taken several billion pounds to get them to the position they are now. As for South Africa that is very harsh, they were banned from international cricket for a generation due to apartheid and came back to an era where cricket was dominated by possibly the finest cricket squad the sport has ever seen (Australia in the Waugh/Warne/McGrath era), even now South Africa are the world #2 They're still seen as bottlers though, see getting inexplicably eliminated from the 2003 World Cup on home soil.
October 24, 201113 yr They're still seen as bottlers though, see getting inexplicably eliminated from the 2003 World Cup on home soil. Test cricket is where the real cricket is though, one day and 20-20 while entertaining is not the benchmark of cricket greatness it is who can slog the best, in test cricket South Africa have consistently been the best nation outside of Australia since they came back into international cricket but swap England with Australia now.
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