Sport in the Dominican Republic continue to make matters worse for the average Dominican financially. The few wealthy families in the Dominican work hard to keep the interests of the United States in place so there is a revolving door that keeps the wealth in a select few families. In addition, American professional baseball has hurt Dominican professional baseball as most Dominicans who play in the MLB are not allowed to play in the Dominican League in the winter. The National Federation of Basketball holds every year a professional league, the National Basketball League, LNB (Spanish: "Liga Nacional de Baloncesto"). The National Basketball Association (NBA)
Sport in the United Kingdom British man won the singles until Andy Murray from Scotland did so in 2013. No British woman has won at Wimbledon since Virginia Wade in 1977. In addition, Perry's victory in the US National Championships (predecessor to the modern US Open) later in 1936 was the last for any British man in a Grand Slam singles event until Murray won the US Open in 2012; Wade remains the last British woman to win such an event. The governing body of the sport is the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), which invests the vast profits from the tournament in the game in