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Qualified Nations Iceland Mexico New Zealand Romania Spain Turkey Competition Format Round-Robin February 27th - March 5th, 2017 6 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation will be the Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2017 Champion

Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2017 Akureyri (ISL) - 27 February 2017 - 5 March 2017 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

A short announcement: I have deleted all Russian and ANA-athletes from the quota lists, as the situation is still unclear if any, some or which Russian athletes will be allowed to take part in Tokyo next year due to the WADA-case.

Alpine skier, Maren Skjoeld, has decided to end her career after she was not selected for the Norwegian team for the upcoming season. Skjoeld won bronze with the Norwegian team in the Team Event at the 2018 WOG in Pyeongchang.

F1 has confirmed the 2020 season will begin in Austria next month – and revealed details on the first eight races of a new calendar. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1-confirms-first-8-races-of-revised-2020-calendar-starting-with-austria.36X98qZnFFhNxQ8O2WdCON.html The season will kick off with the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring on July 5, followed a week later by a second race at the same track. The Hungarian Grand Prix will follow a week after that, before a break. Then there will be two back to back races at Silverstone, followed by the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona. The Belgian Grand Prix will follow that, with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza a week later on September 6. All the races will be supported by Formula 2 and Formula 3. Current 2020 F1 Calendar:

I have done some VERY early predictions for the 2020 NFL Regular Season. Bear in mind, that the home advantage and disadvantage at road are likely overestimated. (I will most likely make another one when we come to September) The number of wins I expect every team to be around: AFC East: Bills 9-11 wins Patriots 7-9 wins Dolphins 5-7 wins Jets 4-6 wins AFC North: Ravens 11-13 wins Steelers 8-10 wins Browns 6-8 wins Bengals 4-6 wins AFC South: Colts 9-11 wins Titans 7-9 wins Texans 7-9 wins Jaguars 3-5 wins AFC West: Chiefs 11-13 wins Chargers 7-9 wins Broncos 6-8 wins Raiders 5-7 wins NFC East: Cowboys 9-11 wins Eagles 7-9 wins Giants 5-7 wins Redskins 4-6 wins NFC North: Vikings 9-11 wins Packers 9-11 wins Bears 5-7 wins Lions 5-7 wins NFC South: Saints 10-12 wins Buccaneers 8-10 wins Falcons 7-9 wins Panthers 4-6 wins NFC West: 49ers 10-12 wins Cardinals 7-9 wins Seahawks 7-9 wins Rams 6-8 wins Short recap of my thoughts on the different divisions: AFC East: Bills: Their defense will bring them far this season. They have added some solid players this off-season to really strengthen their position to win AFC East after year's of Patriots dominance. Josh Allen will be the biggest question for their stability. However, I think they will end up winning this division Dolphins: I have no clue how Tua will perform this season and will he get injured? If their defense has become significant better with the addition of Byron Jones? If Flores and his coaching staff can continue to improve the team this season? I can see Dolphins end up between 5-9 wins this season. Patriots: How good or how bad is Stidham? How good will their offense be? Will their defense be a top 10 defense? If Stidham is around the same level as Garoppolo was in Patriots then I think they will do okay. I think their defense will be a top 10 defense again and Belichick is still Belichick. However, if injuries occur on the defense and Stidham does not perform, they could end up with a losing record. Anything from 6-10 wins is what I could see from them this season. Jets: Darnold has got some more protection for this season, so hopefully his parents can be less worried for his health this season. With that said, I don't think Jets is going to be near any playoff spot this season. They are still missing some pieces on many lines. Meh, will be the word to describe Jets this season, I think. AFC North: Ravens: I think Jackson will perform around the same level as his last season. Ravens is still a very good overall and I think they have learned from last year's playoff failure to Titans. An AFC conference final between Ravens and Chiefs would be a safe bet as things stand now. Steelers and Browns: I'm not sure how both these teams will do this season. If Big Ben is still a top half quarteback then Steelers will do okay. How will Mayfield throw this season? Is Browns' offense line better than last season? If Browns' OL does a better job of protecting Baker then this team could actually end up with a positive record. Steelers 7-11 wins. Browns 6-9 wins. Bengals: They hopefully got their new franchise QB with Joe Burrow. However, the hopes shouldn't be too high for the big cats in Cincinnati. Burrow is still young and A.J. Green has just come back from an injury. The teams is not that great overall. They will be in the bottom of the league again this season. AFC South: Colts: With the additions of Rivers for the offense and Buckner to the defense, Colts can look forward to a good season. I fully believe they will be the front runner to win AFC South. Frank Reich and his staff are a solid unit and they can take this team far if everything goes well. Titans and Texans: Texans without Hopkins? Texans' offense? Can Watson take this to a positive record? I think Texans will have a very mixed season, so 50-50% record is very likely. Texans 6-9 wins. Can Tannehill live up to last season? Is Henry still a monster? Can their defense still perform well? Titans is really a question mark for me as my trust in Tannehill is not that big. I doubt Henry can run like he did in the end of the last season for a whole season. Titans 6-9 wins. Jaguars: I don't really feel like spending much time on this poor team. So to keep it short. Jaguars sucks! Minshew can't take this time to a higher level. This is a team that is in a complete meltdown. The only good news for the team is that hopefully they end up with first seed for next year's draft. Hopefully Trevor Lawrence or some other college QB show some good playing, so they could hope of finding a new franchise QB to build its franchise's future. AFC West: Chiefs: Mahomes and his offense will likely continue to perfom the possible greatest show on grass. Chiefs will be a number contender to defend their Super Bowl title. They have keept most of their pieces from last season, so anything else than at least a AFC conference final will be a disappointment if no vital injuries happen. Chargers: Taylor, is he good enough? Is their defense so great as many expect it is? Will they be hit massively by injuries as usual? I personally think their defense will be top 5. Taylor will be decent enough to let their defense get enough rest in games. Injuries are really the big question mark, as usual, when it's about the Chargers. Chargers 6-10 wins. Broncos: Will they have the best defense in NFL this season? How will Lock perform? Will their offense be good enough? Broncos will most likely end with a record around 8-8. Their defense will be good, but I'm still not sure about Lock. They did draft some decent weapons to their offense, but I doubt that will be enough to give them double digit win record. Broncos 6-9 wins. Raiders: Raiders has comed to Vegas. Their offense will likely go big, but the question is if they will succeed? The Raiders are in a position where they are not part of the race of getting first seed in next year's draft or really be a threat for this year's playoffs. Of course they could suprise by taking a playoff spot, but I highly doubt it. It's going to be a meh-season for the new Las Vegas Raiders. NFC East: I'm kind of have a good idea how all teams in this division will perform. Cowboys will have good offense and a defense that will lack a bit more than the previous seasons Eagles job is to protect Wentz, so he doesn't get iinjured yet again. Keep an eye on Chase Young when they play against Redskins. Also, I hope for the Philly fans out there that somebody else than Ertz can catch a ball this season. Giants will hopefully have a better OL to protect Jones and Saquon will do what Saquon does. Redskins will have to see what Haskins can do as a NFL quaterback. My hopes are not high for the young man. NFC North: Vikings will be interesting to follow, as Diggs is gone and I still have some questions about their OL. They will probably have a good season record-wise with 9-10 wins as most likely. I'm still not sure what Packers' plan was with this year's draft other than possibly secure a future QB by drafting Love. Packers and Rodgers need receivers! Unless they think Funchess is a top 10-15 WR. I'm so much looking forward to see how rogue Rodgers will go this season. Matt LaFleur will probably experience many ups and downs on the side line when he will see Rodgers go outside the playbook. Bears... will probably play more like newborn cubs this season. Their defense has to be top 5 and they have to hope Foles can show some positive signs (like not getting injured in the first game) if they want a positive win record this season. I'm not optimistic. Lions will have their Staf-ford back in Ford Field, so they will most likely have a so-and-so season. I will look forward to see if Patricia will lose his beloved pencil NFC South: Saints will win this division. The end. Next division. Okay, so maybe a bit more about this division. Saints will most likely defend their division title this season. Brees is an old man, but I still think their offense will be a top one. Defense is still good. Don't understand why they let Warford go? However their OL will probably still be good enough to protect Brees like it has done in the recent years. I'm really looking forward to watch Brady Buccaneers, I mean Tampa Bay Buccaneers, this season. Their offense could be really good with strong receivers, Gronk as TE and Brady as QB. Their defense was great last season. Unfortunately they couldn't rest enough to perform well through many games because of Jameis "Loose Canon" Winston many interceptions. I expect positive wins to blow over the Tampa Bay. Though, I wouldn't give the Bucs fans too much of a hope of playing at home on Raymond James Stadium when it's time for Super Bowl LV. Falcons mission is to stabilize their defense. If they succeed with that, a good season could be lurking. A strong offense can take them far, but not without at least a semi-decent defense. Panthers is one big mystery to me. Well they perform really terrible or will they somehow get an okay season under new head coach, Matt Rhule. Bridgewater will likely perform okay, but CMC still have to pull of one heck of a season if this team is ever going to dream of more than 7 or 8 wins this season. NFC West: 49ers will probably win one or two games fewer than last season. I had hoped Buckner could have stayed with them, but a trade for a first-round pick was okay value. Overall a solid team with good coaching staff. They will play far into the season once again. Cardinals is really an interesting team. They have so many interesting names on offense and defense. Hopkins is a fantastic addition to Murray. Kingsbury seems to have okay succes with his scheme. I actually think they can end up having a positive record this season. Seattle Seahawks a.k.a. Russell Wilson and the other flyless birds. Okay, maybe not flyless birds, but Wilson is the engine to drive this team. Lockett is a dangerous weapon and their defense is good overall. OL is still questionable to put it midly, so they have to hope Wilson has practiced his escape tricks because he will be needing them once again. What can we say about the Rams? Their defense seems good. Their offense is not bad per say, it's just have to perform behind a questionable OL. I have my doubts on Rams this season. I think they are on a downward spiral. They could very likely go 8-8 or worse this season.

Green light for F1 to start in Austria https://www.apa.at/Site/News.de.html?id=6654827946 The Austrian Ministry of Health has confirmed this Saturday that the two races scheduled to be held, July 5 and 12, meet the current requirements. The races will of course be held without any spectators.

BWF has updated its Olympic qualification regulations: https://olympics.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2020/05/27/bwf-announces-updated-olympic-and-paralympic-qualifying-regulations/ All ranking points earned at tournaments completed during the original Olympic qualification period will be maintained under the Race to Tokyo ranking list. An extended Olympic qualification period will be introduced from Week 1-17 in 2021 and includes the select number of tournaments that were postponed, cancelled or suspended due to COVID-19. These eligible tournaments within the new qualifying period must be completed by Week 17 in 2021. Tournaments rescheduled for the end of 2020 outlined in the revamped BWF Tournament Calendar 2020 released last week will not count towards qualification. Only the 2021 editions of each tournament. Such eligible tournaments within this new qualifying period should preferably take place in the same corresponding week from 2020 to 2021. If this is not possible, BWF will allow sanctioning on another date within Week 1-17 in 2021 subject to approval. Players from China and Hong Kong China will be eligible to earn points from the 2021 Badminton Asia Team Championships as representatives from those Member Associations were not able to participate in the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila due to COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed on athletes from those nations and territories by the Government of the Philippines. This approach has only been implemented for this singular team tournament impacted by the COVID-19 situation as no other team tournaments are included in the extended Olympic qualification period. However, players are offered a range of individual tournaments to enter. A revised BWF Tournament Calendar 2021 with the actual dates for these eligible tournaments will be revealed later.

@Agger Do you read get some of your NFL news from Gulklud.dk? I frequently listen to their podcasts, NFL-showet and Det Ovale Kontor. I also follow some of their writers/experts on twitter to get updates.

New dates for Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 Asian Qualifiers Play-off matches between China and South Korea, February 19 and 24, 2021. https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/olympic-games/latest/news/dates-for-women-s-olympic-asian-qualifiers-play-off-final-confirmed

The IOC Executive Board approved updated ISSF Qualification System for Tokyo: https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=3439 As proposed by the ISSF, the Quota Places supposed to be allocated at the 2020 European Championship Shotgun in Chateauroux, France, and the Euopean Olympic Qualification Championship in Plzen, Czech Republic, will be allocated at the 2021 European Championship 10m in Lohia, Finland, and at the European Championship 25/50/300m/Shotgun in Osijek, Croatia. The allocation of the 12 Quota Places (one in each individual event) according to the World Ranking will be done based on the World Ranking list of March 31, 2020 and points earned at one ISSF World Cup in Rifle/Pistol and one ISSF World Cup in Shotgun to be held in March-April of 2021. The new deadline for Tokyo 2020 Qualification in the Shooting sport is June 6, 2021. https://www.issf-sports.org/getfile.aspx?cshipid=2626&mod=docf&pane=1&inst=449&file=1. Tokyo 2020 - Revised Qualification system - Shooting_2020-05-26_eng-1.pdf

I wouldn't say Detroit Red Wings got "screwed"

Katja Visnar (Cross-Country Skiing) has announced her retirement:

The new provisional calendar for the 2020 Diamond League season: In August: 14 Monaco 16 Gateshead 23 Stockholm In September: 2 Lausanne 4 Brussels 6 Paris (tbc) 17 Rome/Naples 19 Shanghai In October: 4 Eugene 9 Doha 17 second meeting in China (venue tba) Also, no Diamond League points will be awarded at the events as there will not be a Diamond League Final. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/2020-diamond-league-amended-calendar

Guys, I'm just here to say that the 2021 Superleague Team European championship is not an event that has been postponed. It is held every other year. Last time was in 2019 in Bydgoszcz. It's just that they first have announced the host of the event by now. I guess this also reflects how important this event really is. Even though I quite like it.

Nice! I hope you will enjoy playing the game yourself. I also have a question for you as a musician and as yourself. Do you enjoy/like the soundtrack of the game? The composer of the game, Nobuo Uematsu, is probably my favourite game composer. His scores are amazing in my opinion. And they are even better now because technology have been improved since the 90's when this game first came out. IPersonally I think FF6 and FF7's soundtracks are some of the best in gaming history.

Oh that part. I loosely follow his playthrough of the game too. I discovered Cox through The Completionist. I do enjoy his and the rest of SGS's horror playthroughs. Haha, loot whore! I smile and laugh everytime he says, "Cloud, you dog/dawg!" I think this game is going to be a great first experience to FF.

Marathon runners, Abdi Hakin Ulad and Thijs Nijhuis, have officially been nominated for Tokyo next year. https://www.dif.dk/da/elite/nyheder/viaritzauelite/presse/2020/5/20200508_todanskemaratonlbereudtagettilol For some reason his first name is spelled wrong on his WA profile. https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/denmark/abdi-hakin-ulad-276696 ( Despite of the text in this link got it right )

There will come some specific guidelines for restaurants and cafés soon. The Danish Prime Minister did state that social distancing (at least two meter) will still be in effect and only groups of maximum 10 people both inside and outside are still allowed.

I have played the game. It was truly incredible. It made laugh, it made cry. A couple of chapters made me very emotional. I was truly amazed how much extra story they put in a segment that was only about 5 hours in the original. I can't wait to play the next part. I don't know how far you are in the playthrough you watch? I don't want to spoil anything. By the way, which youtuber's playthrough are you watching? Also, have you played the original or watched a playthorugh of it?

I do agree with LDOG that those who want to make some early predictions can do it in this thread or in @bmo's prediciton poll. Next year we are hopefully going to have the Olympics and me and my prediction contest group will prepare a good amount of prediction contests to participate in for you all. Also let me know if anyone is interested in hosting some of the prediction contests, as me, Vojthas and Wanderer would like to actually have some time to watch some events from the Olympics live. We will probably present the different prediction contests (format and so on) around May or early June next year, or when it's confirmed that the Olympics will get the green light to go ahead.

The difficult part of having a poll where users choose gold, silver and bronze medallists (complete podium) is that the poll would have to have around 8-10 athletes/teams/nations for the gold medal then 8-10 for silver and 8-10 fro bronze. Of course some of the athletes/teams/nations would be the an option for every medal. I see some would like to have a projected medal table for Tokyo 2020. If that is the case then every event poll would have to have three "questions" each. So question number 1 would be, "Pick your gold medallist for X-event". Question number 2 would be "Pick your silver medallist for X-event" and bronze likewise. For athletics we would have a big ass amount of polls, questions and medal candidates. I think It would actually just be eaiser to create prediction templates for every event like in the prediction contest and then users can just show their predictions. A thread with prediction templates for Olympic events could be created in each Olympic sports thread. Users could then choose their medallists for each event. Of course people could just write their predictions here or in a separate thread in the different Olympics sports thread. Also, a suggestion to @rafalgorka. Instead of giving 3, 2 and 1 point for gold, silver and bronze, the athlete/team/nation which gets most 1st places will be projected to win gold. The athlete/team/nation with most 2nd places gets silver and bronze likewise. An example of what I mean: For archery mixed team it would look like this: KOR 3rg 3fl 3gi 3be 3wu NED 2rg ITA 1rg 1gg 2gi TPE 2fl 2wu JPN 1fl 1be CHN 1gi 2be 1wu Gold - Silver - Bronze - or In case two or more athletes/teams/nations have an equal amount of 1st or 2nd or 3rd places, the amount of top 3 places will be the tie-breaker. Example: Japan has two 3rd places. China and Italy both have two 3rd places and one 2nd place. Therefore China and Italy beat Japan in a tiebreaker. I don't know how to solve the tie-breaker between China and Italy as both team have the exact same amount of places? Maybe someone has a suggestion for such a case.

Day 1 predictions: