I don't know if anybody but me cares about this, but this article about Santa Monica ( a snotty beach community near LA) really peeved.     https://www.smdp.com/as-los-angeles-looks-to-2028-santa-monica-positions-itself-as-a-global-stage-for-sport-storytelling-and-community-impact/   It's all about how Santa Monica is going to be such a leading force for the games:   “Santa Monica is not just showing up for 2028,” James said. “We are shaping the experience. From our coastline to our infrastructure, we offer a globally recognized stage with the ability to deliver authentic, well-executed experiences that benefit both visitors and our local community. Our focus is translating global interest into meaningful, well-managed experiences that means thinking not just about visibility, but about legacy.”   Well, Santa Monica can just fuck all the way off.  Besides the vaporous word salad in the quote, they were asked to host the Beach Volleyball tournament, but refused, saying (literally) that they should just free ride on all the other places that are hosting events and just reap the rewards of the increased tourism.  

there were lots of talks about it, AWF once again pushed for this idea but looks like OCA rejected it once and for all. which is good.    only total medals will be awarded in this sport as it should be    https://oca.asia/media/attachments/memberships_subcommittee/5/Decisions_109_EB_Meeting.pdf

2026 BWF World Tour March Tournaments   * Not BWF World Tour tournaments during March 2026.   2026 SBH Singapore International Series - Singapore   Results (March 3-8, 2026)   International Series US$15.000   Men's Singles: 1. Wongsup Wongsup-in   2. Zhe Ying Wu 3. Chiang Tzu Chieh 3. Karono Karono     Women's Singles: 1. Yataweemin Ketklieng 2. Liao Jui-chi 3. Kungkaew Kakanik 3. Nattanant Kulamat     Men's Doubles: Erwin Rendana Purnomo & Ade Yusuf Santoso  d. Sansan Herdiansyah & Adriel Ferdinand Leonardo     Women's Doubles: Hsieh Mi-yen & Yu Chien-hui  d. Laudya Chelsea Griselda & Nozomi Shimizu     Mixed Doubles: Muhammad Al Farizi & Jessica Maya Rismawardani  d. Loo Bing Kun & Noraqilah Maisarah   2026 61st Portugal International Championships - Caldas da Rainha   Results (March 4-8, 2026)   International Series US$10.000   Men's Singles: 1. Jeppe Bruun 2. Jakob Houe 3. Liao Jhuo-fu 3. Su Li-yang     Women's Singles: 1. Juliana Viana Vieira 2. Frederikke Ostergaard 3. Clara Azurmendi 3. Kristin Kuuba     Men's Doubles: Robert Nebel & Jeppe Soby  d. Natan Begga & Gregoire Deschamp     Women's Doubles: Lin Chih-chun & Yang Chu-yun  d. Agathe Cuevas & Kathell Desmots-Chacun   Mixed Doubles: Wu Hsuan-yi & Yang Chu-yun  d. Natan Begga & Elsa Jacob     2026 XXIV International Giraldilla - La Habana   Results (March 10-15, 2026)   Future Series   Men's Singles: 1. Uriel Canjura Artiga 2. Bruno Carvalho   3. Javier Armando Alas   3. Jose Manuel Jaime Magaña     Women's Singles: 1. Tamara Oropesa Pupo 2. Francesca Clark 3. Mariangel Garcia 3. Juliana Giraldo     Men's Doubles: Kathiravun Concheepuram Manivannan & Mukil Nambikumar  d. Uriel Canjura Artiga & Manuel Mejia     Women's Doubles: Clarisa Pie & Nairoby Jimenez  d. Leyanis Contreras & Taymara Oropesa Pupo   Mixed Doubles: Roberto Herrera Vazquez & Taymara Oropesa Pupo  d. Yonatan Linarez & Nairoby Jimenez   2026 Polish Open - Lodz   Results (March 18-22, 2026)   International Challenge US$20.000   Men's Singles: 1. Jia Heng Jason Teh 2. Koshiro Moriguchi 3. Aria Dinata 3. Sacha Leveque     Women's Singles: 1. Unnati Hooda 2. Polina Buhrova 3. Ozge Bayrak 3. Nodoka Sunakawa     Men's Doubles: Malik Bourakkadi & Kenneth Neumann  d. Robin Harper & Harry Wakefield   Women's Doubles: Abbygael Harris & Lizzie Tolman  d. Rui Kiyama & Sona Yonemoto     Mixed Doubles: Hiroki Midorikawa & Nami Matsuyama  d. Jeppe Soby & Sofie Rojkjaer     2026 Brazil International Challenge - Sao Paulo   Results (March 24-29, 2026)   International Challenge US$20.000   Men's Singles: 1. Jonathan Matias 2. Akira Hanada 3. Garret Tan 3. Misha Zilberman     Women's Singles: 1. Juliana Viana Vieira 2. Rachel Chan 3. Ishika Jaiswal 3. Ella Lin     Men's Doubles: Takuto Goto & Yuta Oku  d. Kevin Lee & Ty Alexander Lindeman     Women's Doubles: Jaqueline Lima & Samia Lima  d. Sania Lima & Juliana Viana Vieira     Mixed Doubles: Davi Silva & Sania Lima  d. Fabricio Farias & Jaqueline Lima     2026 YONEX SUNRISE Vietnam International Challenge - Hanoi     Results (March 24-29, 2026)   International Challenge US$20.000   Men's Singles: 1. Richie Duta Richardo 2. Cheng Ju-sheng 3. Kim Hae-deun 3. Tsai Cheng-han     Women's Singles: 1. Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj 2. Lo Sin Yan Happy 3. Selvaduray Kisona 3. Wang Pei-yu     Men's Doubles: Huang Tsung-i & Lin Ting-yu  d. Krishna Prasad Garaga & Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy     Women's Doubles: Gronya Somerville  & Josephine Wu  d. Miki Kanehiro & Yuna Kato      Mixed Doubles: Chan Yin Chak & Ng Tsz Yau  d. Hiroki Midorikawa & Nami Matsuyama     2026 Cuba International Series - La Habana   Results (March 31 - April 5, 2026)   International Series US$10.000   Men's Singles: 1. Nithin Raghavendar Balasubramaniyam 2. Roberto Herrera Vazquez 3. Nestor Gonzalez Gomez 3. Adith Karthikeyan Priya     Women's Singles: 1. Ishika Jaiswal 2. Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar 3. Isabelle Rusli 3. Sabrina Solis     Men's Doubles: Nestor Gonzalez Gomez & Juan Pablo Montoya  d. Victor Ovalles Mordan & Ernick Zorrilla     Women's Doubles: Leyanis Contreras Cabeza & Taymara Oropesa Pupo  d. Clarisa Pie & Nairoby Jimenez     Mixed Doubles: Roberto Herrera Vazquez & Taymara Oropesa Pupo  d. Juan Pablo Montoya & Cecilia Madera   Complete Results

2026 BWF World Tour February Tournaments   * Not BWF World Tour tournaments during February 2026.   2026 Azerbaijan International - Baku   Results (February 3-8, 2026)   International Challenge US$20.000   Men's Singles: 1. Dominik Kwinta 2. Cheam June Wei 3. Rounak Chouhan 3. Clarence Villaflor     Women's Singles: 1. Devika Sihag 2. Navya Kanderi 3. Ashmita Chaliha 3. Shreya Lee     Men's Doubles: Alex Green & Zach Russ  d. Christopher Grimley & Matthew Grimley     Women's Doubles: Miku Sugiyama & Natsumi Takasaki  d. Anastasiia Boiarun & Daria Kharlampovich     Mixed Doubles: Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram & Radhika Sharma  d. Mihajlo Tomic & Andjela Vitman   2026 Uganda International Challenge - Kampala   Results (February 18-22, 2026)   International Challenge US$20.000   Men's Singles: 1. Karono Karono 2. Misha Zilberman 3. Saneeth Dayanand 3. Lakshay Sharma     Women's Singles: 1. Anupama Upadhyaya 2. Mansi Singh 3. Vennala Kalagotla 3. Surya Charisma Tamiri     Men's Doubles: Bhargav Ram Arigela & Viswa Tej Gobburu  d. Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy & Sai Pratheek     Women's Doubles: Lauren Lam & Allison Lee  d. Kavipriya Selvam & Simran Singh     Mixed Doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar & Shruti Mishra  d. Nithin HV & Srinidhi Narayanan     2026 Singapore International Challenge - Singapore   Results (February 24 - March 1, 2026)   International Challenge US$30.000   Men's Singles: 1. Zhe Ying Wu 2. Bismo Raya Oktora 3. Richie Duta Richardo 3. Dendi Triansyah     Women's Singles: 1. Goh Jin Wei 2. Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi 3. Yataweemin Ketklieng 3. Tidapron Kleebyeesun     Men's Doubles: Taufik Aderya & Daniel Edgar Marvino  d. Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan & Patra Harapan Rindorindo     Women's Doubles: Jung Kyung-eun & Kim So-yeong  d. Kim Yu-jung & Lee Yu-lim   Mixed Doubles: Yuta Watanabe & Maya Taguchi  d. Chan Yin Chak & Ng Tsz Yau   Complete Results

2026 ACC Asian Championships - Hefei   Results (April 24-26, 2026)     Men's K-1 1000m: 1. Shakhriyor Makhkamov 2. Yang Zhouyuxuan   3. Mizuki Aoki   4. Kirill Tubayev   5. Rodion Tuigunov   6. Varinder Singh   7. Lee Kyeong-hun   8. Pan Congchang   9. Vu Le Thien Hai     Men's K-2 500m: 1. China  (Chenhao - Jinwei) 2. South Korea  (Gwang-hee - Hyo-bin) 3. Kazakhstan  (Ramatulla - Kholmogorov) 4. Uzbekistan 5. Japan   6. China Taipei 7. Kyrgyzstan   8. Singapore   9. Thailand     Men's K-4 500m: 1. China  (Fengwei - Shengkai - Weiyang - Jinwei) 2. South Korea  (Gwang-hee - Hyo-bin - Sang-won - Mink-yu) 3. Japan  (Tanaka - Inoue - Matsushiro - Sakai) 4. Kazakhstan 5. Uzbekistan   6. India 7. Singapore 8. Thailand 9. Vietnam     Men's C-1 1000m: 1. Wu Shengyue   2. Mirjalol Kamilov   3. Lai Kuan-chieh   4. Ryo Naganuma   5. Gyaneshwor Singh Philem   6. Polat Turebekov   7. Amirjon Bobojonov   8. Kim Thai Tu   9. Kim Hyeon-woo     Men's C-2 500m: 1. China  (Jian - Bowen) 2. Uzbekistan  (Guliev - Denisov) 3. Kazakhstan  (Yemelyanov - Khayotov) 4. Tajikistan   5. South Korea   6. Thailand 7. Japan   8. India   9. Vietnam     Women's K-1 500m: 1. Wang Nan 2. Ekaterina Shubina 3. Stella Sukhanova 4. Stephenie Chen Jiexian 5. Seon Min-ju   6. Wakana Niioka   7. Pornnapphan Phuangmaiming   8. Tseng Li-chin   9. Ran Thi Quynh     Women's K-2 500m: 1. China  (Luxi - Mengyuan) 2. Kazakhstan  (Shmelyova - Tokarnitskaya) 3. Uzbekistan  (Shubina - Tanatmisheva) 4. Japan 5. South Korea 6. Singapore 7. Vietnam 8. China Taipei 9. Thailand     Women's K-4 500m: 1. China  (Shimeng - Mengdie - Nan - Siyu) 2. Uzbekistan  (Douchev-Janic - Mishina - Shubina - Tanatmisheva) 3. Kazakhstan  (Kostenko - Shmelyova - Tokarnitskaya - Sukhanova) 4. South Korea 5. Japan 6. Vietnam   7. Singapore   8. India     Women's C-1 200m: 1. Lin Wenjun 2. Shoksanam Sherzodova 3. Herlin Aprilin Lali 4. Ulyana Kisseleva 5. Nguyen Thi Huong   6. Lee Ye-lin   7. Orasa Thiangkathok   8. Megha Pradeep   9. Humaira Binte Ridwan Damia     Women's C-2 500m: 1. China  (Mengya - Yanan) 2. Uzbekistan  (Sherzodova - Zokirova) 3. Vietnam  (N Thi Huong - D Thi Huong) 4. Thailand 5. Kazakhstan 6. India 7. Indonesia 8. Japan 9. South Korea     Results

Saturday May 2nd, 2026 - Knockout Round Last Day Schedule (GMT +2)     Bronze Medal Match Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czechia  vs Latvia Period-by-Period: May 2nd 2026, h. 15:00, Pavol Demitra Ice Hockey Stadium, Trencin a   Gold Medal Match Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)   Slovakia  vs Sweden Period-by-Period: May 2nd 2026, h. 19:00, Pavol Demitra Ice Hockey Stadium, Trencin

Friday May 1st, 2026 Knockout Round Day 2 Results     Semifinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)   Slovakia   1 - 0   Latvia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 0-0 May 1st 2026, h. 15:00, Pavol Demitra Ice Hockey Stadium, Trencin   Czechia   3 - 4OT   Sweden Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-1, 0-1, Overtime: 0-1 May 1st 2026, h. 19:00, Pavol Demitra Ice Hockey Stadium, Trencin     Nations Qualified for the Gold Medal Match   Slovakia  Sweden   Nations Qualified for the Bronze Medal Match    Czechia  Latvia

2026 Sailing Grand Slam Trofeo Semaine Olympique Francaise #2/5  - Hyeres    Results (April 18-25, 2026)   Men's IQFoil: 1. Grae Morris 2. Federico Alan Pilloni   3. Kun Bi   4. Nicolo Renna   5. Louis Pignolet   6. Yun Pouliquen   7. Tom Arnoux   8. Joshua Armit   9. Adrien Mestre   10. Nacho Baltasar Summers   11. Clement Bourgeois   12. Luca di Tomassi   13. Fabien Pianazza   14. Yang Minhai   15. Rory Meehan     Men's Formula Kite: 1. Maximilian Maeder     2. Riccardo Pianosi   3. Huang Qibin   4. Gian Stragiotti   5. Kameron Maramenidis   6. Valentin Bontus   7. Vojtech Koska   8. Toni Vodisek   9. Jannis Maus   10. Martin Dolenc   11. Zhang Haoran   12. Noah Runciman   13. Sam Dickinson   14. Jan Marciniak   15. Karl Maeder     Men's ILCA 7: 1. Matt Wearn   2. Michael Beckett   3. Elliot Hanson   4. Philipp Buhl   5. Alexandre Kowalski   6. Filip Jurisic   7. Ethan McAullay   8. Pavlos Kontides   9. Jonatan Vadnai   10. Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini   11. Dimitri Peroni   12. Francisco Guaragna   13. Tonci Stipanovic   14. Cesare Barabino   15. Ole Schweckendiek     Men's 49er: 1. China  (Zaiding - Tian) 2. Ireland  (Dickson - Waddilove) 3. France  (Fischer - Pequin) 4. United States  (Snow - MacDiarmid) 5. United States  (Mollerus - Bornarth) 6. Australia  (Price - Paul) 7. Italy  (Pezzilli - Torroni) 8. China  (Xin - Tianyu) 9. New Zealand  (Coutts - Gunn)  10. Sweden  (Westerlind - Aronsson) 11. Spain  (M Wizner - J Wizner) 12. Germany  (Dorau - Rockenbauch) 13. France  (Rual - Amoros) 14. France  (Fischer - Aubriot) 15. Italy  (Marchesini - Chiste)   Women's IQFoil: 1. Marta Maggetti   2. Tamar Steinberg   3. Yan Zheng   4. Stella Bilger   5. Shahar Tibi   6. Helene Noesmoen   7. Aimee Bright   8. Li Wenqi   9. Emma Viktoria Millend   10. Medea Falcioni   11. Veerle Ten Have   12. Manon Pianazza   13. Daniela Peleg   14. Li Yongqi   15. Tan Xialing     Women's Formula Kite: 1. Lauriane Nolot   2. Catalina Turienzo   3. Lysa Caval   4. Wang Si   5. Lily Young   6. Liu Chenxue   7. Li Wan   8. Xiao Meijing   9. Breiana Whitehead   10. Elena Lengwiler   11. Izabela Satrjan   12. Tiana Laporte   13. Mafalda Pires de Lima   14. Ella Geiger   15. Gal Zukerman     Women's ILCA 6: 1. Charlotte Rose   2. Eve McMahon   3. Maria Erdi   4. Maxime van de Werken-Jonker   5. Louise Cervera   6. Maud Jayet   7. Luciana Cardozo   8. Emma Plasschaert   9. Lucia Falasca   10. Agata Barwinska   11. Line Flem Host   12. Wiktoria Golebiowska   13. Julia Buesselberg   14. Anna Munch   15. Zoe Thomson     Women's 49erFX: 1. Italy  (Giunchiglia - Schio) 2. Australia  (Harding - Wilmot) 3. France  (Peyre - Riou) 4. Spain  (Suarez Gonzalez - Henke Riera) 5. France  (Lovadina - Berhomieu) 6. Sweden  (Bobeck - Berntsson) 7. Ireland  (McIlwaine - Barbour) 8. China  (Yingqian - Xiaoya) 9. China  (Xiaoyu - Yuyue) 10. Estonia  (Pais - Ausman) 11. Sweden  (Moss - Johansson) 12. India  (Tomar - Verma) 13. Hungary  (B Feher - S Feher) 14. Czech Republic  (Burska - Tkadlecova) 15. Poland  (Sobczak - Skornog)   Mixed 470: 1. Spain  (Xammar Hernandez - Cardona Alcantara) 2. Great Britain  (Wrigley - Harris) 3. France  (Pacaud - de Gennes) 4. Italy  (Ferrari - Dubbini) 5. France  (Pennaneac'h - Williot) 6. Spain  (Mas Depares - de Maqua Xalabarder) 7. Portugal  (Gago - Pires) 8. Italy  (Berta - Calabro) 9. Switzerland  (Mermod - Siegenthaler) 10. Germany  (Loffler - Hoerr) 11. Israel  (Hasson - Tiano) 12. Portugal  (Costa - Joao) 13. Germany  (Dahnke - Melzer) 14. China  (Lanxin - Chuanliang) 15. China  (Qian - Jing)   Mixed Nacra 17: 1. Italy  (Ugolini - Giubilei) 2. Argentina  (Majdalani - Bosco) 3. France  (Mourniac - Retornaz) 4. Italy  (Tita - Banti) 5. Sweden  (Jarudd - Jonsson) 6. Great Britain  (Gimson - Burnet) 7. Australia  (Liddell - Brown) 8. Italy  (Figlia di Granara - Sedmak) 9. Austria  (Haberl - Stamminger) 10. Netherlands  (Offerman - Houtman) 11. Australia  (Ru Booth - Ri Booth) 12. China  (Jingcheng - Ting) 13. Belgium  (Claeyssens - Verstraelen) 14. Turkey  (Kurtbay - Kaynar) 15. Netherlands  (Bouwer - Hin)   Results   Next Stop: 2026 Sailing Grand Slam Dutch Water Week #3 in Almere  (May 30 - June 7, 2026)