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Toni Eggert has suffered a major injury during a training session in Oberhof. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071153/world-luge-champion-eggert-suffers-major-injury-in-training-accident They are not sure how long Eggert is out. They expect him to be back in 6-8 weeks. https://www.bsd-portal.de/der-bsd/news/#news-18794

IAAF have delayed the implementation of its Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification to March. https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/stay-of-regulations-to-suppress-testosterone

I think it's Gibraltar first away win, since they became UEFA member. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar_national_football_team_results

[hide] Third Round October 14th - October 16th, 2018 6 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Semifinals Group G Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 14th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 0 3 Serbia October 15th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 3 1 Japan October 16th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 2 3 Serbia Group H Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 14th 2018, h. 16:10 China 3 1 United States October 15th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 1 3 United States October 16th 2018, h. 19:20 Netherlands 1 3 China [/hide]

A new all-female motorsport series will launch next year. The drivers will drive Tatuus F3-spec cars. The series has backing from former F1 race winner David Coulthard and a prize pot totalling of $1.5 million. The six-round series will launch in May 2019 and features 30-minute races throughout Europe, with one round to he held in the United Kingdom. In the future an expansion to Australia, Asia and the Americas is expected. https://www.motorsport.com/openwheel/news/new-all-female-w-series-to-launch-in-2019/3192598/ Not surprisingly, there is already mixed reactions to the idea. Some see it as a good step to improve their career. Others think it's a step backwards for equality between male and female drivers. https://www.motorsport.com/openwheel/news/new-all-female-w-series-splits-opinion/3192806/ Some of the reactions: GT driver Stephane Kox: "W Series sounds like it's going to be a really positive addition to the global motorsport scene, and it'll clearly be a big help to ambitious female racing drivers everywhere. Having spoken to the W Series organisation, it's clear that they understand that we women drivers aspire to race. Speaking for myself, I want to be a racing driver at the highest level possible and to be able to race against the best drivers, men and women. In order to be able to do so, it's important that first we gain the kind of experience that W Series will provide." IndyCar driver Pippa Mann:

The Individual Time Trial and Paralympic cycling courses has been revealed. Start and finish will be at Fuji Speedway circuit. https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20181010-02.html Men's ITT course: http://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/tokyo-2020---men-individual-time-trial.pdf?sfvrsn=c3db8241_6 Women's ITT course: http://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/tokyo-2020---women-individual-time-trial.pdf?sfvrsn=6d19d44b_6

Nah, I could already do this when I was ten... (I just forgot to film it )

There will be two new competition series in FIS Ladies Ski Jumping World Cup, Raw Air Tour in Norway and Bluebird Tour in Russia. http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=two-new-competition-series-for-the-ladies.html

"The Latvian government has also commissioned a survey on the scale and type of renovations required should Stockholm win the 2026 bid". https://www.thelocal.se/20180613/latvia-to-help-sweden-with-2026-winter-olympic-bid

Well they are going to host a World Cup event this year. http://www.ibsf.org/en/news/20560-bmw-ibsf-bob-skeleton-world-cup-2018-2019-kicks-off-in-sigulda-for-the-first-time http://www.ibsf.org/en/races-results?sport_bob=1&session=WC&page_number=1

I just think it is a mistake in the text. I think it should be ski jumping instead. By the way, the presentation is designed by the IOC, so...

According to a presse release from the council of Stockholm, the competitions in ski-jumping and Nordic combined is being held in Falun, while Hamra are proposed for cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Calgary, Stockholm and a joint bid from Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo have been officially confirmed as the three candidates for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, by the IOC today. The proposal for Stockholm looks like this: Interesting that Sigulda is going to host the bobsleigh, skeleton and luge events.

U-23 World Cup gives points to the world ranking, which gives the top 12 nations a place at the Premier12 next year. The World Ranking system is really something special: https://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/38545/BASEBALL-WORLD-RANKING-POINTS-METHODOLOGY.pdf Even the under-12 World Cup counts towards the ranking. So you must hope your country have some good baseball players at the age of 10-11

Promotional video for the upcoming U-23 World Cup in Colombia: Twelve countries will compete at the Championships, from October 19th to 28th. Japan, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, The Netherlands, hosts Colombia and South Africa will play in Group A. Group B will consist of South Korea, Australia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Czech Republic. This event is the last opportunity to qualify a senior team for next year's Premier12, which offers 2 places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

According to Lydia Nsekera, a member of the FIFA Council, and candidate for the Presidency of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), believes that this event will be continent-wide and other nations will "chip in" to help Senegal.

Of course this song played in the background when Dakar was announced as the host

After over an hour of chit-chat, Dakar has now officially been confirmed as host of the 2022 Youth Olympics. (Not really a surprise, as they were the only candidate) https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070831/senegal-officially-awarded-2022-youth-olympic-games-at-ioc-session Senegal's President, Macky Sall, says the country are set to construct a 50,000 capacity Olympic Stadium, as well as renovating another stadium. My reaction to this idea:

This is maybe a small detail, but why are the break dancers categorised as boys and girls while everybody else is categorised as men or women on the result page? (This is especially weird considering some of the boys and girls are older than some of the "men" and "women" )

Triathlon - Girls Gold: Amber Schlebusch 58:45 Silver: Sif Bendix Madsen 58:56 Bronze: Anja Weber 59:36 So close for Sif ...

Indonesia has officially submitted its bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070783/bach-announces-received-official-confirmation-that-indonesia-will-bid-for-2032-olympic-and-paralympic-games

Heynckes is retired, and he has said he will not return to Bayern again. (But he has said that before )

[hide] Second Round October 7th - October 11th, 2018 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Third Round Group E Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 7th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 0 3 Serbia October 7th 2018, h. 13:25 Germany 0 3 Brazil October 7th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 0 Puerto Rico October 7th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 1 Dominican Republic October 8th 2018, h. 10:40 Germany 0 3 Serbia October 8th 2018, h. 13:25 Mexico 0 3 Brazil October 8th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 3 1 Dominican Republic October 8th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 3 0 Puerto Rico October 10th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 0 3 Dominican Republic October 10th 2018, h. 13:25 Netherlands 1 3 Brazil October 10th 2018, h. 16:10 Germany 3 1 Puerto Rico October 10th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 1 3 Serbia October 11th 2018, h. 10:40 Mexico 0 3 Puerto Rico October 11th 2018, h. 13:25 Germany 3 1 Dominican Republic October 11th 2018, h. 16:10 Netherlands 1 3 Serbia October 11th 2018, h. 19:20 Japan 1 3 Brazil Group F Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 October 7th 2018, h. 10:40 Turkey 1 3 Russia October 7th 2018, h. 13:25 Bulgaria 0 3 United States October 7th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 3 0 Azerbaijan October 7th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 1 Thailand October 8th 2018, h. 10:40 Bulgaria 0 3 Russia October 8th 2018, h. 13:25 Turkey 1 3 United States October 8th 2018, h. 16:10 China 3 0 Azerbaijan October 8th 2018, h. 19:20 Italy 3 0 Thailand October 10th 2018, h. 10:40 Turkey 3 1 Azerbaijan October 10th 2018, h. 13:25 Bulgaria 2 3 Thailand October 10th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 3 1 Russia October 10th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 2 United States October 11th 2018, h. 10:40 Bulgaria 3 1 Azerbaijan October 11th 2018, h. 13:25 Turkey 3 1 Thailand October 11th 2018, h. 16:10 Italy 3 1 United States October 11th 2018, h. 19:20 China 3 2 Russia [/hide]

Bayern could always go back to Jupp Heynckes to save them

Pretty impressive time for Santos. Atkinson is just amazing on short course