According to what I’ve been taught since grade school, these are collective nouns, single units (teams) made up of many parts (the individual players and thus they should take singular verbs).

Nouns in Spanish have different forms in the singular and plural. Plural masculine and feminine nouns in Spanish end in s. There are some rules to follow to work out how to change the end of a ...

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Some felt that by not putting ‘ethnic’ first, ‘minority ethnic’ better recognised the ... and the implication that it reflects a singular or homogenous ethnic identity. However, it may be appropriate ...