Commonwealth Games 2022

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52 minutes ago, dullard said:

Tennis pros would nearly always prioritise the tour over Comm Games. Some even prioritise the tour over the Olympics. If Birmingham were to include tennis it would be competing with an ATP/WTA 1000 tournament on the same week.

Tennis enjoys a good participation rate in the Caribbean, Pacific, and Africa, so a tournament at the Commonwealth Games could give players from those regions a nice platform outside the major tournaments.

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10 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

Yes, you can choose your nationality. But for the Commonwealth Games, Ireland is not part of the Commonwealth. So if you choose to compete for Ireland and that's what your license is under it seems reasonable to me that you do not compete in the Commonwealth Games.

This is *at best* naive about how delicate the issue of citizenship is in Northern Ireland 
 

This is about more than sport but the fact that every other governing body is understanding of the situation (and has been long before the Good Friday agreement) shows how weird this stance from the FIG is

 

People cannot be citizens of Northern Ireland (just like they can’t be citizens of Wales, England, Scotland, Isle of Man etc etc) and to suggest that only people who identify as British can compete for Northern Ireland is absolutely scandalous

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Just now, dodge said:

This is *at best* naive about how delicate the issue of citizenship is in Northern Ireland 
 

This is about more than sport but the fact that every other governing body is understanding of the situation (and has been long before the Good Friday agreement) shows how weird this stance from the FIG is

 

People cannot be citizens of Northern Ireland (just like they can’t be citizens of Wales, England, Scotland, Isle of Man etc etc) and to suggest that only people who identify as British can compete for Northern Ireland is absolutely scandalous

I think the FIG have got this wrong and will back down because of the reasons involving what is NI's unique situation.

 

I do understand their perspective as a sports body in Switzerland though and 'where they're coming from' so to speak. But yes I do agree with you thinking about the merits of both arguments it causes problems and there should be an exception

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The draw for Badminton Mixed Team event is out!!

https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2022/06/01/birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-india-in-group-1-of-mixed-team-event/

[intoronto 5,641]

Nice little South Asian Group A.

[JoshMartini007 2,537]

A better draw for Canada relative to 2018. Definitely see a path to the semis. Winning a medal on the other hand will be difficult.

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1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

A better draw for Canada relative to 2018. Definitely see a path to the semis. Winning a medal on the other hand will be difficult.

Yea no medal for sure. Malaysia/India/England are miles ahead of everyone else. Canada will likely finish 4th at best... which ofc is our favourite number

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1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Yea no medal for sure. Malaysia/India/England are miles ahead of everyone else. Canada will likely finish 4th at best... which ofc is our favourite number

Not really. Singapore and England is very close to call and I think Singapore has the edge. Singapore will be favoured to win MS WS without sweat and may win the MD too going by their players'  performance in Thomas Cup . 

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England is in a unique situation, relatively weak single players, but strong double players. Against the best they can hope for is a 3-2 win (maybe 4-1 against Canada).

 

For Canada to defeat England all we really need is for our women's doubles to pull off the upset (and for Brian Yang to defeat his opponent). We aren't the favourites, but a medal opportunity is still there. On the other hand, we could lose to Singapore or even Scotland in the group stage.

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India considering senior hockey teams for Birmingham 2022 after Hangzhou 2022 postponement

 

India will be considering senior hockey players for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after the postponement of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, according to the men’s and women’s coaches.

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124059/india-hockey-senior-teams