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Kyrgyzstan..

Brazil and Kyrgyzstan are neck to neck after the first shooting. Exciting duel.

Ajax was so close to win their group in Champions League for the first time since 1995.

The start lists for tomorrow's Single Mixed Relay and Mixed Relay from the IBU Cup in Ridnaun/Val Ridanna have been published. The German team is giving IBU Cup debut to one of their biathletes in the single mixed relay. Some of you hardcore and die-hard biathlon fans will probably recognise her.

Men's cancelled slalom event in Val d'isére will be rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm. The program for Saalbach-Hinterglemm: Men's Giant Slalom, Wednesday, 19th December, First run at 10:00 (CET) and Second run at 13:00 (CET). Men's Slalom, Thursday, 20th December, First run at 10:00 (CET) and Second run at 13:00 (CET).

Petter Northug Jr. announced his retirement from Cross-Country Skiing today.

Petter Northug confirmed his retirement today at a press meeting in Trondheim, Norway.

A Ryder Cup-style match between Europe and the United States will be staged ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Doha in the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus, on 9-10 September 2019. The Match will take place across two days with the following programme of men’s and women’s events contested during these two days. Track: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 110m hurdles (M), 100m hurdles (W), 400m hurdles, 3000m steeplechase, 4x100m relay, Medley Relay (mixed 200m-200m-400m-800m, with 1 woman and 1 man running 200 m in the order defined by each team, and then a woman 400m and a man at 800m) Jumps: High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump Throws: Shot Put, Discus Throw, Hammer Throw, Javelin Throw The four divisions of the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships from 9-11 August will act as the qualifying event for the match. http://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=europe-united-states-match-set-staged-minsk-2019/index.html

It's Petter "drunk-driving-and-crashing-my-car" Northug we are talking about.

According to NRK, Petter Northug will tomorrow at a press meeting at 12:00 in Trondheim say that he will no longer try to come back to the World Cup, and he will likely not be skiing at top cross-country level anymore.

Liverpool advance to R16 in Champions League, after they defeated Napoli, 1-0, at home.

How Netherlands performs in every match against Norway.

Bahrain: Never say never I can see that Justin Bieber is popular in Bahrain.

[hide] Knockout Round December 10th - December 16th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 12th 2018, h. 16:45 Argentina 1 England December 12th 2018, h. 19:00 Australia 3 France December 13th 2018, h. 16:45 India 2 Netherlands December 13th 2018, h. 19:00 Germany 1 Belgium [/hide]

Your taste in names is quite "interesting".

The former head of sailing’s governing body has joined other sailing officials in questioning the results of a vote to add a mixed-gender offshore class to the 2024 Olympics. https://apnews.com/b8cbfdd8a0874c21b03d522e5502904c Several members of World Sailing's Council have complained that their votes at the 2018 Annual Conference were recorded incorrectly. At least three councillors who were against the urgent Submission 037-18 (To change the Mixed One Person Dinghy event to Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore) from the Board of World Sailing, have claimed that their votes were either recorded as "Approve" or listed as "Abstain". A fourth councillor is believed to have made similar claims. All three, Zvi Ziblat (ISR), Peter Hall (CAN), and Georgy Wossala (HUN), spoke against the Submission and said they voted "Reject". On the Voting Schedule, Ziblat and Hall are shown as "Approve", while Wossala is shown as "Abstain". If the voting sheet is re-scored with the claimed "Reject" options selected, the vote on Submission 037-18 receives 11 "Rejects" with 29 "Approves" or 72.5% and fails to meet the required 75% threshold for the 2024 Events to be re-opened. https://www.sail-world.com/news/212753/Finn-proponents-said-to-have-voted-against-class

Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Riessle will start in this weekend's sprint in Davos. https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/wintersport-meldungen-kompakt-montag-104.html

Today the FINA Extraordinary Congress in Hangzhou (CHN) approved the new Water Polo rules. 161 voted yes, 6 voted no, and 2 were absent. The rule changes approved by the FINA Extraordinary Congress were: • The possession time to be reset to 20 seconds after a) a corner throw awarded; b) a rebound after a shot which does not cause change of possession and c) after an exclusion. • Inside the 6m area, when a player is swimming with and/or holding the ball and is impeded (attacked) from behind during an attempt to shoot, a penalty foul must be awarded (unless only the ball is touched by the defender). • Free throw shall be taken from the location of the ball (except if the foul is committed inside the 2m line). • A goal may be scored from a free throw awarded outside 6 metres from a direct shot or after fake or dribble or putting the ball on the water. (Referees shall use signals if the foul happened outside the 6m line.) • A player taking a corner throw may shoot directly or swim and shoot without passing or pass to another player. • An additional substitution re-entry area will be at any place between the goal line and the centre field line for flying substitutions. • Each team may request 2 time-outs during the game at any time while possessing the ball – and a time-out calling device (button) should be used to call a time-out. • The goalkeeper is allowed to move beyond and touch the ball past the half distance line. • There shall be a 3-minute interval between the second and third period. • The use of audio equipment by the game referees. • The use of game video monitoring system to identify and sanction incidents of brutality or extreme violence that occurred but were not appropriately punished or identified during a game. • The use of video monitoring system to determine goal or no goal (where available).

[hide] Konockout Round December 10th - December 16th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Quarterfinal Play-Offs Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 10th 2018, h. 16:45 France 3 China December 10th 2018, h. 19:00 England 1 New Zealand December 11th 2018, h. 17:00 Belgium 2 Pakistan December 11th 2018, h. 19:00 Netherlands 4 Canada [/hide]

Clare Egan's skiing!

A minute after you posted this, the Danish commentators on the national broadcasting channel said exactly the same.

1st November 2019, according to this timeline from the official qualification document. Though it can change, as the Council of IAAF will further discuss the introduction of the World Rankings as the primary qualification process for the 2020 Olympic Games at its next meeting in March. If they drop the World Rankings as the primary qualification process, the entry standards may be used instead, which could mean they will be published earlier in the qualification process.

Well you should know, Mr. time traveler.