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[Laraja 1,498]

  On 6/24/2022 at 11:32 PM, intoronto said:

Nope.

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I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

[intoronto 6,325]

  On 6/25/2022 at 12:04 AM, Laraja said:

I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

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

[hckošice 15,471]

  On 6/24/2022 at 11:18 PM, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Do either country have any connections to the British Empire?

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Both are on the same planet

[phelps 8,237]

  On 6/24/2022 at 9:33 PM, 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.  

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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 4,000]

  On 6/25/2022 at 12:04 AM, Laraja said:

I am waiting for  inclusion on this competition🙃

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

[Dragon 2,016]

  On 6/25/2022 at 7:25 AM, hckošice said:

Both are on the same planet

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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 1,498]

  On 6/25/2022 at 12:06 AM, intoronto said:

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

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

 

  On 6/25/2022 at 9:03 AM, Grassmarket said:

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

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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 2,016]

  On 6/25/2022 at 4:28 PM, 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? 

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

[Grassmarket 4,000]

  On 6/25/2022 at 4:45 PM, 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? 

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And you have a very good cricket-playing neighbour 

[Laraja 1,498]

  On 6/25/2022 at 4:45 PM, 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? 

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

 

We have some winter sports more popular than cricket here 😁

 

  On 6/25/2022 at 5:13 PM, Grassmarket said:

And you have a very good cricket-playing neighbour 

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