Sporting defeats enjoyed around the world
Sporting defeats enjoyed around the world
Show all 11Australia's early exit from the Twenty 20 World Cup has produced much cheery gloating in the British press. Schaudenfraude may be a German word, but the emotion is universal.
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These are the defeats that the rest of the world has enjoyed more because of the identity of the loser than the status of the victor.
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