It feels like events, der boy, events have overtaken the election on stuff like the transgender inclusion and DSD athlete issues. Even Kirsty Coventry is not holding the Bach-Adams line any more, which would have been astonishing eighteen months ago, but seems entirely predictable now - with Athletics, Swimming, Cycling, Rowing etc having now gone in a clear direction, and with the next Summer Games destined for Trumpland, that seems almost certainly not the hill anyone in the IOC will die on. I imagine the reintegration of Russia is likely to be more pressing issue - Trump will want them there, the War, one way or tother looks like it may wind down soon, but its doubtful a trustworthy anti-doping regime will really be in place in time.   The candidate with the most clarity on these issues is pretty obviously Coe. I'm not entirely certain clarity will be a benefit, and we simply don't know how much of Bach's seething hatred of Coe has been channelled into the election backstge -- is Bach now so much yeserdays man that his patrimony no longer tilts the IOC? Or does he retain loyalty through influence, or influence through loyalty?

The men's Olympic teams will reveal their first 6 players in June and announce the rest of the roster at the end of December

FIFA WC2026 qualifiers are back!!   African WCQ restart today without Congo, the FECOFOOT (Congolese Football Association) has been suspended due to a particularly serious situation of undue interference by third parties in the affairs of the organisation The Group E remain with only 4 teams.   AFC qualifiers resuming this week, with Japan will become the first nation to come through the WC 2026, and Iraq, Iran, Korea Republic and Uzbekistan are in a strong position to secure World Cup 26 tickets.   OFC fourth round will qualify directly for the WC 2026, the winner of final four (semifinals: New Caledonia vs Tahiti and New Zealand vs Fiji) and the runner-up will go to the FIFA Inter-confederation play-offs   CONMEBOL will play Matchday 13 and 14 with big matches Uruguay-argentina and Brazil-Argentina.   UEFA European Qualifiers begin without the groups involving teams in UEFA Nations League quarterfinals will be finalised after those ties in March. Only half of groups begin to play in March the other groupss start their campaigns in September.      

Boxing is in , official

Giovannini revealed that Ghiotto ran the 10,000 having lost a contact lens at the start and was losing his second lens in the race 

Tuesday March 18th, 2025 - Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +2)   13:00  Chinese Taipei  OT6 - 5  Belgium 16:30  Serbia  2 - 4  Australia 20:00  Spain  6 - 0  Bulgaria   Provisional Standing After Day 2:   1.    6 ------------------ 2.   4 3.   3 4.   3 5.   2 ------------------ 6.   0

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It is time for the most insane athletics event of the year, the conch has been blown and by now the cigarette has been lit, it's Barkleys time      

For now it is like this for me.

Easy enough to organise when the winners are picked by committee.