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For a long term bet contest: Biathlon 1- Excluding relays, A. Kuzmina will start in at least one race during season 2019/20 (World Cup + WCH) [YES - 10]

The budget was needed to plan more mixed team events.

Nastya what a noble gesture and sacrifice for Slovak biathlon ! Even if she will finish her individual career next weekend in Oslo. She will apparently continue one more year but only in relays in order to help our biathlon to make sure and field relays at major events, while in meantime our biathlon federation will continue to search a 4th girl !!! she said it to our National TV

Well it's pretty much the same in the UK (if not worse, due to the never-ending Brexit saga) and they are 15th happiest in the world

and it´s over HC Košice lost the 6th match in Poprad 4-2 and the whole series 4-2 as well. Congrats to Poprad, they remains our nemesis... Another disapointing season for us, especially sad for our former NHL star Ladislav Nagy who wanted to finish his career with the national champion title he never won with his birth city Košice let´s hope he´ll have a better and much happier feelings after his very last ice hockey tournament in his career in May with our NT in his beloved Košice. However, all quarterfinals series are over and we already know the semifinals pairings.The reigning champions and regular season winners Banská Bystrica will face now Poprad and Zvolen will face Nitra who eliminated Trenčín tonight also 4-2 in the series winning the 6th game in the Pavol Demitra stadium in Trenčín Quarterfinals Semifinals

Then again, there are places where people can't complain.

I don't know curling is popular in Saudi

it's not in but imagine in the presidential palace

haha, yes good point, but no, this time it looks trustworthy. Believe me, I´d be the first to be super happy if she´ll decide to compete (despite the fact she is former Russia, she is really considered as our national sports hero and is very popular here based on her various statements about Slovakia and how she is grateful this country helped her and offered her and to her family their new home and sports career possibilities, and ofc she is by far the most successful slovak winter olympian, and still our only winter olympic champion in history if we don´t count Ondrej Nepela who won gold in Sapporo 1972 for Czechoslovakia) but I think this time it´s already over, remember she wanted to finish after PyeongChang but our federation managed to persuade her to continue one more year, this time she said it´s over. but she wants to show her gratitude for Slovakia and our biathlon once more and want and will try to help the relays

How can this happen?!

Well, Central Asian countries are run like private companies, so no surprise there.

Self-fappery knows no limits in certain countries.

For the 1999 RWC, only 3 teams were allready qualified from the previous WC (today, it's 12) The likes of England, Scotland, Australia had to go through qualifiqation matches. Some matches were not that competitive.

Alaine Chartrand has no hobbies.

i voted

and the Playoffs Preliminary Round is over also in Sweden and Finland... in the SHL, it only took 2 games to both reigning champions Växjö Lakers and HV71 to beat their rivals... Växjö won 3-2 (after OT) at home and 4-2 on the road against Örebro HK, meanwhile HV71 took care of Rögle BK by winning 4-1 at home and 4-3 (after OT) on the road...therefore, no decisive games #3 were needed... on Thursday, March 22nd, the SHL quarterfinals (best-of-7 series) will start with these pairings: Färjestad BK vs HV 71 Luleå HF vs Växjö Lakers HC meanwhile on Friday, March 23rd, the remaining 2 series will start: Frölunda HC vs IF Malmö Redhawks Djurgårdens IF vs Skellefteå AIK in the Finnish Liiga, instead, both series of the Preliminary Round went to the decisive game #3...and in both cases the home ice advantage played a decisive role... so, the 2 teams that qualified for the quarterfinals are Lukko (2-1 in the series against JYP, 4-1 the result of game #3) and Ilves Tampere (2-1 the series against SaiPa, 4-2 the final score of game #3)... the Liiga Quarterfinals (best-of-7 series) will start tomorrow, March 21st, with the first 2 pairings: Pelicans Lahti vs HIFK Helsinki TPS Turku vs HPK Hämeenlinna the remaining 2 series, instead, will start on Friday, March 22nd: Kärpät Oulu vs Ilves Tampere Tappara Tampere vs Lukko Rauma p.s. last night, "my" Ambrì-Piotta was eliminated (1-4 the series score) by HC Bienne/Biel in the quarterfinals of the Swiss NLA...I'm so sad....I just can't stop crying...

Fabbrizi has missed 6 shots out of 30, Yu only 5...they weren't tied at that mark...

A chemical company, that'll be good for their reputation

Deceuninck - Quick-Step has a new sponsor?

Ahmed Zaher is the 2nd Egyptian ever to win a medal in Shooting WC after Azmy Mehelba in Skeet

Correction in live score... that's a good thing, but the need to make this correction is a bad thing.

He's riding for the best team

Canada led USA 6-3 after five ends and conceded 6-13 after the 8th. That must be the biggest Canadian collapse in curling ever?

Marek Hamšík won tonight for the 8th time the Slovak football player of the year award. 2nd finished Milan Škriniar (Inter Milano) and 3rd Stanislav Lobotka of Celta Vigo

Final Standing available here Werloc SteveParker Kirkpatrick First place on the very first day with the only perfect prediction during the contest and, finally, rising up to the top at the end! Congrats @Werloc on gold medal! @SteveParker breaks the ice for team Italy and completes a very successful day for Italy at World Championships as well! Well done I think @Kirkpatrick wasn't on the podium at any point, but with greatest score on the final day wins his first ever medal in prediction contests! Congratulation @Federer91 was very close, one point was decisive. Special thanks goes to @wumo26 for being very helpful Thank you everyone who participated, we'll have a short break from prediction contests and will be back with Ice Hockey World Championships.

See this? This is the Pont des Trous/Gatenbrug in Tournais/Doornik in Belgium. Well over 700 years old, built in the 13th century (most) and one of only three remaining bridges of it's kind in the world Sure, the British blew up the middle part in WW2 as part of an escape, but it got rebuild and is standing proud. Next winter they're going to demolish/destroy the whole thing, 'because otherwise big enough ships can't pass through' x200000