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Tickets bought for the final medal round match in Herning and the finals!

2018 season has just gone, but 2019 is already knocking at the door... ready for a "new" Karate? well, even if the Olympic qualification pathway is already underway, the upcoming year will give us a completely new, revolutionary world of Karate competitions... 2 are the major changes that will surely impact big time the future of the sport: first, the women's Kumite bouts from now will last 3 minutes like the men's (alleluja! it was time! ); second, Kata competitions will have a totally new electronic scoring system, clearly inspired by figure skating, gymnastics and that kind of disciplines...system based only on the individual performance and not anymore on direct match-ups between the participating athletes... not sure what to think about it...if we get a bit less unfair judging, it's more than welcome, but I don't trust sports judges in any case (it doesn't matter if they are 5 with blue and red flags in their hands or if they are 14, writing their opinion with a small number on a PC )...so, let's wait and see what's coming with this new thing... p.s. and the competition format will also change accordingly to the new system, of course... more details in the WKF press release, which I'm posting just below these lines... 'WKF competition rules amended ahead of crucial year for Karate As Karate is getting closer and closer to making its anticipated debut in the sports programme of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the competition rules for both Kata and Kumite will see significant amendments being introduced next season. The duration of bouts in female Kumite and a modernised judging system for Kata will be among the main updates to be applied by the World Karate Federation. The new year will not only bring an event-filled season of first-class Karate; Starting January 1st, the regulations of top Karate competitions will be updated to further strengthen the appeal and relevance of Karate's main events in the build-up of the introduction of the sport in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Following a long-time request from competitors and major stakeholders alike, the duration of Kumite bouts will be adjusted so both Male and Female encounters will have the same length. Therefore, from January 1st, both Male and Female Kumite bouts will last three (3) minutes, thus increasing the duration of clashes of Female Kumite from two to three minutes. ELECTRONIC JUDGING SYSTEM INTRODUCED IN KATA Aiming to streamline Kata competitions, the WKF will introduce a modernised judging system for the category of choreographed movements. Accordingly, the decision-taking protocol by flags will now be replaced by a point-allocation system. With the new procedure, technical and athletic performances will be examined. A panel formed by seven judges will evaluate the performances, and scores will be given according to the technical and athletic presentation of the Katas. The system will automatically eliminate the two highest and two lowest scores for both criteria; the total amount of points will be calculated following a breakdown of 70% for technical performance and 30% for athletic performance. The evaluation for technical performance includes aspects such as stances, transitional movements, timing, “Kime” and conformance, while the athletic performance will be reviewed according to strength, speed and balance. All the competitors participating in a Kata event will be divided into pools of eight karatekas, with the four competitors getting the highest scores moving into the next round. Athletes with lesser points will be eliminated until only two groups of eight competitors remain. At this stage, the top three competitors from both pools will qualify for the final bouts, with the second and third-ranked karatekas from each group competing for bronze and the two top athletes clashing for gold. In the event that competitors obtain the same number of points, the tie should be resolved by executing an additional kata to determine which competitor goes into the next round. The amended judging system will be applied to both individual and team Kata competitions. In the case of the team kata events, the duration of the medal bouts will also be modified. The time limit of katas in the team categories for medal bouts will be reduced to five minutes thus aiming to further increase the dynamism and excitement of the tremendously popular category of choreographed movements by teams.'

23-24 February 2019 African Championships - African Qualifying Competition, Cairo (EGY) 27-30 June 2019 2019 World Cup Final (Tokyo, JPN) 6-11 August 2019 European Championships, European Qualifying Competition (Bath, GBR) 26 July – 11 August 2019 Pan-American Games – Pan-American Qualifying Competition (Lima, PER) 2-9 September 2019 2019 UIPM World Championships (Budapest, HUN) 11-21 November 2019 Asian Championships - Asian Qualifying Competition, Kunming (CHN) May 2020 2020 UIPM World Championships (Xiamen, CHN)

Americas Continental Qualification Regatta, 2-5 April 2020 Rio de Janeiro 3-6 October 2019 African Continental Qualification Regatta, Tunis, Tunisia.

Yesterday night (but probably today again, and tomorrow when we're visiting the whole family ), with the main part being a good-sized barbecued piece of picanha @vinipereira @thiago_simoes There was also some salad, green beans wrapped in bacon, carpaccio for starters and some sort of potatoes baked in the oven. And 'bell pepper soup' which is not the favourite of someone like me who does not like bell pepper

2018 was a year to remember for me in terms of sports. It started of with me attending the Olympics, a dream I have had since I was 9! The World Cup brought some good matches and overall we have had some solid moments in sports this year. The year before the [Summer] Olympics is usually considered the busiest of the quadrennial, so here is hoping to more action next year!

Karimi turned down so many offers from Europe. he just wanted easy money in UAE. he went to Bayern only because he was under huge pressure here for being lazy and not being ambitious. he just wanted to show he can play in biggest leagues and biggest teams. he had a good start actually but got injured and never came back properly. only if Karimi had half of Daei's passion for the game or his determination ... lol on that match I was on the other side oh come on, Italy hit the post twice by Gilardino and Zambrotta . Germany had few chances playing at home but Italy deserved it more. btw I posted Iran 23-man squad for the Asian Cup in Iran national thread. Jahanbakhsh is in but Gholizadeh and Ezzatollahi are going to miss the tournament.

I absolutely hate these last week of december/first week of january. I'm on vacation so I have lots of time to watch tv yet there is NOTHING interesting to watch. Only european league matches which I don't really care about and some garbage tennis tournaments. Ok, back to watching series I guess...

today is December 26th...which means that the Spengler Cup and the Junior Worlds begin their respective journey... I'm speaking of Hockey, of course... so, my daily schedule is filled with the first 2 games of the Spengler Cup ( Ocelari Trinec vs Metallurg Magnitogorsk and HC Davos vs Team Canada) on the Swiss public TV RSI-La2 HD and the World Junior Champs opener ( Czech Republic vs Switzerland) on the Czech public TV CT Sport HD... in between, I also watched some Italian Serie A soccer (Atalanta vs Juventus) on a Sky Italia TV channel...

c'mon, man! example #1 is not even a penalty! never!!! example #2 to me is also a no penalty, but I could accept a 2-min minor if the charging player comes really from behind (not from the front or the side of the opponent getting hit)... example #3...2-min minor, not more than that (5-min major -and no game misconduct...I'll never understand why a 5-min penalty must go together with a game-penalty - only if the hit comes from the blind side, which is not the case of that example)...the match penalty must be given only if the hit comes from behind and smashes a player with his face against the boards (because that's really dangerous)... basically, with rules like this one, someone like the great Scott Stevens would have never had a chance to start a hockey career, instead of being one of the best defencemen ever (and one of the dirtiest players ever, I must admit)... bye-bye ice hockey...welcome "field hockey on the ice" (or women's hockey played by men, if you prefer)...

Meh...winning competitions should be more important than setting a world record in a minor meeting.

TEAM FINLAND Goaltenders: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sudbury Wolves, OHL) Filip Lindberg (Massachusetts, NCAA) Defenders: Oskari Laaksonen (Ilves Tampere) Toni Utunen (Tappara Tampere) Urho Vaakanainen (Boston Bruins, NHL) Henri Jokiharju (Chicago Blackhawks, NHL) Otto Latvala (HPK Hämeenlinna) Ville Heinola (Lukko Rauma) Fowards: Aleksi Heponiemi (Kärpät Oulu) Samuli Vainionpää (Ilves Tampere) Teemu Engberg (HIFK Helsinki) Rasmus Kupari (Kärpät Oulu) Eeli Tolvanen (Nashville Predators, NHL ) Santeri Virtanen (SaiPa Lappeenranta) Linus Nyman (Lukko Rauma ) Kaapo Kakko (TPS Turku) Aarne Talvitie (Penn State NCAA, ) Jesse Ylönen (Pelicans Lahti ) Sami Moilanen (Tappara Tampere) Anton Lundell (HIFK Helsinki )

Updates about Continental Qualification Tournaments: Oceanian Qualifiers will be held on 29 February 2020 in Gold Coast, Asian Qualifiers will take place on April 10-12 2020 in Wuxi, , confirming my idea that no other place in entire Asia is able to host a Taekwondo competition, apart, maybe, from Tokyo venue that will probably be completed the day before the first day of competition. Beside irony, no news about Europe, African and PanAmerican qualifiers.

now you can vote for all star game https://vote.nba.com/#/ dont forget Luka Dončič

L'Equipe: Men: Women

November 2019 Asian Continental Qualification Tournament: Asian Archery Championships (Bangkok – THA) 20-26 April 2020 Pan American and Parapan American Championchips (Mexico) - American Continental Qualification Tournament June 2020 Final Qualification Tournaments (FTQT and FIQT) (Berlin – GER)

Today i have a lot of time, so we can analyze team by team, for a good prediction...(sorry for my english... ) WATERPOLO M Probabily, 7 european team will be qualified. What are there? Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Montenegro, Spain, Greece...no more. 90% confirmed. WATERPOLO W 10 team for tokyo, 4 for europe. A little bit more diffucult, but not impossible. 5 team for 4 spots, for me. So, 75% VOLLEY M 2 chance: Italy-Serbia, and an european tournament with France and Bulgaria for one spot. Italian team is poor, without wing speakers. But versus Serbia, in Italy, are on 30% i think, and another 40% with no so strong France. Here my 45% VOLLEY F c'mon, silver world championship i think can beat Ned... and in case of loss ther will be another torunament with Tur and AZE. 65% is not certainly optimistic... FOOTBALL M 4 from european champioship, in Italy. We need second in first round, 'cause probabily england will be in semifinal. Terrible draw, i know, but depends witch players will be called up. With Donnarumma, Chiesa, Cutrone, we have good chanches. Without them, we have no chanches. 30% after draw. FOOTBALL W first three european team at world cup 2019. We need many gook luck. We will pass at 8/F. Here, all depends from draw.... We have to pass at 4/f with no more of 3 europena teams .... i hope in a wonderful GER/SWE in 8/F, NED/JAP is possible... BASKET M 7 temas diretly at tokyo via world cup 2019. Only 2 for europe. Impossible. But, 16 next team to the olympic qualification tournaments. With? Italy is now a good team without a center. HAckett, Mannion, Vitali, Belinelli Della Valle, Datome, Gentile, Brooks, Melli, Gallinari, X. 1%? uhm.... BASKET F 6 berth for qualifyng torunament from eurobasket women. 3 spots for every tournament. We have a great team... BASKET 3x3. Italy have a great chance. 2020 FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Any NOC that has had a men's or women's team play in the basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics or basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournaments is ineligible for the UOQT, so we will play with Andorra, Mongolia.... BASEBALL M Depends, who will play? Hockey F Japan wins the asiam games, so another spot is free. 7 single match (a/r) will decided. Probabily, match will be with New Zealand or Spain. Difficult? Sure. Impossible? nothing.

It's not how it works To be a champion you don't need to beat everyone, just nobody can defeat you But ok, you hate that kind of thing and there is nothing I can do with it

It should be ok now, anyway keep in mind you can always change the language of the website (as you said just the buttons, not the content of course) from the bottom part of each page. So if in the future you want to learn some more Italian you can change it again

Yeah my Arabic isn't that bad Karimi was a great player and probably the best player we ever had but he also wasted his talent because of laziness and his stubborn personality. bad luck ? no we are just bad at controlling emotions. we won couple of matches on penalties in 3rd place matches when there is no pressure. in those 5 matches, in two of them we were down to 10 men early in the match and I understand they couldn't go all attack but there is one thing the other 3 matches have in common which is unbelievable. in 1984, 1996 and 2007 our STUPID coaches changed the GK in 120th minute only for the penalties and that never worked. they were OK with the draw and penalties even though Iran was the better team in all of those matches and had to push more for the winning goal. one of the matches I never forgot is Italy-Germany in 2006, Lippi knew his chance will be very slim against Germans on the penalties, he replaced Camoranesi with Iaquinta and Perrotta with Del Piero in extra time. playing 4 strikers in extra time against Germany when the score is 0-0 was too risky but that's the difference between great coaches and average coward coaches.

the same here in Italy... Christmas is pretty much a Family festivity with religious and goodwill Spirit all around... New Year's Eve is definitely a friends and fun festivity...no difference if you stay at home or if you go out for dinner and the following activities (open air concerts and fireworks in the main square of each city rather than to the "Eighties' fashion" trip to a discoteque)... p.s my Christmas lunch "entry" dish http://www.vissanasalumi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img.jpg tortellini (stuffed with ham) with Pachino tomatoes sausage https://ips.plug.it/cips/buonissimo.org/cms/2012/02/tortellini-al-sugo.jpg?w=713&a=c&h=407 some fruit (fresh mango and mixed dried fruit) https://www.greenme.it/immagini/mangiare/alimentazione-salute/mango.jpg http://www.teatronaturale.it/media/img/cibo/2017/mix_frutta_secca.jpg and finally, Panettone and Spumante (the Italian kind of Champagne, but better, imho ) http://www.marraweb.it/mw/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/panettone_tradizionale.jpg http://cantinedelcerro.it/web/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/spumante.jpg p.p.s. now I just can't get through my house's doors anymore...

My mom put a lot of effort into these hedgehog-looking cookies so forgive me for spamming.

To motivate his players, the captain of the European Ryder Cup team, Thomas Bjorn, had promised them that he would get a tattoo if they beat USA. It ended with a Ryder cup victory for Team Europe, and here about three months later, Bjorn has kept his promise. He must really regret he made this promise.

Most families in America get up between 5-7 AM to up presents, though some open up one present each the night before. The food prepared in my family is ham, turkey, assorted potato dishes, chocolates, and other candies. My family has coffee and homemade (from a box) cinnamon rolls. Some American Midwest families hide a pickle and the first person to find it gets an extra present. Many families listen to Christmas music and go look at Christmas lights. My family will play games later tonight. I you have any other questions, I’d be glad to answer @DaniSRB

Vec je bilo najava ali sada i zvanicno Srbija dobila prvog takmičara u FIS disciplini Skijaških skokova!

+ Laura Zeng + Nikolai Kuksenkov + Andrey Krylov

Hong Su Jong had troubles by the age later, but it was responsability of PRK federation, so both team (WAG and MAG) were banned. Hong Un Jong(The twin of Hong Su Jong) who could win easily a medal in Vault in London, Kim Kuk Hyang a really nice beam worker, Cha Yong Hwa a very talented bars specialist, They lost the chance for get a spot like team in London. Sad...They were before banned because Kim Gwang Suk's fake age. This time was just WAG.

I don't think he had any doping violation around Rio, as far as I remember it was just the thing about being sent home due to being an idiot, no tests or something.

Mexico is selected as 2019 Annual TISC host After their bid was selected yesterday as the new host 2019 Totallympics International Song Contest, Mexico is making early plans to host the prestigious music competition. Being the first country to receive the annual edition five years ago, also as a replacement of original hosts, this time around the organizing committee is better prepared to take on the task. “We have the strong duty to make 2019 TAISC edition one to remember”, explained bid CEO mrv86 “After all, two other deserving countries showed potential of being excellent hosts, so there’s a reason to do things not only right, but as spectacular as we can.” “Five years ago, we could only imagine the enormous impact this contest would have; one edition after the other, we have seen dedication of so many people in organizing a beautiful show and welcoming the World to their respective culture. In many ways, this supports our bid motto: music does not have borders of any kind.” “I personally would like to thank all the demonstrations of support received so far. It will be a pleasure to welcome you to the city of Guadalajara, and share with you our music, heritage and traditions, as I’m sure each of you will do with your song selections. Without much further to add, except the promise to deliver a show worthy of each one of you, I’d like to present once more: México” Mexico... the country you thought you knew Excerpt from Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Marquez Guadalajara, host city of 2019 Totallympics Song Contest

Women's Individual Quota Qualification Event Notes Australia Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Marina Carrier Belarus Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Anastasiya Prokopenko Belarus Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2019 Volha Silkina Brazil Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Maria Chaves Guimaraes China Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Zhang Mingyu China UIPM Olympic Ranking Zhang Xiaonan Cuba Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Leydi Moya Ecuador Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Lourdes Marcela Cuaspud Egypt Modern Pentathlon CAPM African Championships 2019 Morsy Haydy Egypt UIPM Olympic Ranking Amira Kandil France Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2021 Elodie Clouvel France Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Marie Oteiza Germany Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Annika Schleu Germany UIPM Olympic Ranking Rebecca Langrehr Great Britain Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Kate French Great Britain UIPM Olympic Ranking Joanna Muir Hungary Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2021 Michelle Gulyas Hungary Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Sarolta Kovacs Ireland Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Natalya Coyle Italy Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2019 Elena Micheli Italy UIPM Olympic Ranking Alice Sotero Japan UIPM Olympic Ranking Rena Shimazu Japan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Natsumi Takamiya Kazakhstan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Elena Potapenko Lithuania Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Cup 2019 (Final) Laura Asadauskaite Lithuania Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Gintare Venckauskaite Mexico Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Mariana Arceo Mexico UIPM Olympic Ranking Maryan Oliver Poland UIPM Olympic Ranking Anna Maliszewska Russia Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Uliana Batashova Russia UIPM Olympic Ranking Gulnaz Gubaydullina South Korea Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Kim Se-Hee South Korea UIPM Olympic Ranking Kim Sun-Woo Turkey UIPM Olympic Ranking Ilke Ozyuksel United States Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Samantha Schultz Uzbekistan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Alise Fakhrutdinova

Men's Individual Quota Qualification Event Notes Argentina Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Sergio Villamayor Australia Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Edward Fernon Austria UIPM Olympic Ranking Gustav Gustenau Belarus UIPM Olympic Ranking Ilya Palazkov Chile Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Esteban Bustos China Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Luo Shuai China UIPM Olympic Ranking Li Shuhuan Cuba Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Lester del Rosario Czech Republic UIPM Olympic Ranking Jan Kuf Czech Republic Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Martin Vlach Egypt Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2021 Ahmed Elgendy Egypt Modern Pentathlon CAPM African Championships 2019 Ahmed Hamed France Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2019 Valentin Belaud France Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Valentin Prades Germany Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Patrick Dogue Germany UIPM Olympic Ranking Fabian Liebig Great Britain Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Cup 2019 (Final) Joseph Choong Great Britain Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 James Cooke Guatemala Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Charles Fernandez Hungary Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Robert Kasza Hungary Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2021 Adam Marosi Japan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Shohei Iwamoto Kazakhstan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Pavel Ilyashenko Latvia UIPM Olympic Ranking Pavel Svecovs Lithuania Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Justinas Kinderis Mexico UIPM Olympic Ranking Duilio Carrillo Mexico UIPM Olympic Ranking Alvaro Sandoval Poland Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Lukasz Gutkowski Poland UIPM Olympic Ranking Sebastian Stasiak Russia Modern Pentathlon ECMP European Championships 2019 Alexander Lifanov South Korea Modern Pentathlon UIPM World Championships 2019 Jun Woong-Tae South Korea Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Jung Jin-Hwa Spain UIPM Olympic Ranking Alex Heredia Vives Ukraine UIPM Olympic Ranking Pavlo Tymoshchenko United States Modern Pentathlon at the Pan American Games 2019 Emro El-Geziry Uzbekistan Modern Pentathlon AMPC Asian/Oceanian Championships 2019 Alexander Savkin