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[Laraja 1,494]

30 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Nope.

I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

[intoronto 5,638]

1 minute ago, Laraja said:

I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

Can't wait too see the Brazilian Lawn Bowls team!!

[hckošice 14,823]

8 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Do either country have any connections to the British Empire?

Both are on the same planet

[phelps 7,674]

10 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

 are set to join the Commonwealth according to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/22/togo-gabon-become-newest-members-commonwealth-week

 

I would imagine they’d be eligible for the 2026 Commonwealth Games if that’s the case.  

also  Ukraine might well be an option sooner or later, isn't it?  

 

and even  Georgia, as they've been stopped at least for a while by the EU...

[Grassmarket 3,407]

8 hours ago, Laraja said:

I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

You must learn how to play cricket. It is the law.

[Dragon 1,844]

2 hours ago, hckošice said:

Both are on the same planet

 

Togo and Gabon was part of the French Empire for a long time and the King of England owned big parts of France in the 13th century.

Simple 

[Laraja 1,494]

16 hours ago, intoronto said:

Can't wait too see the Brazilian Lawn Bowls team!!

Curious fact, Lawn Bowls is not a unknown sport here. In fact we have few clubs which have places to practice this.

 

7 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

You must learn how to play cricket. It is the law.

I don't know about cricket, but we have a very popular sport practiced in the streets, called Taco. It is similar to Cricket somehow haha. Does it count? 

[Dragon 1,844]

14 minutes ago, Laraja said:

Curious fact, Lawn Bowls is not a unknown sport here. In fact we have few clubs which have places to practice this.

 

I don't know about cricket, but we have a very popular sport practiced in the streets, called Taco. It is similar to Cricket somehow haha. Does it count? 

You know Brazil's national cricket team played their first international match 25 years before Brazil's national football team's first game? 

[Grassmarket 3,407]

26 minutes ago, Dragon said:

You know Brazil's national cricket team played their first international match 25 years before Brazil's national football team's first game? 

And you have a very good cricket-playing neighbour 

[Laraja 1,494]

58 minutes ago, Dragon said:

You know Brazil's national cricket team played their first international match 25 years before Brazil's national football team's first game? 

I had no idea. Looks it has not developed so well since then haha

 

We have some winter sports more popular than cricket here 😁

 

31 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

And you have a very good cricket-playing neighbour 

Not so close, I would say, but we may learn something from them haha