Ukraine has made progress recently and lost yesterday on penalties to the UK, but that still doesn't explain why the Italian team isn't making any progress. We are sitting in a lower division for 3 years and that's with a ban for Rus and Blr. New and great coaches are being brought in and it's not giving any results. 8-10 years ago we were regularly playing in the highest division, every 2 years and that was with a much stronger teams (Russia and Belarus were there). I don't know where the problem is.

I thought that it would be cool now that Judo Continental Championships are over so that we vote to see who the ultimate winner would be.

Monday April 28th, 2025 - Preliminary Round Last Day Schedule   Group A Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)   (CEST 19:00) Slovakia vs Latvia Period-by-Period: April 28th 2025, h. 12:00, Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen   (CEST 23:00) Canada vs Norway Period-by-Period: April 28th 2025, h. 16:00, Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen     Group B Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)   (CEST 21:00) Sweden vs Czechia Period-by-Period: April 28th 2025, h. 14:00, Comerica Center, Frisco   (CEST 02:00 - 29.04.2025) United States vs Germany Period-by-Period: April 28th 2025, h. 19:00, Comerica Center, Frisco

Sunday April 27th, 2025 - Preliminary Round Day 5 Results   Group A Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)   Finland   1 - 5  Canada Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 1-1 April 27th 2025, h. 16:00, Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen   Group A Provisional Standing After Day 5   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Canada 3 3(0) 0(0) 21 4 +17 9 Finland 4 2(0) 2(1) 18 9 +9 7 Slovakia 3 2(1) 1(0) 12 10 +2 5 Latvia 3 1(1) 2(0) 5 18 -13 2 Norway 3 0(0) 3(1) 3 18 -15 1   Group B Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)   Germany   5 - 4  Switzerland Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 1-2 April 27th 2025, h. 12:00, Comerica Center, Frisco   Group B Provisional Standing After Day 5   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. United States 3 3(0) 0(0) 20 5 +15 9 Sweden 3 2(0) 1(0) 22 13 +9 6 Germany 3 2(1) 1(0) 13 16 -3 5 Czechia 3 1(0) 2(1) 9 10 -1 4 Switzerland 4 0(0) 4(0) 9 29 -20 0     Nations Qualified for the Quarterfinals (Partial)   Canada Czechia Finland Germany Slovakia Sweden United States   Nations Qualified for the Relegation Round (Partial)   Switzerland

Women's Champions League   Chelsea FC 1 - 4 FC Barcelona (agg 2-8)    Barcelona have equalled Lyon's record of reaching five finals in a row, with the final in Lisbon to be their 100th Champions League game.   Olympique Lyonnais 1 - 4  Arsenal WFC  (agg 3-5)   Arsenal celebrate their first-ever away win in a UEFA two-legged semi-final tie, which takes them into the final for the first time since they lifted the trophy in 2006/07.   The Final will be in Lisbon, Estadio Jose Alvarde, on 24th May

Many things, probably they thought it is already over and the win will come itself... but also Nitra improved their play a lot, they outplayed us in physicality in the last 2 games, they won almost every duel. Was hard to watch. Anyway I am still persuated we will finish the job at home with success on Tuesday

If you look at their results this season and on the Super Series, it’s not really that surprising.    I’d consider them to be medal contenders.