Since the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, British Sport has enjoyed unprecedented success, mainly due to lottery money pouring in sport. Sunday, 12th July was indeed proud day to be a Brit, Andy Murray winning Wimbledon with Heather Watson Mix Double titles, as well as three more titles in “Wheel Chair” tennis. Lustre Murray could go down in history as the greatest British tennis player, even eclipsing achievements of great Fred Perry who was the last British player to win Wimbledon way back in 1936. Louis Hamilton also won at Silverstone. He is on the way to winning the third title in a row. Even our cricket and rugby teams are in winning mood. The only damper is our hotchpotch English football team who lost to minnows Iceland, with population less than any London borough, although Welsh team wormed our hearts with unbelievable performance, beating Belgium, the highest ranked European nation in world ranking, standing at Number Two, after Argentina.
Among ethnic minorities, Blacks are far ahead, dominating football and athletics while British Indians are at the bottom, rare failure for our all-conquering younger generation who dominate British Universities and job market at the upper end. What could be the reason?
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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