Because cricket is not an Olympic sport, and they've underachieved in hockey for years although they have a bronze medal match vs Spain coming up. Otherwise it's not like India really invest into other sports
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Correct me if I'm wrong cricket and hockey is their 2 national sports so their funding goes into them. Even in football they're not even a major nation in Asia, their Indian super league project never really took off despite having the likes of David James, Materazzi and Del Piero in their league, they've never been an athletics nation but I guess that would have something to do with families unable to send their kids to train in such sports, where as cricket and hockey is much more accessible to those less fortunate, even if hockey in the UK is perceived as a private school sport.
Cricket is head and shoulders above in terms of funding and that has to do with the BCCI being a ruthless money making machine. Hockey doesn't get funded anywhere near that either. There is funding for other sports, but grass root level support is non-existent. I do expect that to change, but it'll take a few decades for any sustained impact to be noticed.
And salty towards Australians. That's just weird. Who hates Australia?
Now Australians abroad can be a handful. They can be incredibly loud and they are sometimes very out of touch with European customs. I guess they're not unlike Americans in that sense. But come on, let them have their kangaroos and their swimming.
Now Australians abroad can be a handful. They can be incredibly loud and they are sometimes very out of touch with European customs. I guess they're not unlike Americans in that sense. But come on, let them have their kangaroos and their swimming.
He may have well cheated, but there is no evidence to suggest that. Again, the Muricans and Strayas seem to think they own the pool (and they do in a lot of competitions), but the way the guy and his coach conducted themselves (especially the coach) and came out hurling accusations, it's just ridiculous. You lost, so fucking deal with it.
If I'm salty, then your swimmer and his coach, the way they comported themselves, are a gazillion times saltier.
I'm sure if Chalmers had lost to a Marchand or Caleb Dressel, we wouldn't be hearing negative comments from him or his coach, only congratulatory messages.
If I'm salty, then your swimmer and his coach, the way they comported themselves, are a gazillion times saltier.
I'm sure if Chalmers had lost to a Marchand or Caleb Dressel, we wouldn't be hearing negative comments from him or his coach, only congratulatory messages.
