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Only once, WC 2006 Round of 16. Oleksandr Shovkovskiy was until today the only GK to stop all penalties in the shoot-out - 3-0

Congrats Morocco , 1st Arab Nation reach WC Quarterfinals

I am super stoked! First, a gymnast from an Arab nation wins a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, now an Arab nation beats former world champion Spain. Yes! We need more diversity in sports. I hope Morocco at least wins a medal here. It will be difficult, but nothing is impossible now.

I would love to see Morocco, Brazil and Argentina in semifinals :D!!!

Spain are basically a team of crabs playing football today Sideways. Sideways always sideways...

Just noticed that the quarterfinal draw is really perfect. They've spread the four GOAT players over the four quarterfinals: - has Neymar Jr - has Ronaldo - has Mbappe - has Messi Cody Gakpo

Wait, ESP - MAR started boring sure, but how did people stay bored? I was on the edge of my seat for the last hour or so before the penalties

Now I remember... I rooted for that Swiss team. Most of all because I thought Barnetta had such a cool name - Tranquillo.

Where is Spanish match? I can only see Man City vs Morocco on my tv

Always find difficult to take serious someone whose name is just a combination of Dum(b) and fries.

It’s just for the day, I’ll be back to the border as soon as I can haha

First hattrick of the WC ... was about time... I want EURO qualifiers redraw

First KO phase goal since the 5 goals in 1954 to Austria (yes, they still lost the match 5-7, crazy black&white TV times)

Looks like Spanish players were watching la casa de papel and elite rather than doing their homework

Ok. 1 hour to the next game, this ultra-boring one fatigued me more than it is possible... so by the words of a classic ... so time to zzzzz a bit, see ya in a hour

Congrats to Morocco!

Adiós, ! Mabrouk, !

Fun Fact: In all last 7 penalties at WC always won the team who was kicking as the second team

So I guess Spain didn't lose on purpose after all.

I agree. Other good candidates could be: 1) Bronze medal in the marathon in Athens 2004. Especially with that occurrence of that Irishman. 2) Volleyball is Brazil's main sport in the Olympics, so it's a little obvious that the main moments are from this sport. Another not mentioned is the famous Los Angeles 1984 silver medal. 3) Gold in men's football in 2016, which was remembered because at the time Brazil had never won a gold in the sport and the defeat in the World Cup by Germany was still recent. 4) The opening of the 2016 Olympic Games, for obvious reasons. I don't remember any others, honestly.

Fun fact: since the world title in 2010 won in the next 10 matches at WC only 3 ! (against here, against in 2018 and against in 2014)

Very hard to say but i think the gold medal in volleyball in 1992 is the most remembered one

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But there is other good news today. Le Grand Bornand got the green light from the IBU thanks to numerous truckloads of snow from the mountains. Nevertheless, there is still a lot of work ahead of the organizers. Thus, there should be quite a folk festival again, even if it should be a bit more wintry outside .

The Previous 3 lost in heartbreak way , will morocco break the tie or they'll be destroyed like Switzerland let's wait and see

Denzel Dumfries eats Messi for breakfast, then has Neymar as lunch and finishes it off with Mbappé for dinner. Burp.

Congratulations, anyway! Brilliant performance today. Tomorrow sport papers in your country will be rightfully full of football. Guys like Nelson Evora has to wait again! 😉

Looks like snow will be on the way. I am 95% sure I will be there on Saturday for the Pursuits!

Hat-trick for Ramos. The future is now.

Quite weird fun fact but in all their 4 previous Round of 16 at the WC never scored a single goal... streak still alive

This is the best thing Portugal stole from Brazil since the gold from 300 years ago

61 French players in 10 teams at this WC, papers say here https://www.sport.pl/mundial/7,154361,29229505,niewiarygodne-jeden-kraj-wyslal-61-pilkarzy-na-ms-2022-graja.html

Honestly he has such a god position in Portugal that i don’t think anyone believed that. Even newspapers just printed “today is Ronaldo + 10”. I’m glad that he did it though. I hope we don’t loose otherwise he’ll be “see, I told you so” forever

I remember a terrible penalty shoot in euro 2000 I think , between Italy and Netherlands , where everyone missed or something like that

Hahaha, if you take penalties like Spain did, you truly deserve this What's with those idiotic players nowadays who don't run for a penalty, but take some half-ass steps and weakly move the ball towards the goal? Surely they don't want to score then?

Well that was anticlimactic... Luis Enrique should be fired on the spot for having this play with these players. Spain losing on penalties is so normal historically.

North Africa in 1/4 wooo woo wooo

Spain vs Japan penalties must be fun to watch

I only see San Marino vs Portugal. i guess it's now or never for the Sammarinese.

Ideal match to try the mute option of my TV

Basically we're talking about the TV age because nothing before that is "remembered" but for a long time, Ronnie Delany winning gold in the 1500m in Melbourne 1956 was Ireland's last gold medal so it was very high up in the sporting consciousness Anyway, here's my suggestions for 1) Katie Taylor winning gold in 2012. In the views of Irish people, and supported by plenty outside of Ireland, there would be no Olympic boxing without her. She is still Ireland's most popular athlete as she tops the pro ranks too 2) Sonia O'Sullivan's Olympic roller-coaster. 4th in 1992, she was red hot favourite in 1996 having overcome the Chinese wave. Some thought she just had to show up to win. Illness ruined those chances and it took a while for her to recover any form. Her silver in Sydney in 2000 was a national relief and she absolutely deserved at least one Olympic medal for an amazing career. Irish people *love* a redemption story and Sonia wore every bit of her omtion on her sleeve 3) Paul O'Donovan (and friends). Paul and Gary O'Donovan gained worldwide recognition for their after race interviews in 2016 on their way to Silver in Rio. 5 years later, Fintan McCarthy had replaced Gary and the Irish lightweight double was unbeatable. Paul is a star and one of only 3 Irish men to win medals at two games 4) John Treacy winning silver in the Marathon in 1984. Mainly because of an amazing piece of commentary from RTE's JImmy Magee who listed every Irish medalist until then as Treacy ran the final 100m. The clip was used a lot when I was growing up and still pops up all the time on sporting montages 5) Michael Carruth wins gold in 1992. Boxing has always had a special place in the Irish consciousness and it has been our most successful Olympic sport 9and continues to be so) but Carruth winning gold was the first time for boxing and indeed the first time since 1956 for Ireland in any sport. Michelle Smith winning 3 golds in 1996 was obviously massive at the time but she's rarely mentioned now...

in Curling, maybe...

I posted this a couple of weeks ago, there was in Slovakia a guy who bet 44 matches with an eventual win of 300.000 EUR When his match results started turning green one by one until it reached consecutive correctly predicted 22 matches, he decided to not risk anymore and returned (sold) the ticket back to the betting company for 4.000 EUR ... Imagine that, later he found out that he correctly predicted also all the remaining games I would jump out of the window in his place

I believe Brady passed Manning for most comebacks in the 4th quarter. It's like the Bucs played garbage for 55 minutes just to pull that. And the Saints with a big choke.

Romania: 1. Montreal 1976 - Nadia Comaneci gets the first 10 in history in artistic gymnastics 2. Munich 1972 - Ivan Patzaichin - in the qualifying race for the 1972 Munich Olympics, when during the race, immediately after the start, his paddle was broken. Given that the referees did not stop the race (according to the rules), he had to continue rowing and finished the race to the applause of the spectators, and then, in the final, he won the Olympic gold, at the end of a race he dominated unappealable. 3. Sydney 2000 - Simona Amanar's vault. The Amanar vault (roundoff onto the springboard, back handspring onto the table and a flip done with two and a half twists in the layout position before landing) is so difficult that it carries a score half a point higher than most other vaults in the Code of Points. 4. London 2012 - Alin Moldoveanu won gold in shooting. Totally unexpected and very surprising for Romania. 5. Beijing 2008 - Constantina Dita-Tomescu won the women's gold in marathon race. Maybe the most surprising gold medal in Romanian history.

Qatar Cleaners when seeing Japan go home

World Team Challenge will be back at "Schalke" this year in Gelsenkirchen on 28.12: Denise Herrmann-Wick / Benedikt Doll Vanessa Voigt / Philipp Nawrath Julia Simon / Fabien Claude Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer Lisa Theresa Hauser / Felix Leitner Mari Eder / Tero Seppala Marketa Davidova / Michal Krcmar Lena Häcki-Gross / Joshua Burkhalter Julia Dzhima / Dmytro Pidruchniy One team is still missing!

part 4, up to Today... Vancouver 2010, wonderful Games, great atmosphere, exciting competitions. but very few Italian success. however, the first memory unfortunately is avery sad one, the death of the Georgian luger Kumaritashvili during the training sessions of the men's singles. apart from that, my personal highlights were Giuliano Razzoli saving the face for us, Pittin's first ever Italian medal in Nordic Combined, the first individual medal won by Arianna Fontana in Short Track Speedskating, Sven Kramer missing out "in style" on an already secured gold medal in the men's 10k in Speedskating and the amazing gold medal match in the men's Ice Hockey torunement between and London 2012, finally, the Summer Olympics back to a favourable time zone. the beginning of a new era, with a truly comprehensive coverage of basically any event...a true orgasm for all those fans always abused by the linear tv channels broadcasts not showing anything of most disciplines. fun fact, the first official day of competitions was also my birthday...and what could have been a better present than a clean sweep in women's Foil and the amazing, unexpected gold medal in the men's team Archery? then, Niccolò Campriani and Jessica Rossi in Shooting, Carlo Molfetta in Taekwondo, the very first Open Water Swimming events, some of the best Athletics competitions ever...and unfortnantely also the Boxing scandals, back to the Seoul & Barcelona times. finally, even if at the time it wasn't an argument, have to re-think also to some of those wonderful competitions in Athletics and Weightlifting, which have been later discovered to be a cheat fest. and this is something that really makes my memories of those Olympic Games so bitter. Sochi 2014, doping, doping, doping and again doping. and the shameful 0 gold medals won by Italy. all this, makes those Games something to forget as soon as possible, as I can't enjoy anymore even those few things that at the time were somehow exciting. Rio 2016, for me, the end of an era. the last Olympics I could watch together with my mum (not that she was interested in any sport, but she's always been trolling around to keep my enthusiasm within acceptable measure) the Games themselves were great, with so many exciting events. From Swimming (Paltrinieri's Gold over the men's 1500m Free, the last ride of Michael Phelps, Katinka at her best, the Open Water races in front of the Copacabana Beach) to Beach Volleyball (the stadium on the beach, but also the silver medal won by Nicolai/Lupo), from Judo (Fabio Basile and his surprising gold medal in the men's -66kg) to Cycling (Viviani winning an amazing Omnium event in a direct matchup vs Cavendish on the track above all), from Shooting (the celebration of Niccolò Campriani as the best Rifle specialist ever, the almost clean sweep of the Shotgun events) to wrestling (Frank Chamizo putting Italy back on the map of this sport, but also the Russian Tank, Abdulrashid Sadulaev and the unbelievable protest of the Mongolian coach and his famous striptease on the mat). Everything was amazing, but that veil of sadness connected to my personal situation still hits the deepest part of my heart when I recall those Games' memories. Pyeongchang 2018, as I wrote before, the first Games of a new personal era. no more enthusiasm as before, and moreover a "difficult" timezone, snowsports events penalized by the weather and the venues. it's been difficult to follow those Games. among the few highlights, the 3 great ladies of our Winter sports: Arianna Fontana (Short Track Speedskating), Sofia Goggia (Alpine skiing), Michela Moioli (Snowboardcross). lowest point...maybe the Biathlon's epic fail. Tokyo 2020 (in 2021), well, it's difficult to recall memories for an event that happened just a short time ago. I can say that I still remember well any second of those Games. and the first thing that comes to my mind, unfortunately, it's just the true sadness (and disappointment) watching all those empty seats in those big, wonderful venues (well some weren't that wonderful, but still). for those reasons, it's difficult to find just a few highs and lows among all the competitions, even if I obviously enjoyed some moments more than others. If I only have to choose a couple, however, I'd say that the most heartbeating was the men's Team Pursuit Gold medal (Track Cycling), while the most surprising, obviously, was Marcell Jacobs winning the men's 100m dash in Athletics. Beijing 2022, I still have to make it something for the memories. I haven't processed it fully, yet. and once again, all the empty stands took all the poetry away. among the competitions and the athletes, my highlights were once again Arianna Fontana (Short Track Speedskating) and Sofia Goggia (Alpine Skiing), because of what she did, but also for the regret of what could have been if she didn't injure herself just before the Games. mention of honor also to Francesca Lollobrigida and Davide Ghiotto (Speedskating) and the amazing Curling pair Stefania Constantini & Amos Mosaner, who won (and how they did it!) the most improbable of the Gold medals Italy has ever won at the Olympics. Not to be forgotten, the first Olympic appearance (and medal) of Queen Jutta (Leerdam) in Speedskating

part 3, the 2000's Sydney 2000, the greatest Summer Games ever by far...so many memories... I could write a book on them, but I have to be quite short, so... first of all, the Italian Swimming finally becoming "a thing" on the world stage thanks to guys like Fioravanti and Rosolino (but not only them), then women's Foil (individual and team) and men's team Epee (Fencing), Giuseppe Maddaloni in the men's -73kg (Judo) and Alessandra Sensini (women's Windsurfing). finally, Sefi Idem (women's K1 500m) and Rossi & Bonomi (men's K2 1000m) in Canoeing, to close those glorious Games in a glorious manner. outside the Italian medals, for sure Cathy Freeman (both at the Opening Ceremony and on the Track) was the icon of those Games, followed by the amazing duels in the swimming pool and the unexpected dramatic loss in the last match of an amzing and unbeaten career by Aleksandr Karelin (men's Greco Roman Wrestling, -130kg). Salt Lake City 2002, not so many good vibes...my main memories are still the doping scandals in Cross Country Skiing (Johann Muhlegg and the Russian women). on a good note, Armin Zoeggeler finally winning his first Olympic Gold, Stefania Belmondo winning her second Olympic Gold 10 years after Albertville, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen sweep in Biathlon. Athens 2004, a lot of great memories this time...from the men's Basketball team winning the most unexpected of the silver medals to the most expected Gold medal won by the Waterpolo girls. Yuri Chechi's last show on the Rings and Igor Cassina on the Horizontal Bar (Gymnastics), Marco Galiazzo winning a surprising Gold in Archery, all the Fencing medals and the rise of a star, Federica Pellegrini (silver over the 200m Freestyle as the youngest Italian Olympic medallist ever). but, above all, nothing still makes me cry like the amazing run by Stefano Baldini, winning the men's Marathon Gold in the Panathinaikon Stadium. that was "the" moment of the Games. Torino 2006, my first "home" Olympics... even if there wasn't much to enjoy, because of the poor performance by most of the Italian Winter Sports and because of the usual organizing troubles when Italy hosts a big event. the most emotional moment, however, was the men's 1500m in Speedskating, when Enrico Fabris pulled out a true miracle and won an unbelievable Gold medal. then, Armin Zoeggeler confirming himself as the best Luge specialist and the 2 gold medals in Cross-Country Skiing, the men's Relay and the men's 50km Freestyle in the last morning of the Games. Beijing 2008, Federica Pellegrini and Alex Schwazer...and that's all, folks! just kidding, of course, but the events won by Federica and Alex are surely the 2 that gave me the strongest emotions. just a fraction behind, Giulia Quintavalle (women's -57kg, Judo), Andrea Minguzzi (finally, a Gold Medal in Wrestling, Geco-Roman -84kg) and Roberto Cammarelle (Boxing, men's super-Heavyweights). among the non-Italian related events, I just can't forget the Opening Ceremony and Michael Phelps and his record of gold medals (especially the really controversial one in the 100m Fly against Milorad Cavic). more to come in the next couple of days...I'm coming to nowadays, slowly but steadily...I can do it...I know...

Only four athletes were sent to represent Lithuania to these championships: Rūta Meilutytė (50m Freestyle A, 50m Breaststroke A, 100m Breaststroke A, 100m Medley A, 50m Butterfly B) Kotryna Teterevkova (50m Breaststroke A, 100m Breaststroke A, 200m Breaststroke A) Danas Rapšys (200m Freestyle A, 400m Freestyle A, 200m Medley A) Andrius Šidlauskas (200m Breaststroke A, 50m Breaststroke B, 100m Breaststroke B) We've also had some other athletes with B marks, but probably weren't sent since Australia is far and expensive and they wouldn't have qualified to finals anyways. Smiltė Plytnykaitė - 100m Freestyle B Jokūbas Kėblys - 50m Freestyle B Tomas Navikonis - 100m Freestyle B Džiugas Miškinis - 800m Freestyle B Arijus Pavlidi - 50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke B Daniil Pancerevas - 100m Medley B Nojus Skirutis - 400m Medley B Deividas Margevičius and Simonas Bilis, both now retired, had B qualifying marks as well in a couple of disciplines. Aleksas Savickas, Smiltė Plytnykaitė, Deividas Kazilas, Daniil Pancerevas, Erikas Grigaitis, Kajus Stankevičius, Agnė Šeleikaitė and Tomas Navikonis had more B qualifying marks, but in disciplines that had an A Q mark already or an athlete with a better B Q mark.