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Old 11-13-2006, 06:31 PM
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Default Re: The decline of The British Empire

WWII bankrupted the British Empire. That along with their colonies seeing that the great white Englishman wasn't invincible sealed the empire's doom. However many former colonies saw and still see a lot of benefit from being in the Commonwealth of Nations, which includes a lot of British type sporting events, if that's what you mean by the sporting empire (who else would play rugby and cricket with them?).
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