The WBC begins this week!! Here are my predictions that nobody asked for    Pool A order (top 2 advance):      Pool B order (top 2 advance):      Pool C order (top 2 advance):      Pool D order (top 2 advance):        Semifinalists:     Finalists:   Winner:    Two teams that qualify for LA28:  

Rumor about Iran withdrew    I said many times , usa is not the right place for football , they kill people and fund their hosting by the stolen venezuelean petrol 

Price of petrol increases fast  Of course USA dosn't care , they have petrol of venezuela 

In the end, Team Shuster did pull out the W for the Men in the Finals.  His opponent, Team Stopera, is the one that Korey Dropkin led before exiting to compete in XD for MiCo.   And for the Women, Team (Delaney) Strouse won, taking out Team Cousins (who was the #1 seed).  I don't know much about her or her team.  Per Wikipedia, in 2022, she won Bronze in the World Juniors.  Will see both these teams at Worlds later this month!    Let's go  !   Here's a pic from the Strouse/Cousins Page Final 1v2 game:   A couple of other pics from last night:   (Tonight, Chris Plys joined the other two in having sleeveless jerseys.)   A zoomed-out pic of the coliseum where we were.  Fairly low attended, just about 200 people maybe.  (Same for tonight's final.)

Shooting ESC 10m European Championships 2026    Yerevan (ARM) - 1 March 2026 - 4 March 2026      Official Website Programme Results System Facebook Page Discussion Thread          

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/ioc-responds-to-coe-on-combined-games-proposal   Crossover ? 

2nd best all time performance       

Monday March 2nd, 2026 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +8)   13:00   Israel vs Bulgaria 16:30   Turkiye vs New Zealand 20:30   Uzbekistan vs Hong Kong

Tentoglou won the men's long jump with 8.22. He only had two valid jumps today.   Another U20NR came in the women's shot put from Maria Rafailidou. She had 16.53 earlier this week and now got 16.59. She's second in the world for U20 this year    So of course Karalis was the big star of our nationals this year, more than Tentoglou, but we also had a lot of teenagers show good signs for the future (Antonatou, Alivizatos, Mitropoulou, Iakovaki, Rafailidou etc).   Antonatou and Alivizatos are both from Kefalonia island. Antonatou's brother is a shot putter who is 19 yo and had a new PB yesterday of 17.92 in the NCAA. I don't remember us ever having any strong athletes from Kefalonia in any sport aside from the late Anna Pollatou who won an Olympic bronze in rhythmic gymnastics. What are they feeding these kids on this island (it only has about 35.000 residents)?! Very impressive.

Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Romania 5 4(1) 1(0) 18 9 +9 11 Thailand 5 3(0) 2(1) 15 13 +2 10 Turkiye 5 3(0) 2(0) 14 15 -1 9 Croatia 5 3(1) 2(0) 16 11 +5 8 Serbia 5 1(1) 4(2) 13 18 -5 4 Bulgaria 5 1(1) 4(1) 10 20 -10 3   The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2027 Romania   The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2027 Croatia  Serbia Thailand Turkiye   The following Nation has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group B World Championship 2027 Bulgaria