So USA has suddenly picked up a net gain of crude oil export for the first time since WWII. It seems like Trump has had a plan for this Iran war after all? Even Reuters is reporting on it.

Thursday April 16th, 2026 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2)   19:30   Australia  3 - 5  Slovenia   Provisional Standing After Day 4:   1.    6 ----------------- 2.   6  *Played 1 match more 3.   3 4.   2 5.    1  *Played 1 match more ----------------- 6.   Withdrawal - Relegated to Women´s Division II Group B WCh 2027

Spring Nationals, Day #3   men's 800m Free: Luca De Tullio, 7.47.60   women's 200m IM: Anita Gastaldi, 2.11.06; Chiara Della Corte, 2.11.58 (European Champs QT)   men's 200m IM: Jacopo Barbotti, 1.57.75; Alberto Razzetti, 1.57.76 (European Champs QT)   women's 100m Free: Sara Curtis, 53.40; Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.75 (PB, European Champs QT)   men's 100m Free: Carlos D'Ambrosio, 47.83; Alessandro Miressi, 48.46 (European Champs QT) as usual, the most expected and at the same time, the most disappointing race of the championship only 1 man below the 48-sec mark (and by not so much, after a letargic 1st split, 22.76 at the 50m turn), all the other guys well above the 48-sec mark...but we know that they will perform differently when it really matters   women's 1500m Free: Simona Quadarella, 15.55.89; Ginevra Taddeucci, 16.08.35 (European Champs QT)   men's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Thomas Ceccon, 53.17 and Michele Lamberti, 53.74 (Backstroke leg at the start); Simone Cerasuolo, 58.93 and Christian Mantegazza, 59.19 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Alberto Razzetti, 51.10 (Fly leg, internal); Carlos D'Ambrosio, 48.08 (Freestyle leg, internal)   women's 4*100m Medley Relay: best splits: Sara Curtis, 1.00.35 (Backstroke leg at the start); Anita Bottazzo, 1.06.18 and Lisa Angiolini, 1.06.84 (Breaststroke leg, internal); Anita Gastaldi, 58.65 (Fly leg, internal); Emma Virginia Menicucci, 53.37 and Chiara Tarantino, 53.98 (Freestyle leg, internal)     not the session I expected  only positive notes by Jacopo Barbotti in the men's 200 IM and by Emma Virginia Menicucci (improving herself twice in a day after a few tough months, following a bad car accident last December) in the women's 100m Free

Road to World Championship International Test Matches   Thursday 16th April, 2026 ---------------------------------   -    3-1  -    5-3  -  (Div. IA)  0-4  -    3-2 After OT

2026 World Taekwondo March G2 Tournaments   2026 US Open Championships - Las Vegas   Results (March 8, 2026)   G-2 Tournament   Men's -58kg: 1. Nicholas Hoefling 2. Paulo Melo 3. Erik Perez 3. Jeremi Weekes     Men's -68kg: 1. Cristian Olivero 2. Maikol Rodriguez 3. Jose Luis Acuña 3. Joao Victor Souza     Men's -80kg: 1. Henrique Marques Rodrigues 2. CJ Nickolas 3. Isaiah Young 3. Joaquin Churchill     * There was not +80kg class so im taking both 87kg.   Men's -87kg & +87kg: 1. Farzad Mansouri  (Refugee) (-87kg) / Kelen Bailey  (+87kg) 2. Thiago Joaquin Corro  (-87kg) / Carlos Sansores  (+87kg) 3. Hidenori Ebata  (-87kg) / Jordan Stewart  (+87kg) 3. Oscar Navarro  (-87kg) / Aiden Stilley  (+87kg)   Women's -49kg: 1. Andrea Ramirez 2. Oumaima Allassak 3. Josipa Kafadar 3. Andrea Mariana Zambrano     Women's -57kg: 1. Faith Dillon 2. Neshi Lee Lindo 3. Fabiola Guadalupe Villegas 3. Montana Miller     Women's -67kg: 1. Leslie Soltero 2. Gabrielle Beaulieu 3. Milena Titoneli 3. Claudia Gallardo     * There was not +67kg class so im taking both 73kg.   Women's -73kg & +73kg: 1. Crystal Weekes  (-73kg) / Naomi Alade  (+73kg) 2. Kylie Lewis  (-73kg) / Hannah Keck  (+73kg) 3. Chloe Chua  (-73kg) / Maelynn Emilee Fradl  (+73kg) 3. Alexandra Charron  (-73kg) / Raiany Pereira  (+73kg)   Complete Results     2026 Slovenia Open - Ljubljana   Results (March 8, 2026)   G-2 Tournament   Men's -58kg: 1. Kantemir Bitsuev   2. Bleron Ademi 3. Josip Teskera 3. Damir Guseinov     Men's -68kg: 1. Theo Lucien 2. Amir Vykov   3. Mateusz Chrzanowski 3. Emre Cavusman     Men's -80kg: 1. Artem Mytarev 2. Rustam Odinaev 3. Nedzad Husic 3. Stefan Takov     * There was not +80kg class so im taking both 87kg.   Men's -87kg & +87kg: 1. Szymon Piatkowski  (-87kg) / Rafail Aiukaev  (+87kg) 2. Vladislav Budin  (-87kg) / Vladislav Larin  (+87kg) 3. Josip Bilic Pavlinovic  (-87kg) / Pasko Bozic  (+87kg) 3. Faysal Sawadogo  (-87kg) / Ivan Sapina  (+87kg)   Women's -49kg: 1. Andrea Bokan   2. Supharada Atesli 3. Galina Medvedeva 3. Viktoriya Eremina     Women's -57kg: 1. Kseniia Zdor 2. Dominika Hronova 3. Nikolina Milic 3. Anastasia Rovithis     Women's -67kg: 1. Styliani Marentaki 2. Aleksandra Perisic 3. Doris Pole 3. Ruth Gbagbi     * There was not +67kg class so im taking both 73kg.   Women's -73kg & +73kg: 1. Anastasiia Kosmycheva  (-73kg) / Dagmara Haremza  (+73kg) 2. Nadica Bozanic  (-73kg) / Magdalena Matic  (+73kg) 3. Iveta Jirankova  (-73kg) / Kristina Adebaio  (+73kg) 3. Mila Mastelic  (-73kg) / Polina Shvedkova  (+73kg)   2026 Dutch Open - Eindhoven     Results (February 1-2, 2026)   G-2 Tournament   Men's -58kg: 1. Aristeidis Nikolaos Psarros 2. Alex de Dios  3. Luigi Antonio Elia 3. Cheng Kai   Men's -68kg: 1. Cristian Olivero Toro 2. Liang Yushuai 3. Matthew Howell 3. Cyrian Ravet     Men's -80kg: 1. Juan Antonio Milan Canovas 2. Gu Hongrui 3. Xiang Qizhang 3. Ioannis Papadopoulos     * There was not +80kg class so im taking both 87kg.   Men's -87kg & +87kg: 1. Sergio Troitino Amoedo  (-87kg) / Huang Yu-jen  (+87kg) 2. Meng Mingkuan  (-87kg) / Ivan Garcia Martinez  (+87kg) 3. Mehdi Abedini  (Refugee) (-87kg) / Yin Yushuai  (+87kg) 3. Chen Liang-hsi  (-87kg) / Matteo de Angelis  (+87kg)   Women's -49kg: 1. Fu Xiaolu 2. Adriana Cerezo Iglesias 3. Liu You-yun 3. Ma Jingyue     Women's -57kg: 1. Lin Wei-chun 2. Zhang Chuling 3. Nikol Lisowska 3. Roja Rezaie     Women's -67kg: 1. Styliani Marentaki 2. Vanessa Koerndl 3. Xing Jiani 3. Lena Moreno Reyes     * There was not +67kg class so im taking both 73kg.   Women's -73kg & +73kg: 1. Kimi Laurene Ossin  (-73kg) / Dagmara Haremza  (+73kg) 2. Helena Garcia Suarez  (-73kg) / Xu Lei  (+73kg) 3. Dunya Bushuaib A-Saber  (-73kg) / Lorena Brandl  (+73kg) 3. Song Jie  (-73kg) / Aleksandra Kowalczuk  (+73kg)  

Disappointed. I wanted tickets for BMX, 3x3, beach volleyball and athletics. Sadly there were no tickets for BMX and 3x3. Athletics and beach volley way too expensive for me.   I will focus on 2030 Winter Olympics again.

however, once again the Weightliftiong Europeans are a 2nd tier event, with many withdrawals and still the old weight classes, which will be changed for the Worlds in China in Autumn     will enter only 2 men (Massidda in the -65kg and Ficco in the -88kg) and 8 women (but not all the top lifters)

Friday April 17th, 2026 - Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +2)   13:00   Great Britain vs Netherlands 16:30   Kazakhstan vs South Korea  20:00   Latvia vs Spain

Friday April 17th, 2026 - Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +2)   12:30   France vs China 16:00   Hungary vs Italy 19:30   Slovakia vs Norway

Thursday April 16th, 2026 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +3)   12:30   Croatia  3 - 2  Great Britain 16:00   Spain  2 - 9  Japan 19:30   Romania  2 - 4  China   Provisional Standing After Day 4:   1.    12  Promoted to Men´s U18 Division I Group B WCh 2027 ----------------- 2.   9 3.   6 4.   6 5.   3 ----------------- 6.   0  Relegated to Men´s U18 Division II Group B WCh 2027