On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 04:17:41 GMT, "Scott Elliot"
wrote:

What about World Championship Cricket or Rugby? There are never any
American teams included so how can it be World Championship?

Errr, isn't that obvious? It's a world championship if any country in
the world is eligible to enter a team.
And by the way, there is an American team playing in the rugby.

Peter