Official Melbourne 2006 thread

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Then add the fact that it hosts heaps of other sports, and it's pretty famous. Other famous stadiums that come close, outside the subcontinent, would be Lords, Wembley and the Millenium Dome in the UK, Stade de France, Madison Square Gardens, and some of the South American soccer grounds, of course.

Madison Square Garden is singular, not plural, and it’s an arena, not a stadium.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I would hope that Australa would be worrying more about Leisure Suit Larry up in Queensland that the Commonplace Games in Melbourne.  Altho both suffer from inflated numbers, since Larry would only be a Category 3 over here, not a Category 5.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The Isle of Man is not part of the UK.

Under which banner do they compete at the Olympics?

Their own , I guess . The Isle of Man is not integral parts of the UK I t is a crown depdendency. I understand the UK is responsible for their defense and external affairs. It has its own executive and legislature. It is does not have representativesin the UK Parliament

I believe much the same is true for the Channel Islands

Dave

Actually athletes from the Crown dependencies do compete for the British Olympic team as would those from overseas territories that don't have their own Olympic committee.